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A fully comprehensive guide to all 50 states´ renewable energy policies (solar, wind, biomass, photovoltaics (PV), etc.) including federal monetary incentives, household and commercial requirements, and state loan programs for low-income residents.

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State Incentives for Renewable Energy

State-by-state policies for alternative fuel and vehicle incentives can be found at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Alternative Fuels Date Center.

Alaska

Golden Valley Electric Association – Sustainable Natural Alternative Power (SNAP) Program includes: solar thermal electric, photovoltaics (PV), wind, and biomass. Applicable sectors: commercial, industrial, residential, nonprofit, schools, agricultural, institutional, GVEA customers. The maximum incentive is $1.50/kWh at a maximum capacity of 25kW. For SNAP, there is a one-time connection fee of $100, a one-time records fee of $10, and a monthly meter fee of $3.65.

Alabama

Personal deduction: Wood-Burning Heating System Deduction and a production incentive for TVA: Green Power Switch Generation Partners Program. The State Grant Program is Biomass Energy Program and the State Loan Program is the Local Government Energy Loan Program. Utility Loan Programs include:
- Alabama Power: Heat Pump and Weatherization Financing
- Cherokee Electric Cooperative: Residential Energy Efficiency Loans
- City of Florence Utilities: Heat Pump Retrofit Loan Program
- Cullman Power Board: Heat Pump Loan Program
- Dixie Electric Cooperative: Energy Resources Conservation (ERC) Loan Program
- Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation: Residential Heat Pump Loan Program
- Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative: Heat Pump Loan Program
- Sheffield Utilities: Heat Pump Loan Program
- South Alabama Electric Cooperative: Energy Resource Conservation (ERC) Loan Program

Alabama’s Utility Rebate Program includes:
- Central Alabama Electric Coop: Residential Efficiency Program
- Cherokee Electric Cooperative: New Home Rebate Program
- City of Florence Utilities: Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Program
- Covington Electric Cooperative Inc: Touchstone Energy Home Program
- Cullman Electric Cooperative: New Home Rebate Program
- Joe Wheeler Electric Membership Corporation: New Homes Program
- Municipal Utilities Board of Albertville: Water Heater Efficiency Rebate Program
- Muscle Shoals Electric Board: New Homes Energy Efficiency Program
- Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative: Energy Right Rebates for Homes
- Sheffield Utilities: Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Programs
- South Alabama Electric Cooperative: Residential Energy Efficiency Rebates
- Wiregrass Electric Cooperative: Touchstone Energy Home Program

Alabama building codes: applicable sectors are commercial and residential. There is no set schedule for the code change cycle. The Alabama Building Energy Conservation Code (ABECC) is mandatory for state government buildings.

Arizona

There is a Corporate Tax Credit for Non-Residential Solar & Wind Renewables. Eligible Renewables include: Passive Solar Space Heat, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Photovaltaics, Wind, Solar Cooling, Solar Pool Heating, and Daylighting. Applicable sectors are: commercial, industrial, nonprofit, schools, local government, state government, tribal government, federal government, agricultural, and institutional.

The amount is 10% of installed cost, and the maximum incentive is $25,000 for any one building in the same year and $50,000 in total credits in any year.

Arkansas

Financial incentives include the State Loan Program, Small Business Revolving Loan Fund, and the Utility Loan Programs:
- First Electric Cooperative: Home Improvement Loans
- North Arkansas Electric Cooperative, Inc: Energy Resource Conservation (ERC) Loans
- Ozarks Electric Cooperative: Energy Resource Conservation (ERC) Loans
- Petit Jean Electric Cooperative: Energy Resource Conservation (ERC) Loan Program
- South Central Arkansas Electric Cooperative: Energy Resource Conservation Loan

Arkansas Building Code: Applicable sectors are commercial and residential. There is no set schedule for the code change cycle.

California

Green Building Incentives:
- Coast Mesa: Free Waiver and expedited Permitting for Green Building
- Marin County: Marine’s BEST! Energy Incentive Program
- San Diego County: Green Building Program
- Santa Monica: Building Permit Free Waiver for Solar Projects
- Santa Monica: Expedited Permitting for Green Buildings

Leasing/Lease Purchases can be made for Santa Clara Water & Sewers in the Solar Water Heating Program. There is a Local Grant Program for Santa Monica’s Green Building Grant Program and a Local Loan Program for the Santa Monica’s Solar Santa Monica Program.

Personal deductions can be made for Interest on Loans for Energy Efficiency. Eligible Efficiency technologies include: lighting, chillers, furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, air conditioners, caulking/weather-stripping, duct/air-sealing, building insulation, windows, custom/others pending approval, and advanced metering. Eligible renewables include: solar water heat, solar space heat, photovoltaics, and daylighting. Only residential housing is considered applicable for the deduction.

