Missouri Revised Statutes Title XXV. Incorporation and Regulation of Certain Utilities and Carriers § 393.1025. Definitions

(1)“Commission”, the public service commission;

(2)“Department”, the department of economic development;

(3)“Electric utility”, any electrical corporation as defined by section 386.020;

(4)“Renewable energy credit” or “REC”, a tradeable certificate of proof that one megawatt-hour of electricity has been generated from renewable energy sources; and

(5)“Renewable energy resources”, electric energy produced from wind, solar thermal sources, photovoltaic cells and panels, dedicated crops grown for energy production, cellulosic agricultural residues, plant residues, methane from landfills, from agricultural operations, or from wastewater treatment, thermal depolymerization or pyrolysis for converting waste material to energy, clean and untreated wood such as pallets, hydropower (not including pumped storage) that does not require a new diversion or impoundment of water and that has a nameplate rating of ten megawatts or less, fuel cells using hydrogen produced by one of the above-named renewable energy sources, and other sources of energy not including nuclear that become available after November 4, 2008, and are certified as renewable by rule by the department.