Financial Incentives

Solar Programs and Policy Support

Overview
Financial Incentives
Rules, Regulations and Policies
Federal Policies

Tax Incentives
State PV Incentive Programs
Feed-In Tariffs

States use a variety of financial incentive mechanisms to support the deployment of solar energy technologies. This section explores a number of these financing options ranging from sales and property tax credits to more sophisticated performance-based incentives.

State-by-State Solar Incentive Tables courtesy of Segue Energy Consulting, LLC., NREL and DSIRE. The tables identify tax credits, sales and property tax incentives, rebates, grants, performance-based incentives, loans, and net metering offered by states and utilities as of August 2007.

Source: Clean Energy States Alliance
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PV Incentives Table
Solar Water Heating Table

Data points on the tables are hyperlinked to the DSIRE database for further information.