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Indiana
solar power plans
The following is a list of programs, contacts, and
incentives specific to each Midwest state. For a more complete list, please
visit the “Database of State Incentives for
Renewable Energy (DSIRE)”, a comprehensive source of information on the
status of programs and incentives that promote renewable energy. The database
tracks information on financial incentives, regulatory policies and awareness
and investment programs and is accessible online at
http://www.dsireusa.org/. DSIRE is an
ongoing project of the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC), funded by the
U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Power Technologies and managed by the
North Carolina Solar Center.
Financial Incentives and Programs
Solar Access Easement
Indiana's solar easement provisions do not create an automatic right to
sunlight but allow parties to voluntarily enter into solar easement contracts
that are enforceable by law. For more information, contact Indiana Department of
Commerce Energy and Recycling Office.
Indiana Department of Commerce Energy and Recycling Office
The Energy and Recycling Office of the Indiana Department of Commerce is
committed to promoting sustainable economic development in Indiana. The Energy
and Recycling Office helps businesses throughout the state develop cleaner, more
efficient processes. Eligible projects include non-transportation applications
of solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower, alcohol fuels, waste-to-energy and
biomass technologies. These systems may be applied to the direct generation of
electricity (for either on-site use or placement of power onto a utility grid),
heating and/or cooling of buildings, or the production of fuels. Maximum grant
amount is $30,000 and matches of at least 70% of project costs are required. For
more information, contact the Energy and Recycling Office of the Indiana
Department of Commerce.
Energy Demonstration Project Grants
This program makes grants up to $30,000 for projects that demonstrate
applications of energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies for
businesses, institutions or units of local government. Residential projects are
not eligible. To be eligible for consideration, a project must demonstrate a
commercially available technology--research projects will not be funded. Each
project must demonstrate either a novel technology or a novel application of an
available technology, or a technology that is uncommon in Indiana. Each project
must include a public education component, such as being integrated into an
established educational program or being located at a major public facility that
provides tours. For more information, contact the Energy and Recycling Office of
the Indiana Department of Commerce.
Net Metering
As part of the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission's overall cogeneration and
small power production rules, Indiana has adopted net billing rules for
generators producing less than 1,000 kWh per month. Indiana is the only state
with net metering rules that has set the individual system limit based on
kilowatt hours (actual output) instead of kilowatts (rated capacity). Qualifying
facilities must be renewable energy generators including waste methane recovery
systems. There is no statewide limit on the total capacity that may be generated
by qualifying facilities engaged in net metering.
For generators producing less than 1,000 kWh per
month, net excess generation is granted to the utilities. For systems producing
more than 1,000 kWh per month, generators can request that the utility purchase
the net generation, in which case two meters are installed. For more
information, contact the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission.
Interconnection
No interconnection guidelines are available at this time.
State Energy Office and
Regulatory Commission Contacts
Indiana Department of Commerce Energy and Recycling Office
As a division of the Indiana Department of Commerce, the Energy and Recycling
Office is committed to promoting sustainable economic development in Indiana.
The Energy and Recycling Office helps businesses throughout the state develop
cleaner, more efficient processes. Through a series of grants and loans that
encourage the preservation of Indiana's natural resources, the division helps
companies save on energy costs. A variety of programs are available for recycled
content manufacturing facilities, energy efficiency and renewable energy
projects are available for businesses, institutions, and units of local
government.
For more information, contact:
Indiana Department of Commerce
Energy Policy Division
One North Capitol, Suite 700
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-8800
www.state.in.us/doc/businesses/Energy.html
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
The Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission’s (IURC) mission is to assure that
utilities and others use adequate planning and resources for the provision of
safe and reliable utility services at reasonable cost. The IURC
is a fact-finding body that hears evidence in cases filed before it and makes
decisions based on the evidence presented in those cases. An advocate of neither
the public nor the utilities, the IURC is required by state statute to make
decisions that balance the interests of all parties to ensure the utilities
provide adequate and reliable service at reasonable prices. The IURC regulates
electric, natural gas, telecommunications, steam, water and sewer utilities. The
Commission regulates various aspects of the public utilities' business including
the rates, financing, bonding, environmental compliance plans and service
territories.
For more information, contact:
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
302 West Washington Street, Suite E306
Indianapolis, IN 46204
(317) 232-2700
www.state.in.us/iurc/
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