Solar Photovoltaics

Entergy Mississippi - Low-to-Moderate Income Residential Incentive Program

NOTE: This program is under suspension as the Public Service Commission conducts a rulemaking regarding the governing provision in Docket No. 2025-AD-61.

Entergy Mississippi offers low-to-moderate income residential customers a one-time $3,000 cash incentive on a first-come, first-served basis when installing a renewable distributed generation facility with a capacity of at least 4 kW-DC (and one that does not generate more than 110% of the customer's year annual peak demand). 

The utility also offers the Residential Demand Response Battery Incentive Program, but customers are only allowed to choose one of the two incentives, and no incentive will be available beyond 2027.

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Mississippi Power - Low-to-Moderate Income Residential Incentive Program

NOTE: This program is under suspension as the Public Service Commission conducts a rulemaking regarding the governing provision in Docket No. 2025-AD-61.

Mississippi Power offers low-to-moderate income residential customers a one-time $3,000 cash incentive on a first-come, first-served basis when installing a renewable distributed generation facility with a capacity of at least 4 kW-DC (and one that does not generate more than 110% of the customer's year annual peak demand). 

The utility also offers the Battery Storage Incentive Program, but customers are only allowed to choose one of the two incentives, and no incentive will be available beyond 2027. 

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Illinois Solar for All Program

Information for this program is taken from the 2024 Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan

As part of its Renewable Portfolio Standard, Illinois operates two SREC purchase programs to support deployment of solar photovoltaic generation.

By offering more generous REC prices than the Illinois Shines program, the Illinois Solar for All program incents low-income residents (as well as non-profit and public facilities) to participate in solar projects, whether as a system owner, community solar project subscriber, or system host.

The Illinois Solar for All Program consists of four sub-programs: the Low-Income Single-Family and Small Multifamily Solar Incentive (also referred

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Adjustable Block Program (Illinois Shines)

Information for this program is taken from the Illinois Shines Program Guidebook and the 2024 Long-Term Renewable Resources Procurement Plan

The Illinois Shines Program is a state-administered solar incentive program created to facilitate the development of new photovoltaic distributed generation and community solar projects through the issuance of renewable energy credit delivery contracts. At least 50% of Illinois's solar REC procurement target must be supplied through this program.

Illinois Shines contains six program categories: 1) Small DG (less than or equal to 25 kW); 2) Large DG (greater than 25 kW up to 5 MW); 3) Traditional Community Solar; 4)

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ComEd - Distributed Generation Rebates

As required by Illinois law, Commonwealth Edison offers rebates for distributed generation installation. Rebates are available as follows:

  • For systems not owned by Residential or Under 100 kW Demand Class, or for Community Solar systems, the available rebate is $250 per kW 
  • For these customers, an additional rebate of $250 per kW is available for installation of energy storage systems
  • For systems owned by Residential or Under 100 kW Demand Class customers, the available rebate is $300 per kW
  • For these customers, an additional rebate of $300 per kW is available for installation of energy storage systems

Receipt of a
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Sales Tax Exemption for Wind, Solar, and Storage - High Impact Business

A business establishing a new wind power facility in Illinois that is not located in an Enterprise Zone* may be eligible for designation as a "High Impact Business" (HIB). After receiving the designation, the facility is entitled to a full exemption of the state sales tax (6.25%) and any additional local state sales taxes (up to an additional 3.5%) for building materials incorporated into the facility. 

A wind power facility must be new or an expansion of an existing facility and placed in service on or after July 1, 2009. It must generate electricity using wind turbines that have a
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We Energies - Focus-On-Energy Agriculture Rebate Program

Focus on Energy helps businesses, farms, and municipalities in Wisconsin with funding for installing or planning renewable energy systems. They offer rebates for solar PV systems, custom incentives for renewables like biomass, biogas, solar thermal, and wind, and support for feasibility studies to assess project viability. To qualify, projects must meet eligibility requirements for equipment, utility participation, application timing, and payback periods.
If you’re considering a renewable energy project, check whether your utility participates, review the eligible technologies, and submit the required applications before you start installation to reserve your rebate.
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City of Oakland - Solar Access Ordinance

Current Municipal codes provide some solar access protections to adjacent properties. Mostly in relation to new development proposals.

17.65.080.A.3.B - Maximum Floor Area Ratio

Regards the maximum floor area ratio regulation for the city of Oakland. It specifies the conditions for a conditional use permit for an FAR or up to 3.0 in the HBX-3 and HBX-4 zones. Including that “the additional Floor Area Ratio does not significantly decrease the solar access of existing adjacent single family homes or duplexes to a degree greater than would be created if the facility were built according to the base FAR.”

17.134.050.F.1 –

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Clean Energy Standard

The Clean Energy Standard (CES) was created to assist in reaching Massachusetts’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction goals adopted pursuant to the Climate Protection and Green Economy Act. The CES requires retail electricity sellers to demonstrate on an annual basis the use of clean energy for the generation of specific electricity sale percentages.

Clean Generation Resources

The CES allows two types of clean generation resources, those from existing units and those from new units. Clean existing generation refers to existing nuclear and hydroelectric generating units that have a capacity of more than 30 MW, started operations before 2011, and are

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Clean Peak Energy Standard

Note: In mid-July 2024, the Department of Energy Resources filed an emergency rulemaking that made immediate rule changes to the Clean Peak Energy Standard, including adding a near-term resource multiplier and amending the minimum standards for 2025 and thereafter. Further rule changes were then made in mid-October 2024 via a follow-on emergency rulemaking that amended ACP rates, among other things. An RFP was issued on July 31, 2025, to procure CPECs, and subsequent RFPs will be issued every two years.

On August 9, 2018, An Act to Advance Clean Energy (H.B. 4857) was signed into law, requiring the

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