United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
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
Funding (grants, loans, bonds, etc.)
Biogas and Biomass to Energy Grant Program
www. commerce, state, il. us/dceo/Bureaus/Energy_Recycling/Energy/Clean+Energy
Provides 50% cost-share for energy feasibility studies or for installation of equipment
for projects designed to use biogas or biomass to produce electricity with combined
heat and power through gasification, co-firing, or anaerobic digestion technologies.
Maximum grants available for feasibility studies, biogas projects, and biomass
projects are $2,500, $225,000, and $500,000, respectively. Program is not currently
open to new applications. Program guidelines for FY09 will be posted on Web site.
Solar Energy Incentive Program
www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Energy_Recycling/Energy/Clean+Energy/0
2-solar+Energy+lncentive+Program.htm
Provides grants up to 30% of a project cost for the purchase and installation of solar
thermal systems, up to $3.00 per watt (DC) for the installation of LEED-certified
photovoltaic (PV) capacity, or up to $3.25 per watt (DC) for the installation of an
innovative solar photovoltaic system (maximum grant is $2500,000).
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Grants
www.illinoiscleanenergy.org/grants.asp
Provides grants to programs and projects that improve energy efficiency, develop
renewable-energy resources, and preserve and enhance natural areas and wildlife
habitats in Illinois. Eligible renewable technologies include solar water heat, solar
thermal process heat, PV, wind, biomass, and fuel cells.
Renewable Energy Business Development Grant Program
www.commerce.state.il.us/dceo/Bureaus/Energy_Recycling/Energy/Clean+Energy/0
3-Renewable+Energy+Grant+Program.htm
Supports domestic renewable energy production through development of renewable
energy businesses. Funding is targeted at projects that develop and expand
renewable energy sector and corresponding supply chain while improving economy
of the state through business development. Grant awards vary, but are generally
limited to $1 million. Applications accepted until May 1, 2009, subject to funding.
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Commercial Wind Energy Property Valuation
www.revenue.state.il.us/LocalGovernment/PropertyTax/windenergydevice.pdf
Values wind energy devices larger than 500 kW and producing power for
commercial sale at $360,000/MW of capacity (adjusted annually for inflation) for
property-tax purposes. Physical depreciation allowance may not exceed 70% of the
trended real property cost basis.
Special Assessment for Solar Energy Systems
www.tax.illinois.gov/Publications/LocalGovernment/PTAX1004.pdf
Values solar energy equipment at no more than a conventional energy system for
property-tax purposes when properly registered.
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
Illinois Conservation and Climate Initiative - Methane Capture
http://illinoisclimate.org/
Provides greenhouse gas emissions credits to landowners who capture methane
with eligible methane digesters (in operation after 1999 and have installed biogas
flow monitoring and/or electrical metering equipment). Methane credited at 21 metric
tons of C02 per ton of methane, per year. Credits traded on Chicago Climate Exch.
Illinois Renewable Energy Association
www. illinoisrenew. org/index. htm
Provides network for sharing ideas, resources and information to promote renewable
energy, energy efficiency, and earth-friendly technology.
Illinois Solar Energy Association
www.illinoissolar.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=26<emid=52
Provides energy education to the Illinois public and promotes the widespread
application of solar, renewable and sustainable energy methods and technologies.
Net Metering
www.ilga.gov/
Available to electric customers who generate electricity using solar energy, wind
energy, biomass energy and hydropower, and fuel cells and microturbines powered
by renewable fuels with systems up to 40 kW in capacity. Dual metering is required
for nonresidential customers with systems greater than 40 kW and up to 2 MW.
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
Renewable Portfolio Standard
25% by 2025
Net Metering
Interconnection Standards
Yes 0 No D
Yes 0 No D
Yes 0 No D
Yes 0 No D
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired 0.1% Nuclear 48.9%
Natural Gas-Fired 2.8% Hydroelectric 0.1%
Coal-Fired 47.6% Other Renewables 0.4%
Points of Contact
Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity
www. commerce, state, il. us/dceo/
Biogas and Biomass to Energy Grant Program, Solar Energy Incentive
Program, Renewable Energy Business Development Grant Program,
Commercial Wind Energy Property Valuation, Special Assessment for Solar
Energy Systems, William S. Haas, William.Haas@illinois.gov, (312) 814-4763
Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation Grants
Jim Mann, jmann@illinoiscleanenergy.org, (312) 372-5191
Illinois Conservation and Climate Initiative - Methane Capture
William Schleizer, wschleizer@delta-institute.org, (312) 554-0900 x 24
Illinois Renewable Energy Association, www.illinoisrenew.org
Sonia Vogl, sonia@essex1.com, (815) 732-7332
Illinois Solar Energy Association, www.illinoissolar.org
contactisea@illinoissolar.org, (312) 376-8245
Net Metering
Eric Schlaf, eschlaf@icc.illinois.gov, (217) 782-2743
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.)
Municipal Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Program
www.epa.state.il.us/land/brownHelds/brnasst2.html
Offers municipalities grants of up to $240,000 for investigation and
cleanup of brownfields. Sites must be enrolled in the Site Remediation
Program and investigation/cleanup activities must be approved. Grant
funds are awarded to the municipality, but can be used at privately held
property. The grant has a 70/30 match requirement.
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (RLF)
www.epa.gov/brownfields/cities/illinois.htm
Offers $3.5 million for stipulated loans up to $425,000 per site to
municipalities to clean up former industrial commercial or industrial
sites. Sites must be enrolled in the Site Remediation Program and
investigation/cleanup activities must be approved. The municipality
must own the site.
Bank Participation Loan Program (in Chicago)
www.lincolnsquare.org/document/bid_cityprog.php
Offers up to $250,000 or $350,000 for commercial and industrial loans
(respectively) that are matched by banks at 75% of prime rate, for
terms from three to 15 years.
Limitations on Liability
Site Remediation Program (SRP)
No Further Remediation (NFR)
www. epa. state, il. us/land/lust/transfer-to-srp/fact-sheet. html
Issues an NFR letter, which signifies a release from further
responsibilities under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, when an
applicant has complied with the Site Remediation Rules and Tiered
Approach to Correction Action Objectives (TACO) and the site has
been sufficiently cleaned so that it no longer presents a significant risk
to human health or the environment.
Leaking Underground Storage Tank (LIST) NFR
www.epa.state.il.us/land/lust/
Issues an NFR letter, which signifies a release from further
responsibilities under the Illinois Environmental Protection Act, once
remediation objectives and program requirements (as defined by the
Leaking UST Section of the Illinois Bureau of Land) are met.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 1,158
Includes sites currently being addressed by IL response programs
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 469
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 615
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 Illinois.
Points of Contact
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
www.epa.state.il.us/
Municipal Brownfields Redevelopment Grant Program, Brownfields
Cleanup RLF
Heather Nifong, Heather.Nifong@illinois.gov, (217) 785-9407
Bank Participation Loan Program (in Chicago)
Department of Planning and Development, (312) 744-2489
SRP NFR
Rick Lucas, rick.lucas@illinois.gov, (217) 782-0462
Leaking UST NFR
Cliff Wheeler, cliff.wheeler@illinois.gov, (217) 782-9851
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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