Green Building Incentives and Installation Resources

Green building upgrades can make your building or home healthier and more comfortable while reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping save money on utility bills. Although many programs have been recently exhausted, there are still currently available and upcoming incentives from the federal, state and regional level to help you earn savings on your next green building project. These incentives include direct rebates, tax credits and affordable loans. Many of these incentives are stackable to ensure maximum savings. If you are interested in learning more about how to electrify your own home, check out the How to Electrify Your Home webpage or visit Quitcarbon.com to get free guidance on making clean energy upgrades to your home.

As a Clean Power Alliance customer, you can access free expert energy guidance through CPA's Energy Team, which provides energy upgrade assessments as well as information regarding electric upgrades, available rebates for homes/small businesses or how to lower your electric bill. 

Federal:

Tax Credits — Mostly Expired

The Residential Clean Energy Credit and the Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit were both eliminated by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, signed into law on July 4, 2025. This means:

  • Residential Clean Energy Credit (25D): No longer available for solar, battery storage, wind, geothermal, or fuel-cell systems installed in 2026 or later. If you installed qualifying equipment on or before December 31, 2025, you can still claim the credit on your 2025 tax return using Form 5695, but there is no credit for new installations going forward.
  • Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (25C): Also expired after December 31, 2025. 

Rebates — Federal Funding Frozen/Reduced, Administered Through States

  • The IRA-created Home Energy Rebate Programs (HOMES and HEEHR/HEAR) still technically exist, but disbursement was paused in early 2025 under a presidential executive order, and DOE issued revised, more restrictive program guidance in May–June 2026 (including eliminating full fuel-switching eligibility under HEEHR). See below for more information on California’s disbursement of HOMES and HEEHR funding.


State: 

  • HEEHRA (Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates): Single-family HEEHRA rebates are fully reserved statewide as of February 24, 2026. New requests are being placed on a waitlist in case additional funding becomes available; a "Phase II" has been discussed but has no confirmed timeline. Multifamily HEEHRA rebates remain available — check switchison.org for current status by zip code.
  • TECH Clean California: Single-family heat pump HVAC and water heater incentives are also fully reserved statewide, with new reservations placed on a waitlist. Multifamily incentives remain funded and available. TECH has historically reopened with new funding phases after previous rounds close, so it's worth checking techcleanca.com periodically.
  • SGIP (Self-Generation Incentive Program):  The only pathway still open is the income-qualified Residential Solar and Storage Equity (RSSE) budget, which is available to low-income residential customers but is fully reserved with a waitlist in many areas. Check the SGIP home page (cpuc.ca.gov/sgip) for current budget status by utility territory.

Regional

  • SCAQMD GO ZERO: The South Coast AQMD GO ZERO Family Rebate and Small Business Rebate Programs will resume accepting new applications on Friday, August 28, 2026. Applications will be processed while funding lasts. Single Family Rebates: Limited funding remaining. [Single Family Rebate Application] Small Business Rebates: Full initial funding available. [Small Business Rebate Application]


  • SoCalREN Multifamily Program: Continues to offer technical assistance and rebates for multifamily property owners; this program has not been reported as paused. Multifamily property owners can still submit an interest form.

Financing Options

  • GoGreen Financing continues to offer affordable loans for energy retrofits for qualifying single/multi-family homeowners and small businesses.

Find a contractor

Here is a list of contractors who performed heat pump water heater ("HPWH") or heat pump space heating/cooling system ("HP HVAC") installations in LA county.

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