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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.
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Incentives for Clean and Renewable Energy
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Zero-Emissions Facility Production Tax Credit
www.okcommerce.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=
category§ionid=4&id= 164<emid= 712
Provides a state income tax credit to producers of electric power using
renewable energy resources from a zero-emission facility located in
Oklahoma. The zero-emission facility must have a rated production
capacity of 1 MW or greater. The facility must be placed in operation after
June 4,2001, and the electricity must be sold to an unrelated party. For
facilities placed in service on or after January 1,2007 and before January
1,2016, the amount of the credit is $0.0050/kWh.
Small Wind Turbine Manufacturer Tax Credit
www.seic.okstate.edu/owpi/
Provides a tax credit of up to $25 per square foot of a turbine rotor area for
manufacturers of wind turbines with rated capacities of between 1 -50 kW.
Can be applied retroactively to tax year 2003, though the incentive amount
is reduced for tax years prior to 2005.
Net Metering
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Requires investor-owned utilities and electric cooperatives under the
commission's jurisdiction to file net metering tariffs for customer-owned
renewable-energy systems and combined heat and power (CHP) facilities
up to 100 kW in capacity or up to 25,000 kWh per year. Net metering is
available to all customer classes.
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
Renewable Portfolio Standard
Net Metering
Interconnection Standards
YesD No0
YesD No0
Yes 0 No D
YesD No0
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired 0.1% Nuclear
Natural Gas-Fired 46.6% Hydroelectric
Coal-Fired 49.7% Other Renewables
0.9%
2.9%
Points of Contact
Zero-Emissions Facility Production Tax Credit
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Carolyn Sullivan, carolyn_sullivan@odoc.state.ok.us, (405) 815-5347
Small Wind Turbine Manufacturer Tax Credit
Oklahoma Wind Power Initiative
Britton Rife, bkrife@gmail.com, (405) 325-8781
Net Metering
George Kiser, g.kiser@occemail.com, (405) 521-6878
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.)
Oklahoma Quality Jobs Act
www.deq.state.ok.us/lpdnew/Brownfields/taxincennew2004.pdf
Provides incentive payments to eligible companies that locate their
principal business activities on contaminated properties of at least ten
acres in size that qualify as: 1) a federal Superfund removal site; 2)
National Priorities List (NPL or Superfund) site; 3) a site formally deferred
to the state in lieu of NPL listing; or 4) a site that was remediated pursuant
to an order of the DEQ.
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Program
www.deq.state.ok.us/pubs/lpd/bf2pages.pdf
Provides qualified applicants with funds to clean up contaminated properties
through the state administered Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund
Program. The money is dispersed in the form of low interest loans.
Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund Program
www.deq.state.ok.us/lpdnew/Brownfields/taxincennew2004.pdf
Provides loans to eligible brownfield sites located within permitted urban
storm water areas. Proposed projects must participate in the Oklahoma
Brownfields Program.
Tax Incentives (abatements, credits, etc.)
Oklahoma Sales Tax Code
www.deq.state.ok.us/lpdnew/Brownfields/taxincennew2004.pdf
Allows an exemption for machinery, equipment, fuels, and chemicals
incorporated into the treatment process to substantially reduce the volume
or harmful properties of hazardous waste at facilities approved by the DEQ
for the cleanup of site contamination.
Opportunity and Enterprise Zones
www. okcommerce. gov/index.php ?option=content&task= view&id=
300<emid=381
Offers eligible businesses that locate in one of Oklahoma's Opportunity or
Enterprise Zones enhanced financial incentives for stimulating economic
expansion in rural and disadvantaged communities. Businesses locating in
an Opportunity Zone are not subject to the annualized average wage
requirement in the standard Quality Jobs Program. Businesses located in
an Enterprise Zone are eligible to receive double the Investment/New Jobs
Tax Credit. Additionally, companies obtaining ad valorem exemptions from
local taxing entities may be exempted for up to six years, rather than five.
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
Brownfields Program
www.deq.state.ok.us/lpdnew/brownfindex.html
Offers technical assistance to private parties, government entities, and
nonprofit organizations in the form of guidance, Phase I and Phase II
assessments, and limited cleanup actions.
Limitations on Liability
Brownfields Program - Certificate of Completion;
Certificate of No Action Necessary
www.deq.state.ok.us/lpdnew/brownHndex.html
Prohibits DEQ from assessing administrative penalties or pursuing civil
actions associated with the contamination that was the subject of the
consent order against any lender, lessee, or successor or assign if that
person is in compliance with any post-certification conditions or
requirements as specified in the consent order, Certificate of No Action
Necessary, or Certificate of Completion.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 116
Includes Brownfield Program sites that have been completed or are currently in
the program, as well as sites enrolled in the state VCP
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 245
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 225
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 Oklahoma.
Points of Contact
Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality
Oklahoma Quality Jobs Act, Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan
Fund Program, Clean Water State Revolving Loan Fund Program
Brownfields Program, Oklahoma Sales Tax Code, Brownfields
Program Limitations on Liability
Rita Kottke, Ph.D., rita.kottke@deq.ok.us, (405) 702-5157
Opportunity and Enterprise Zones
Oklahoma Department of Commerce
Sohail Hassanjee, (405) 815-5176
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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