Solar & Battery Regulation & Incentive Programs

NIPSCO - Feed-In Tariff

Program Overview

Category:: Financial Incentive
Program Type:: Feed-in Tariff
Implementing Sector:: Utility
State:: Indiana
Eligible Storage Technologies:: Solar Photovoltaics, Wind (All), Biomass, Wind (Small)
Website:: https://www.nipsco.com/our-services/renewable-energy-projects/feed-in-tariff-program
Incentive Amount:: Wind 3 - 10 kW: $0.23 - $0.25/kWh
Wind 10 kW-200 kW: $0.15 - $0.138/kWh
Solar 5 kW - 10 kW: $0.17 - $0.1564/kWh
Solar 10 - 200 kW: $0.15/kWh - $0.138/kWh
Biomass 100kW - 1 MW: $0.0918/kWh
Maximum Incentive:: Rates may not exceed the published tariff rate
Eligible System Size:: 3 kW- 1 MW
Duration:: Contract length shall not exceed 15 years. Purchase rate for energy shall be subject to an escalator of 2% per year
Equipment Requirements:: Biomass and biogas must be operated with a sustainable resource.
Installation Requirements:: All facilities must meet NIPSCO's interconnection standards and agreement
Ownership of Renewable Energy Credits:: NIPSCO maintains the renewable energy credit
Applicable Sectors:: Commercial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Residential, Schools, State Government, Federal Government, Tribal Government, Agricultural, Multifamily Residential, Institutional
Start Date:: 07/13/2011
Utility:: Northern Indiana Pub Serv Co
Last Updated:: 12/13/2018

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility	Sectors	Technologies
max kW10.0000	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Wind (Small)
min $/kWh0.2300	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Wind (Small)
max kW200.0000	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Wind (All)
min $/kWh0.1400	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Wind (All)
min kW5.0000	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Solar Photovoltaics
max kW10.0000	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Solar Photovoltaics
min $/kWh0.1600	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Solar Photovoltaics
max kW200.0000	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Solar Photovoltaics
min $/kWh0.1400	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Solar Photovoltaics
max MW1.0000	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Biomass
$/kWh0.9200	Commercial Local Government Nonprofit Residential Schools State Government Federal Government Tribal Government Agricultural Multifamily Residential Institutional	Biomass

Summary

NIPSCO is offering a feed-in tariff program for customers who generate electricity from solar, wind, or biomass. All NIPSCO electric customers in good standing are eligible for the program. Facilities must be between 3 kilowatts (kW) and 1 megawatt (MW), must be insured, and must meet interconnection standards. Payments are made to the customer on a monthly basis. Applications are available on the web site, as well as engineering standards and tariff information.

There is a non-refundable processing fee of $25 plus $1 per kW to be included with the application (i.e. the processing fee for a 100kW project would be $125).

Authorities

Name	Enacted Date	Effective Date	Expired Date
Rate 665, Third Revised Sheet No. 104	03/04/2015	03/04/2015