Renewable Electrification

Renewable Energy Production Tax Credit

This tax credit allows for a person holding the title to a qualified energy generator to receive a tax credit for every kWh of electricity produced. The tax credit rate rises gradually to $0.04 per kWh by the sixth taxable year in which the generator

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Small Business Environmental Improvement Loans

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency offers zero-interest loans to Minnesota small businesses for capital expenditures helping the company comply with or exceed environmental regulations, including those regulating emissions of greenhouse gasses and other pollutants. Recipients must employ less than 100 employees and report less than

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Renewable Energy Standard

Minnesota requires investor-owned utilities, electric cooperatives, municipal power agencies, and power districts to have at least 20% of retail electricity sales generated or procured from eligible renewable sources (including solar PV, wind, hydroelectric, green hydrogen, landfill gas, RNG, landfill gas, and wastewater) by 2020 and 25%

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Missouri PACE

Missouri Property Assessed Clean Energy Program (PACE) financing helps property owners in the state make investments in energy efficiency and renewable energy of all kinds. To repay the loan, property owners make fixed-rate payments as part of their annual property tax bill on terms up

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Alternative Energy Revolving Loan Program

The Montana Energy Office operates a revolving fund to provide low-interest loans to local governments, non-profits, and businesses under 100 employees for renewable energy and efficiency projects. The program offers loans up to $40,000 at an interest rate of 3% on terms of up to

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Rural Minnesota Energy Board PACE Program

For commercial and industrial property owners in rural Minnesota counties, the Rural Minnesota Energy Board offers PACE funding for retrofits that install solar thermal, geothermal heat pumps, or any technology which increases energy efficiency. Participating counties include Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood, Faribault, Freeborn, Jackson, Lincoln,

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Environmental Assistance Loans

MCPA partners with private financial institutions to provide low-interest financing to businesses and political subdivisions of the state to fund the capital costs of environmental projects, including those reducing pollution. While many businesses and projects are eligible for loans, the MPCA prioritizes small- and medium-sized

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Guaranteed Energy Savings Program

Aimed at assisting Minnesota public entities in boosting energy efficiency and renewable energy deployment, this program provides a wide array of technical, contractual, and financial assistance in pursuing Energy Savings Performance Contracting. ESPCs work with approved Energy Service Companies to use the money saved by

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