The Propane Education & Research Council is offering a double incentive program to help producers impacted by recent natural disasters. For a limited time, qualifying producers can receive up to $10,000 toward eligible propane-powered equipment for agricultural operations through PERC’s incentive program.
Producers must have been directly impacted by the Kansas wildfires or December tornado outbreak, which spanned across Arkansas, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Tennessee and Wisconsin.
“These sudden, unexpected natural disasters can really wreak havoc for producers already facing so many challenges,” says Michael Newland, director of agriculture business development at PERC. “There is just no way to prepare for situations like these, and we recognize the burden producers face when trying to rebuild their operations.”
Affected producers who apply for PERC’s Propane Farm Incentive Program can earn double the incentive amount for qualifying propane-powered equipment, including irrigation engines, building/water heating systems, power generators and flame weeding systems.
The program’s incentive amounts include $300 per liter of fuel displacement for propane-powered irrigation engines, up to $30 per kilowatt-hour for generators, $1,500 for flame weeding systems and $2,000 for agricultural heaters.
“We hope this boost in incentive amounts will offer a small amount of relief to help producers get back on their feet sooner,” Newland says.
Double incentives are only available through June 2022.
