1. Download the appropriate incentive reservation form(s) below. Complete and submit to the RERC as stated in the instructions on the form. The reservation form requires the signature of your selected installer. If you are applying for a hybrid system, you must fill out all of the applicable reservation forms and return in the same envelope; incentives for additional systems for the same customer will not considered if submitted at a later date. All questions on the reservation form must be completed or it will be returned

2. Upon the approval of your application, you will be sent an incentive reservation letter that includes an incentive reservation number and expiration date. Incentive reservations are active for nine months from the date of the incentive reservation approval for solar electric, solar hot water, and small wind. Micro-hydro reservations are made for one year, with a one-year extension available if progress toward permit approval can be shown.

3. After receiving an approval and incentive reservation number, you should work with your installer to proceed with the installation of the system. After your system is fully installed, your installer will complete and return by mail a Project Documentation and Final Incentive Request Form, signed and dated by you. This form must be completed and submitted before the end of the nine-month, (1 year for micro-hydro systems,) reservation period.

Any changes between the system as proposed in the incentive reservation form and the system as installed must be fully documented when the project documentation forms are submitted. Any such changes are subject to review and approval with respect to system eligibility and incentive calculation. If the Project Documentation and Final Incentive Request Forms comply with all of the program requirements, an incentive check will be issued to the installer promptly.

Here are the links to download the incentive reservation forms. You should submit the form as soon as you are committed to install a system . Incentives are reserved on a first-come first-served basis. Vermont Solar and Wind Partners are limited to $100,000 in incentive reservations at any one time.

Customers may apply for incentives for more that one renewable system, whether installed at the same time or over multiple installations. To ensure that the program achieves its goals as equitably and efficiently as possible, there are maximum per-entity incentive caps, set by technology type and shown in the table below.

Incentive caps are determined according to the cap for the technology being installed in the most recent incentive reservation application. Any incentive received under any previous round of the Vermont Small Scale Renewable Energy Incentive Program (formerly known as the Vermont Solar and Small Wind Incentive Program) will be included in the calculation of this cap.

The forms are in Adobe PDF format.
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Solar electric (PV) system incentive reservation form
Wind system incentive reservation form
Solar hot water system incentive reservation form
Micro-hydro system incentive reservation form

Here is a link to the Net Metering form for a Certificate of Public Good (CPG) from Vermont's Department of Public Service:

Link to CPG application (pdf)
or
http://publicservice.vermont.gov/energy-efficiency/ee_netmetering.html

Here are links to the State and Federal Permit Requirements for Micro-Hydro Projects and the permitting agancies:

Vermont Micro-hydro Permitting Process pdf

http://www.anr.state.vt.us/dec/permits.htm

http://www.usace.army.mil/CECW/Pages/reg_materials.aspx

Here are the project documentation forms. These forms are for projects that already have confirmed incentive reservations and are now complete.

Solar electric project documentation form
Wind system project documentation form
Solar hot water project documentation form
Micro-hydro project documentation form