Federal home energy credits

ClosedCompiled September 9, 2026

The 25C and 25D homeowner credits ended for anything placed in service after December 31, 2025.

Program by program

25C — Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit

Up to $3,200

Closed

Ended for property placed in service after December 31, 2025.
Ended by the One Big Beautiful Bill; this is nationwide, not a state decision.
The published $3,200 figure is still on many blogs and calculators. It is not claimable for a 2026 job.

Source: IRS, Form 5695 instructions

25D — Residential Clean Energy Credit

Closed

Ended on the same date as 25C for anything placed in service after December 31, 2025.
State-run Home Energy Rebates are the replacement route, and they are not uniform.

Source: IRS, Form 5695 instructions

DOE Program Notices 26-1 and 26-2 — HEAR fuel switching

Open, not for your project

Fuel switching was removed from HEAR. A gas-to-electric swap is now the thing many of these rebates will not pay for.
This inverted the rule most estimators and homeowners still assume is true.
It applies to the state HEAR programs, so a state page can look open and still not cover your project.

Source: U.S. Department of Energy, Program Notices 26-1 and 26-2

What to do now

1Stop quoting the federal credit on 2026 work. Quote the state or utility program, with its status and date.
2If your project is a gas-to-electric swap, check the fuel-switching rule before anything else — it decides eligibility on its own.
3Reserve first. In every state we read, the document that protects the homeowner is the reservation or preapproval, not the application.

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