Division of Energy

Services

Business, Industry, and Agriculture

• Assists businesses, agricultural operations and industries to better understand energy use and energy-efficiency measures that save money and improve their competitive position
• Advocates renewable energy development and use throughout the state
• Provides consistent and accurate information about the impact of business and industry energy use throughout the state
• Explores and promotes financial incentives for businesses, agriculture and industries to encourage the use of energy-efficient technologies

Additional Business, Industry, and Agriculture Information

• Agriculture Energy Tools - U.S. Department of Agriculture, Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
• Building Energy Standards
• Building Operator Certification (BOC) training
• Building Operator Certification
• Green Lodging Certification in Missouri
• Missouri CAIR Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Set-Aside Program
• U.S. DOE Industrial Technologies Program
  • Program Areas
  • Save Energy Now National Campaign
  • Ways to Save Energy Now - Industry Plant Managers and Engineers
  • Best Practices
    • Software Tools
    • Industrial Assessment Center - University of Missouri - Columbia
• RSMo 135.300-311
  Wood Energy Tax Credit
  A Missouri wood energy producer is eligible for a tax credit of five dollars per ton of processed material. The credit may be claimed for a period of five years and is to be a credit against the tax otherwise due. The Division of Energy evaluates the tax credit applications and certifies to the Department of Revenue each applicant that qualifies as a wood energy-producing facility. Download the application form MO 780-1305.
  • http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1350000300.HTM
  • http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1350000305.HTM
  • http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1350000307.HTM
  • http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1350000309.HTM
  • http://www.moga.mo.gov/statutes/C100-199/1350000311.HTM
  • http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/10csr/10c140-4.pd

Residential

• Promotes energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy in Missouri homes through sharing of information and partneships among diverse interests
• Manages the statewide Low-Income Weatherization Assistance Program; works in partnership with 18 community-based agencies to increase home energy efficiency, reduce utility bills and improve health and safety of citizens served
  Public Benefits of Low-Income Weatherization
  • Reduces energy consumption and utility bills for those served, particularly the elderly, the disabled and families with small children
  • Keeps money in the local economy
  • Allows more families to pay energy bills and reduce utility arrearages
  • Improves comfort, health and safety for low-income households
  • Reduces environmental pollution associated with generation of electricity and production of fossil fuels

Additional Residential Information

• Building Energy Standards
• Home Energy Audits-Missouri Personal Income Tax Deduction for Home Energy Audits
• Residential Energy Efficiency

Schools and Local Governments

• Guides local governments and public schools in developing and implementing energy-efficiency and renewable-energy projects
• Helps finance energy-efficiency projects through loans from the division's Energy Revolving Fund
• Teams with community projects such as Clean Cities in St. Louis and Kansas City to increase the use of cleaner-burning alternative fuels for vehicles
• Information on Energy Efficiency Loans to Schools and Local Government is available here

State Government

• Helps state agencies perform energy audits, accomplish energy-efficiency retrofits, and create energy-efficiency plans for state buildings
• Provides information about cost-reducing, energy-efficiency strategies to the state
• Helps state agencies incorporate fuel-efficient and alternative-fuel vehicles into their fleets

Energy Policy and Analysis

• Develops, analyzes and recommends policy options on various energy subjects
• Develops proposals to use energy efficiency and renewable energy as part of the solution to environmental problems
• Provides data, information and analysis of energy use, sources, prices, supply and air emissions related to energy production and use to state leaders and the public
  • Energy Statistics and Utilities
  • Links to Sources of Missouri Energy Statistics
  • Missouri Energy Bulletins

Public Information and Education

• Disseminates extensive consumer and technical energy information
• Informs the public about opportunities in energy efficiency and renewable energy to save money and help the environment
• Provides communications expertise for the division's informational efforts

Additional Public Information and Education

• Energy Education Resources
• Energy Links
• Laws and Regulations
• Publications and Newsletters