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.)
Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF)
www.ctcleanenergy.com/
Promotes, develops, and invests in clean and sustainable energy sources,
including these incentives:
On-site Renewable Distributed Generation (DG)
www.ctcleanenergy.com/default.aspx?tabid=95
Provides grants of up to $4 million ($850,000 for PV projects) per
individual project to install systems that generate energy from renewable
sources. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Operational Demonstration Program
www.ctcleanenergy.com/default.aspx?tabid=98
Provides up to $750,000 to demonstrate applications of renewable
energy generation resources including wind, solar, fuel cells, wave
power, biomass, landfill gas resources, and other resources.
Project 150 Initiative
www.ctcleanenergy.com/default.aspx?tabid=97
Helps electric distribution companies (EDCs) finance renewable energy
projects through long-term Electricity Purchase Agreements (EPAs).
Pricing under these EPAs will include a premium of up to 5.50/kWh. In
addition, the CCEF will award at least $50,000 to each project selected
for an EPA.
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management -
New Energy Technology Program
www.ct.gov/opm/cwp/view.asp?a=2994&q=383312
Provides grants of up to $10,000 to a maximum of five small firms to
facilitate the development/use of renewable energy technologies.
Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
(DPUC) - Low Interest Loans for Customer-Side
Distributed Resources
www.ct.gov/dpuc/cwp/view.asp?a=3356&q=419794
Offers grants to eligible baseload DG projects of $450 per kW, up to a
maximum of 65 MW, to retail end-use customers of electric distribution
companies for the installation of customer-side distributed resources.
Tax Incentives (abatements, deductions, credits, etc.)
Sales Tax Exemption for Solar and Geothermal Systems
www.ct.gov/drs/cwp/view.asp?A=1514&Q=385310
Provides a 100% sales tax exemption for solar and geothermal heat
pumps, including solar electricity generating systems.
Property Tax Exemption for "Class I" Renewable Energy
Systems and Hydropower Facilities
www.ct.gov/DRS
Provides a 100% property tax exemption for "Class I" renewable energy
systems and hydropower facilities.
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
Mass Energy - Renewable Energy Certificate Incentive
www. massenergy. com/Solar. REC.Sale.html
Offers to purchase renewable energy certificates at a rate of $30 per MW-
hour, for a period of three years, from PV systems.
Net Metering
www.state.ct.us/dpuc/
Connecticut requires net metering to no limit for generation using Class I
renewable energy sources (e.g., solar, wind, or biomass power).
Quick Facts
Public Benefit Fund (PBF)
Renewable Portfolio Standard
27% by 2020
Net Metering
Interconnection Standards
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Electric Power Industry Generation by
Primary Energy Source (EIA, 2006)
Petroleum-Fired 3.7% Nuclear 47.8%
Natural Gas-Fired 30.2% Hydroelectric 1.6%
Coal-Fired 12.3% Other Renewables 2.2%
Points of Contact
CCEF
Dale Hedman, dale.hedman@ctinnovations.com, (860) 563-5851x331
Keith Frame, keith.frame@ctinnovations.com, (860) 257-2332
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management - New Energy
Technology Program
www.opm.state.ct.us
John Ruckes, john.ruckes@ct.us, (860) 418-6384
Connecticut DPUC- Low Interest Loans for Customer-Side
Distributed Resources
Paul Carver, paul.carver@ct.us, (860) 827-2773
Sales Tax Exemption for Solar and Geothermal Systems, Property
Tax Exemption for "Class I" Renewable Energy Systems and
Hydropower Facilities
Connecticut Department of Revenue Services
Public Information Officer, OPMwebmaster@po.state.ct.us, (860) 297-5962
Mass Energy - Renewable Energy Certificate Incentive
www.massenergy.com
Kelly Muellman, kelly@massenergy.com, (617) 524-3950
Net Metering
Mark Quinlan, mark.quinlan@po.state.ct.us, (860) 827-2691
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.)
Connecticut Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund (CBRLF)
www.ctbrownHelds.gov/ctbrownHelds/cwp/view.asp?a=2620&q=319598
Provides low-interest loans to municipalities, private entities and nonprofits
for environmental cleanup of non-residential properties.
Urban Sites Remedial Action Program (USRAP)
www.ctbrownHelds.gov/ctbrownHelds/cwp/view.asp?a=2620&q=319334
Provides funds to facilitate the transfer and redevelopment of potentially
polluted commercial and industrial property in designated Distressed
Municipalities and Targeted Investment Communities.
Brownfield Municipal Pilot Program
www.ctbrownHelds.gov/ctbrownHelds/cwp/view.asp?a=2620&q=416724
Provides grants to fund municipal projects that are complicated by
brownfields. Project sites do not need to be owned by the municipality.
