United States
Environmental Protection
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State Incentives for Achieving Clean and Renewable
Energy Development on Contaminated Lands
South Dakota
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
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Renewable Energy Systems Exemption
http://puc.sd.gov/energyefficiency/default.aspx
Provides local property tax exemption for renewable energy systems on
residential and commercial property. Exemption applies to 50% of the
installed cost of the commercial system and cannot be transferred when
property is sold. Exemption may be claimed for three years after
installation.
Small Power Production Facilities
Business Tax Refund Program
www.state.sd.us/drr2/businesstax/bustax.htm
Provides a tax refund or credit from South Dakota Contractors' Excise
Taxes to power production facilities, including wind power
facilities, producing 10 MW or less of electricity. The refund is allowed for
the contractors' excise taxes paid on new construction or expansion
construction of a commercial power production facility.
Large Wind Farms
www.state.sd.us/drr2/businesstax/bustax.htm
Provides a reduction in the South Dakota Contractors' Excise Tax from 2%
to 1 %to certain power production facilities, including wind power facilities
producing greater than 10 MW of electricity. The owner will be permitted to
pay the tax in four equal payments with each payment due no later than
December 31 of the year after the tax return is filed.
New and Expanded Business and Power Generation Facilities
Business Tax Refund Program
www.state.sd.us/drr2/businesstax/bustax.htm
Provides a refund or credit of South Dakota Contractors' Excise Taxes and
South Dakota State Sales and Use Taxes paid on the construction project
to new and expanded businesses and/or power generation facilities, except
for retail, lodging, health care, or facilities exempt from property tax.
Refund amounts are set up on a stair-step scale providing for various
percentages of refund based on the costs of the project.
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
Renewable Portfolio Objective
10% by 2015 (voluntary)
Net Metering
Interconnection Standards
Yes D No 0
Yes 0 No D
YesD No0
YesD No0
Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired 0.1% Nuclear
Natural Gas-Fired 3.7% Hydroelectric 47.6%
Coal-Fired 46.5% Other Renewables 2.1%
Points of Contact
All South Dakota Energy Incentives and Programs
Department of Revenue and Regulation
www.state.sd.us/drr2/revenue.html
Alison.Jares@state.sd.us, (605) 773-3311
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
Abandoned Tank Removal Program
www.state.sd.us/denr/DES/Ground/TankYank/TankRemovalProcess.htm
Authorizes the state's Department of Environment and Natural Resources
(DENR) to remove tanks that qualify and the Petroleum Release
Compensation Fund to pay for the removal and any necessary
environmental cleanup. Provides technical support to property owners for
removal of an abandoned tank. Written requests are accepted through the
Web site listed.
Site Specific Assessments
www.state.sd.us/denr/DES/Ground/Brownfields/Targeted_Brownfields_
Assessment.htm
Provides brownfields assessment funds to be used by the DENR to
conduct site characterization and assessment activities on eligible
properties. Property owners may submit applications for consideration.
Limitations on Liability
www.state.sd.us/denr/DES/Ground/Brownfields/
BROWNFIELDSREVITALIZATION.pdf
Provides lenders with some liability protections on a case-by-case basis
with approval from South Dakota program officers. Offers Covenants Not to
Sue to property owners once cleanup actions are completed as requested.
Quick Facts
Limitations on Liability Yes 0 No D
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 598
Includes specific reported spills or incidents at tracked sites within the following
programs: Ground Water Quality Program, LUST Trust, Brownfields, and
Superfund
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 38
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 9
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 South Dakota.
Points of Contact
All South Dakota Cleanup Incentives and Programs
South Dakota Department of Environment and Natural Resources
Brownfields Program
www.state.sd.us/denr/DES/Ground/Brownfields/Brownfields.htm
Kim Mclntosh, Kim.Mcintosh@state.sd.us, (605) 773-3296
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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