Rebates

The Solar Energy Program (SEP) program offers financial assistance as grants and loans to eligible applicants to promote manufacturing, research and development, and generation of solar energy in the state. The program is administered jointly by the Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) and the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) under direction of the Commonwealth Financing Authority (CFA). 

Eligibility

The following applicants are eligible for grants:

1. A Business – a corporation, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, business trust, or other commercial entity approved by the Commonwealth Financing Authority. The term shall include venture capital firms, solar energy

The Solar for Schools Grant Program was established by the Pennsylvania Solar for Schools Act. The program awards grants to school districts, intermediate units, charter schools including cyber, regional, and a school for education of the deaf or the blind, area career and technical schools, specific trade and technical schools, and community colleges can use to fund solar energy projects. The grants are intended to support purchase and installation of equipment, permit fees, energy storage, and utility interconnection.

Eligible projects must be located at a school facility and be related to photovoltaic or solar thermal devices that convert, transfer or

*Note: FY25 applications closing on December 13, 2024. Click here for the application.

The Alabama Energy Division's State Energy Program is accepting applications for the Energy-Efficient Retrofits Program grant. The grant must be used for the installation of energy-efficiency improvements and may be used by local governments, public K-12 school systems, and non-profit organizations. Energy-efficient measures such as energy-efficient lighting, HVAC replacements, programmable thermostats, solar PV systems (rooftop, parking lot canopy, or a max 60 kW ground installed system), or solar thermal systems that are max 20 kW.

Note: In 2010, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which has authority over mortgage underwriters Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, directed these enterprises against purchasing mortgages of homes with a PACE lien due to its senior status above a mortgage. Most residential PACE activity subsided following this directive; however, some residential PACE programs are now operating with loan loss reserve funds, appropriate disclosures, or other protections meant to address FHFA's concerns. Commercial PACE programs were not directly affected by FHFA’s actions, as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac do not underwrite commercial mortgages. Visit PACENation for more information about PACE financing

Marin Clean Energy (MCE), a Community Choice Aggregator, provides an incentive for its customers to install renewable energy systems through the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) Plus Program. MCE will pay for all energy, environmental attributes, capacity, and if applicable, storage-related services and attributes delivered by the system at a fixed rate based on metered energy quantities multiplied by the applicable contract price for the delivery term.

The contract price is scheduled to step down over time as the installed capacity of all participating systems increases.  As of March 2025 there are 10.8 MW remaining on the 5th of 6 steps

As of June 30, 2010, taxpayers may take a credit, apply for a refund of taxes paid, or apply for authority to make tax-exempt purchases of machinery and equipment used to produce electricity in a Certified Green Energy Production Facility.

Tennessee provides tax credits to industries in the green energy supply chain that invest more than $250 million into the state. The Department of Revenue, Department of Economic and Community Development as well as the Department of Environment and Conservation are authorized to certify “green energy supply chain manufacturers” as eligible for the Green Energy Tax Credit. The $1.5 million

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.

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

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