This chapter explains the Foundation’s criteria to approve an authorized renewable energy source (ARES) for commercial profit on a farm subject to an agricultural land preservation easement. The Foundation may only accept applications to approve an ARES on a farm subject to an agricultural land preservation easement before June 30, 2018. The Foundation may not approve any ARES on a farm subject to an agricultural land preservation easement after June 30, 2019.

Authority: Agriculture Article, §§2-504 and 2-513, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: June 6, 2016 (43:11 Md. R. 635)