DSIRE is maintained by the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center at North Carolina State University.
The center provides summaries of state and federal incentives, as well as those offered by U.S. territories, local governments, and electric and gas utilities.
Incentives can include tax incentives, grants, loans, rebates, industry recruitment/support, performance-based incentives, technical resources, feed-in tariffs, renewable energy credits, solar renewable energy credits and green building incentives.
DSIRE also contains information on rules, regulations and policies related to the incentives, including public benefit funds, building energy codes, appliance/equipment efficiency standards and energy standards for public buildings.
The database is limited to incentives and policies from only investor-owned utilities in the U.S., and electric cooperatives and municipal utilities with more than 30,000 customers.
| Program | Incentive Type |
|---|---|
| Building Energy Code | Building Energy Code |
| City and County of Honolulu - Real Property Tax Exemption for Alternative Energy Improvements | Property Tax Incentive |
| City and County of Honolulu - Solar Loan Program | Loan Program |
| Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program | Rebate Program |
| Distributed Generation Tariffs | Net Metering |
| Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard | Energy Efficiency Resource Standard |
| Farm and Aquaculture Alternative Energy Loan | Loan Program |
| Feed-in-Tariff | Feed-in Tariff |
| Fuel Mix Disclosure | Generation Disclosure |
| Green Infrastructure Bonds | Bond Program |
| GreenSun Hawaii | Loan Program |
| Hawaii Department of Business, Economic Development and Tourism - Green Business Program | Energy Analysis |
| Hawaii Energy | Public Benefits Fund |
| Interconnection Standards | Interconnection |
| KIUC - Energy Wise Commercial Energy Efficiency Program | Rebate Program |
| KIUC - Solar Water Heating Loan Program | Loan Program |
| KIUC - Solar Water Heating Rebate Program | Rebate Program |
| Local Option - Special Improvement Districts | PACE Financing |
| Priority Permit Processing for Green Buildings | Green Building Incentive |
| Renewable Portfolio Standard | Renewables Portfolio Standard |
| Renewables and Efficiency in State Facilities & Operations | Energy Standards for Public Buildings |
| Residential Energy Disclosure | Other Policy |
| Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Program | Rebate Program |
| Solar and Wind Energy Credit (Corporate) | Corporate Tax Credit |
| Solar and Wind Energy Credit (Personal) | Personal Tax Credit |
| Solar Contractor Licensing | Solar/Wind Contractor Licensing |
| Solar Rights | Solar/Wind Access Policy |
| Solar Water Heater Rebate | Rebate Program |
| Solar Water Heating Requirement for New Residential Construction | Building Energy Code |