Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Solar Power Financial Incentives

Financial Incentives

Industry Recruitment/Support

• DCED - Solar Energy Incentives Program
• DCED - Wind and Geothermal Incentives Program

Local Grant Program

• Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Grants (FirstEnergy Territory)
• Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Grant Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
• West Penn Power SEF Grant Program

Local Loan Program

• Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Loans (FirstEnergy Territory)
• Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
• SEF of Central Eastern Pennsylvania Loan Program (PPL Territory)
• Sustainable Development Fund Financing Program (PECO Territory)
• West Penn Power SEF Commercial Loan Program

Local Rebate Program

• SEF of Central Eastern Pennsylvania Small Business Lighting Retrofit (PPL Territory)

Property Tax Assessment

• Property Tax Assessment for Commercial Wind Farms

State Grant Program

• DCED - High Performance Building Incentives Program
• High Performance Green Schools Planning Grants
• Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) - Grants
• Pennsylvania Energy Harvest Grant Program
• Small Business Advantage Grant Program
• Small Business Energy Efficiency Grant Program

State Loan Program

• Keystone HELP Energy Efficiency Loan & Rebate Program
• Small Business Pollution Prevention Assistance Account Loan Program

State Rebate Program

• Keystone HELP Energy Efficiency Loan & Rebate Program
• Pennsylvania Sunshine Solar Rebate Program

Utility Grant Program

• PPL Electric Utilities - LEED Certification Partnership Program

Utility Loan Program

• Adams Electric Cooperative - Energy Efficiency Loan Program

Utility Rebate Program

• PECO Energy (Gas) – Residential and Small Business Energy Efficiency Rebate Programs

Rules, Regulations & Policies

Building Energy Code

• Pennsylvania Building Energy Codes

Energy Standards for Public Buildings

• Energy Management and Conservation in State Facilities

Generation Disclosure

• Fuel Mix Disclosure

Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation

• Montgomery County - Wind Power Purchasing
• Pennsylvania - Green Power Purchasing

Interconnection

• Interconnection Standards

Net Metering

• Pennsylvania - Net Metering

Public Benefits Fund

• Public Benefits Programs

Renewables Portfolio Standard

• Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard

Solar/Wind Permitting Standards

• Pennsylvania - Model Wind Ordinance

Related Programs & Initiatives

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) provides a wide range of information and resources to enable the use of alternative fuels and other petroleum-reduction options, such as advanced vehicles, fuel blends, idle reduction and fuel economy. The AFDC site offers a database of state and federal laws and incentives related to alternative fuels and vehicles, air quality, fuel efficiency, and other transportation-related topics.

Green Power Network
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Green Power Network provides news and information on green power markets and activities, including opportunities to buy green power. This site provides state-by-state information on green power marketing and utility green power programs. In addition, the site lists marketers of renewable energy credits (RECs), also known as green tags or renewable energy certificates, which represent the environmental attributes of the power produced from renewable energy projects.

Weatherization Assistance Program
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) enables low-income families to reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy-efficient. Through this program, weatherization service providers install energy-efficiency measures in the homes of qualifying homeowners free of charge. The WAP program web site offers a state-by-state map of opportunities, projects and activities.

Wind Powering America
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America site provides state-by-state information on wind projects and activities, including wind working groups, validated wind maps, anemometer loan programs, small wind guides, state-specific news, wind for schools, workshops and web casts.