Combined Heat and Power Partnership
Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption (CT)
| Date Last Updated | 5/9/2013 |
| Incentive Type | Tax |
| State/Federal | CT |
| Incentive Administrator/Contact Office | Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority |
| Incentive Initiation Date | 10/1/2007 |
| Incentive Size and Funding Source | The state of Connecticut provides a 100% property tax exemption for owners of "Class I" renewable energy systems. Municipalities are authorized, but not required, to offer a property tax exemption lasting up to 15 years to CHP facilities. |
| Eligible Recipient | The exemption includes owners of "Class 1" renewable energy systems and hydropower facilities that generate electricity for private residential use. The exemption is available for systems installed on or after October 1, 2007, that serve farms, single-family homes or multi-family dwellings limited to four units. In addition, Connecticut municipalities are authorized, but not required, to offer a property tax exemption for qualifying CHP systems installed on or after July 1, 2007. |
| Eligible Fuel | Woody Biomass; Biogas; Landfill Gas; Other |
| Eligible Project Size (MW) | Does Not Specify |
| Minimum Efficiency Required (%) | Does Not Specify |
| Other Incentive Details | An exemption claim must be filed with the assessor or board of assessors in the town in which the property is placed on or before the first day of November in the applicable assessment year. Applications are not required each year as long as no major alterations are made to the renewable energy system. Contact your local tax assessor's office for more information. A Class I renewable energy source is defined as ?(A) energy derived from solar power, wind power, a fuel cell, methane gas from landfills, ocean thermal power, wave or tidal power, low emission advanced renewable energy conversion technologies, a run-of-the-river hydropower facility provided such facility has a generating capacity of not more than 5 MW, does not cause an appreciable change in the river flow, and began operation after July 1, 2003, or a sustainable biomass facility with an average emission rate of equal to or less than .075 pounds of nitrogen oxides per million BTU of heat input for the previous calendar quarter, except that energy derived from a sustainable biomass facility with a capacity of less than 500 KW that began construction before July 1, 2003, may be considered a Class I renewable energy source, or (B) any electrical generation, including distributed generation, generated from a Class I renewable energy source.? |
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