What can you actually get where you live?
Most writing about home energy rebates is a year out of date, and some of it is written by people who profit from you believing it. We read every state's position off its own administrator's page and date it — then help you work out whether your project still qualifies. No sales pitch, because we aren't selling you anything.
Every status below was read off that state's own administrator page, not an aggregator.
Only 13 of the 49 states we've verified can take a rebate application today
The federal home energy rebates get written about as though the money were available everywhere. It isn't. 3 states have opened and since closed to new applications, and one says its rebates may not arrive before 2028. We read every one of these off the administrator's own site.
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