The PUC of Ohio Workshop: Stand-by Power Rates for CHP in Ohio

Ohio Coalition for Combined Heat & Power Webinar: "Implementing Ohio Senate Bill 315 – How to Count CHP and WER under the Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS)"
February 4, 2013

In September 2012, Ohio Senate Bill 315 went into effect, allowing for Waste Energy Recovery (WER) technologies to qualify as a renewable energy resource under the state’s Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) and both Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and WER to qualify as an energy efficiency measure under the state’s Energy Efficiency Resource Standard (EERS). While incorporation of WER technologies into the state RPS seems to be fairly straightforward, counting CHP and WER as an efficiency measure is complex and raises questions such as: how do you calculate energy savings and thermal efficiencies? How will a system’s performance be assessed? How should utilities apply their efficiency program incentives to CHP and WER systems?

As the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO) moves forward with drafting rules, this webinar, sponsored by the Ohio Coalition for Combined Heat and Power (OCCHP) explored the issues around implementing CHP and WER as an efficiency measure. Presenters reviewed Ohio Senate Bill 315’s CHP and WER provisions, discussed existing models and other states’ approaches to calculating energy savings of CHP and WER systems, and discussed a potential model on how utility-led efficiency programs could adequately incentivize CHP and WER projects under the state EERS. Webinar participants will have the opportunity to ask questions of presenters and review presentation materials after the conclusion of the webinar.

The webinar was hosted by Trish Demeter, Director of Clean Energy Campaigns for the Ohio Environmental Council and Chair of the OCCHP. Presenters included Bruce Hedman, Vice President of ICF International and Dylan Sullivan, Staff Scientist of the Natural Resources Defense Council. The archived webinar and presentations are available below.

Audio & Video of the Whole Webinar

Trish Demeter Presentation

Bruce Hedman Presentation

Dylan Sullivan Presentation

Interactive Webinar: "Identifying and Prioritizing CHP / WHR Barriers in Ohio"
May 2, 2011

Combined Heat and Power (CHP) and Waste Heat Recovery (WHR) have proven to be viable technologies in reducing overall energy consumption, reducing energy expenditures, improving the environment, meeting state energy goals and creating jobs.  Ohio is recognized with high technical potential towards the implementation of these technologies given the existing industries and corresponding facilities yet lacks significantly behind in terms of overall market penetration.  Participants in this interactive webinar:

Workshop: Role of Combined Heat & Power and Heat to Energy
Columbus, Ohio
December 14, 2010

On December 14, 2010, an enthusiastic group participated in the workshop sponsored by the Industrial Energy Consumers of America
(IECA). The goal of the workshop was to collectively understand the opportunity and challenges of implementing
CHP and waste heat recovery (WHR) technologies in the Ohio industrial and manufacturing market sectors.
These technologies present a tremendous opportunity for the State of Ohio to positively impact jobs,
industry competitiveness, reduced energy consumption, and provide benefits to the environment.
The dialogue on barriers and solutions at the workshop put in question whether the existing regulations are
sufficient to advance CHP/WHR projects and that action is necessary.

More information and presentations from the workshop are available for download.