Federal and State Incentives

Federal Tax Credit

U.S. Government provides Federal Tax Credit equal to 30% of total system cost.

Recent Federal stimulus program allows for the 30% tax credit to be taken as a grant.

Accelerated Depreciation

5-year MACRS depreciation tax deduction lets you quickly recover up to an additional 30% of the total system cost.

California Solar Initiative

Performance based incentive (PBI) rebate paid out monthly over five years, based on production of solar installation.
$0.22 per kWh of production for five years.

California Solar Initiative

“In 2006, I signed the law to create the California Solar Initiative, a world – class solar program that is transforming the energy economy and creating a sustainable solar industry with goal of 3,000 Megawatts of clean and renewable solar power, thereby reducing output of greenhouse gas emissions by 3 million tons. Solar energy is a huge step toward meeting our long – term renewable energy and climate change goals, and further proof that being good to the environment is also good for the bottom line. Join the thousands of California homeowners and businesses choosing to go solar today.”

–Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger

Utility Rebates

Los Angeles Department of Water & Power offers a rebate covering up to 50% of the total system cost.

 

Southern California Edison Company offers a rebate covering 20% of the total system cost.