Hawaii’s SB 644 is one of two bills that have created a ripple of change among numerous Hawaiian tax credits for energy-efficient consumers.

Holding to a firm tradition of supporting solar energy within New York, the Public Service Commission has voted to provide $12 million for solar rebates through June of this year. The solar market in the state has been holding its breath since the NYSERDA rebate expired at the end of 2009, with no new incentives [...]

New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today signed an executive order outlining the state’s plan for building a green economy. “A comprehensive green economy is critical to the future of New Mexico and will lead our state into a new era of economic vitality and stability,” Governor Richardson said at the signing, which was held at [...]

Hot on the heels of President Barack Obama’s $2.3 billion Recovery Act Advanced Energy Manufacturing Tax Credits for spurring renewable energy development and clean-energy jobs arrives news, courtesy of the Arizona Republic, detailing how Arizona will be among the many states to benefit from the initiative.
Six solar power equipment companies in Arizona’s Phoenix metro area, for example, [...]

Following closely on the heels of Evergreen’s decision to outsource to China, a quartet of legislators representing three different states and both sides of the political spectrum introduced earlier this week a bill intended to bolster solar manufacturing jobs in the United States. A bipartisan piece of legislation supported by the Solar Energy [...]

When it comes to providing solar energy tax credits at the state level, Louisiana arguably has the best deal going in the country. Homeowners who install a qualifying solar panel system or solar water heater can receive a tax credit worth 50 percent of the first $25,000 of the cost of the system. That’s a [...]

Governor Rendell announced a new solar incentive, a 15% tax credit for commercial solar installations completed in the last half of 2008.

Nevada has some new legislation improving the outlook for solar energy projects within the state, though the provisions fall short of making distributed generation solar more attractive.

NREL has released a report detailing qualitative and quantitative analysis of the pros and cons of the different federal incentives available to renewable energy projects: the ITC, the PTC, and the new cash grant option.

Does President Obama’s economic stimulus package affect the affordability of residential solar?