PA's New Energy Measures
Details of the alternative energy, fuels and conservation measures approved Friday by state lawmakers.
SPENDING:
• $285 million in grants and loans to help businesses and local governments develop, make and use alternative energies and fuels and energy-efficient systems.
• $100 million in loans, grants or rebates to help homeowners and small business owners buy and install solar panels.
• $25 million in grants to owners of smaller coal-fired power plants to help buy equipment to meet stricter pollution standards.
• $40 million over four years to help lower income residents pay their heating bills.
• $25 million in loans and grants to makers of wind power and geothermal heat equipment.
• $25 million in loans and grants to individuals and small businesses to create high-performance energy efficient homes and buildings.
• $92.5 million in loans, grants or rebates over eight years to homeowners and small business owners for energy conservation and efficiency projects.
• $50 million in tax credits over eight years to businesses to develop, make and use alternative energies and fuels.
• $5 million in loans to low-income homeowners for energy-efficiency improvements.
• $5.3 million to producers of biodiesel as a 75-cent per-gallon subsidy for each gallon sold.
FUELS MANDATE:
• A gallon of diesel sold in Pennsylvania must contain: 2 percent biodiesel if in-state biodiesel production reaches 40 million gallons a year; 5 percent if in-state production reaches 100 million gallons a year; 10 percent if in-state production reaches 200 million gallons a year; 20 percent if in-state production reaches 400 million gallons a year.
• A gallon of gas sold in Pennsylvania must contain 10 percent cellulosic ethanol if in-state production of cellulosic ethanol reaches 350 million gallons a year. Corn-based ethanol is excluded.
Source: Senate Republican Communications
SPENDING:
• $285 million in grants and loans to help businesses and local governments develop, make and use alternative energies and fuels and energy-efficient systems.
• $100 million in loans, grants or rebates to help homeowners and small business owners buy and install solar panels.
• $25 million in grants to owners of smaller coal-fired power plants to help buy equipment to meet stricter pollution standards.
• $40 million over four years to help lower income residents pay their heating bills.
• $25 million in loans and grants to makers of wind power and geothermal heat equipment.
• $25 million in loans and grants to individuals and small businesses to create high-performance energy efficient homes and buildings.
• $92.5 million in loans, grants or rebates over eight years to homeowners and small business owners for energy conservation and efficiency projects.
• $50 million in tax credits over eight years to businesses to develop, make and use alternative energies and fuels.
• $5 million in loans to low-income homeowners for energy-efficiency improvements.
• $5.3 million to producers of biodiesel as a 75-cent per-gallon subsidy for each gallon sold.
FUELS MANDATE:
• A gallon of diesel sold in Pennsylvania must contain: 2 percent biodiesel if in-state biodiesel production reaches 40 million gallons a year; 5 percent if in-state production reaches 100 million gallons a year; 10 percent if in-state production reaches 200 million gallons a year; 20 percent if in-state production reaches 400 million gallons a year.
• A gallon of gas sold in Pennsylvania must contain 10 percent cellulosic ethanol if in-state production of cellulosic ethanol reaches 350 million gallons a year. Corn-based ethanol is excluded.
Source: Senate Republican Communications
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