Incentives & Rebates

What survived the federal credit's expiry, and how to check a state or utility rebate still has funding left before you count it in a quote.

Incentives & Rebates August 29, 2026 Solar Rebate Funding: Who Pays Decides When It Ends A rebate in a quote is a claim on someone else's budget. Trace it to a federal award, a charge on your bill, or an auction, then go check the balance. 12 min read
Incentives & Rebates August 19, 2026 Did the Solar Tax Credit Expire: What 25D Said IRS's consumer page and the statute use two different legal tests for the same December 2025 deadline. The gap decides whether your 2026 quote still holds. 9 min read

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Priya Raghunathan writes Kilowatt Ledger because three quotes for the same roof can produce three different payback figures, and the difference is always in assumptions nobody writes down. She does not work in the energy industry and has never sold, financed, or installed a system. Every number here is traced to a utility tariff sheet, a regulator's decision, or a published standard, and the arithmetic is written out so you can redo it on your own bill.

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