Texas homeowners eyeing rooftop solar panels now have a stronger financial incentive to install after Austin Energy offered its customers new rebates.
What happened?
Austin Energy rolled out larger solar incentives across its residential, commercial, and nonprofit programs on July 1, as KXAN reported.
The utility’s maximum residential solar rebate is now $4,000, giving customers more help with installation costs if they want to produce their own electricity and cut future energy bills.
The $4,000 is only available for people whose solar panel systems are bigger than 3 kilowatts. The rebate used to be $2,500, making the $1,500 additional funds quite significant…