South Carolina Solar Rebates and Incentives

South Carolina Solar Power Financial Incentives

Financial Incentives

Corporate Tax Credit

• Biomass Energy Tax Credit
• Solar Energy Tax Credit (Corporate)

Personal Tax Credit

• Energy Efficient Manufactured Homes Incentive Tax Credit
• Solar Energy Tax Credit (Personal)

Production Incentive

• Biomass Energy Production Incentive
• Palmetto Clean Energy (PaCE) Program

Sales Tax Exemption

• Sales Tax Cap on Energy Efficient Manufactured Homes
• Sales Tax Exemption for Hydrogen Fuel Cells

State Loan Program

• ConserFund Loan Program

State Rebate Program

• Residential Solar Initiative for EarthCraft Homes Rebate

Utility Loan Program

• Berkeley Electric Cooperative - Energy Advance Loan Program
• Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative - Heat Pump Loan Program
• Pee Dee Electric Cooperative - Energy Efficient Home Improvement Loan Program
• Progress Energy Carolinas - Residential Energy Efficiency Loan Program
• Santee Cooper - Good Cents Energy Efficiency Loan Program
• Santee Cooper - Renewable Energy Resource Loans

Utility Rate Discount

• Progress Energy Carolinas - Rate Discount for Energy Star Homes
• Santee Cooper - Residential Good Cents Energy Efficiency Rate Discount Program

Utility Rebate Program

• Berkeley Electric Cooperative - Earth Connect Geothermal Heat Pump Rebate Program
• Berkeley Electric Cooperative - Energy Efficiency Rebate Program
• Palmetto Electric Cooperative - Buried Treasure Rebate Program

Rules, Regulations & Policies

Building Energy Code

• South Carolina Building Energy Code

Energy Standards for Public Buildings

• State Building Energy Standards

Green Power Purchasing/Aggregation

• South Carolina Municipalities - Green Power Purchasing

Interconnection

• Interconnection Standards

Net Metering

• Duke Energy - Net Metering
• Progress Energy - Net Metering
• SCE&G - Net Metering

Related Programs & Initiatives

Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Alternative Fuels and Advanced Vehicles Data Center (AFDC) provides a wide range of information and resources to enable the use of alternative fuels and other petroleum-reduction options, such as advanced vehicles, fuel blends, idle reduction and fuel economy. The AFDC site offers a database of state and federal laws and incentives related to alternative fuels and vehicles, air quality, fuel efficiency, and other transportation-related topics.

Green Power Network
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Green Power Network provides news and information on green power markets and activities, including opportunities to buy green power. This site provides state-by-state information on green power marketing and utility green power programs. In addition, the site lists marketers of renewable energy credits (RECs), also known as green tags or renewable energy certificates, which represent the environmental attributes of the power produced from renewable energy projects.

Weatherization Assistance Program
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) enables low-income families to reduce their energy bills by making their homes more energy-efficient. Through this program, weatherization service providers install energy-efficiency measures in the homes of qualifying homeowners free of charge. The WAP program web site offers a state-by-state map of opportunities, projects and activities.

Wind Powering America
 

The U.S. Department of Energy's Wind Powering America site provides state-by-state information on wind projects and activities, including wind working groups, validated wind maps, anemometer loan programs, small wind guides, state-specific news, wind for schools, workshops and web casts.