PPL Electric Utilities - Solar & Geothermal Rebate Program

Summary

Note: Rebates for residential photovoltaic (PV) systems are reportedly no longer available.

PPL Electric Utilities is offering rebates to its non-profit and government customers that install photovoltaic (PV) systems, and residential, non-profit, and government customers that install geothermal heat pump systems on properties which they own. Residential eligibility is limited to the geothermal heat pump portion of the program and to single-family homes that receive service in the RS, RTS (R) or TOU rate classes. The non-profit and government designation includes schools, colleges or universities, and all levels of government in any rate class. Both new construction and existing buildings are eligible for PV or geothermal heat pump rebates.

Rebates for PV installations are set at $2.00 per watt (DC) up to a maximum of $500,000 per non-profit or government customer/parent organization. Rebates for geothermal heat pumps are set at $217 per ton up to $1,200 per residential customer; $6,510 per non-profit/gov't customer; and $30,000 per non-profit/gov't parent organization. All systems and components must be new in order to qualify for a rebate.

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), which administers the state Pennsylvania Sunshine solar rebate program, has issued a policy statement stating that projects which receive a solar rebate from the PPL program described below are generally not eligible for the Pennsylvania Sunshine program. However, the DEP has also identified certain circumstances where participation in both programs would be permitted. Click here to view the DEP's statement.

The current program is retroactive to systems installed on or after July 1, 2009. The current applications have an expiration date of May 31, 2011.