Renewable Energy

A municipality’s decision to subscribe to clean Community Distributed Generation (CDG), and/or host or own clean distributed energy resources, like solar, hydro, and wind, highlights its role as a leader in addressing climate change and protecting the environment.

Municipalities can receive points in the CEC program by subscribing municipal accounts to clean CDG (e.g., community solar), and/or hosting or installing clean distributed energy resources on municipal property.

• Fact Sheet [PDF]
  This fact sheet provides a brief description of the Renewable Energy high impact action along with the benefits communities can expect to achieve.
• Renewable Energy Certification Form [XLSX]
  This Certification Form must be completed and submitted to earn credit for this action.
• 100% Renewable Electricity Certification Form [XLSX]
  This Certification Form must be completed and submitted to earn credit for this action.
• How Does Community Solar (CDG) work?
  This NYSERDA page provides information on how community solar/community distributed generation (CDG) works.
• NYS Solar Guidebook
  The NYS Solar Guidebook includes a municipal solar procurement toolkit that may be helpful to municipalities pursuing this action;
• NY Sun Incentives Dashboard
  The NY Sun Incentives Dashboard provides information on currently available NYSERDA incentives for solar energy installations.