Rebates

Michigan assessors may not treat a qualifying alternative energy system on residential real property as an increase in the property's true cash value until the property is sold. Public Acts 116 and 117 of 2019 added the provision to MCL 211.27(2) — commonly known as the Mathieu Gast Act, which lists improvements an assessor must disregard as normal repair, replacement and maintenance — and to MCL 211.34d. The Michigan State Tax Commission explains the rules in Bulletin 6 of 2020.

This is non-consideration until sale, not a permanent exemption. While the owner keeps the property, the system's value is left

Under statute, renewable energy resources must pay $5/kW-AC for tangible property and $3.50/kW-AC for real property.

This is a local-option credit, so it only exists where your county, municipality or Baltimore City has actually enacted it. The statute is permissive, not mandatory — check with your local taxing authority before counting on it.

§9–275 of the Tax–Property Article, Annotated Code of Maryland lets the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore City, or the governing body of a county or municipal corporation, grant by law a credit against the county or municipal property tax imposed on a nonresidential solar energy generating system constructed on a brownfield, or on a water retention pond or quarry currently or previously

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

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.

The Decarbonizing Public Schools Program aims to help schools develop capacity and advance strategies for promoting clean and efficient energy use in current and future k-12 schools and support agencies. The program includes both formula and competitive funding for activities such as energy data management, net zero energy design considerations for public school planning, solar installations, and energy efficiency upgrades. 

Incentive amounts and maximums vary by area of interest (AOI). Please see the program website and documents below for more information, or contact schools.mea@maryland.gov​.

• AOI1 Capacity Building for Energy Management

• AOI2 Energy Efficiency
• AOI3 Solar on Schools 
• AOI4 Net Zero Energy Schools

The Community Solar LMI-PPA Grant Program provides monetary incentives to ensure that the benefits of community solar are available to income qualified Maryland households. 

In FY 2026, the income requirements focus on households that meet the definition of low-income only. 

The grant is divided into two areas of interest (AOIs):

• AOI 1: Project Granted Capacity Under the Community Solar Permanent Program - The project must guarantee at least fifteen percent (15%) of the energy output from the community solar system is subscribed to Low Income subscribers, with minimum cost savings to those subscribers of twenty-five percent (25%) from the utility’s