How much does Austin Energy home rebates pay?

Published amounts run from $50 to $4,000, depending on the upgrade and the conditions attached to it. Every amount and its conditions are listed on this page, each with the date it was last verified against the administrator's own page.

What disqualifies you from Austin Energy home rebates?

A heating and cooling system or home under 10 years old, for the equipment rebates. Equipment that replaced something rebated in the last 10 years. Homes with spray foam insulation, or asbestos in the heating and cooling system, for Home Energy Savings. Third-party-owned batteries; power purchase agreements for residential solar are not allowed in Austin Energy's territory.

Where do you apply for Austin Energy home rebates?

Equipment and Home Energy Savings: your participating contractor applies; Solar: https://austinenergy.com/energy-efficiency/rebates-incentives/residential/green-power/residential-solar-rebate; Thermostat, window AC, battery: https://austinenergy.com/energy-efficiency/rebates-incentives/residential.

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Austin Energy home rebates open

Administered by Austin Energy, the City of Austin's electric utility.

Austin's city utility pays $650 to $950 for a heat pump, $1,000 to $1,600 as part of a whole-home Home Energy Savings project, $1,000 for a heat pump water heater, $4,000 toward solar, and $500 plus yearly payments for a battery, with rebates for attic insulation, duct sealing and solar screens. The rebate goes to you, through a participating contractor.

source · verified 26 September 2026 · amounts in US dollars

What it pays

Rebate amounts by upgrade and condition
Upgrade	Condition	Amount
Solar	Over 3 kW, participating contractor, after the solar quiz; raised from $2,500 on 1 July 2026	$4,000
Heat pump, in a Home Energy Savings project	Tiers 1 to 3 (15.2 to 17.0 SEER2), with all recommended upgrades	$1,000–$1,600
Air conditioner, in a Home Energy Savings project	Tiers 1 to 3 (15.2 to 18.0 SEER2)	$950–$1,450
Heat pump water heater	ENERGY STAR; also $1,000 off at participating retailers	$1,000
Heat pump	On its own, tiers 1 to 3; replacing a system and a home both 10 years or older	$650–$950
Air conditioner	On its own, tiers 1 to 3	$600–$800
Battery	Per battery given permission to operate on or after 18 February 2025, enrolled in Power Partner	$500
Pool pump	ENERGY STAR variable-speed, participating contractor	$300
Home Energy Savings bonus	Within six months of an air conditioner rebate	$200
AC tune-up	Per system, up to five, in a Home Energy Savings project	$175
Smart thermostat	Plus $75 for enrolling in Power Partner and $30 a year	$50
Window air conditioner	ENERGY STAR	$50

Home Energy Savings rates

The whole-home program: a participating contractor assesses the home free, then does the recommended work. Rebates average $3,000, or $1,500 in the lighter Essential version.

Home Energy Savings rebate rates
Improvement	Rebate
Air infiltration and duct sealing (required)	$0.20 per sq ft of floor area
Total external static pressure (required)	$175 first system, $100 each additional
Attic insulation to R-38	Attic sq ft × $0.03 × R-value added, + $45
Duct replacement	$3.25 per linear foot ($1.00 to insulate existing duct)
Solar screens or film, single-pane windows	$1.00 per sq ft
Deep pleated media filter	$50 each

Who is eligible

customer: You must get your electricity from Austin Energy.
contractor: Heat pump, air conditioner, pool pump, solar and Home Energy Savings rebates need an Austin Energy participating contractor, who applies for you within 90 days. The rebate goes to the owner or account holder, not the contractor.
loan: Home Energy Savings projects can be financed through Velocity Credit Union: $1,500 to $25,000, up to 120 months, minimum credit score 600.
solar credit: Austin Energy buys all your solar output at its Value of Solar rate, 9.91 cents per kWh for systems under 1 MW.

What disqualifies you

The rules people find out about after the work is done.

A heating and cooling system or home under 10 years old, for the equipment rebates.
Equipment that replaced something rebated in the last 10 years.
Homes with spray foam insulation, or asbestos in the heating and cooling system, for Home Energy Savings.
Third-party-owned batteries; power purchase agreements for residential solar are not allowed in Austin Energy's territory.

Where the application goes

Mostly through a participating contractor.

Where the application goes
If this is you	Apply here
Equipment and Home Energy Savings	your participating contractor applies
Solar	austinenergy.com
Thermostat, window AC, battery	austinenergy.com

The thing most pages get wrong

Austin Energy's own pages disagree on the 0% loan. The top of the Home Energy Savings page offers it "now through September 30, 2027"; the loan section lower down says December 1 to September 30, 2026. On 2 October 2026, after the earlier date had passed, the page still gave both, so ask the contractor which applies before counting on 0%. Both equipment rebate pages also still send readers to the IRS page for the federal heat pump credit, which ended with 2025.

The rebates were raised

The smart thermostat rebate went from $30 to $50 on 24 November 2025 and the solar rebate from $2,500 to $4,000 on 1 July 2026. The Home Energy Savings page says its heat pump and air conditioner rebates were raised "Starting Dec. 1st", without a year.