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

By: Doug

Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:36:42 +0000

Rhode Island is giving away some of that stimulus money to non-utility scale (residential) renewable energy projects right now.Find the application on the office of energys’ web site. energy.ri.gov

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

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 23:53:49 +0000

Hi, Devin,

We’re behind updating our info, I know. We’re trying to get to every state as soon as we can, but incentives keep changing. Best thing to do is to fill out our form to get a free local quote. You can only lose a little bit of time since it’s free, and worse come to worse, you’ll gain a whole lot of information that you can use for the future about your own power usage and solar potential. We hope to get to updating Rhode Island in early 2010.

By: Devin

Sun, 27 Dec 2009 03:45:36 +0000

Anyone know any good sources for more info on Rhode Island state solar incentives? I’ve been looking through the state’s website, but would like more detail and an outside opinion…
thanks

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

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 16:40:43 +0000

Chris, not sure where the stimulus money is, but you’re right that energy efficiency would be helpful and we recommend it be done together. In our example, this system reduce electric costs by 50%, but with energy efficiency measures such as using CFL bulbs and increasing insulation or replacing old refrigerators with energy star models, that same system might take care of 75% or more! Thanks for commenting.

By: chris

Sat, 22 Aug 2009 12:51:21 +0000

The latest RI scam is the 250 million dollars in federal stimuls money. Where is that money going?
Home owners should look a hot water solar and eliminate 30% of their energy usage, then look at PV.

By: Jerry Greene

Fri, 24 Jul 2009 15:20:26 +0000

I live in Rhode Island and would love to have solar power. Finding helpful info is impossible!

By: joyce lilly

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 17:11:06 +0000

There was incentive money in 2005 because we received some, but it was from the end of the program. We have the panels and our utility bills are essentially zero. The Feds should incentivize installation, the systems work with no problems.

By: Joe Boisvert

Sat, 02 May 2009 10:30:22 +0000

Michael Johnson is correct, RI is absolutely NOT solar friendly. There is no rebate and nothing from National Grid. And , like everything else here, getting any info from the state on solar energy is like pulling hen’s teeth.

By: michael johnson

Tue, 10 Mar 2009 19:12:12 +0000

RI is not solar friendly and this site needs to update its information. There is NO rebate. National grid does NOTHING for PV installs. They only supply net metering because the government made them. The wind energy that the state is supporting is just smoke and mirrors. Look where the money is going. None of it is going to produce 1 watt of green power.