Rebates

Minnesota Power offers a rebate for grid-connected solar-electric (PV) systems up to 20 kilowatts (kW) in capacity. Rebates are worth $0.27/kWh expected production in the system's first year of operation. The expected production is determined by using PV Watts, a publicly available tool developed by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and accounts for specific characteristics of the system's siting. 

Note: Incentive amounts offered through this program will step down over time based on participation rates.  See website above for the most recent incentive details.

Roseville Electric has implemented solar rebate programs in order to meet the three statewide goals in Senate Bill 1: to install 3,000 megawatts (MW) of distributed solar PV by the end of 2016, to establish an industry in which solar energy systems are a viable mainstream option in 10 years, and to place solar energy systems on 50% of new homes within 13 years. Photovoltaic (PV) systems up to 10 kilowatts (kW) are eligible to

Rebates will only be paid for approved systems installed by approved solar contractors according to the established technical requirements. All systems must conform to the utility's equipment and installation standards in order to qualify for a rebate. These standards include the use of pre-approved equipment; equipment warranty requirements; and the use of a program-approved, NABCEP-certified, and appropriately insured solar installer. Participants must meet a detailed set of home energy efficiency requirements in order to qualify for a solar rebate. Participants must also complete a solar education course to receive the rebate.

Renewable Energy Credits and other environmental credits associated with

Maryland's Residential Clean Energy Grant Program, administered by the Maryland Energy Administration (MEA), provides financial incentives to homeowners that install solar water-heating, solar-electric (PV), geothermal heating and cooling systems, and burning stoves. In order to be eligible, the property must be the applicant's primary residence.

The current Clean Energy Grant Program provides incentives as follows:

Note: As of October 14, 2014, geothermal installations

The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) adopted rules for net metering and interconnection in November 2005. Louisiana's rules, based on those in place in Arkansas, require publicly-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives to offer net metering to customers with systems that generate electricity using solar, wind, hydropower, geothermal or biomass resources.* Fuel cells and microturbines that generate electricity entirely derived from renewable resources are also eligible. The rules apply to residential facilities with a maximum capacity of 25 kilowatts (kW) and commercial systems with a maximum capacity of 300 kW.

Utilities must provide customers with a meter capable of measuring

Note: Salt River Project (SRP) modified its existing net-metering program for residential customers in February 2015. These changes are effective with the April 2015 billing cycle.

Residential customers that generate part of their electricity requirements on-site are billed under SRP's Customer Generation Price Plan (Schedule E-27). Customers that have purchased their distributed energy system or signed a lease agreement before December 8, 2014 may keep their original net metering rate plan for 20 years, however.

Under the self-generation plan, customers pay a fixed monthly service fee based on the size of their electricity service and a grid, or demand, charge

Note: In May 2021, in a general rate case for Kentucky Power Company, and the first such case to involve newly proposed net metering rates since S.B. 100 went into effect, the Kentucky Public Service Commission required an export credit rate of  9.746 cents per kWh. Later rate cases for Kentucky Utilities (KU) and Louisville Gas & Electric (LGE) made similar determinations, setting export credit rates of 7.366 cents per kWh for KU and 6.924 cents per KWh for LGE.

In April 2008, Kentucky enacted legislation that expanded its net metering law by requiring utilities to offer net metering to

In December 2007, the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) now called the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) approved new interconnection guidelines for distributed energy systems up to 20 megawatts (MW) in capacity. Connecticut's interconnection guidelines apply to the state's two investor-owned utilities -- Connecticut Light and Power Company (CL&P) and United Illuminating Company (UI) -- and are modeled on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) interconnection standards for small generators.*

Connecticut's interconnection guidelines, like FERC's standards, include provisions for three levels of systems:

• Certified, inverter-based systems no larger than 10 kilowatts (kW) in capacity (application fees: $100);
• Certified systems

DC's interconnection rules apply to all distributed generation systems of 20 megawatts (MW) or smaller that are operated in parallel with the electric distribution system and are not subject to the interconnection requirements of the PJM Interconnection.

The interconnection rules set four levels of review for interconnection requests. A project must meet all of the requirements of a given classification in order to be eligible for that level of expedited review. The level of review required is generally based on system capacity, whether system components are certified, and the type of distribution circuit to which a facility will be connected

Note: As of May 2024, utility-specific interconnection rules proposed by Michigan's various investor-owned utilities are currently under review by the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC). The new rules must incorporate changes required by Public Act 235 of 2023.

Michigan adopted new statewide interconnection standards, the MIXDG rules, in 2023.

The new interconnection standards use a five-tier system similar to previous rules, but with fast-track processes available for all tiers. The five tiers are:

• Level 1: Certified, 20 kW or less
• Level 2: Certified, 20-150 kW
• Level 3: Not certified, 150 kW or less, or 150-550 kW
• Level 4: 550 kW-