Funding Resources

MA CAIR EE and RE Set-Aside
Type of Incentive	Environmental Regulations
Eligible States	MA
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	All (MW)
Critical Information	Massachusetts's CAIR program includes both a Public Benefit set-aside (PBSA) to encourage Energy Efficiency Projects (EEPs) and Renewable Energy Projects (REPs), and a new unit set-aside to allow for addition of new units. Both of these types of set-asides were included in the State's NOX SIP Call trading program, which has a five percent set-aside.
Start Date	1/1/2009
End Date
Minimum Efficiency (%)
Additional Information
Web Site	http://www.mass.gov/dep/air/laws/pbsareg.pdf
Primary Contact	Sharon Weber One Winter Street Boston, MA 02108 U.S.A. Sharon Weber (sharon.weber@state.ma.us) (617) 556-1190