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Energy Trust helps make solar energy affordable and easy to install in your home or business.
If you're an Oregon customer of Pacific Power, Portland General Electric, NW Natural or Cascade Natural Gas our qualified contractors can help you install a solar water heating system on your home or business. We offer the following incentives:
| PGE/Pacific Power using electric water heating | NW Natural/Cascade using gas water heating | Maximum incentive limit | |
Residential hot water |
$0.40 per first-year kWh savings (average incentive is $800) |
$0.30 per first-year kWh savings (average incentive is $600) |
Up to $1,500 |
Residential Pools |
$0.10 per first-year kWh savings |
$0.07 per first-year kWh savings |
Up to $1,000 |
Commercial hot water |
$0.40 per first-year kWh savings |
$6.00 per first-year therm savings |
Up to 35% of project cost |
Commercial Pools |
$0.10 per first-year kWh savings |
$1.50 per first-year therm savings |
Up to 35% of project cost |
In addition to Energy Trust incentives, Oregon state energy tax credits and federal tax incentives are available to help cover much of the cost of a solar water heating system.
- A state residential solar domestic water heating tax credit through the Oregon Department of Energy of $0.60 per rated kWh savings for the first year, up to $1,500.
- A state residential solar pool heating tax credit through the Oregon Department of Energy of $0.15 per rated kWh savings for the first year, up to $1,500.
- A federal income tax credit of 30% of net installed cost, up to $2,000. Note: solar pool heating systems are not eligible for the federal investment tax credit.
- A state business energy tax credit through the Oregon Department of Energy of up to 50% of system cost, applied over 5 years. Solar domestic hot water and solar pool heating systems are eligible.
- A federal investment tax credit of 30% of installed cost, and accelerated depreciation. Note: solar pool heating systems are not eligible for the federal investment tax credit.
*incentives subject to change
For more information, questions or comments, contact the solar team.
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Photo Top: Solar panels heat water for one of the single-family homes and a duplex at Calapooia Crossing in Sutherlin, OR.
