§ 49-02-25 — Renewable electricity and recycled energy defined

North Dakota § 49-02-25

• Jurisdiction: North Dakota
• Title 49: Public Utilities
• Ch. 49-02: Powers of Commission Generally

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As used in section 49-02-24, renewable electricity and recycled energy include electricity
generated from facilities using the following sources:
1. Solar, using the sun as the source of energy for producing electricity.
2. Wind, using the wind as the source of energy for producing electricity.
3. Hydroelectric, using water as the source of energy for producing electricity.
4. Biomass, using agricultural crops and agricultural wastes and residues, wood and
wood wastes and residues, animal wastes, and landfill gas as the fuel to produce
electricity.
5. Geothermal, using energy contained in heat that continuously flows outward from the
earth as the source of energy to produce electricity.
6. Hydrogen, provided that the hydrogen is generated from a source listed in this section.
7. Recycled energy systems producing electricity from currently unused waste heat
resulting from combustion or other processes into electricity and which do not use an
additional combustion process. The term does not include any system whose primary
purpose is the generation of electricity unless the generation system consumes
wellhead gas that would otherwise be flared, vented, or wasted.