Solar Incentives
in Pennsylvania.
SREC income on every megawatt-hour, full retail net metering, and a city rebate for Philadelphia homeowners. Zenergy tracks every Pennsylvania program and files the paperwork for you.
How Pennsylvanians Save With Solar
Pennsylvania's incentives reward production over time — your roof becomes an income-producing asset.
Income for Every MWh
PA SRECs (AECs)
Pennsylvania utilities must source a share of their power from solar — or buy Alternative Energy Credits from system owners like you. Every 1,000 kWh your panels generate earns one credit, sold on the open market through an SREC aggregator.
PECO & PPL Territory
Net Metering
PECO and PPL credit your surplus solar at the full retail rate, with credits rolling forward and settling annually. A properly sized system targets a net-zero electric bill across the year.
City Residents Only
Philadelphia Solar Rebate
The City of Philadelphia has offered a rebate of $200 per kilowatt installed for residential systems. Funding comes in waves, so availability depends on the current program cycle — we check before your proposal is finalized.
Stack With Solar
Utility Efficiency Rebates
PECO pays cash rebates for high-efficiency heat pumps, insulation, and air sealing. Bundling efficiency upgrades with solar shrinks the system size you need — and we apply rebates directly to your invoice.
What Happened to the 30% Federal Tax Credit?
The federal rules changed at the end of 2025. Here's the honest picture — and how homeowners still capture federal value in 2026.
Ended Dec 31, 2025
The 30% Residential Clean Energy Credit (Section 25D) for homeowner-purchased solar — and the Section 25C credit for heat pumps and insulation — ended for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. Systems installed in 2025 can still be claimed on your 2025 tax return.
Still Available in 2026
Third-party-owned systems — solar leases and power purchase agreements (PPAs) — remain eligible for the federal Section 48E credit through 2027. The system owner claims the credit and passes the value through as a lower monthly rate. State incentives, SRECs, utility rebates, and net metering are unaffected.
Compare Ownership vs. Lease*Tax law changes and individual eligibility vary. Confirm your situation with a certified public accountant (CPA) before relying on any tax benefit.
Pennsylvania Incentive FAQs
How much do Pennsylvania SRECs pay?
Prices float with supply and demand on the PA market, so they move year to year. A typical home system produces 8–12 credits annually. We include a conservative SREC projection in every proposal rather than quoting a number that may be stale by install day.
Is the Philadelphia Solar Rebate still open?
The city funds the rebate in rounds, and rounds do close. If you live in Philadelphia, we check the current cycle when we build your proposal and file the application for you if funding is open.
Is the 30% federal solar tax credit still available in Pennsylvania?
The residential credit (Section 25D) ended for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. Leased and PPA systems remain eligible for the federal Section 48E credit through 2027, with the savings built into your monthly rate. PA SRECs and net metering are unaffected.
Does Pennsylvania have a sales or property tax exemption for solar?
Pennsylvania does not currently offer statewide solar sales or property tax exemptions the way New Jersey does. The economics here are driven by SRECs, net metering, and utility rebates — which together still make PA one of the stronger solar states in the region.
Turn Your Roof Into an Asset
Our Pennsylvania team maps your SREC income, net metering credits, and any city or utility rebates — then builds it all into your proposal.