State Solar Incentives offered in Alabama come in a range of different formats and from a mix of state and utility sources.

Below you will find information on a number of incentive schemes and rebates available throughout Alabama state area, and also links to further information about the specifics of some of these incentive schemes and others that are available.

You may also find information on other Alabama incentive schemes for home heating, water heaters and heat pumps for example. 

Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative is an electric distribution utility serving more than 30,320 consumers in portions of DeKalb, Jackson, Marshall and Cherokee counties, located in northeast Alabama. Power is purchased from the Tennessee Valley Authority for Alabama customers.  
 
Partnering with TVA, Sand Mountain Electric Coop is offering rebates for new and existing homes. Cash incentives are offered to the new homeowner through the energy right® program. Points on a computer software program rate each home. This computer software program rates the energy efficiency of a new home based on certain features. If the home is all-electric with a high-efficiency heat pump installed by a SMEC certified contractor, Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative and the Tennessee Valley Authority will pay the homeowner a cash incentive.  
 
Existing homes that install a high-efficiency heat pump or a high-efficiency water heater with a SMEC contractor may be eligible for a rebate. Consumers may only qualify for one heat pump or water heater rebate per year, per home.

For more information on this program you can click on the following link Sand Mountain Electric Cooperative Rebate Scheme

Participating Alabama power distributors in TVA’s Green Power Switch Generation Partners program offer production-based incentives for solar photovoltaics (PV) and wind projects to residential/small-commercial customers and incentives for PV projects to large commercial customers throughout the state of Alamaba. The energy generated from participating projects will be counted toward the green power resources for TVA's green pricing program, which is called the Green Power Switch program.  
 
Consumers participate in the program as either residential/small-commercial or large commercial customers. Under the residential/small-commercial contract, TVA will purchase the entire output of a qualifying system at $0.15 per kWh through a participating power distributor, and the consumer will receive a credit for the power generated. In September 2004, larger commercial customers were included in the program. Under the larger commercial contract, TVA will purchase the output at $0.20 per kWh. Participation in this program is entirely up to the discretion of the power distributor. As of August 2006, 30 distributors have signed up for the Green Power Switch program. At the present time the program includes several residential solar participants, a 20-kW wind project, a 50-kW commercial solar system, and a 10-kW commercial solar system.

For more information on this Alabama incentive program please click on the following link Green Power Switch Program