EC-019 Off-site Renewables (LPC)

Manufacturers that produce the same product attempting certification at multiple manufacturing locations or manufacturers that have demonstrated they are unable to provide renewables on the product manufacturing site may locate renewables off site, as long as the renewable infrastructure has met all of the following requirements:

• The facility is located within the same regional grid as the product manufacturing location; on the site of a manufacturing location or administrative location operated by the manufacturer attempting certification; or installed to directly serve a community group, school or not-for-profit
• The facility is located on a previously developed site that is not classified as, or adjacent to: wetlands, primary dunes, old-growth forest, virgin prairie, prime farmland, or within the 100-year flood plain OR be installed in a way to allow continuation of ecologic or natural resource functions
• The renewable infrastructure provides additionality
• The system is physically identifiable and specifically attributed or allocated to the product for the duration of LPC certification (minimum of three years)
• The system is directly metered
• The system is clearly and visibly explained in detail at the LPC manufacturing site