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State Incentives for Achieving Clean and Renewable
Energy Development on Contaminated Lands
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
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
HB 428: Lease of Louisiana Lands for Wind Power Production
www.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/windpoweringamerica/filter_detail.asp
?itemid=1006
Authorizes the Department of Natural Resources, in conjunction with the
State Mineral Board, to lease state-owned lands for the production of wind
power.
Net Metering
http://dnr.louisiana.gov/sec/execdiv/techasmt/energy_sources/index.htm
Requires publicly-owned utilities and rural electric cooperatives to offer net
metering to customers with systems that generate electricity using solar,
wind, hydropower, geothermal or biomass resources. (Fuel cells and micro
turbines that generate electricity entirely derived from renewable resources
are eligible.) The rules apply to residential facilities with a maximum
capacity of 25 kW and commercial or agricultural systems with a maximum
capacity of 300 kW. Note: In June 2008, Louisiana increased the maximum
capacity of commercial and agricultural systems to 300 kW. However, as of
November 2008 this change had not yet been adopted within the City of
New Orleans. Please contact the Louisiana Public Service Commission to
ensure that the 300 kW capacity applies to your project.
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
Renewable Portfolio Standard
Net Metering
Interconnection Standards
Yes D No 0
Yes D No 0
Yes 0 No D
Yes 0 No D
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired 2% Nuclear 18.4%
Natural Gas-Fired 44.5% Hydroelectric 0.8%
Coal-Fired 26.8% Other Renewables 3.3%
Points of Contact
HB428: Lease of Louisiana Lands for Wind Power Production
Louisiana Department of Natural Resources, dnr.louisiana.gov
Dave Meloy, davidm@dnr.state.la.us, (225) 342-6119
Net Metering
Louisiana Public Service Commission, www.lpsc.org
Arnold Chauviere, arnold.chauviere@la.gov, (225) 342-4404
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
Funding (grants, loans, bonds, etc.)
Louisiana Targeted Brownfield Assessment (TBA) Services
www. deq. louisiana. gov/portal/Default. aspx?tabid= 266
Provides funding for a limited number of TBAs at qualified properties in
Louisiana. Eligible assessments include Phase I and II Environmental Site
Assessments conducted in accordance with ASTM guidelines as well as
other environmental assessments conducted in accordance with the
Louisiana Risk Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP) regulations.
Louisiana Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF)
www.deq.louisiana.gov/brownfields
Provides loans at below-market interest rates to cleanup sites
contaminated by petroleum and hazardous substances, pollutants, or
contaminants (including hazardous substances co-mingled with
petroleum).
Tax Incentives (abatements, credits, deductions, etc.)
Louisiana Tax Credit Program for Remediating Certified
Brownfields Sites (aka: Brownfields Investor Tax Credit)
www.legis. state, la. us/lss/lss. asp?doc=321885
Provides tax credits to Louisiana taxpayers and investors to remediate
state-certified brownfields sites under legislation S.B. 322. Each taxpayer
or investor is eligible to receive a 15% tax credit of the total investment to
complete a remedial investigation and a 50% tax credit of the total
investment made to complete a voluntary remediation action. The
legislation authorizes a 10-year carry forward or transferability of the credit,
but prohibits the amount of the tax credit applied by a taxpayer or investor
from exceeding the amount of taxes due in a taxable period.
Limitations on Liability
Louisiana Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP)
www.deq.louisiana.gov/brownfields
Allows property owners and other persons who clean up properties to
establish risk-based standards to get a Certificate of Completion from the
Louisiana DEQ. The certificate releases them from further liability under
state law for the past contamination at the site. This certificate allows
potential buyers to acquire and remediate brownfields properties without
fear of state superfund liability.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 1,115
Includes Voluntary Remediation Program and Underground Storage Tank sites
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 197
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 149
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 Louisiana.
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.
Points of Contact
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality
www.deq.louisiana.gov
Louisiana TBA Services
Duane Wilson, duane.wilson@la.gov, (225) 219-3236
Louisiana BCRLF, Brownfields Investor Tax Credit, Louisiana VRP
Roger Gingles, roger.gingles@la.gov, (225) 219-3188
Duane Wilson/Rashaunda Johnson, brownfields@la.gov, (225) 219-3236
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