2025 Solar Incentives Guide for Marrero, LA - Tax Credits & Rebates

What Solar Tax Credits, Incentives, and Rebates are Available in Marrero?

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Solar incentives help mitigate the cost of installing solar panels on your home. These financial incentives are designed to encourage more Americans to convert their home partially or fully to renewable energy. Different kinds of incentives, including discounts, cash back or credit towards your monthly utility bill, may be available to you. Certain incentives may be provided via the state of Louisiana, by your utility company or by county or municipality, while other incentives are federal. Some broad categories of solar incentives include:

• Net Metering: Net metering becomes relevant after your solar system is up and running. If you've signed a net metering agreement with your Marrero utility company, the company will subtract the value of the excess energy your solar system produces from your monthly utility bill. In some places, this credit is dollar-for-dollar, while in other areas you may receive a refund equivalent to a percentage of the value.
• Tax Credits: Different from tax deductions, tax credits reduce, dollar-for-dollar, the amount of income tax that you owe the federal government.
• Tax Exemptions: Your solar system might qualify for exemptions on both sales and property tax. Sales tax exemptions come into effect at the time of purchase. Property tax exemptions let you exclude the value added by your solar panels when calculating property taxes on your home.
• Rebates: Rebates, or partial refunds after a purchase, are normally applied prior to any solar tax credits being calculated. Rebates might be given by your local utility company, by your county or by your state.

Federal Solar Incentives

When thinking about solar incentives, you likely think of federal incentives first. An incentive that most people are likely to be familiar with is the Federal Solar Investment Tax Credit (ITC). The ITC is a tax credit for a specific percentage of the cost of your solar system.

The ITC applies to a solar system installed on your primary or secondary residence in the United States. The solar panels have to have been installed after January 1, 2006, on a property you own for you to be eligible for the credit. Initially, the ITC applied to 30% of all system installation costs (panels, labor, accessories and equipment), although this amount has fluctuated over the last few years between 26-30%. The installation date of your solar system will determine what percentage you are eligible for. There is no cap on the claim amount.

Your local Marrero solar panel installation expert can provide more information about the ITC and how it may apply to your situation.

In August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act laid out new provisions for the ITC, now dubbed the Clean Energy Credit. Homeowners are now eligible for a credit equal to 30% of the total solar system installation costs for projects started after January 1, 2022, and completed before the end of 2032. This percentage will then begin to decrease annually until the Clean Energy Credit expires in 2035. Starting in 2023, the expansion to the program will also make claiming credit for energy storage systems easier than ever before.

More information about the new Inflation Reduction Act can be found here. To best understand how the new Clean Energy Credit might apply to you, speak with your local Marrero solar installation expert.

State & Local Solar Incentives

Tax credits, rebates and more might be claimed at multiple levels. In addition to federal solar incentives, there are often state and local ones as well. The incentives — which might be handled by your county or municipality, or by the state of Louisiana — may be offered for only a limited time, or on an ongoing basis.

Next Steps for Installing Solar in Marrero

Nationwide solar energy use has significantly increased in the past 15 years, in part due to the increase in availability of solar incentives. You can obtain these incentives from the Louisiana government, the federal government or your local utility company. We suggest talking to your local Marrero solar installation company to learn more about these incentives and to make sure that you're getting the largest number possible for your solar panels.