Massachusetts’ Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (APS) was established to complement the RPS Program, providing requirements and incentives for alternative electricity technologies. To qualify for a credit, a project must provide useful thermal energy to a facility in Massachusetts, have an opening date of Jan 2015
The New Hampshire Renewable Portfolio Standard requires electricity providers to source a certain percentage of the energy they sell to customers, including “useful thermal energy,” from renewable sources, including biomethane, biomass, and hydrogen produced from some renewable fuels. The standard also has a carve-out for
The RFP seeks proposals to increase the supply of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) from thermal renewable energy or other specific non-photovoltaic electric renewable energy projects in New Hampshire. Specifically, projects that will be eligible to generate Class I, Class I Thermal, or Class IV Renewable
Under this law, a municipality, county, or multi-county joint power board can designate an Energy Improvements Area, and establish a program to make loans to owners of residential, commercial, or industrial real property in the area for projects that increase energy efficiency or generate renewable
The Public Service Commission of West Virginia requires electric utilities to meet alternative and renewable energy portfolio standards and allows them to do so by purchasing additional credits. The standards require electric utilities to own credits equivalent to at least 10% of the electricity they
DC PACE is a financing product developed through a partnership between Urban Ingenuity and the DC Department of Energy and Environment. This program offers 100% financing for energy and water projects, allowing qualified property owners to receive financing repaid through a property tax assessment on
The DC Green Bank is a quasi-government institution helping to use innovative financing mechanisms to lower barriers to renewable energy deployment. It offers several products for residential, commercial, and industrial customers, including the Commercial Loan for Energy Efficiency and Renewables (CLEER).
The Washing State Housing Finance Commission’s Sustainable Energy Trust provides loans for energy efficiency and clean energy-related retrofits and new construction. Loan sizes can range from $50,000 to up to $1 million, at interest rates of 2-4%.
This legislation establishes a Commercial Property Clean Energy and Resiliency (C-PACER) program that local governments in Washington may implement to allow agricultural, commercial, and industrial properties to borrow money to reduce energy use or generate renewable energy. Under the program, debt is taken on by
Washington established a statewide Renewable Fuels Office to promote RDD&D of renewable fuel technologies and facilitate the establishment of a Clean Hydrogen Hub in the state. The state also tasked the office with studying hydrogen incentive structures, standards, and future regulation, supporting the equitable implementation
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