Declare certain natural gas producers are not public utilities

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Declare certain natural gas producers are not public utilities

To enact section 4929.181 of the Revised Code to declare certain renewable natural gas producers are not public utilities.

What This Bill Does

• To enact section 4929.181 of the Revised Code to declare certain renewable natural gas producers are not public utilities.

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Official Summary Text

To enact section 4929.181 of the Revised Code to declare certain renewable natural gas producers are not public utilities.

Current Bill Text

As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. B. No. 121

2025-2026

Representative Stewart

To
enact section 4929.181 of the Revised Code
to
declare certain renewable natural gas producers are not public
utilities.

BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:

Section
1.
That
section 4929.181 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows:

Sec.
4929.181.
(A)
As used in this section, "renewable natural gas" means
biologically derived methane gas as defined in section 5713.30 of the
Revised Code that has been processed, cleaned, or conditioned to
remove or reduce nonmethane elements to meet pipeline-quality fuel
standards.

(B)
Any producer of renewable natural gas that does not have the on-site
capability to inject renewable natural gas into a natural gas
transmission or distribution pipeline shall not be considered a
public utility.