§ 8-1-37-4 — "Clean energy resource"

(a) As used in this chapter, "clean energy
resource" means any of the following sources, clean sources,
alternative technologies, or programs used in connection with the
production or conservation of electricity:
(1) Energy from wind.
(2) Solar energy.
(3) Photovoltaic cells and panels.
(4) Dedicated crops grown for energy production.
(5) Organic waste biomass, including any of the following organic
matter that is available on a renewable basis:
(A) Agricultural crops.
(B) Agricultural wastes and residues.
(C) Wood and wood wastes, including the following:
(i) Wood residues.
(ii) Forest thinnings.
(iii) Mill residue wood.
(D) Animal wastes.
(E) Animal byproducts.
(F) Aquatic plants.
(G) Algae.
(6) Hydropower.
(7) Fuel cells.
(8) Hydrogen.
(9) Energy from waste to energy facilities, including energy
derived from advanced solid waste conversion technologies.
(10) Energy storage systems or technologies.
(11) Geothermal energy.
(12) Coal bed methane.
(13) Industrial byproduct technologies that use fuel or energy that
is a byproduct of an industrial process.
(14) Waste heat recovery from capturing and reusing the waste
heat in industrial processes for heating or for generating
mechanical or electrical work.
(15) A source, technology, or program approved by the
commission and designated as a clean energy resource by a rule
adopted by the commission under IC 4-22-2.
(16) Demand side management or energy efficiency initiatives
that:
(A) reduce electricity consumption; or
(B) implement load management, demand response, or energy
efficiency measures designed to shift customers' electric loads
from periods of higher demand to periods of lower demand;
as a result of equipment installed, or customers enrolled, after
January 1, 2010.
(17) A clean energy project described in IC 8-1-8.8-2(1).
(18) Nuclear energy.
(19) Electricity that is:
(A) generated by a customer owned distributed generation
facility that is interconnected to the electricity supplier's
distribution system in accordance with the commission's
interconnection standards set forth in 170 IAC 4-4.3; and
(B) supplied back to the electricity supplier for use in meeting
the electricity supplier's electricity demand requirements in
accordance with the commission's net metering rules set forth
in 170 IAC 4-4.2.
(20) Combined heat and power systems.
(21) Electricity that is generated from natural gas at a facility
constructed or repowered in Indiana after July 1, 2011, which
displaces electricity generation from an existing coal fired
generation facility.
(22) Underground pumped storage hydropower using:
(A) abandoned coal mines;
(B) abandoned quarries; or
(C) other suitable sites;
located in Indiana.
(23) Gas that is derived from the decomposition of organic matter
and that:
(A) is fully interchangeable with; or
(B) can be combined with;
conventional natural gas for purposes of generating electricity.
(b) Except for energy described in subsection (a)(9), the term does
not include energy from the incineration, burning, or heating of any of
the following:
(1) Tires.
(2) General household, institutional, commercial, industrial,
lunchroom, office, or landscape waste.
(c) The term excludes treated or painted lumber.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.150-2011, SEC.16. Amended by P.L.152-2022, SEC.3; P.L.83-2023, SEC.6.