United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
vvEPA
State Incentives for Achieving Clean and Renewable
Energy Development on Contaminated Lands
Wyoming
The development of clean and renewable energy on formerly used land offers many economic and environmental benefits. Combining clean and renewable energy and
contaminated land cleanup incentives can allow investors and communities to create economically viable clean and renewable energy redevelopment projects. This
document provides information about incentives in your state that can be leveraged for clean and renewable energy and development of contaminated land.
Incentives for Clean and Renewable Energy
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Renewable Energy Sales Tax Incentive
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/statutes/titles/Title39/T39CH12AR1.htm
Provides an exemption from state excise tax on the sales of equipment
used on projects up to the point of interconnection, with an existing
transmission grid for the generation of electricity from renewable
resources.
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
State Anemometer Loan Program
www.wyomingbusiness.org/business/energy_anemometer.aspx
Lends 50 meter, 30 meter, and 20 meter anemometer towers to land
owners for wind resource assessments. These assessments provide data
for commercial and residential sized wind turbines.
Net Metering
http://psc.state. wy. us/
Applies to investor-owned utilities and electric cooperatives. Eligible
technologies include solar, wind, biomass, and hydropower systems up to
25 kW.
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
Renewable Portfolio Standard
Net Metering
Interconnection Standards
YesD No0
YesD No0
Yes 0 No D
Yes 0 No D
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired 0.1% Nuclear
Natural Gas-Fired 1.1% Hydroelectric
Coal-Fired 94.5% Other Renewables
Points of Contact
Renewable Energy Sales Tax Incentive
Terri Lucero, Tlucero@state.wy.us, (307)777-5293
State Anemometer Loan Program
Tom Fuller, Tom.Fuller@wybusiness.org, (307) 777-2804
Net Metering
Don Biedermann, dbiede@state.wy.us, (307) 777-5747
1.9%
1.7%
Information current as of November 2008; please refer to www.dsireusa.org and the state Web sites
provided, or contact the points of contact identified above for more up to date information.
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Incentives for Development of Contaminated Land
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
Brownfields Assistance Program
http://deq.state.wy.us/volremedi/brownfields.asp
Provides technical assistance to brownfield sites through Phase I and
Phase II assessments, cleanup plan options, and limited site cleanup
activities. If eligible, assistance is provided up to $400,000 per site
($200,000 for assessment and $200,000 for cleanup). The Wyoming
Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) will develop a scope of
work for the project, hire a contractor to perform the work, and oversee
work activities.
Limitations on Liability
Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP)
http://deq.state.wy.us/volremedi/brownfields.asp
Provides for a process that can be used by owners and developers
interested in contaminated sites to put contaminated sites back into
productive use. The VRP provides three types of liability assurances: 1)
Covenants not to Sue (CNTS); 2) Certificates of Completion (COCs);
and 3) No Further Action Letters (NFAs). The VRP law also allows
owners of contaminated sites to petition "appropriate governmental
entity or entities" for the creation of a Use Control Area. This
mechanism precludes any other uses for a property other than that
defined in the Use Control Area agreement; it does this by using tools
such as institutional controls to ensure no exposure to contamination
left onsite.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 130
Includes Voluntary Cleanup Program
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 37
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 6
Properties being funded or addressed under the EPA Brownfields Program
There may be some overlap among the categories listed and sites listed may not
represent all potentially contaminated sites in Wyoming.
Points of Contact
Brownfields Assistance Program
Vickie Meredith, vmered@state.wy.us, (307) 335-6948
VRP
Carl Anderson, cander@state.wy.us, (307) 777-7740
Information current as of November 2008; please refer to
www.epa.gov/brownfields/pubs/st_res_prog_report.htm and the state Web sites provided,
or contact the points of contact identified above for more up to date information.
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