The PACE program offers low-cost, long-term financing for improvements to commercial and industrial properties. The program seeks to bolster energy efficiency, decrease water consumption and energy demand, by financing technologies that generate electricity, provide thermal energy, or regulate temperature. Local governments must opt-in to this
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
The Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality offers interest free loans for renovations of $250,000 or more. Eligible applicants include facility-owning state agencies, boards, and commissions, to include institutions of higher learning. Eligible projects include but are not limited to building weatherization, HVAC and lighting replacements
The Colorado Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program allows owners of eligible commercial and industrial buildings to finance up to 100% of their renewable energy improvements. Eligible improvements include fuel cells, geothermal systems, solar thermal systems, and waste heat recovery, among others. Eligible properties
This sales and use tax exemption applies to solar energy systems and components, as well as equipment used to produce, store, transport, compress, or blend green hydrogen, which can be created using biomass, geothermal, or other renewable energy sources.
Section 200/10-10 of the Illinois Compiled Statutes Property Tax Code establishes an alternate valuation assessment for solar energy systems. When the owner of a property with a solar energy system files a claim for an alternate valuation, the chief county assessment officer ascertains both the
The Massachusetts Clean Energy Center funds Innovate Mass, a program that provides up to $350,000 in bridge funding and technical support to help early-stage companies achieve commercialization for new clean energy technologies and innovative combinations of existing technologies. To qualify, companies must have advanced and
The Maine Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program allows owners of eligible commercial and industrial buildings to finance up to 100% of their renewable energy and other sustainability improvements. Qualifying properties must be real commercial properties that do not have residential mortgages, are not
Through this program, small businesses, institutions, and local governments in Minnesota can receive no-cost recommendations on how to increase energy and water efficiency and cut operating costs. The recommendations come from assessments conducted by retired, experienced professionals funded by the MCPA.
Montana law requires electric utilities to contribute the equivalent of 2.4% of annual revenue, obtained through a customer surcharge, to the Public Benefits Fund. The Public Benefits Fund supports low-income weatherization efforts and energy assistance, research and development programs geared toward energy conservation and renewable
