Rural Business Energy Efficiency Improvement Loan Program

July 16, 2020

Summary

The Maryland Agricultural and Resource Based Industry Development Corporation (MARBIDCO) offers low interest loans for energy efficiency improvements to farms and rural businesses through the Rural Business Energy Efficiency Improvement Loan Program. The program is designed to facilitate the purchase of equipment or technology that lowers business energy consumption. Applicants must have a credit score of at least 650 without any bankruptcy during the prior seven years in order to qualify for a loan.

Unsecured loans from $2,500 to $30,000 are available at a fixed interest rate of 4.5% under this program. Loans will be fully amortized over a term of two to seven years, not to exceed the anticipated energy savings payback period. Loan payments will correlate with the anticipated energy savings payback with at least a 1.0:1.0 ratio of debt service coverage to annual energy savings payback. Loans may not exceed the cost of improvements minus any grants received for the project. The program also offers an additional grant incentive of 10% of the loan for borrowers that remain in good standing on their loan repayments. All applicants must include a letter of referral from a commercial lender and a copy of an energy audit report completed by a qualified third party auditor with the application. There is a $75 loan origination fee associated with participating in this program, payable at closing.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector: State
Category: Financial Incentive
State: Maryland
Incentive Type: Loan Program
Web Site: https://www.marbidco.org/_pages/programs_loans/loan_programs_rbeeil.htm
Administrator: Maryland Agricultural and Resource Based Industry Development Corporation
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:
  • Agricultural Equipment
  • Custom/Others pending approval
Maximum Loan: $30,000
Loan Term: 4.5% fixed rate; loan terms from 2 - 7 years

Contact

Name: Linda Arnold
Organization: Maryland Agricultural and Resource Based Indu
Address: 1410 Forest Drive, Suite 26
Annapolis MD 21403
Phone: (410) 267-6807
Email: larnold@marbidco.org

This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.