Colorado

The Clean Energy Fund: New Energy Economic Development is for Colorado industry recruitment. Local Grant Programs include the Aspen: Grid-Tied Micro Hydro Grant and the Local Loan Program, Aspen: Solar Power Pioneer Loan Program.

Local Rebates include: Aspen: Energy Efficient Appliance Program ($75-$150 potential rebate) and Aspen’s Solar Pioneer Rebate Program ($1,000-$2,000 for solar hot water). In order to collect a rebate for the Solar Pioneer Program, one must be a full-time resident of the Roaring Fork Valley. Residents can participate in a loan program, or a rebate program, but not both.

Connecticut

Industry support includes CCEF: Operational Demonstration Program and OPM: New Energy Technology Program. Property Tax Exemption includes passive solar space heat, solar water heat, solar space heat, photovoltaics, landfill gas, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, fuel cells, geothermal heat pumps, CHP/Cogeneration, tidal energy, wave energy, ocean thermal. Applicable sectors include: commercial, industrial, multi-family residential, and agricultural. There is 100% exemption for renewable energy property.

State Loan Program: CHIF: Energy Conservation Loan and DPUC: Low-Interest Loans for Customer-Side Distributed Resources. State Rebate Program: CCEF: Solar PV rebate Program and OPM: Replacement Furnace Rebate Program.

Washington D.C.

State Grant Program: Renewable Energy Demonstration Project (REDP). The Public Benefits Fund is the Reliable Energy Trust Fund. Washington D.C.’s Renewables Portfolio Standard includes solar thermal electric, photovoltaics, landfill gas, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, geothermal electric, fuel cells, municipal solid waste, cofiring, tidal energy, wave energy, and ocean thermal. D.C. hopes to have the standard at 11% renewables by 2022.

Delaware

State Grant Program: Research and Development and Technology and Demonstration. The state rebate program is the Green Energy Program Incentives, which includes solar water heat, solar space heat, photovoltaics, wind, geothermal heat pumps, and fuel cells using renewable fuels. The incentive amount is up to 50% of installation costs. The systems must be installed by a Delaware participating contractor and carry a full five-year warranty.

Florida

Corporate Tax Credits: Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit and the Renewable Energy Technologies Investment Tax Credit. Florida also offers the Solar Water Heating Program.

Sales Tax Exemption: Renewable Energy Equipment Sales Tax Exemption.
State Grant Program: Florida Farm to Fuel Grants Program and Renewable Energy Technologies Grants Program.
State Rebate Program: Solar Energy System Incentives Program, which includes an incentive of $500 for residential solar water heaters, $15 per 1,000 BT for non-residential and multi-family, and $100 for solar pool heaters. The maximum incentives are $20,000 for residential and $100,000 for non-residential. Solar water heaters maximum residential is $500 and $5,000 for non-residential and multi-family. The maximum incentive for solar pool heaters is $100. State-licensed electrical or solar contractors must install renewable technologies.

Georgia

State rebate programs include: Coweta-Fayette EMC: Geosystem Rebate Progam (up to $1,000 per residential geothermal heat pump system,) Diverse Power: Energy Efficient Rebates, and Walton EMC: Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Programs ($200 per residential geothermal heat pump).

Hawaii

Personal Tax Credits are available for Solar and Wind Energy for commercial, residential, and multi-family residential properties. Eligible renewables include: solar water heat, solar space heat, solar thermal electric, PV, and wind. Residents can receive up to 35% of the amount for PV and 30% for wind.

Idaho

Idaho includes the potential for a personal deduction with the Residential Alternative Energy Tax Deduction. The deduction is for residential property, and includes: passive solar space heat, solar water heat, solar space heat, photovoltaics, wind, biomass, and geothermal heat pumps. The maximum amount is 5,000 per year, and up to $20,000 for the total deduction.

Sales Tax Exemption is available with the Renewable Energy Equipment Sales Tax Refund.

Illinois

Special Assessment for Solar Energy Systems includes passive solar space heat, solar water heat, solar space heat, and photovoltaics, and is applicable for commercial, industrial, and residential. There is no max limit.

Illinois provides several State Grant Programs, including: Biogass and Biomass to Energy Grant Program, Solar Thermal Grant Program, and the Wind Energy Production Development Program.

Biogas and Biomass Program Maximum Amount (in Feasibility Studies): $2,500
Biogas to Energy Systems: $225,000
Biomass to Energy Systems: $500,000

Solar Thermal Grant Program Maximum Amount: $400,000, but this can be waved for specific projects.

Wind Energy Production Development Program: $25,000, but this amount can be waved.

Indiana

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