Financial Assistance - Maine

Title	Renewable Portfolio Standards Grants
Office/Region	Maine State Planning Office
Description	Provides annual grants for renewable energy products. Eligible technologies include hydropower, biomass, municipal waste methane recovery, wind and solar.
Amounts	Vary
Eligibility	Eligible resource must be a "small power production facility" that produces electricity using only a primary energy source of biomass, waste, renewable resources, or a combination of these resources and has a production capacity of 80 megawatts or less, including any other facilities at the same site. A renewable resource may also be a generation facility of 100 MW or less that uses fuel cells, tidal power, solar arrays and installations, wind power installations, geothermal installations, hydroelectric generators, biomass generators, or generators fueled by municipal solid waste in conjunction with recycling. In addition to renewables, the portfolio standard can be met with "efficient resources," specifically, qualified cogeneration facilities.
Application Deadline	Annual grant. When energy providers renew contracts with buyers, providers must recertify where they get their energy.
URL:	http://www.ies.ncsu.edu/dsire/library/includes/incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=ME01R&state=ME&CurrentPageID=1 http://www.state.me.us/mpuc/
Contact Information	James Connors Maine State Planning Office State of Maine Augusta, ME 04333 Tel. (207) 287-8938 Fax. (207) 287-8059 E-mail: jim.connors@state.me.us