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Funding Resources
| ME Renewables Portfolio Standard | |
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| Type of Incentive | Environmental Regulations |
| Eligible States | ME |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | 100 |
| Critical Information | To qualify, electricity must be generated by a facility no greater than 100 megawatts (MW) in capacity that uses fuel cells, tidal power, solar arrays and installations, wind power, geothermal power, hydropower, biomass power or generators fueled by municipal solid waste in conjunction with recycling. Electricity generated by efficient combined heat and power (CHP) facilities and other systems that qualify as "small power production facilities" under the federal Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (PURPA) also are eligible. Maine's Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has since designated this 30% standard the "Class II" standard. In June 2006, Maine enacted legislation (L.D. 2041) creating a renewable portfolio goal to increase new renewable-energy capacity by 10% by 2017. Eligible new renewables include those placed into service after September 1, 2005. Unlike the Class II standard, municipal solid waste facilities and CHP systems are not eligible under the new renewables goal, and hydropower facilities must meet all state and federal fish passage requirements. Public Law 403 of 2007 converted the 2006 goal into a mandatory standard,* which the PUC has since designated the "Class I" standard. LD 1075 passed in June 2009 provides a 1.5 credit multiplier for eligible community-based renewable energy projects; it is expected that the PUC will address this issue in subsequent rule-making. |
| Start Date | 1/1/1999 |
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| Additional Information | GIS certificates used to meet the Class I standard may not also be used to satisfy the Class II standard. |
| Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/incentives/ incentive.cfm?Incentive_Code=ME01R¤tpageid=3&EE=1&RE=1  |
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