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Solar incentives · Kansas · 2026
Solar rebates in Kansas.
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Programs · Kansas
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Net metering with a 150% sizing rule and March 31 credit expiry · verified 2026-09-01
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Tax credit
#01
Federal Residential Clean Energy Credit (Section 25D) - ENDED
The 30 percent federal Residential Clean Energy Credit under Section 25D expired for property placed in service after December 31, 2025. Cash and loan purchases made now receive no federal tax credit, and Kansas has no state solar tax credit to fall back on.
Source ↗ Tax credit
#02
Federal Commercial ITC (Section 48E) - via Lease / PPA
Section 48E, the commercial Clean Electricity Investment Credit, survives at 30 percent and is available to third-party owners of residential systems under leases and power purchase agreements. The provider claims it and may reflect part of the value in the rate offered. Ask what they claim and what actually reaches you, and confirm with a tax advisor.
Source ↗ Net metering
#03
Net metering required of Evergy and Empire District
Kansas has two investor-owned utilities, Evergy and the Empire District Electric Company, and both are required to offer net metering. The residential system size ceiling was raised from 15 kW to 150 kW AC in 2014, so the programme cap is far above household need. The binding constraint is instead that systems must be sized at or below 150 percent of average annual consumption to qualify for full retail-rate credits.
Source ↗ Program
#04
Credits expire annually on March 31
Leftover bill credits carry forward from month to month rather than being settled each period, which is favourable, but they expire annually on March 31. Nothing is paid for expired credit. So a system generating more than the household consumes across a year gives the difference away each spring, which is the same structural rule Washington applies on April 30 and Oregon applies at the end of the March billing cycle.
Program
#05
Kansas Supreme Court struck down the Evergy solar fee (2020)
In 2019 Evergy obtained Kansas Corporation Commission approval to levy additional monthly fees on solar owners. The Kansas Supreme Court struck that approval down in early 2020. That is worth knowing because the opposite happened in Alabama, where a federal district court in March 2026 upheld Alabama Power capacity reservation charge of $5.41 per kW per month. Kansas solar customers do not carry an equivalent fixed monthly charge, which materially improves the economics relative to that neighbouring pattern.
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#06
HB 2527 (2024) changed the billing methodology
The Kansas Legislature amended the net metering Act in 2024 through HB 2527, which added and amended definitions, expanded the threshold capacity for investor-owned utilities to operate interconnection agreements, and changed permissible export generating capacities and the methodology for monthly billing calculations. Because the monthly billing calculation is exactly what determines how much of your generation is credited and how, ask your utility which methodology now applies and confirm the projection used it.
Program
#07
No Kansas state solar tax credit
Kansas does not offer a state income tax credit for residential solar. With the federal residential credit expired for property placed in service after December 31, 2025, a cash or loan purchase now receives no tax credit at either level. Ask your county appraiser how residential solar is treated for property assessment at your address, since that is administered locally.
Net metering · Kansas
Net metering with a 150% sizing rule and March 31 credit expiry
Kansas requires its two investor-owned utilities, Evergy and the Empire District Electric Company, to offer net metering. The programme size ceiling for residential customers was raised from 15 kW to 150 kW AC in 2014, so it is not the practical constraint. What binds instead is a sizing rule expressed against your own usage: systems must be sized at or below 150 percent of average annual consumption to qualify for full retail-rate credits. That is a generous allowance by national standards, and it means the design conversation is about your consumption rather than about a fixed kilowatt ceiling. The rule to design around is the annual expiry. Leftover bill credits carry forward from month to month, which lets a summer surplus offset a winter deficit, but they expire annually on March 31 and nothing is paid for what is left. March is an awkward date for a Kansas household, falling after a winter has drawn credits down but before spring generation has fully recovered. The practical consequence is the same one Washington and Oregon customers face: a system generating more than the household consumes across a year donates the difference. Build from your last twelve months of bills. Kansas is also unusual in having successfully resisted a solar-specific monthly fee: the Kansas Supreme Court struck down Corporation Commission approval of additional Evergy charges on solar owners in early 2020, which is the opposite of what happened in Alabama in 2026. HB 2527 of 2024 changed the monthly billing calculation methodology, so confirm which rules apply to a new system.
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