In a normal year, allotments would cover roughly two-thirds of farmers' needs.
Walmart, for instance, has purchased green energy in 15 year allotments.
The Caliber has a three-year allotment of only 1,500 gallons.
And because Ms. Dondy expects the commercial program to exhaust its two-year allotment of more than $18 million this spring, she announced last week that no applications would be accepted after Jan . 15
For New Yorkers who voted to impose term limits on the City Council, the promise was to sweep clean a moldering institution and fill it with "citizen legislators" who would bring energy and fresh ideas from the private sector, where they would return after their eight-year allotments.
"States have three years to spend each year's allotment," Mr. Pollack said.
The agencies' services are often in flux, depending on the year's allotment of government grant money.
Because there is a yearly limit on the total tax credits that can be claimed, he said, there should be a way of preventing one big project from absorbing most of one year's allotment.
In recent years, the allotment of scarce natural resources like minerals, water and public land, or getting such projects environmental clearances, has made politics an investment that pays for itself many times over.
The company's least fuel-efficient vehicles have the largest three-year fuel allotments (2,400 gallons for Dodge Ram Quad Cab).
The 116-year-old allotments were initially protected but a decision to include the plots was made by the council and health bosses in December.
