Last updated: July 29, 2026.
Most pages that rank for “heat pump rebate” or “insulation rebate” are published by somebody who sells the equipment or installs it. They are vague where it matters most: “you may qualify for up to $8,000”, “rebates are available in your state”. That vagueness is what sends people to a contractor before they have checked what their own state is actually paying, and it is the reason so many households leave money on the table or, worse, spend on the assumption of a rebate that does not exist where they live.
This site does the opposite. Home energy rebates in the United States are not one program. They are a stack: federal tax provisions, two federally funded state-run rebate programs, a state energy office that decides the details, a utility with its own rebate book, and sometimes a city or county on top. What you can get depends on which state you live in, which utility bills you, your household income, and what you are installing. So we build the answer state by state, from the documents the people who write the checks actually publish.
How we source information
- Primary sources only. Rebate amounts, income thresholds, eligible equipment and program dates come from the program administrator: the state energy office running the program, the utility publishing the rebate schedule, the U.S. Department of Energy program guidance, or the Internal Revenue Service for tax provisions. We do not repeat numbers from installer blogs, from lead-generation sites, or from other content sites.
- Every figure is dated. Rebate programs open, pause, run out of funds, and reopen with different rules. Where we publish an amount, we say which program document it came from and when we last checked it.
- We say when something is unpublished. If a state has announced a program but not yet published its rebate schedule, we write that the schedule is not yet published and link to what the state has released. We do not fill the gap with a number from a press release about a different state.
- We separate what is legislated from what is live. A program being authorized in Washington is not the same as a portal where you can submit a claim. We track both and label which is which.
What we are not
This site is independent. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or operated by the U.S. Department of Energy, the Internal Revenue Service, any state energy office, or any utility. We cannot approve, deny, expedite, or look up an application, and we have no access to any program’s systems.
Nothing here is tax, legal, or financial advice. Whether a particular credit or rebate applies to you depends on facts we do not know: your state, your utility, your household income relative to your area median, your tax situation, and the exact equipment you install. Confirm your own case with the program administrator or a tax professional before you sign a contract or file a return.
Corrections
If a figure on this site contradicts a current program document, we want to know. Tell us which page and which source. We correct the page and update its verification date rather than editing silently, because a rebate page that changes without saying so is impossible to trust.
How this site is funded
This site is free to read and always will be. It is supported by advertising and, in future, by referrals to contractors. Neither one decides what we write. The details, including the conflicts that arrangement creates, are set out in full on our How We Get Paid page.
Where to start
If you are trying to work out what your household can actually claim, start with your state. Rebate rules are set at the state level, and a national average is worse than useless when the program in your state has not opened yet.