Regional Incentives for CHP

California

• SELFGEN - Self-Generation Program
• No exit fees for generators < 10 MW

New York

• Renewables R&D Grant Program
• Public Service Commission System Benefits Charge = $150 million/year to Energy Efficiency/Renewable Resources fund
• State committed $614 million to renewable generation for 166,000 homes and 100 MW of onsite CHP
• Partnership for DG - $3 million pilot program for gas utility. Defrays cost of customer DG installation
• Net Metering for farms with methane-fueled generators

Ohio

• Conversion Facilities Corporate Tax Exemption
• Ohio Technology Investment Tax Credit – encourages taxpayers to invest in DG projects and firms

Illinois

• Clean Energy Community Trust Fund - $250 million to efficiency and renewable programs

Indiana

• Distributed Generation Grant Program (DGGP)
• Energy Education and Demonstration Grant Program
• Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) Set-Aside

New Jersey

• Board of Public Utilities and Economic Development Authority - $60 million for investment in renewables and efficiency

Minnesota

• MN Dept of CommerceState Energy Office – grants for DE and energy projects
• Net metering laws – renewable and cogen up to 40 kW
• Interconnection standards for operation of DG

Michigan

• Alternative Energy Equipment Exemption
• Alternative Energy Property and Real Tax Exemption
• Employee Payroll Tax Credit
• Energy Efficiency Grants
• NextEnergy Curriculum Development Grants

 Mississippi

• Energy Investment Program

Pennsylvania

• Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Grants (FirstEnergy Territory)
• Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Loans (FirstEnergy Territory)
• Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Grant Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
• Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
• Pennsylvania Energy Harvest Grant Program
• SEF of Central Eastern Pennsylvania Loan Program (PP&L Territory)
• Sustainable Development Fund Grant Program (PECO Territory)
• West Penn Power SEF Commercial Loan Program
• West Penn Power SEF Grant Program

Oregon

• Harvesting Clean Energy Program – supports energy efficiency and on-farm renewables
• Business Energy Tax Credit
• Small Scale Energy Loan Program (SELP)

Source: An article entitled “The Top 11 States for Distributed Energy,” Distributed Energy, March/April 2004 (http://www.forester.net/de_0403_top.html); and

Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE), http://www.dsireusa.org/, a comprehensive source of information on state, local, utility, and selected federal.