Special Contaminated Property Remediation and Insurance
Fund (SCPRIF)
www.ctbrownHelds.gov/ctbrownHelds/cwp/view.asp?a=2620&q=319330
Provides low-interest, five-year loans to municipalities and private entities
for Phase II and III investigations and demolition costs.
Dry Cleaning Establishment Remediation Fund
www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a= 1101&q=249816
Provides grants up to $300,000 to eligible dry cleaning business operators
and landlords for the assessment, cleanup, containment, or mitigation of
pollution resulting from releases of chemicals used for dry cleaning.
Connecticut's LIST Petroleum Clean-up Account Program
www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?a=2717&q=325322&depNav_GID=1652
Provides reimbursement up to $1 million per release to eligible petroleum
tank owners/operators for taking corrective actions and for third party
liability costs associated with the investigation and cleanup of sites
impacted by leaking underground storage tanks.
Tax Incentive Fund (TIF) -- Connecticut Brownfields
Redevelopment Authority (CBRA)
www.ctbrownHelds.com/Content/Grants.asp
Provides up-front TIF- based grants of up to $10,000,000 to investors,
developers, and business owners that clean up and redevelop
environmentally contaminated properties.
Connecticut Development Authority Direct, Guaranteed, or
Participating Loans
www.ctcda.com/CMSLite/default.asp?CMSLite_Page=18&lnfo=General+
Business
Provides below market interest rate loans from $250,000 to $5 million to
assist with brownfields remediation and redevelopment.
Tax Incentives (abatements, credits, etc.)
Industrial Site Investment Tax Credit Program
www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a= 1101&q=249822
Offers investors a corporate tax credit of up to 100% of their investment, up
to a maximum of $100,000,000, for investments made in real property that
has been subject to environmental contamination.
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.
Urban and Industrial Sites Reinvestment Tax Credit Program
www.ct.gov/ecd/cwp/view.asp?a= 1101&q=249842
Offers a corporate tax credit of up to 100%, maximum of $100,000,000. An
eligible Urban Site Investment Project will add new economic activity,
increase employment, and generate additional tax revenues.
Enterprise Zone Program
www. ct. gov/ecd/cwp/view. asp?a=1099&q=249766
Provides tax abatement for five years and 80% of local property taxes on
real estate improvements located within Enterprise Zones; or 10 years/50%
tax credit; as well as a seven-year minimum deferral of increased taxes.
Technical Assistance and Other Incentives
Environmental Insurance Program
www.ctbrownHelds.gov/ctbrownHelds/cwp/view.asp?a=2631&q=319586
Helps clients choose the proper coverage for their project.
Limitations on Liability
Covenant Not to Sue/Third Party Liability Program
www.dbrownfields.gov/ctbrownfields/cwp/view.asp?a=2631&q=319704#liability
Provides a covenant not to sue, upon completion of all requirements of the
state's Voluntary Remediation Program.
Quick Facts
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Limitations on Liability
Covenant Not to Sue, Third Party Liability Program
Number of State-Tracked Contaminated Properties: 3,297
Includes Urban Sites Remedial Action Program, Voluntary Remediation
Programs, and Property Transfer Program sites
Number of EPA CERCLIS Sites: 401
Sites identified for potential investigation under the federal Superfund Program
Number of EPA Brownfields Properties: 218
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 Connecticut
Points of Contact
Connecticut Office of Brownfield Remediation and Development
CBRLF, USRAP, Brownfield Municipal Pilot Program, Dry Cleaning
Establishment Remediation Fund, Environmental Insurance Program
Elizabeth Appel, elizabeth.appel@ct.gov, (860) 270-8043
SCPRIF, Ned Moore, edwin.moore@po.state.ct.us, (860) 270-8148
Enterprise Zone Program
Anne Karas, anne.karas@po.state.ct.us, (860) 270-8143
Connecticut's UST Petroleum Clean-up Account Program
Jacques Gilbert, jacques.gilbert@ct.gov, (860) 424-3370
Connecticut Development Authority
TIF-CBRA, Connecticut Development Authority Direct, Guaranteed,
or Participating Loans, Cynthia Petruzzello, (860) 258-7833
Industrial Site Investment Tax Credit Program
Stephen Brown, 860-270-8220
Urban and Industrial Sites Reinvestment Tax Credit Program
Robert Rigney, robert.rigney@po.state.ct.us, (860) 270-8110
Covenant Not to Sue/Third Party Liability Program
Remediation Division, DEP, (860) 424-3705
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