Defines biomass to exclude trees and wood unless that are derived from sustainably managed forests or procurement systems.
Provides a comparison of variable state definitions of biomass.
A survey and analysis of biomass definitions in states’ Renewable Portfolio Standards, federal law, and proposed legislation.
A state-level standard designed to shift transportation fuels away from high-carbon petroleum.
The first state-level standard designed to shift transportation fuels away from high-carbon petroleum.
Oregon offers a bioenergy tax credit for agricultural producers and collectors.
Georgia adopted exemptions to its sales and use taxes for biomass used to generate electricity.
South Carolina adopted production incentives for biomass power plants paying $0.01 per kilowatt hour. The incentive was available for ten years, from 2008 through June 30, 2018.
Established a comprehensive growth policy for the state, part of which was a requirement to designate urban growth boundaries, planned growth areas, and rural areas based on projections of growth over a 20-year period.
Protects rural agricultural and forestlands outside the boundary. The Columbia Region Association of Governments proposed an urban growth boundary for the Portland region in 1977, which has been periodically amended.