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 redevelopme 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.) Delaware Green Energy Program www. delaware-energy. com/Do wnload/Green %20Energy/Fact%20Sheet/ Fact_Sheet-11-26-07.pdf Provides rebates up to 50% of the installed system cost for PV, solar water heating, wind, fuel cells, and geothermal heat pump systems. These incentives take the form of grants to offset a portion of the cost of the renewable energy system. The Green Energy Program consists of three separate programs: one for Delmarva Power & Light (DP&L), the state's only investor-owned utility; one for the state's municipal utilities; and one for the Delaware Electric Cooperative (DEC). All three programs are currently managed by the Delaware Energy Office. Customers may only apply for incentives from the fund to which they contribute through a surcharge on their utility bills. Delaware Green Energy Fund's Research and Development Program www.delaware-energy.com/Download/Tech-Demo-R&D-Program/ Research_and_Development_FY2008.pdf Offers grants to commercial or institutional entities up to $250,000 per project that improve the engineering adaptation, or development of products that directly relate to renewable energy technology in the state. Eligible technologies include thermal electric, solar thermal process heat, PV, landfill gas, wind, biomass, hydroelectric, renewable fuel, geothermal electric, fuel cells, municipal solid waste, hydrogen, daylighting, anaerobic digestion, and renewable fuels. Delaware Green Energy Fund's Technology and Demonstration Grants www.delaware-energy.com/Download/Tech-Demo-R&D-Program/ Technology_Demonstration_Program_FY_2008.pdf Provides grants to commercial or institutional entities up to $200,000 per project that demonstrate the market potential for new renewable energy technologies and accelerate the commercialization of these technologies in Delaware. Eligible technologies include hydroelectric, fuel cells, biodiesel manufacturing facilities, storage, conversion, and conditioning equipment. Note that grant limits are different for passive solar projects. Net Metering http://regulations.delaware.gov/AdminCode/title26/3000/3001.shtml Offers net metering to non-residential customers statewide that generate electricity using solar, wind or hydro resources, anaerobic digesters, or fuel cells powered by renewable fuels. The maximum capacity of a net-metered system is 2 MW per meter for non-residential customers of Delmarva Power; and 500 kW per meter for non-residential customers of DEC. Note that Delmarva and DEC also offer net metering for residential customers. Yes 0 No D Yes 0 No D Public Benefit Fund (PBF) Renewable Portfolio Standard 20% by 2019 Net Metering Interconnection Standards Yes 0 No D Yes 0 No D Electric Power Industry Generation by Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006) Petroleum-Fired 1.8% Nuclear Natural Gas-Fired 16.3% Hydroelectric Other Gas 12.7% Other Renewables Coal-Fired 69.2% Points of Contact All Delaware Energy Incentives and Programs Delaware Energy Office, www.delaware-energy.com/ Scott Lynch, scott.lynch@state.de.us, (302) 739-1530 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. Delaware Incentives for Clean and Renewable Energy - Page ' ------- Incentives for Development of Contaminated Land Funding (grants, loans, bonds, etc.) Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) - Brownfields Grant Program www. dnrec. state.de. us/dnrec2000/Divisions/A WM/sirb/brownfield. asp Offers brownfields grants to private parties up to $225,000 per project for assessment, investigation, and cleanup activities. Of the $225,000, the first potential $125,000 is a dollar-for-dollar reimbursement, and the second potential $100,000 is a 50 cents to the dollar reimbursement. No more than $1 million can be allocated to any one single entity in one fiscal year. The site must be a certified brownfields and the eligible entity must not have caused or contributed to the contamination. Public and nonprofit entities may receive up to $1 million for a certified site, but may not receive more than $1 million in any single fiscal year. These entities also must not have caused or contributed to any release(s) of hazardous substances. Delaware Economic Development Office (DEDO) - Hazardous Substance Cleanup Loan www.dedo.delaware.gov/business/brownHeld/programs_and_resources. shtml#Loans Provides up to $250,000 in low interest loans (not to exceed 3%) to businesses for environmental investigations and remediation activities. Loans offered for a 10-year term. DEDO - Brownfield Assistance Program www.dedo.delaware.gov/business/brownfield/programs_and_resources. shtml#Loans Allows reimbursement for either of the qualified assessment and remediation costs up to $100,000 per project. The site must be a certified brownfield, and create at least five jobs as a result of assessment and cleanup activities. Underground Storage Tank Remediation Loan Program www.dnrec.state.de.us/water2000/Sections/FAB/FABUSTLoan.htm Offers financing at a low-interest rate of 3%, for seven to 10 years, with a minimum loan of $5,000 and a maximum loan of $250,000 to owners or lessees of underground storage tank facilities that need rehabilitation in order to meet regulatory requirements and where the applicant demonstrates the ability to repay the loan. Tax Incentives (abatements, credits, deductions, etc.) Delaware Brownfields Tax Credit Program www.dedo.delaware.gov/business/brownHeld/programs_and_resources. shtml#Tax_Credits_State Provides tax credits to any brownfield developer that invests $200,000 in a qualified brownfield facility and who has hired at least five qualified employees during any taxable year. Companies that locate on a brownfield are eligible to receive tax credits for: 1) New employees ($650 for each new employee); 2) Capital investment ($650 per each $100,000 of investment); and 3) A 15-year graduated gross receipts tax credit. Credits for employees and investment are enhanced by $250 if business is located in a targeted area. Limitations on Liability Delaware Brownfields Development Program www. dnrec. state.de. us/dnrec2000/Divisions/A WM/sirb/BrownHeld/doc/ Brownfields_Development_Agreement.doc Offers complete liability protection for existing contamination to qualified brownfield developers provided that they enter into a Brownfields Development Agreement (BDA) prior to taking title of a property, and agree to an approved work plan for cleanup of contamination prior to development of the site. BDAs offer a Certificate of Completion of Remedy (COCR) for the entire site or for geographic or media operable units (OUs). Delaware Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Program (VCP) www.dnrec.state.de.us/dnrec2000/Divisions/AWM/sirb/vcp_main.asp Offers full liability protection from existing environmental conditions to property title holders/potential responsible parties (PRPs) that enter into a Brownfields Voluntary Cleanup Agreement. Property owners must receive a COCR before any liability protections engage, and before construction can begin. Quick Facts Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 191 Includes VCP and Brownfields Development Program sites Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 63 Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 27 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 Delaware Points of Contact DNREC Brownfields Grant Program, DEDO Hazardous Substance Cleanup Loan, DEDO - Brownfields Assistance Program, Delaware Brownfields Development Program, Delaware Brownfields VCP Jim Poling, (302) 395-2636 Underground Storage Tank Remediation Loan Program Jill Hall, jill.hall@state.de.usl, (302) 395-2500 Delaware Brownfields Tax Credit Program Shannon Marchman, Shannon.Marchman@state.de.us, (302) 577-8742 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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