Ameren Illinois (Electric)
Rebates for lighting (20CFL bulbs/yr), refrigerator recycling ($35), Energy Star appliances ($35) and HVAC upgrades ($110-$600); $25 Energy Audits.
Ameren Illinois (Electric)
Free or discounted CFLs, faucet aerators, water pipe insulation and efficient shower heads in multifamily complexes
Ameren Illinois (Gas)
Rebates of up to $3,325 for gas boilers, furnaces, insulation, lighting, refrigerator/freezer recycling, certain ENERGY STAR appliances and HVAC upgrades; $25 Energy Audits
Corn Belt Energy Coop
Rebates up to $2,250 for geothermal heat pumps, air-source heat pumps, central air conditioners, furnaces, water heaters and insulation.
Illinois
Rebate for home solar and wind energy systems up to 30% of equipment and installation costs, up to $50,000.
Illinois
Grants for biomass and biogas energy
Illinois
Property tax exemption for solar space/water heaters and solar panel systems.
Illinois
Rebates for energy efficiency measures up to 100% of project costs
Illinois Solar Energy Association
Incentives for solar panel system RECs to be purchased by ISEA. Systems should be UL-listed or have had 1 yr of field testing.
Nicor Gas
Rebates for energy efficient boilers, furnaces and water heaters.
Nicor Gas, North Shore Gas, Peoples Gas, Ameren and ComEd
Loans up to $20,000 for energy efficiency improvements at 4.99%
Wabash Valley Power Association (28 Member Cooperatives)
Rebates up to $4,935 for water heaters, air-source, geothermal, and dual fuel heat pumps, and appliance recycling
US Government
Rebates and incentives from utilities for efficiency are not taxable.
US Government
Federal tax credit of 30% of cost for solar panels, wind energy, solar water heaters, geothermal heat pumps and fuel cells.
US Government
Federal tax credit of 10% up to $500 of cost for energy efficiency upgrades like heat pumps, furnaces, air conditioners, insulation, water heaters, windows, doors and roofs.
US Government
Loans from FHA, VA and other lenders for energy efficiency upgrades and renewable energy upgrades like solar panels and passive solar space heaters.
US Government
Grants for energy generation, transmission and distribution facitlities in rural communities.
