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Michigan Home Energy Rebates (MiHER): HOMES and HEAR partly open

Administered by the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE), run for residents by CLEAResult.

Michigan's federal home energy rebates are open to low- and moderate-income households: up to all of the cost below 80% of area median income and half from 80% to 150%, up to $14,000 a household for appliances and $20,000 for a whole-home project, paid to the contractor. New income-qualified applications are paused in five of EGLE's ten districts: Detroit, Warren, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Lansing.

source · verified 2 October 2026 · amounts in US dollars

What it pays

Share of the cost the rebate can cover, by income
Household incomeRebate, not to exceed
Below 80% of area median income (enhanced rebates)100% of the qualified project cost
80% to 150% of area median income (standard rebates)50% of the qualified project cost
The most per household
PathwayUp to
HEAR: heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, electric cooking, panels, wiring, insulation and air sealing$14,000
HOMES: a whole-home project priced on its modeled energy savings$20,000

Michigan publishes no per-upgrade caps. The contractor receives the rebate after the work passes review, so you pay only what the rebate does not cover. An approved project has one year to finish.

Where new income-qualified applications are paused
EGLE districtPaused sinceDistrict's allocation
DetroitMay 2026$26,138,496
WarrenAugust 2026$18,931,748
Grand RapidsSeptember 2026$16,824,750
KalamazooSeptember 2026$16,372,500
LansingSeptember 2026$18,094,488

Bay City, Cadillac, Gaylord, Jackson and Marquette were open on 2 October 2026. Applications submitted before a district's pause keep being reviewed; one that expires during the pause can be filed again when the district reopens.

Who is eligible

income
Up to 150% of area median income for your county; applications are currently open only to low- and moderate-income households. EGLE publishes no dollar table, only an AMI calculator on the application site.
automatic
LIHEAP, Medicaid, SNAP, Head Start, Lifeline, SSI, free school lunch and several other programs qualify a household; weatherization and WIC only where 80% of area median income is above their own lines.
homes
Owners and renters (with the landlord), single-family homes, duplex and townhouse units, and mobile homes. New construction is not eligible.
both programs
A household can use HOMES and HEAR, but not for the same upgrade, and only one HOMES rebate per address for the life of the program.
retroactive
HOMES may pay for projects begun on or after 16 August 2022 that meet every federal requirement; HEAR never pays retroactively.

What disqualifies you

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

  • A property in a paused district, for a new income-qualified application.
  • Household income above 150% of area median income.
  • Work not done by a MiHER Registered Contractor.
  • Health and safety repairs, roofing, lighting, smart thermostats, solar and additions, which the program lists as ineligible.

Where the application goes

Apply online first; once approved you choose a MiHER Registered Contractor, who does the assessment and the work and is paid the rebate.

Where the application goes
If this is youApply here
Applymienergyrebates.clearesult.com
Call center855-510-7080
Paused districtsmienergyrebates.clearesult.com

The thing most pages get wrong

Rebate sites, and EGLE's own August 2026 story, say only the Detroit district is paused. By October Warren, Grand Rapids, Kalamazoo and Lansing had joined it. The same sites list Michigan's caps as $8,000 for a heat pump and $1,750 for a water heater; those are the federal law's ceilings, and Michigan's own pages instead give shares of cost and household totals.

The HOMES limit is $20,000 here

EGLE's FAQ and the program's FAQ both say HOMES rebates may not exceed $20,000 a household, and EGLE's August story describes a Marquette County homeowner who qualified for a $20,000 HOMES rebate plus $6,500 from HEAR for a panel and wiring. Rebate sites quote $16,000 or $4,000.

Old advice about tax credits

EGLE's FAQ and its participation guide still suggest federal tax credits of up to 30% for assessments and upgrades. Those credits ended with improvements made after 31 December 2025.

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