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.)
Direct Loan Program of the West Virginia Economic
Development Authority (WVEDA)
www.wveda.org/program-directloan.html
Provides loans in a minimum amount of $50,000 and a maximum amount
of $10 million or 40% of eligible costs. Financial assistance is available to
participate in the financing of fixed assets for business classifications
currently targeted by the West Virginia Development Office meeting
VWEDA's job creation criteria; this includes any renewable energy project.
The applicant may be an existing or prospective West Virginia business.
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Special Assessment for Wind Energy Systems
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entive%20Programs%20for%20Wind%20Energy%20lnvestments
Lowers the appraised property tax value on wind towers and turbines
to 5% of original cost with a limit on the amount of property eligible for
salvage valuation to be no more than 79% of the total value of the
facility. Property other than the tower and turbine is to be appraised at fair
market value.
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
West Virginia Renewable Energy Program
www.energywv.org/community/renewable.html
Advances the use of West Virginia's wind and renewable resources
through technical assistance and public-private partnerships. The program
can assist developers by providing detailed wind maps, interfacing with
West Virginia utilities, and contacting local economic developers.
Tax Exemption for Wind Energy Generation
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Lowers the Business and Operation Tax (B&O) on utilities using wind-
power generation. For most types of electricity-generating units, the
B&O tax is 40% of the generating capacity; the B&O tax on a wind
turbine is 12% of the generating capacity of the turbine.
Industrial Expansion and Industrial Revitalization Credit for
Electrical Power Producers
www.state.wv.us/taxrev/uploads/schi.pdf
Provides a tax credit for power generation companies that invest in
new, expanded, or revitalized generation facilities. The credit is equal to
10% of the qualified investment and may be used to offset up to 50% of
annual liability for Business Occupation Tax, Severance Tax, and
Business Franchise Tax.
Net Metering
www.psc.state.wv.us/
Applies to residential and commercial systems up to 25 kW capacity that
generate electricity using any renewable resource.
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
YesD No0
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA.2006)
Petroleum-Fired 0.2% Nuclear
Natural Gas-Fired 0.4% Hydroelectric
Coal-Fired 97.5% Other Renewables
1.7%
0.2%
Points of Contact
Direct Loan Program of WVEDA
David Warner, dwarner@wveda.org, (304) 558-3650
Joey Browning, jbrowning@wveda.org, (304) 558-3650
Special Assessment for Wind Energy Systems, Tax Exemption for
Wind Energy Generation, Industrial Expansion and Industrial
Revitalization Credit for Electrical Power Producers
Mark Muchow, mmuchow@tax.state.wv.us, (304) 558-8730
West Virginia Renewable Energy Program
Jeff Herholdt, jherholdt@wvdo.org, (304) 558-2234
Net Metering
Jim Ellars, jellars@psc.state.wv.us, (304) 340-0331
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
Northern and Southern WV Brownfields Assistance Centers
www.wvbrownfields.org/wvbrownfieldsProgram/about/defaultO.htm
Provides technical assistance to eligible entities undertaking
brownfields redevelopment efforts. Some support options include:
property acquisition; serving as a developer of a property to manage
remediation and redevelopment; maintaining an inventory of brownfield
sites; providing training and technical assistance on brownfields
development, grant writing, site assessments, remediation, community
involvement, and site preparation; administering federal brownfields
assistance programs; and coordinating with the West Virginia
Development Office and Department of Environmental Protection.
Limitations on Liability
West Virginia Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP)
www.wvdep.org/ltem.cfm?ssid=18&SS1ID=33
Provides a Certificates of Completion (COC) that offers liability relief for
entities enrolled in the VRP. Once the VRP agreement is executed, the
state is barred from conducting any enforcement actions against the
applicant for the site and any contamination on the site, unless there is an
imminent threat to public health.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 173
Includes Urban Sites Remedial Action Program, Voluntary Remediation Program,
and Property Transfer Program sites
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 181
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 117
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 West Virginia.
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
Northern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center
Patrick Kirby, Patrick.Kirby@mail.wvu.edu, (304) 293-2867 Ext. 5418
Southern West Virginia Brownfields Assistance Center
George Carico, carico@marshall.edu, (304) 696-5456
West Virginia VRP Limitations on Liability
Ken Ellison, kellison@wvdep, (304) 926 0455 Ext. 1263
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