Rebates

Community Solar in the state of Maine is governed by by P.L. 2019 c. 478, P.L. 2021 c.390, and Chapter 313 of the Public Utility Commissions (PUC) rules. These rules govern the state's Net Energy Billing (NEB) Policy. Under NEB there are two programs which customers can participate in "Community" or shared renewable projects, a kWh credit program, which is available to all electric utility customers, and a tariff rate program, which is available to non-residential customers.

Net Energy Billing kWh Credit Program

The kWh program allows customers to choose to participate in a larger project on a

Nebraska Public Power District customers, including wholesale customers, have access to several electric vehicle incentive programs. See website for specific guidelines and additional information.

D.C. Act 20-196, enacted on December 13th 2013, established a community renewable energy program in the District of Columbia. This program sets a production capacity of 5MW on all systems, along with a minimum of two (2) subscribers. Community renewable energy facilities (CREF) may offset no more than 120% of the subscriber's electricity consumption over the prior 12 months. All individual billing meters must be within the District of Columbia. Credit rates will be applied to customer's each billing month, and will be allocated by multiplying the quantity of kilowatt hours allocated to each subscriber by the subscriber's CREF credit

Minnkota Power Cooperative offers the PowerSavers program through its participating cooperatives and municipalities to residential customers. This program is designed to provide end-use customers with a quick and easy way to choose high-efficiency equipment at the time of normal equipment replacement or major renovations. Some of these technologies include heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) equipment, domestic hot water heaters and Energy Star clothes washers. Financial incentives are based on a prescribed amount per technology. See the above website for more information.

Contact your cooperative or municipal for more information.

S.B. 84, enacted in April 2021, established a community solar program in New Mexico. Community solar facilities can generate up to 5 MW of alternating current and must have at least 10 subscribers. A single subscriber can purchase no more than 40% of the electricity from a system, and at least 40% of each system's electricity must be reserved for smaller subscriptions of 25kW or less. Native community solar projects are exempt from these requirements. In addition, 30% of a system's electricity must be reserved for low-income subscribers. The program will open to the public in April 2023.

Through April

NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE

The New Construction – Housing (NC-Housing) Program supports the design, development, and construction of carbon neutral buildings, reducing energy consumption and per capita carbon emissions while ensuring the buildings are resilient. Through NC-Housing, NYSERDA offers financial incentives and technical support for the new construction, gut rehabilitation, or adaptive re-use of residential and mixed-use buildings, inclusive of single-family homes, multi-unit developments, multifamily buildings, residence halls, dormitories, and congregate living facilities, exclusive of nursing homes. The incentive structure is intended to promote increased levels of performance while encouraging solutions that result in healthy environments

Note: H.B. 5853 and S.B. 684 of 2023 require the Office of Energy Resources to redesign the community remote net metering program to integrate the changes made by the bill and to include a C&I anchor tenant up to 50% of the project. The other 50% of a project must be allocated to LMI residents, residents living in disadvantaged communities, or residents living in environmental justice communities. The Office must file a program proposal and benefit-cost analysis with the Public Utilities Commission, who will then establish a docket to discuss the proposal and rule on the changes within 150 days

Efficiency Smart® provides energy efficiency services to public power communities that subscribe to its services. Efficiency Smart assists residential, commercial, and industrial customers of these participating municipal electric systems to reduce their energy consumption and save money through improved energy efficiency. Visit www.efficiencysmart.org for more information on this program.

Evergy's Missouri utilities offer a rebate for solar PV installations. For installations that become operational between July 1, 2019, and December 31, 2023, the rebate is set at $0.25/W. The system size eligible for a rebate is capped at 25 kW for residential and 150 kW for commercial customers.

Illinois uses a specific formula to value commercial solar energy systems for property tax purposes in counties with fewer than 3 million inhabitants. "Commercial" in this sense means that the system is used primarily to generate electricity for wholesale or retail sale, rather than referring to the customer class.

The valuation formula is calculated by substracting allowance for physical depreciation from the trended real property cost basis (set at $218,000 per MW of nameplate capacity in 2018, with adjustments for CPI inflation). More information is available here.