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Financial Incentives
Local Grant Program
* Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Grants (FirstEnergy Territory)
* Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Grant Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
* Sustainable Development Fund Grant Program (PECO Territory)
* West Penn Power SEF Grant Program
Local Loan Program
* Metropolitan Edison Company SEF Loans (FirstEnergy Territory)
* Penelec SEF of the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies Loan Program (FirstEnergy Territory)
* SEF of Central Eastern Pennsylvania Loan Program (PP&L Territory)
* Sustainable Development Fund Commercial Financing Program (PECO Territory)
* West Penn Power SEF Commercial Loan Program
Property Tax Assessment
* Wind-Energy System Exemption
State Grant Program
* High Performance Green Schools Planning Grants
* Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) - Grants
* Pennsylvania Energy Harvest Grant Program
State Loan Program
* Keystone Home Energy Loan Program
* Pennsylvania Energy Development Authority (PEDA) - Loans and Loan Guarantees
* Small Business Pollution Prevention Assistance Account Loan Program
Utility Loan Program
* Adams Electric Cooperative - Energy Resource Conservation (ERC) and Supplemental Loan Program
Alternative Fuel and Vehicle Incentives
* U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels Data Center
Rules, Regulations & Policies
Building Energy Code
* Pennsylvania Building Energy Codes
Generation Disclosure
* Fuel Mix Disclosure
Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation
* Montgomery County - Wind Power Purchasing
* Pennsylvania - Green Power Purchasi