These profiles describe policies or programs impacting CHP deployment, including history of development, outcomes of successful policies, and lessons learned in implementation. Successful programs and best practices that could be used as models throughout the country are highlighted.
View profiles by topic: Air Permitting I Financing I Interconnection Standard I Portfolio Standard I Resilience Policy I Standby Rates I State Energy Planning I State/Local Incentive Program I Utility Incentive Program
Air Permitting
- Alaska Remote Area Waivers from EPA's Tier 4 Diesel Engine Emissions Standards
- Iowa: CHP Air Permitting Made Transparent
- New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Air Toxics Program
- Texas Air Emissions Permit By Rule
Financing
- Financing for CHP in Wisconsin
- PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) Financing for CHP
- PACE Financing (Texas)
Interconnection Standard
- Improving Cost-Effective CHP Interconnection in Texas
- Maryland Interconnection Standards
- Pennsylvania Interconnection Standards
Portfolio Standard
- CHP and the Oregon Renewable Energy Act
- CHP and the Washington Energy Independence Act (I-937)
- Clean Peak Energy Standard (CPS)
- Connecticut Renewable Portfolio Standard
- How Ohio Incorporated CHP and WER into Its Clean Energy Standards
- Maine Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Massachusetts Alternative Portfolio Standard
- New Hampshire Renewable Portfolio Standard
- Oregon's Thermal Renewable Energy Credits
- Rhode Island Least-Cost Procurement Statute
Resilience Policy
- CHP and Microgrids: A Pathway to Greater Resilience for Hawai'i's Most Important Facilities HB2110
- CHP in Net-Zero Energy Facilities
- Louisiana Critical Infrastructure
- New Jersey Energy Resilience Bank Program
- National Grid Community Resilience Program Profile (New York)
- Optimizing Power Pricing Strategies and Reliability (Texas)
- Partnering for Resiliency: Missouri Leads by Example in CHP for Resiliency Accelerator
- Resilient Maryland
- Texas Critical Infrastructure Policy for State Facilities
Standby Rates
- Ameren Missouri's Bill Calculator Tool
- DTE Energy Standby Rate (Michigan)
- Michigan Standby Rate Working Group
- MidAmerican Energy's Standby Rate Benefits Iowa CHP Customers
- Minnesota Standby Rates Proceeding
- New York Standby Rate Exemption
- Standby Rates (Colorado)
- Xcel Energy Standby Service Rider
State Energy Planning
- Alaska Village Electric Cooperative
- CalRecycle's SB 1383 SLCP Program
- CHP and Power Export: Growth Opportunities for CHP In Texas
- CHP in Missouri Comprehensive State Energy Plan
- CHP Roadmap for Michigan
- Hawaii Performance Based Regulations
- Indiana’s Integrated Resource Planning Process
- Iowa Energy Center
- New Hampshire Electric Utility Investment in Distributed Energy Resources
- The Ohio Center for Industrial Energy Efficiency
- Retiring Coal Plants Under Nevada SB 123
- Virginia 2018 Energy Plan
- Virginia CHP Roadmap
State/Local Incentive Program
- Alaska Heat Recovery and Rural Power System Upgrade Incentives
- Beneficial Uses of Dairy Anaerobic Digester Biogas
- California Feed-In Tariff (FiT): Assembly Bill 1613
- California Self-Generation Incentive Program
- Colorado Recycled Energy Incentive Program
- Commonwealth Organics-to-Energy (Massachusetts)
- Connecticut Distributed Generation (DG) Rebate Rider
- Delaware Energy Efficiency Investment Fund
- Efficiency Maine Distributed Generation Program
- Efficiency Vermont
- Encouraging CHP in the Illinois Public Sector
- Maryland Energy Administration CHP Grant Program
- Mass Save® Micro-CHP Program
- New Jersey CHP Grant Program
- New Mexico Agricultural Biomass Tax Credit
- New York CHP Catalog
- North Carolina Clean Water State Revolving Fund
- Oregon Metro Implements Business Food Scraps Separation Requirements
- Utah Governor's Office of Energy Development: Alternative Energy Development Incentive
- Vermont Net Metering
- Vermont Standard Offer Program
- Wisconsin's Focus on Energy Biogas Incentives
Utility Incentive Program
- AEP Ohio CHP and Waste Energy Recovery Program
- Ameren Illinois Qualifying Facilities
- Avista's Renewable Distributed Generation Incentive and Net Metering
- Con Edison Brooklyn-Queens Demand Management Program
- EmPOWER Maryland CHP Program
- Green Mountain Power: Cow Power
- Incentivizing Efficient Generation: Southwest Gas CHP Rebate
- National Grid's Rhode Island CHP Program
- NiPSCO CHP Feed-in-Tariff (Indiana)
- PSEG Long Island Distributed Generation Rebate Program
- Puget Sound Energy's CHP Incentives
- Reforming the Energy Vision Distributed System Platform Engagement Tool (New York)
- Southern California Gas Company Distributed Energy Resources Tariff
U.S. EPA's CHP Policies and Incentives
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) CHP Partnership program describes policy and incentive types that are used to support CHP.