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Solar Incentives & Financing for solar companies.
The federal residential credit ended for systems installed after 2025, and the sales conversation changed with it. These pieces cover what still carries the 30%, what to stop saying at a kitchen table, how to answer a homeowner who is waiting for it to come back, and how to rebuild a pitch that no longer opens with a rebate.
Start here: How to sell solar after the federal tax credit
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How to sell solar after the federal tax credit
By Cayden Chern
The residential credit is gone for cash buyers, and still reachable through third-party ownership. The pitch has to move from a rebate to a bill comparison.
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Is there still a solar tax credit in 2026?
By Cayden Chern
The short answer is no for cash buyers and yes through third-party ownership. Here is the version to give a homeowner who asks on a first call.
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How to explain the tax credit change to homeowners
By Cayden Chern
The words that keep an appointment alive when a homeowner asks about the credit, and the ones that create a cancellation three weeks later.
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Section 48E explained for solar installers
By Cayden Chern
The commercial investment credit is what keeps 30% in residential solar. Here is who claims it, how it reaches the homeowner, and when it runs out.
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Solar lease vs PPA, for installers
By Cayden Chern
Both are third-party ownership and both carry the credit. The difference is whether the homeowner pays for the equipment or for the electricity.
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Will the solar tax credit come back?
By Cayden Chern
The most common objection in solar right now is a customer waiting for something to come back. Here is the honest answer, and what to do with it.
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How to rebuild your solar pitch without the credit
By Cayden Chern
The credit gave every rep one number to write at the bottom of a page. What replaces it is a comparison, and it has to be built deliberately.
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State solar incentives that still matter
By Cayden Chern
Federal repeal left state and utility programmes untouched. For many homeowners they are now the only incentive they can claim in their own name.
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Solar payback period without the tax credit
By Cayden Chern
Payback lengthened when the credit ended, and the old figures are still on most quotes. Recalculating is not optional.
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