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Tennessee
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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
Funding (grants, loans, bonds, etc.)
Tennessee Clean Energy Technology Grant
www.eere.energy.gov/state_energy_program/project_brief_detail.cfm/p
b_id=1052
Provides businesses $5,000 to $75,000 to install renewable energy
systems at their facilities. To qualify, the facility where the system will
be installed must undergo an energy audit. The grant amounts are 40%
of the installed cost for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems, wind, solar
water heating, hydrogen fuel cells, and solar hybrid lighting.
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) - Green Power Switch
Generation
www.tva.gov/greenpowerswitch/partners/index.htm
Offers production-based incentives for solar PV and wind projects to
large commercial customers. Under the large commercial contract, TVA
will purchase the output at $0.20/kWh.
Tax Incentives
Wind Energy Systems Exemption
www.state.tn.us/sos/acts/103/pub/pc0377.pdf
Provides that wind energy systems operated by public utilities,
businesses, or industrial facilities shall not be taxed at more than one-
third of their total installed cost. This law applies to the initial appraisal
and subsequent appraisals of wind energy systems.
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
Renewable Portfolio Standard
Net Metering
Interconnection Standards
YesD No0
YesD No0
Yes D No 0
YesD No0
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired 0.2% Nuclear 26.3%
Natural Gas-Fired 0.7% Hydroelectric 8.3%
Coal-Fired 64.8% Other Renewables 0.6%
Points of Contact
Tennessee Clean Energy Technology Grant
Clinton Berry, III, clinton.berry@state.tn.us, (615) 253-1943
TVA- Green Power Switch Generation
Tennessee Valley Authority, tvainfo@tva.com
Wind Energy Systems Exemption
Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, (615) 401-7737
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.)
Waste Tire Cleanup Program
www.tennessee.gov/environment/swm/grants/wtcgrant.shtml
Assists local governments in the cleanup of un-permitted waste tire
sites. There is no match required by this grant. The number of grants
will be limited by the availability of funds in each grant cycle based on
the cost of the cleanups. Each year up to $500,000 may be set aside.
Eligibility for this grant is determined by priority as established by the
nine Environmental Field Offices. Each grant cycle, two sites from each
field office are invited to compete for funds to assist in the cleanup of
these un-permitted waste tire sites.
Limitations on Liability
Tennessee Voluntary Cleanup Oversight and Assistance
Program—Innocent Party Agreements
www.state.tn.us/environment/dor/voap/
Provides a mechanism for parties to voluntarily address investigation
and any necessary cleanup of a property to return it to productive use.
Upon completion, participants can receive a No Further Action letter
and a release of liability under all environmental statutes for areas
where investigation and cleanup is conducted.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 183
Includes Voluntary Cleanup Program Sites
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 260
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 42
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 Tennessee.
Points of Contact
Waste Tire Cleanup Program
Ron White, ronald.white@state.tn.us, (615) 532-4967
Tennessee Voluntary Cleanup Oversight and Assistance Program •
Innocent Party Agreements
Andy Shivas, Andy.Shivas@state.tn.us, (615) 532-0912
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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