FAQs • Frankfort, KY • CivicEngage

What are RECs?: "A renewable energy certificate, or REC (pronounced: rěk, like wreck), is a market-based instrument that represents the property rights to the environmental, social, and other non-power attributes of renewable electricity generation. RECs are issued when one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource." (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)

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1. What is "clean renewable electricity"?: The resolution passed in October 2021 defines "clean renewable electricity" as electricity that (1) can be extracted, generated, transported, and consumed with neutral carbon emission or no emission at all, and with no current or future significant threat to life and the natural environment; and (2) is generated and stored from renewable resources, which are naturally replenished on a human timescale, such as sunlight, wind, geothermal, tides, and conditionally, bio-matter and various forms of hydropower.

2. What is "clean energy"?: The resolution passed in October 2021 defines "clean energy" as encompassing electricity, transportation, buildings and food systems.

3. What is Community Solar?: "Any solar project or purchasing program, within a geographic area, in which the benefits of a solar project flow to multiple customers such as individuals, businesses, nonprofits, and other groups." (U.S. Department of Energy)

4. What are RECs?: "A renewable energy certificate, or REC (pronounced: rěk, like wreck), is a market-based instrument that represents the property rights to the environmental, social, and other non-power attributes of renewable electricity generation. RECs are issued when one megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity is generated and delivered to the electricity grid from a renewable energy resource." (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)