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The Vermont Small Scale Renewable Energy Incentive Program was originally established pursuant to Renewnable Energy Legislation passed by the Vermont State Legislature during the Spring of 2003 and signed into law by Governor Douglas on June 17th, 2003.

For recent program performance indicators regarding installed costs, total incentives paid, and estimated rated capacity installed, please visit the Reports Page.

The program offers incentives on renewable energy systems installed by Vermont Solar, Wind and Hydro Partners . Detailed information on incentives and instructions on how to calculate incentives for a specific system application are contained in the program's incentive reservation forms which can be found here.

Funding for this program has come from the Clean Energy Development Fund (CEDF), Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS), Green Mountain Power (GMP) and through U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) funds secured by Senator James Jeffords for the VT Department of Public Service Wind Development Program.

There have been several rounds of funding since the initial program started in Summer of 2004 through September 2009. These are provided below.

In 2010, an additional $5,275,000 in funding, made available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund, is available to the Vermont Renewable Energy Incentive Program.  These funds are provided through a new incentive structure, provided here. The Clean Energy Development Fund and the Vermont Renewable Energy Incentive Program reserve the right to modify this program as needed.

ROUND II (September 2005 through August 2006)

State Funds : $74,344
DOE (wind): $500,000
CVPS: $189,269
GMP: $112,283

ROUND III (September 2006 through August 2007)

CEDF: $500,000
DOE (wind): $ 351,500 – this amount reflects the rollover of funds unused in the prior round.
CVPS: $157,588
GMP: $105,246

ROUND IV (September 2007 through August 2008)

CEDF: $673,489
DOE (wind): $163, 9 00 – this amount reflects the rollover of funds unused in prior rounds.
CVPS: $104,475
GMP: $95,871

ROUND V (September 2008 through current)

CEDF : $1,500,000
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009: $225,000
CVPS: $201,331
GMP: $123,088

ROUND VI (April 2010 - April 2012)

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act 2009 (through CEDF): $5.25 Million

Current Program Status:

***As of December 9, 2011, we are no longer accepting new incentive reservation applications for the current round of federal ARRA funding.***

We anticipate the next round of state funding in to open in early 2012 - For information on the proposed incentive design for 2012, please visit the Department of Public Service

ARRA-related policies and procedures

The Renewable Energy Resource Center is posting a Request for Proposals to administer a renewable energy installer certification program for 2012. For further details, please click here.

Incentive funding has been made available through the support of the following contributing sponsors:

Department of Energy, State Energy Program funding through
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as approved by the
Vermont Clean Energy Development Fund

U.S. Department of Energy
With the support of Senator James Jeffords

Vermont Dept. of Public Service