Commercial & Industrial Solar Rebate Program
Administered by New Hampshire Department of Energy
Your business, nonprofit, school, or farm in New Hampshire can get a rebate for installing solar photovoltaic or solar-thermal systems if you're served by an investor-owned or rural electric utility. You'll need to complete a Level II energy audit and reserve funding first; check the program website for current availability and application materials, as funding is limited and allocated year-by-year.
This program serves non-residential customers across commercial, industrial, institutional, agricultural, and multifamily sectors in New Hampshire, provided their utility is RPS-compliant. You'll need to help customers reserve incentive funding upfront and complete the required Level II energy audit before installation; systems must be installed on or after November 1, 2010, to qualify.
The program is funded by alternative compliance payments under New Hampshire's renewable portfolio standard and has been administered by the NH Department of Energy since 2021 (per H.B. 2). It covers solar PV and solar-thermal technologies for non-residential sectors served by investor-owned or rural utilities; municipal utility customers are ineligible. Funding is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis with annual or exhaustion-based program closure, requiring applicants to reserve funds and complete energy audits before installation.
Program details
- Program ID
- 4457
- Effective
- 11/1/2010
- Last updated
- 5/30/2025
Eligibility
- Sectors
- commercial industrial local government nonprofit schools state government federal government tribal government agricultural multifamily residential institutional
- Technologies
- solar water heat solar space heat solar thermal process heat solar photovoltaics
Program summary
The New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission initiated a new solar rebate program for non-residential applicants in November 2010. Funded by alternative compliance payments under the state's renewable portfolio standard (RPS), this program supports solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar-thermal installations. In 2021, the New Hampshire DOE was given the administration and implementation authority over RPS policy and related renewable energy fund (per H.B. 2).
Installations must be located in the state of New Hampshire, and the facility must be served by an investor-owned utility or rural electric utility that is required to comply with the state's RPS (municipal utilities are not required to comply with the state's RPS, and therefore their customers are not eligible for this program). Systems owned by third parties and sited on eligible customer premises are eligible.
Applicants must first reserve incentive funding. In addition, applicants must complete a "Level II" energy audit. Only qualifying systems installed on or after November 1, 2010, are eligible. This program will operate on a year-by-year basis or until funding is exhausted, whichever comes first.
See the program website (listed above) for application materials, budget status, and additional program details.
Contact & resources
- Contact email
- kate.epsen@puc.nh.gov
- Additional resources
Please verify current program details with the administering agency before making any financial decisions.
