About GridRebate

Home energy rebates change faster than anyone writes about them

On December 31, 2025, the federal tax credits for heat pumps and solar ended. What replaced them is a patchwork of several hundred state and utility programs — each with its own budget, its own rules, and its own habit of quietly running out of money.

GridRebate tracks them.

Every program carries a date

Search for a rebate today and you will find guides published months ago and never touched since. Several still describe the repealed federal credit as available.

Here is what that costs you:

• In California, the flagship heat pump rebate has been fully reserved statewide since February 24, 2026. New applications go to a waitlist.
• In Washington DC, the current rebate year closes to new installations on September 30, 2026.
• In Connecticut, the rate rose from $1,000 to $1,500 per ton on September 1, 2026 — and pays six times less if you are replacing a heat pump rather than a furnace.

None of that appears in a guide written last spring. A rebate figure without a date is a guess.

What you will find here

Current status, not just “available.” Open, paused, waitlisted or out of money — the distinction that decides whether you actually get paid.

Amounts read from the source. Taken from the administrator’s own schedule on a stated date. Where a figure is unconfirmed, we show none rather than repeat last year’s.

The conditions that decide it. Deadlines, income tiers, equipment ratings, and which utility you have to be with. Most rebates are lost on these, not on the headline number.

A link to the source, every time. So you can check us in one click.

Independent

GridRebate is an independent editorial project. We have no relationship with the utilities, agencies and program administrators we track, and we do not administer, approve or expedite applications.

The administrator is always the final authority. If their page and ours disagree, theirs is right — and we would like to hear about it: hello@gridrebate.com.