Solar Space Heat

North Carolina Solar Rights

Cities and counties in North Carolina generally may not adopt ordinances prohibiting the installation of "a solar collector that gathers solar radiation as a substitute for traditional energy for water heating, active space heating and cooling, passive heating, or generating electricity for residential property."(§ 160D-914.a)* 

However, this does not prohibit development regulation regulating the location and screening of solar collectors as described previously, provided the regulation does not have the effect of preventing the reasonable use of a solar collector for a residential property. (§ 160D-914.b)

Nor does this prevent development regulation that would prohibit the location of solar collectors

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Delaware Electric Cooperative - Green Energy Fund

Delaware Green Energy Funds

The Delaware Green Energy Fund was created in 1999 as the part of the deregulation of Delaware's electric utilities. Under Title 26 Delaware Code § 363, the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act, any electric company or cooperative may exempt itself from the states renewable portfolio standard by contributing to the states Green Energy Fund or by creating its own independent Green Energy Fund. The Green Energy Fund is to be used in support of energy efficiency technologies, renewable energy technologies, or demand side management programs, into which it shall make payments of at least $0.000356 for

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Delaware Municipal Electric Corporation - Green Energy Fund

Delaware Green Energy Funds

The Delaware Green Energy Fund was created in 1999 as the part of the deregulation of Delaware's electric utilities. Under Title 26 Delaware Code § 363, the Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards Act, any electric company or cooperative may exempt itself from the states renewable portfolio standard by contributing to the states Green Energy Fund or by creating its own independent Green Energy Fund. The Green Energy Fund is to be used in support of energy efficiency technologies, renewable energy technologies, or demand side management programs, into which it shall make payments of at least $0.000356 for

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Green Energy Technology in Public Buildings

Green Energy Technology

Enacted in June 2007, HB 2620 introduced a unique requirement for installing solar systems for public buildings. In 2012, SB 1533 amended the requirement to allow the use of any Green Energy Technology (GET). As of January 1, 2020, GET has been defined as energy systems that employ:

  • Geothermal electric
  • Geothermal direct use
  • Solar electric
  • Solar thermal
  • Passive solar
  • Battery storage equipment paired with the above

Eligble Alternative technologies include:

  • Woody Biomass*
  • Energy Use Efficiency**

The law requires public agencies to spend at least 1.5% of the total contract price of an eligible public building on green
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Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Solar and Geothermal Systems

Connecticut enacted legislation in June 2007 (H.B. 7432) that established a sales and use tax exemption for solar energy equipment and geothermal resource systems. H.B. 7432 added passive and active solar water-heating systems, passive and active solar space-heating systems, and solar-electric systems to the list of exempt technologies. The sales and use exemption covers both the equipment related to eligible systems, and labor (services) relating to the installation of eligible systems. The exemption has no expiration date.

Consumers purchasing the eligible equipment or services must present form CERT-140 to the seller at the time of purchase. Certification Form CERT-140 is

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Building Energy Code

NOTE: Much of the information presented in this summary is drawn from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Building Energy Codes Program and the Building Codes Assistance Project (BCAP). For more detailed information about building energy codes, visit the DOE and BCAP websites.

The Connecticut Office of the State Building Inspector establishes and enforces building, electrical, mechanical, plumbing and energy code requirements by reviewing, developing, adopting and administering the state building code. Compliance is determined through construction documents submitted to the relevant local building official showing detailed building data and features, and equipment systems governed under the code. Variances and

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Solar Energy Gross Receipts Tax Deduction

New Mexico has a gross receipts tax structure for businesses instead of a sales tax. Businesses are taxed on the gross amount of their business receipts each year before expenses are deducted. Revenue generated by the sale and installation of solar systems used to provide space heat, hot water, or electricity to the property on which it is installed may be deducted from gross receipts before the gross receipts tax is calculated. Dark-colored water tanks exposed to sunlight, including all equipment necessary for the installation and operation of the water tank as a part of the overall water system of

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Renewable Portfolio Standard

New Hampshire’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), established in May 2007, requires the state’s electricity providers -- with the exception of municipal utilities -- to acquire by 2025, renewable energy certificates (RECs) equivalent to 25.2% of retail electricity sold to end-user customers. The RPS includes four distinct standards for different types of energy resources; these are classified as Class I, Class II, Class III, and Class IV.

Class I - New Renewable Energy. This class addresses electricity or “useful thermal energy” generated by any of the following resources, provided the generator began operation after January 1, 2006, except as noted below

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2015 Sustainable Building Tax Credit (Corporate)

Superseded. This is the earlier of New Mexico's two Sustainable Building Tax Credits. House Bill 15, enacted April 2021, created a separate replacement credit — 2021 Sustainable Building Tax Credit (Corporate) — and limited this one to projects that began before HB 15 took effect and were completed before 1 January 2022. The same building cannot claim both credits.

The credit was created by S.B. 463 in April 2007 and re-enacted by a 2015 bill, effective 1 January 2017 with a statutory sunset of 31 December 2026. It is kept here because certifications under it are still being worked through

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2015 Sustainable Building Tax Credit (Personal)

Superseded. This is the earlier of New Mexico's two Sustainable Building Tax Credits. House Bill 15, enacted April 2021, created a separate replacement credit — 2021 Sustainable Building Tax Credit (Personal) — and limited this one to projects that began before HB 15 took effect and were completed before 1 January 2022. The same building cannot claim both credits.

The credit was created by S.B. 463 in April 2007 and re-enacted by a 2015 bill, effective 1 January 2017 with a statutory sunset of 31 December 2026. It is kept here because certifications under it are still being worked through

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