Solar easements must be created in writing and are subject to the same conveyancing and instrument recording requirements as other easements.
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics
This incentive allows Arizona taxpayers to deduct the cost of converting an existing wood fireplace to a qualifying wood stove, a qualified wood fireplace, or a qualified gas-fired fireplace. The cost to purchase and install all necessary equipment is tax deductible, up to a maximum $500 deduction. Qualifying wood stoves and fireplaces must meet the standards of performance for new wood heaters manufactured after July 1990, or sold after July 1992 pursuant to 40 Code of Federal Regulations part 60, subpart AAA. This deduction is for taxable years after December 31, 1993.
Eligibility: Residential
Savings Category: Biomass
The Maryland Real Property Code was amended in April 2008 by H.B. 117 to provide much more detailed protections for solar energy systems and to expand upon the required content of solar easement...
Eligibility: Commercial, Construction, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, State Government, Federal Government, Agricultural
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Pool Heating
Oregon's solar and wind easements provisions allow property owners to create solar and wind easements for the purpose of protecting and maintaining proper access to sunlight and wind. Easements...
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government, Agricultural, Institutional
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics, Wind (All), Solar Pool Heating, Wind (Small)
Alaska's solar easement provisions are similar to those in many other states. They do not create an automatic right to sunlight. Rather, they allow parties to voluntarily enter into solar easement contracts for the purpose of ensuring adequate exposure of a solar energy system.
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Residential
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Photovoltaics
Similar to laws in other states, Idaho's solar easement provision does not create an automatic right to sunlight. Rather, the law allows parties to enter into solar easement contracts voluntarily...
Eligibility: Commercial, Residential
Savings Category: Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Photovoltaics
Parties may voluntarily enter into solar easement contracts for the purpose of ensuring adequate exposure of a solar energy system. An easement must be expressed in writing and recorded with the...
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, State Government, Federal Government
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Pool Heating
In determining that the use of solar energy "can help reduce the nation's reliance upon imported fuels," Georgia encourages the development of solar-energy systems. Accordingly, under Georgia's Solar Easements Act of 1978, easements may be established to allow owners of solar-energy systems to negotiate for assurance of continued access to sunlight. Any easement must be created in writing and is subject to the same requirements as all other legal easements. The easement must contain:
A description of the airspace affected by the easement
Any terms and/or conditions under which the...
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government
Savings Category: Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics
In Kentucky, solar easements may be obtained for the purpose of ensuring access to direct sunlight. Easements must be expressed in writing and will become an interest in real property that may be acquired and transferred.
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics, Daylighting, Solar Pool Heating
Maine allows for the creation of easements to ensure access to direct sunlight. Instruments creating a solar easement may include, but are not limited to, a description of the space affected by the easement; any terms or conditions under which the solar easement is granted or will be terminated; and a map showing the affected properties and the area protected by the easement. Solar easements must be created and will be recorded and indexed in the same way as other conveyances of real property interests.
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Photovoltaics
In addition, the state’s local zoning ordinances must address access to air and light, views, and solar access.
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Pool Heating
In April 2009, Washington enacted S.B. 5136, restricting homeowner's associations from prohibiting the installation of solar energy panels. A homeowner's association may issue guidelines related...
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government, Agricultural, Institutional
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics
As part of Texas’s 1999 electric utility restructuring legislation, the state’s retail electric providers (REPs) are required to disclose certain information in the form of a standardized “Electr...
Eligibility: Investor-Owned Utility, Municipal Utilities, Cooperative Utilities
This law sustained a legal challenge in 2000. A Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of homeowners in a lawsuit filed by their homeowners association seeking to force the homeowner...
Eligibility: Residential
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Photovoltaics, Daylighting, Solar Pool Heating
Written easements may contain descriptions of property affected, angles at which easement extends, and conditions of compensation or termination.
Eligibility: Commercial, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government
Savings Category: Solar - Passive, Solar Water Heat, Solar Space Heat, Solar Thermal Electric, Solar Thermal Process Heat, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Pool Heating