Indiana Office of Energy Development(OED) provides an overview of the state’s energy plan with a focus on renewable energy. The Solar Energy page summarizes current incentives at the utility, state and federal levels and has links to Energy Grant Resources for funding opportunities. The OED has provided grants for several Bloomington solar projects.
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission is a fact-finding body. An advocate of neither the public nor the utilities, the IURC is required by state statute to make decisions that balance the interests of all parties to ensure the utilities provide adequate and reliable service at reasonable prices. IURC regulatory reports are here..
Indiana Electric Cooperatives (IEC) represents Indiana’s 38 REMCs, each with its own net metering or similar policies.
Local Community Coalitions
Solarize Indiana is a network of volunteer-driven city teams around the state that organize Solarize campaigns.
Carmel Green Initiative is a coalition of citizens and community groups who promote and support the City of Carmel’s sustainability commitments.
Energy Matters is a community coalition that promotes sustainability initiatives in the City of Columbus and surrounding Bartholomew County. They are developing a plan to “solar-ize” the area.
Hoosier Interfaith Power & Light (H-IPL) provides programs and services to congregations and individual members who want to reduce their energy usage and associated costs.
H-IPL works through regional affiliates in Bloomington, Evansville, Fort Wayne, Indianapolis and Eastside Indianapolis, Kokomo, Muncie and Terre Haute.
Monroe County Energy Challenge is a partnership of community groups, government, schools, and utilities to improve energy efficiency and reduce consumption from non-renewable sources.
Tracking the Sun (formerly OpenPV) collects distributed PV data from installers and other solar organizations. It can be used to identify the general location and attributes of new distributed PV installations.
Energy.gov provides consumer-oriented advice and information
Berkeley Labs’ Electricity Markets & Policy Group informs public and private decision making within the U.S. electricity sector through independent, interdisciplinary analysis of critical electricity policy and market issues.
Minnesota’s 2014 Value of Solar is a formula for calculating how much solar owners should be paid for renewable energy produced.
Consumer Reports, “Shedding Light on Solar Power,” June 30, 2016
See the Q&A section on this site for sources of specific component-level information and ratings on solar panels, inverters, solar thermal and other products.
