Rebates

The City of Atlanta offers developers expediting permitting and an additionally height bonus for meeting a variety of criteria. The criteria is divided two categories: Green Development and Plaza Areas.

1. Green Development
1. To qualify for the green development incentives, such development shall:
   

• Be in excess of 100,000 square feet of floor area;
  
• Utilize non-potable water sources for 100 percent of all outdoor water use;
  
• Provide verification of an Analysis of the City Energy Code that demonstrates ten percent reduction of energy use, in comparison to the City Energy Code requirements;
  
• Provide open space at least ten percent above open space

The City of Memphis' Payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) program offers longer tax abatement periods (15 years) for projects involving new construction or significant renovations that achieve LEED or Net Zero Certification. In order to qualify, projects must be located in Memphis Central Business Improvement District. Projects must meet three of the following criteria:

• Project includes the redevelopment of a property certified as blighted by DMC staff

• Project includes the adaptive reuse of an existing building
• Project will Infill a vacant lot or surface parking lot in the Downtown Core (must be condition prior to
  acquisition)
• Project includes the renovation of a contributing

The City of Boston requires that all new large developments (50,000 square feet and above) to adhere to the Green Building and Climate Resiliency Guidelines. Under these guidelines, developers must achieve LEED certification, complete a carbon-neutral building assessment, and a climate resiliency checklist

Ordinance No. 2009-211 established the Sustainable Building Certification Grant Program to encourage the attainment of sustainable building certification.  A temporary source of funds shall be used to reimburse developers for the actual costs of specific steps of the sustainable building certification process. This includes fees for application and inspection, but excludes any construction costs necessary to achieve sustainable building certification. The program is administered by the Environmental Protection Board. Grants shall be limited to $1,000 per certification.

The City of Jacksonville offers expedited building plan review for projects achieving LEED certification. This program is available for new residential or commercial construction, residential or commercial retrofitting/remodeling and new City-owned buildings.

Owners or developers of sustainable building program projects may receive a refund of the actual costs of sustainable building certification pursuant to the Sustainable Building Certification Refund Grant Program administered through the Environmental Protection Board.

For more information, contact (904) 255-8310 or [email protected]

The City of San Antonio's Under 1 Roof program provides eligible homeowners with funding opportunities to assist in the replacement of worn and damaged shingles with new, energy-efficient white shingle roofs and solar underlayment. The program provides a one-time grant and the City of San Antonio will place a restrictive covenant on the property requiring homeowners to maintain ownership and occupancy for five years after project completion.

Homes larger than 1,700 sq. ft. are subject to approval based on cost assessment and needs of the home. Metal roofs, gravel roofs, clay tiles and wood shingles are subject to additional review

Tennessee does not have statewide interconnection standards. However, the Tennessee Valley Authority, which supplies electric utilities in Tennessee, does have interconnection procedures for small (20 MW or smaller) and large (larger than 20 MW) generating facilities.

North Dakota does not have statewide interconnection standards. 

Interconnection processes for Otter Tail Power are available here.

Interconnection guidelines for Xcel Energy can be found here.

Interconnection processes for Montana-Dakota Utilities can be found here.