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Energy-Efficient Mortgages

 Homeowners can take advantage of energy efficient mortgages (EEM) to either finance energy efficiency improvements to existing homes, including renewable energy technologies, or to increase their home buying power with the purchase of a new energy efficient home. The U.S. federal government supports these loans by insuring them through Federal Housing Authority (FHA) or Veterans Affairs (VA) programs. This allows borrowers who might otherwise be denied loans to pursue energy efficiency, and it secures lenders against loan default.

FHA Energy Efficient Mortgages
The FHA allows lenders to add up to 100% of energy efficiency improvements to an existing mortgage loan

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Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC)

Note: The One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB) made significant changes to this tax credit. To qualify for the tax credit, solar and wind energy systems must be either placed in service by December 31, 2027, or construction must commence by July 4, 2026. An Executive Order issued on July 7, 2025 directed the Secretary of Treasury to issue new and revised guidance within 45 days "to ensure that policies concerning the 'beginning of construction' are not circumvented, including by preventing the artificial acceleration or manipulation of eligibility and by restricting the use of broad safe harbors unless a

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Lansing Board of Water and Light - Plug-in Electric Vehicle Rebates

The Lansing Board of Water and Light offers a rebate for the cost of installation of EV charging equipment to its residential and commercial customers. 

Two levels of residential EV charging rebates are available

Second meter installation rebate: up to $1,000

PEV Off-Peak Savers Rebate: up to $500

Commercial Electric Vehicle Charging Rebate

Community and workplace charging: up to $2,500 per electric vehicle charging station, up to 3 stations per location

Multifamily property owners (five or more units): up to $13,500 for providing EV charging for their tenants. Receive up to $4,500 per electric vehicle charging station, up to 3 stations per location.


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Alternative Energy Property Tax Exemption

In November 2019, Michigan enacted H.B. 4465, establishing a property tax exemption for renewable energy systems. To qualify for the exemption, systems must be no larger than 150 kW in capacity and must offset all or a portion of the energy used on the property.

A bulletin explaining the exemption is available here: https://www.michigan.gov/-/media/Project/Websites/treasury/Letters/Bull…;

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Property Tax Credit for Nonresidential Solar on Certain Brownfields, Water Retention Ponds, or Quarries

Title 9 of Maryland’s property tax code provides local governments the option to allow a property tax credit for nonresidential solar systems constructed on a brownfield or a water retention pond or quarry currently or previously designated for industrial use.

Under this provision, counties determine the amount of the credit, the duration of the credit, and any other provision necessary to carry out the tax credit. It should be noted that the statute includes the city of Baltimore in this provision because Baltimore, the city, has its own jurisdiction as a county. Maryland’s local option tax incentive is unique because

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New Jersey Manufacturing Program

New Jersey A.B. 5687 created the Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program, a comprehensive tax credit designed to encourage manufacturing activities including clean energy component production at qualified businesses. The tax credit is equal to the lesser of 1) the product of 0.1% of the eligible business's total capital investment multiplied by the number of new full-time jobs; 2) 25% of the eligible business' total capital investment; or 3) $150,000,000. 

Eligible actions for the credit include manufacturing solar components, and the calculations for capital investment include installing a solar system on the property to the extent that the capital investments have

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Higher Education Clean Energy Grant Program

The Higher Education Clean Energy Grant Program is a statewide competitive program that funds solar installations, sustainability and clean energy campus planning, workforce training, and clean energy curriculum development at Maryland institutions of higher education. 

Eligible activities by program area, grant criteria, and application requirements can be accessed in the FY2026 Funding Opportunity Announcement.

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