1. Wind Incentives and Regulations

2. US Department of Energy National Renewable Energy Lab, Golden, CO

4. *Minimum requirement and/or increased credit for solar ¹ PA: 8% Tier I, 10% Tier II (includes non-renewable sources) People Want Renewable Energy (Renewables Portfolio Standards) Source: IREC January 2006

5. North Carolina Incentive Programs Sell the Power TVA Green Power Switch NC GreenPower Green tags New Net Metering Law PURPA Reduce Your Costs NC Personal Renewable Energy Tax Credit NC Corporate Renewable Energy Tax Credit USDA Farm Bill www.dsireusa.org

6. TVA Green Power Switch Generation Partners Program Details Wind or PV (.5 – 50 KW) Residential or small commercial $.15/kWh credit Energy used on site is billed at standard rate

7. NC GreenPower Program To improve the quality of the environment by encouraging the development of renewable energy resources through consumers ’ voluntary purchase of green power. RFP process for green power Ready for wind Green Power program initially quoted an estimate of.06/kwh for wind www.ncgreenpower.org

8. Green Tags

9. PURPA Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) As a qualifying facility (QF), utility companies are obliged to purchase energy from you based on a pricing structure referred to as avoided cost rates. QFs are either small-scale producers of commercial energy who normally self- generate energy for their own needs but may have occasional or frequent surplus energy, or incidental producers who happen to generate usable electric energy as a byproduct of other activities.

10. NC Net Metering Credited to a customer's next monthly bill, but reset to zero at the beginning of each summer (June 1) and winter (October 1) billing season. Any renewable-energy credits associated with net excess is granted to the utility when the balance is zeroed out. 20 kW for residential systems; 100 kW for non-residential systems Investor-owned utilities (Progress Energy, Duke Power, Dominion North Carolina Power) Photovoltaics, Landfill Gas, Wind, Biomass, Anaerobic Digestion

11. None Individual Utilities Investor-Owned Utilities Only, Not Rural Cooperatives Investor-Owned Utilities and Rural Cooperatives Revised: 6Mar06 Source: www.dsireusa.org 10 1,000 100 500 100 10 100 40 20 25/100 10 60 30 25/125 25 15/150 25 varies 10/50 25 No Limit 25 100 2,000 25 200 40 25 25/ 100 10/ 100 50 25 25/ 100 30 2,000 Settlement of Net Excess Energy: Monthly Annual Varies by utility 20/100 50 Size limits for each state noted in kW 10/500 Net Metering for Wind 22 states have net metering for all rural electric consumers 10

12. NC Renewable Energy Tax Credits 35% for all technologies Can take tax credit over 5 years No more than half of tax liability No refund based on tax credit Credit Limits $1,400 residential solar domestic hot water $3,500 residential active space heating, combined solar hot water and space heating, passive space heating $10,500 residential biomass, wind, hydroelectric and photovoltaic or solar thermal electric

13. Wind Turbine Installed Cost Example $2,633 $3,511$1,790Tax Credit Final Cost $4890 $6,522 $3,325

14. USDA Farm Bill Section 9006 To help farmers, ranchers and rural business owners reduce energy costs and consumption. Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements –$23 million/year for 5 years, 2003-2007 Grants may be up to 25% From $2,500 to $500,00 Contact: H. Rossie Bullock USDA Rural Development Lumberton, NC 910-739-3349 ext. 4 rossie.bullock@nc.usda.gov www.rurdev.usda.gov/rbs/farmbill/

15. Wind Turbine Installed Cost USDA Grant$11,389 $18,068$8,702 Adjusted Total$34,167 $54,204$26,108

16. Mountain Ridge Protection Act of 1983 “No building, structure or unit shall protrude at its uppermost point above the crest of the ridge by more than 35’ “ Exemptions to Ridge Law Water, radio, telephone or television towers or any equipment for the transmission of electricity or communications or both. Structures of a relatively slender nature and minor vertical projections of a parent building, including chimneys, flagpoles, flues, spires, steeples, belfries, cupolas, antennas, poles, wires, or windmills “The Legislature in 1983 had in mind, the traditional, solitary farm windmill which has long been in use in rural communities, not windfarm turbines of the size, type, or certainly number proposed here…” NC Attorney General’s 2/4/2002 letter to TVA

17. The Future Dr. Scanlin has submitted a proposed wind turbine ordinance for Watauga Co. Positive discussion so far at Planning Board and County Commissioner meetings Joe Furman is working on the ordinance Next steps: Vote at County Planning Board then recommend to County Commissioners Watauga County may set the precedence Looks promising!

18. This was nearly the last power point for this class!