Rebates & Incentives
This is your path to big energy savings! Making the energy improvements on your home will start to pay back immediately, but for the lucky homeowners, there are many tax credits, rebates and incentives that make upgrading your home relatively lost-cost an easy.
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For KCMO Homeowner Rebates
HPwES*
Cool Homes & Energy Sense*
EWKC**
Totals
Audit
$400.00
$100.00
Building Shell
$800.00
$100.00
Heating System
$200.00
$600.00 for Heating, Water and A/C
Water Heating
$200.00
A/C
$850.00
Totals
$1200.00
$1250.00
$1000.00
$3450.00
* Must be KCP&L and/or MEC Customer to be eligible in all partial rebates
** Note:
- Must be a Kansas City, MO address
- Health and Safety Concerns must be corrected before EE measures
- Historic preservation act, Section 106 applies
- EWKC rebate valid only when project results in 15% energy savings or greater
- If Energy Savings is 20%, then and only then does the extra $100 audit rebate get awarded
- Project myst trigger both building shell improvements and mechanical rebate
Federal
Energy Efficient Home Tax Credits:
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What: Up to $500 (10% of the improvements with cap of $500) in total tax credits per residential filing in energy/ weatherization home improvements in 2011. No credit allotted if taken in either 2009 or 2010 tax filings.
Federal Renewable Tax Credit:
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What: 30% of total costs of renewable energy installation (includes solar hot water, Photo Voltaics, see link for more information) installed any year up to 2016. No tax credit cap.
State of Missouri
Residental Energy Improvement Personal Tax Credit
Incentive Type: Personal Deduction for unspecified improvements. Energy audit costs are covered.
Amount: 100% of the cost of improvements, up to $1000 per return, $2,000 cumulatively per taxpayer .
Terms: Requires energy audit from DNR certified home energy auditor; only cost of audit and improvements identified during audit are eligible.
Expires: 12-31-2013
Home Performance with ENERGY STAR rebate through KCP&L* and MGE utilities
Rebate: $600 per utility for a total of $1200 up to all or part of the improvement cost. Certain improvements not covered.
What: Improvement such as upgrading or adding more insulation, windows, doors and air sealing. Heating and Cooling equipment not covered.
How: See www.hpwes.net for the program's process and requirements.
Expires: No information available. Indefinite as long as HPwES is in place and these utilities participate.
* Note: Not available yet to Kansas KCP&L Customers.
State of Kansas
Important Links for Incentive Based information: