Comments on: Mississippi State Solar Power Rebates, Tax Credits, and Incentives

By: JODY

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:15:57 +0000

UNTIL THE POWER COMPANIES ARE REQUIRED TO PRODUCE GREEN POWER, WE IN MISSISSIPPI ARE NOT GOING GET ANY HELP ON THE SOLAR ISSUE. I SPENT TWO WEEKS IN SAN JOSE CAL IN DEC 2008 GOING TO A SOLAR SCHOOL TO LEARN HOW IT WORKS AND HOW TO INSTALL SOLAR. WHAT I LEARNED WAS CALIFORNIA WANTS SOLAR POWER AND MISSISSIPPI DOES NOT. UNTIL WE START PUSHING OUR POLITICIANS TO ACT WE WILL NEVER GET THE HELP WE NEED.

By: Tor a.k.a. "Solar Fred"

Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:33:51 +0000

We’re right behind you, Stephen. BTW, just in case you’re near Oxford, Hotty-toddy, gosh almighty, who the hell are, we etc. . Ringing cowbell if you happen to be aligned with that other team.

By: Stephen Cheek

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 17:19:11 +0000

I think the Mississippi congress should get behind solar energy for homeowners. It’s time to take a lead in something.

By: Tor a.k.a. "Solar Fred"

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 05:07:07 +0000

You’re right, Selina. Mississippi has a great deal of sunlight, yet the legislators refuse to keep up with the times and create rebate and incentive programs. The best thing you could do is create some kind of press to shame the governor and the legislator into getting up to speed with the rest of the Country and to start creating some kind of subsidy to encourage solar. Thanks for commenting.

By: Selina

Mon, 31 Aug 2009 14:32:32 +0000

I’m with Melanie, 25 years to pay for itself doesn’t sound like a viable alternative to me either. Not only will you be paying for the solar kit, but you will still have a power bill. I’m looking for something around $15,000-$20,000 for a 2400 sq ft. house that uses anywhere from 2000-2800 kwh a month. Also, if there are no rebates, incentives, or tax credits for at least the first 5 years you have your system, it’s not saving anyone anything, just adding a second mortgage on your homes to have pennies for 30 years. Heck, most people can’t afford that and at this time people are trying to get OUT of debt and not in it. People are worried about this government and what they are going to put on us next to pay our of our checks and taking from our children’s mouths to start going in debt for $54,000+ on a solar panel that can be blown away by the next hurricane. Yes, I know I’m a bit negative, but until Mississippi makes it cheap enough to have solar homes, my family will not be able to do it, although I would love to.

By: Kelly

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:42:06 +0000

I have just been visited by relatives from Biloxi. Since I have started a solar company here in Florida I thought I would see what the incentives were in MS. It doesn’t look too good. And from what the relatives were saying, your electric rates will effectively be doubling within the next 3 years.But on the bright side, prices for solar panels are down right now. The price for a totally installed 5kw system should be around $9 per watt or $45,000. The fed tax credit will bring it down $13,500 to $31,500. When you calculate the payback keep in mind the increase in utility rates. What Mississippians should lobby for is a Renewable energy dividend program like what was passed in Gainesville FL. It is similar to the programs in Germany which catapulted it into first place for solar energy production. And Germany has the solar insolation of Alaska! Go to http://www.farenergy.org for more info and start a grassroots chapter in MS. Good Luck. Things can get brighter if we keep looking up.

By: Melanie

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:10:15 +0000

25 years to pay for itself doesn’t sound like a viable alternative just yet! Who can afford to spend another 54K on their home and have that investment increase the value of the home only 13k? This is not a viable alternative solution at this price!

By: Tabatha

Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:04:13 +0000

I’ve just sent an email not only to Dean Kirby, but to each and every member of the MS Senate Finance committee. I was very polite but I let them know in no uncertain terms that I am displeased with the death of this bill. MS is so behind the times its not even joke worthy anymore. We need to be on the cutting edge. The destruction left behind after Katrina was the perfect time to rebuild GREEN. How about that Kansas town that went as green as possible after being destroyed by a tornado, Greensburg, I think it was? Long Beach or Biloxi could have used that imprint, buuuuut, MS doesn’t offer the incentives.

By: shelley

Thu, 19 Mar 2009 16:32:02 +0000

Retract previous statement. The HB 194 did pass the ways and means committee but died in the finance committee, thanks to the chair Dean Kirby. If any of you think that bill should have passed, please let Mr. Kirby know, dkirby@senate.ms.gov
The only way to get these types of incentives passed is to let them know that you want it.

By: shelley

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:24:26 +0000

Mississippi!! You can say that with a little more pride now. Mississippi passed H.B.194. The Great State of Mississippi will now give a tax credit (that can be carried foward for up to 5 years) of 50% of the first $25,000.00 for the purchase of wind or solar. You can find this on line by typing in HB 194 on MS legislature web page. This is a huge savings for installing solar on our homes espically when you consider the 30% tax credit from the federal government. Now we, Alternate Energy Solutions, can begin to install solar without any reservations in our minds that our customers now have the proper incentives in place. Thank you Mississippi Legislature.