Solar Rebates
American's love rebates. Whether rebates are offered on
computers, software, cars or whatever, we snatch them up. If
your considering going solar, you'll be happy to hear rebates
are available.
Solar Rebates
As most people know, a rebate is a give back by a company in
exchange for the purchase of their product. Rebates usually come
in the form of money if you send in a coupon, but can also come
in the form of upgrades and add-ons.
The solar technology industry is so thick with rebate programs
it is hard to see the forest for the trees. You can expect to
find rebates being issued by the manufacturer of a product, the
federal government, your state government and possibly even your
country and town or city. In many locations, the local utility
company may also give you a rebate on your bill for going solar.
No other source or product line has as many rebates as the solar
industry. Why? Because solar represents one of the cleanest and
cheapest energy sources in our country. The powers that be want
to promote it for monetary and environmental reasons, not to
mention providing some relief to our overtaxed national electric
grid system.
Buy down rebates are the most voluminous in the solar industry.
With a buy down, a government agency will pay for a percentage
of the solar platform you purchase. The specific amount of the
buy down depends on factors such as what the platform is used
for and the amount of electricity it produces. Trust me, your
local solar vendor will be able to tell you in detail about the
rebate since it is a good sales technique.
When investigating rebates for your solar purchase, it is
important that you don't stop at the first program. If a state
has one rebate program, it will often have as many as eight
others. You can often qualify for three of four, which can cut
your initial costs by as much as fifty percent.