Statute: Section 386.890. RSMo.
Enacted: 2007

The “Easy Connection Act” requires all utilities in Missouri to offer true net metering and free grid interconnection to any Missouri customer who has solar, wind, or a small hydroelectric system of less than 100 kW on their home or business. When a renewable energy system is connected to the grid, the customer receives full retail credit for their generation to offset their electricity bill. Any excess generation beyond their monthly usage is credited to the customer at a wholesale rate.

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• Net Metering and Easy Connection Act
• SEIA What is Net Metering?

Statute: Section 393.1020 – 393.1050. RSMo.(s).
Enacted: 2008

In November 2008, Missouri citizens voted for the Missouri Clean Energy Act, which repealed the state’s existing voluntary renewable energy and energy efficiency objective, and replaced it with a mandatory renewable energy standard (RES). The RES requires investor-owned utilities to use eligible renewable energy technologies to meet a minimum of 15% of annual retail sales by 2021.

• DSIRE Renewable Energy Standard

Statute: Section 393.1075. RSMo.
Enacted: 2009

MEEIA allows utilities to earn a profit on the electricity saved as a result of voluntary energy efficiency programs and incentives they offer to their customers. Utilities can both recover the costs of their efficiency programs, and the lost revenue from customer energy savings, through rate adjustment. Additionally, utilities have the opportunity to earn a profit if their programs are successful, just as they earn a profit on traditional investments in energy generation. The law increases investments in energy efficiency, decreases Missourians energy bills over time, avoids or delays the need for constructing future power plants, and reduces our State’s reliance on coal and other fossil fuels.

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• MEEIA

Statute: Section 67.2800 – 67.2835, RSMo.(s).
Enacted: 2010

Property Assessed Clean Energy is a financing tool that allows both commercial and residential property owners to retrofit their properties with energy efficiency and renewable energy improvements at no upfront cost. PACE involves the local government’s tax authority, which issues special bonds to finance the energy upgrades and then collects repayment through a special assessment on the building’s property taxes.

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• Missouri PACE

Statute: Section 137.100. RSMo.
Enacted: 2013

The Solar Property Tax Exemption excludes solar energy from local, county, and state property taxes.

Statute: Section 442.012. RSMo.
Enacted: 1979

Under Section 442.012, utilizing solar energy is considered a property right. It may not be obtained by eminent domain. All solar easements are to be drafted in writing and must adhere to standard easement law and process.

Statute: Section 143.12. RSMo.
Enacted: 2008, 2014 (reauthorized)

Homeowners who participate in a home energy audit by a certified Missouri Department of Natural Resources auditor are eligible to receive a state income tax deduction for the cost of efficiency improvements. Individual taxpayers and joint filers are eligible for one or two thousand dollar deductions respectively. Recipients must file for the credit during the year of energy efficiency improvement and have received no other incentive for energy efficiency measures from a State- or utility-sponsored program.

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• Missouri Home Energy Audits: Missouri Personal Income Tax Deduction

Statue: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act
Enacted: 1978

PURPA requires public regulated utilities to purchase power from qualifying energy production facilities at prices that are reasonable, in the public interest, and that reflect the cost if the utility purchased or built the resource itself.