NOTE: This program is currently being revised and will be changed in January 2011.
Orcas Power and Light (OPALCO), an electric cooperative serving Washington’s San Juan Islands, provides a production-based incentive for residential and commercial members who generate energy from wind and micro-hydroelectric sources. To receive an incentive, members must sign an Agreement for Interconnection granting OPALCO rights to the system’s Green Tags (renewable energy certificates).
For wind and micro-hydroelectric systems, the member receives $1.50 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for half of the estimated first-year production. At the end of the year, a "true up" is paid based on the actual generation as determined by an OPALCO meter minus the initial estimate. The total incentive may not exceed $4,500. For 2010, the overall renewable energy program budget is $25,000.
Orcas Power & Light also offers a rebate for solar photovoltaic systems.
| Implementing Sector: | Utility |
| Category: | Financial Incentive |
| State: | Washington |
| Incentive Type: | Performance-Based Incentive |
| Web Site: | http://www.opalco.com/ |
| Administrator: | Orcas Power & Light Cooperative |
| Start Date: | 1997 |
| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: |
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| Incentive Amount: | $1.50/kWh for first year production |
| Maximum Incentive: | $4,500 one-time incentive |
| Terms: | One time only production incentive for non-firm power; facilities must be sized under 100 kW-AC |
| Name: | Anne Bertino |
| Organization: | Orcas Power & Light Cooperative |
| Address: |
183 Mount Baker Road Eastsound WA 98245 |
| Phone: | (360) 376-3571 |
| Email: | ABertino@opalco.com |
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.
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