Comments on: Massachusetts Solar Power Rebates, Tax Credits, and Incentives

By: Solar, Marshmallows, and Success

Solar, Marshmallows, and Success — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:27:47 +0000

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By: Massachusetts Solar Power Rebates and Incentives – Updated!

Massachusetts Solar Power Rebates and Incentives – Updated! — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:01:41 +0000

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By: Tom Harrison

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 22:27:41 +0000

Hi — not sure if this is in the domain of the data you’re collecting, but Massachusetts residents who heat with gas from National Grid can get a 75% rebate on insulation and weather sealing, up to $2000. I did, and got a check for about $1,500.

I wrote about the details here on my blog: http://fivepercent.us/2009/05/22/75-credit-for-insulating-from-national-grid-until-july-31st/

(And despite the implication of the URL, the program has been extended)

By: Mike

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:48:01 +0000

My house was built in 1983. I thought I was ahead of the curve when my wife and I installed a solar panels to provide hot water to our home. We have a passive solar contemporary design in Acton. The system worked great for several years but for the past 5 years or so, we have been unable to find anyone in the area that can do maintenance on this system. Most local plumbers that advertise “solar” were lying. Does anyone know of anyone that can service a solar hot water system in the Acton area?

By: JR

Sat, 15 Aug 2009 22:16:48 +0000

A Head Scratcher!

The Massachusetts rebate stipulates that its rebate money is to be treated as taxable income, and they reserve the right to issue a 1099 to the owner.

Then, would reducing the cost basis of the system for the Federal ITC be double taxation? You would be failing to advantage the taxed income against the ITC.

By: Anon.

Mon, 18 May 2009 03:56:55 +0000

The state energy policy needs some rethinking. The ISO regional markets pay capacity payments for demand reduction and energy efficiency – e.g. to aggregators that sign-up big box retailers to dim lights on peak days (active) or municipal lighting projects (passive). These capacity payments in the wholesale markets to reduce energy usage are substantial money and are paid year round to “shave the peak” usage (yes, we all pay for them as part of the energy component of the retail power bill – in other words, it’s an indirect energy reduction tax that is not well targeted – some who receive payments may never even reduce consumption, e.g. if there is no call to dim lights or reduce AC use). A direct use of tax dollars makes much more sense for MA to establish a substantial fund – say $500 million (the cost of a medium size transmission line project to serve load growth) for direct allocation to homeowners for solar and back yard wind systems that would not only reduce consumption on a per-site basis but also serve as distributed generation to feed power onto the grid at times when the homes are using little power, like during the work day. This seems like money much better spent and a much more sound energy policy.

By: Sean

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:54:35 +0000

Can someone provide a link to more information on the various rebates described in Phil’s comment? I couldn’t find them on this site. In fact, I couldn’t even find the source of the $5,670 rebate in the example above. The only link with the word “rebate” in it is to a program that only covers wind.

Am serious about installing a solar system so would definitely appreciate any help on this. Thanks.

By: Daniel-Sun

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 16:02:03 +0000

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Peace. Daniel-Sun

By: Mauro

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:55:41 +0000

Hello,

I’m a developer from Los Angeles, CA specializing in sustainable design through solar energy. If anyone is in search of solar panels or solar water heaters feel free to contact me @ sustainability.rocks@gmail.com

Go Green

By: kevin

Sun, 08 Mar 2009 15:15:15 +0000

I own a small company in MA. We were just awarded a contract to clean, repair and test components that are reused in the production of solar panels. In order to support this new contract we built a dedicated space with all new dedicated equipment. Could this dedicated expansion qualify for any tax credits under Alternative Energy Production? Manufacturesbe benefit My companysupport that we just expanded