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Virginia Tax Savings
Property Tax Exemption
Virginia allows any county, city or town to exempt or partially exempt solar energy equipment or recycling equipment from local
property taxes. Residential, commercial or industrial property is eligible. The statute broadly defines solar energy equipment as
any "application which would otherwise require a conventional source of energy." Recycling equipment is defined as equipment
which is "integral to the recycling process and for use primarily for the purpose of abating or preventing pollution of the
atmosphere or waters."
Virginia Small Wind Incentives Program
The Virginia Small Wind Incentives Program (VSWIP), administered by the James Madison University (JMU) Office of the Virginia Wind Energy
Collaborative (VWEC), offers grants to Virginia landowners to purchase and
install small wind energy systems.
The maximum award will be the lower of $10,000 or 33% of installed costs. The program is supported by the Virginia Department of Mines,
Minerals and Energy, and is administered by JMU faculty, staff and students who will review applications, conduct workshops and assist
awardees. The goal of the VSWIP is to bridge the economic gap between energy derived from small wind turbines and that generated by
conventional resources.
Net Metering Rules
Virginia's net-metering law applies to residential systems up to 10 kilowatts (kW) in capacity and non-residential systems up to 500 kW
in capacity. The maximum capacity for non-residential systems was raised from 25 kW to 500 kW by SB 651 of 2004. In 2006,
HB 1541
extended eligibility to all systems that generate electricity using renewable
energy, defined as "energy derived from sunlight, wind, falling water,
sustainable biomass, energy from waste, wave motion, tides, and geothermal
power."
Enrollment is open on a first-come, first-served basis until the rated generating capacity owned and operated by customer-generators in
Virginia reaches 0.1% of each electric distribution company's peak load for the previous year.
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