Tax incentives for solar water pumping? [RE-wrenches]

[Steve Johnson]

The 25% USDA grant for PV (among other renewable and efficiency 
technologies)is called a Section 9006.

It's separate from the cost share program.  If a farmer is paying taxes 
(30% tax credit), there is some kind of state or utility incentive (say 
40%) and 25% by the USDA Section 9006 I think it is heck of a deal.  You 
have to show 51% of your income on tax return was through an 
agricultural business like a nursery, farm, etc.

I think a $100k to $200k job is worth the paperwork, but it depends on 
individual situation.  There is a 0 to 3% state loan available here to 
cover the up front costs till the grants and incentives come in.

Roy Butler wrote:
> 
> What Travis says is absolutely correct.
> 
> I work closely with various NRCS, SWCD and other USDA offices in NY and 
> Pa. and over the
> past 8 years we've installed close to 40 pumping systems. I've heard 
> those same paperwork nightmare stories myself.
> 
> An interesting trend in our area is that the USDA employees are 
> incredibly focused on helping the farms in their regions to
> thrive and will usually take on most of the paperwork burden themselves. 
> 
> Lots of good people in those offices looking
> out for the family farms. Not what you'd expect from a government 
> agency!
> 
> As for the original question of tax incentives being available for these 
> 
> systems, I am not aware of any.
> But I would certainly welcome any information that anyone finds!
> 
> 
> 
> Roy Butler
> NABCEP Certified Solar PV Installer®
> NYSERDA eligible PV & wind installer 
> Four Winds Renewable Energy, LLC
> 8902 Route 46
> Arkport, NY 14807
> 607-324-9747
> www.four-winds-energy.com
> 
> Although no trees were killed in the sending of this message, 
> a large number of electrons were terribly inconvenienced.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Travis Creswell wrote:
> > Over the years there's been variety of hybrid cost share programs in my
> > region.  They utilize both Federal and State monies.  In some cases they 
> > pay
> > for 90% of the system.  I've normally seen them associated with 
> > rotational
> > grazing programs and efforts to get the livestock out of running water.
> >
> > Since they require the farmer ("producer" is the PC name nowadays) to 
> > fence
> > off the creek and open his farm to annual tours a high % of farmers pass 
> > on
> > them.
> >
> > In the last few year a different USDA cost share program was created 
> > that
> > will pay up 25% of energy projects on farms and I believe small 
> > businesses.
> > But from my experience and what others have told me the paper work and 
> > post
> > project requirements is nothing short of oppressive.  So unless you are
> > doing at least a $200k project you'd be better off taking a weekend job 
> > at
> > McDonalds because you would earn more money in the same amount of hours
> > you'd spend working on the paperwork.  I did talk to a USDA employee
> > recently who told me that they had recently greatly simplified the
> > paperwork.
> >
> > T
> >   



Steve Johnson
LightWave Solar Electric
Nashville, Tennessee


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