1. Low-Income communities
700 MW

Any population census tract if the poverty rate is at least 20%.

Non-metro areas: median family income for tract doesn’t exceed 80% of statewide median income.

Metro areas: median family income for tract doesn’t exceed 80% of the greater of statewide median income OR the metro area median family income.

Disadvantaged Census Tracts

LMI Tracts

Distressed Communities Index

§45D(e)(1) with certain modifications described elsewhere in §45D(e)

2. Indian Land
200 MW

The term "Indian land" means:

(A) any land located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria;

(B) any land not located within the boundaries of an Indian reservation, pueblo, or rancheria, the title to which is held- (i) in trust by the United States for the benefit of an Indian tribe or an individual Indian; (ii) by an Indian tribe or an individual Indian, subject to restriction against alienation under laws of the United States; or (iii) by a dependent Indian community;

(C) land that is owned by an Indian tribe and was conveyed by the United States to a Native Corporation pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), or that was conveyed by the United States to a Native Corporation in exchange for such land;

(D) any land located in a census tract in which the majority of residents are Natives (as defined in section 3(b) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 1602(b))); and

(E) any land located in a census tract in which the majority of residents are persons who are enrolled members of a federally recognized Tribe or village.

Federal & Tribal Land

Federal/State/Native American Owned Land

Disadvantaged Census Tracts

§ 2601(2) Energy Policy Act of 1992(25 U.S.C. 3501(2)

3. Qualified low-income residential building projects
200 MW

Residential rental building which participates in an affordable housing program and the financial benefits of the electricity produced are allocated equitably among the occupants of the dwelling units of the building.

Electricity acquired at a below market rate will be considered a financial benefit. Forthcoming guidance will further clarify those parameters.

Affordable Housing Locator (HUD)

1.Covered Housing Programs (§41411(a) of the Violence Against Women Act of 1994)

2.Housing Assistance Programs administered by the Dept. of Agriculture under title V of the Housing Act of 1949

3.Tribally designated housing entity (§4(22) of the Native American Housing Assistance & SelfDetermination Act of 1996)

4. Qualified low-income economic benefit projects
700 MW

At least 50% of the financial benefits of the electricity produced are provided to households with income of less than 200% of the poverty line applicable to a family of the size involved, OR less than 80% of area median gross income.

Electricity acquired at a below market rate will be considered a financial benefit. Forthcoming guidance will further clarify those parameters.

Disadvantaged Census Tracts

LMI Tracts

Distressed Communities Index

Poverty Line (§36B(d)(3)(A)

Area Median Gross Income (§142(d)(2)(B)