United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
vvEPA
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.)
Energy Trust- Open Solicitation Program
www.energytrust.org/RR/os/index.html
Provides cost-share funding for feasibility studies, representing 50% of
costs, up to $30,000 and funding for new commercial technologies to build
renewable energy markets, including small hydroelectric, wave,
geothermal, or other renewable energy projects that deliver power to the
service territories of Portland General Electric or Pacific Power.
Energy Trust - Wind Program
www.energytrust.org/RR/wind/index.html
Provides funding, technical support, and co-funding to wind energy projects
that range from community-scale up to 20 MW utility-scale.
Energy Trust - Solar Program
www.energytrust.org/solar/index.html
Provides cash incentives for solar energy systems, based on watts
produced. Systems must be tied to the grid and net metered. Incentives
vary, depending on location of the project.
Energy Loan Program
http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/LOANS/selphm.shtml
Offers low-interest loans from $20,000 to $20 million for projects that
produce energy from renewable resources, including water, wind,
geothermal, solar, biomass, waste materials, or waste heat.
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Business Energy Tax Credits
http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/BUS/BETC.shtml
Offers a tax credit of 50% of project costs for renewable energy projects,
up to $20 million, over a specified time period.
Tax Credit for Renewable Energy Equipment Manufacturers
http://egov.oregon.gov/ENERGY/CONS/BUS/tax/BETC-
Renewables.shtml#
Renewable_Energy_Resource_Equipment_Manufacturing_Facilities
Offers a tax credit of 50% of project costs for facilities that will manufacture
renewable energy systems. The credit is taken over five years, at 10% a
year, with a maximum of $40 million.
Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Systems
http://landru. leg.state. or. us/ors/30 7.html
Eliminates the property tax on the value added to a property from the
installation of qualifying renewable energy production systems, provided
the system is a net metering facility.
Net Metering
www.pacificpower.net/Article/Article39589.html
www.portlandgeneral.com/business/products/power_options/customer_gen
eration/net_metering.asp
Allows net metering for commercial customers up to 2 MW. The rules credit
the annual net against retail rates.
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF) Yes 0 No D
Renewable Portfolio Standard Yes 0 No D
Large utilities: 25% by 2025, Small utilities: 10% by 2025
Smallest utilities: 5% by 2025
Net Metering Yes 0 No D
Interconnection Standards Yes 0 No D
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired Nuclear
Natural Gas-Fired 21.0% Hydroelectric 71%
Coal-Fired 4.4% Other Renewables 3.5%
Points of Contact
Energy Trust - Open Solicitation Program
Betsy Kauffman, betsy.kauffman@energytrust.org, (503) 459-4072
Energy Trust - Wind Program
Erin Johnston, erin.johnston@energytrust.org, (503) 459-4075
Energy Trust - Solar Program
Brian Thornton, brian.thornton@energytrust.org, (503) 445-7640
Energy Loan Program
Kathy Estes, kathy.estes@state.or.us, (503) 378-4040
Oregon Department of Energy
Business Energy Tax Credits, Tax Credit for Renewable Energy
Equipment Manufacturers
Suzanne Dillard, Suzanne.C.Dillard@state.or.us, (503) 373-7565
Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Systems, (503) 378-4040
Net Metering
Pacific Power, customerservice@pacificpower.net, (888) 221-7070
Portland General Electric, Net Metering Coordinator, (503) 464-8000
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.)
Brownfields Redevelopment Fund
http://econ.oregon.gov/ECDD/CD/program/brownHelds.shtml
Provides both grant and loan funding for environmental actions at
brownfield sites. Funding decisions are based on the project's expected
public benefits (e.g., job creation, economic development, and community
revitalization).
Oregon Coalition Brownfields Cleanup Fund
http://econ.oregon.gov/ECDD/CD/program/CBC.shtml
Provides funds for assisting with the cleanup of brownfields. Loans and
grants require a 20% cost share and are targeted to projects that
demonstrate the greatest need and most benefits to the community.
Applicants that are responsible for the contamination or sites proposed for
the National Priorities List are ineligible.
Community Development Block Grant Program
http://econ.oregon.gov/ECDD/CD/CDBG/CDBG.shtml
Funds brownfields redevelopment projects, among other categories, for
non-metropolitan cities and counties in rural Oregon. Projects must
demonstrate benefits to low-income persons, alleviate blight, or meet an
urgent community development need. Maximum brownfields
redevelopment grant amount is $300,000 with a local match of 15%.
Oregon Business Development Fund
www.oregon4biz.com/obdf.htm
Offers revolving loan fund financing that can be used for brownfields
cleanup. Loans can be made for up to $500,000 and can cover up to 40%
of project costs.
Oregon Credit Enhancement Fund
www.oregon4biz.com/cef.htm
Provides a loan insurance tool for lenders to help businesses secure
financing for brownfields redevelopment projects. The average credit
enhancement loan is $230,000. This provides additional loan backing for
businesses seeking credit.
Oregon Capital Access Program
www.oregon4biz.com/cap.htm
Assists lenders in making loans to small businesses and developers
wishing to redevelop brownfields. Since the program was established in
1991, it has helped facilitate nearly 1,500 loans for $56.3 million.
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Site-Specific
Assessments
www. deq.state. or. us/lq/cu/brownfields/assessments.htm
Performs site specific assessments (SSAs) to promote property transfer
and redevelopment. Privately-owned sites must have a local sponsor and
help offset the SSAs' cost.
Limitations on Liability
Voluntary Cleanup Program
www. deq. state, or. us/lq/cu/voluntarycu. htm
Provides two pathways to help cleanup brownfields: 1) the Independent
Cleanup Pathway, and 2) the Voluntary Cleanup Pathway. The
Independent Cleanup Pathway is for parties wishing to clean up sites
without DEQ oversight. The Voluntary Cleanup Pathway involves DEQ
oversight throughout the process. Oregon's VCP issues No Further Action
(NFA) determinations for sites demonstrated not to present unacceptable
risk to human health or the environment.
Prospective Purchaser Agreements
www.deq.state.or.us/lq/cu/ppa.htm
Limits the purchaser's or lessee's liability to DEQ for environmental
cleanup of the property, provided the redevelopment creates a substantial
public benefit. Developers must complete an application to initiate formal
negotiation of the agreement.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 1,085
Includes Urban Sites Remedial Action Program, Voluntary Remediation Program,
and Property Transfer Program sites that have entered the State VCP since its
inception in 1989.
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 120
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 359
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 Oregon.
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
Oregon Community Development Division
Brownfield Redevelopment Fund, Oregon Coalition Brownfields
Cleanup Fund
Karen Homolac, Karen.homolac@state.or.us, 503-986-0191
Community Development Block Grant Program
Mary Baker/Gloria Zacharias, oedd.info@state.or.us, 503-986-0123
Oregon Economic and Community Development Department
Oregon Business Development Fund, (503) 986-0123
Oregon Credit Enhancement Fund, Oregon Capital Access
Program, (503)986-0172
Oregon Department of Environmental Quality Site-Specific
Assessments, Gil Wistar, wistar.gil@deq.state.or.us, (503) 229-5512
Voluntary Cleanup Program Limitations on Liability
Ann Levine, (503) 229-6258
Prospective Purchaser Agreements
Charlie Landman, (503) 229-6461
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