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Solar incentives · West Virginia · 2026
Solar rebates in West Virginia.
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Programs · West Virginia
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Reduced export crediting at both large utilities, with grandfathering · 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 West Virginia 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
Appalachian Power - full retail crediting closed in 2026
Appalachian Power set March 1, 2026 as the deadline for customers to file a net metering application in order to fall under full retail one-to-one crediting, with orders of completion required to be issued by September 1, 2026 for residential systems. Systems outside that window earn around 12.4 cents per kWh for generation, which is roughly 67 to 75 percent of the full retail rate. AEP had filed with the Public Service Commission in 2025 proposing to reduce net metering by approximately two-thirds of its full retail value. Confirm your current position and the applicable rate directly with Appalachian Power.
Source ↗ Utility
#04
Mon Power and Potomac Edison - 9.3 cents since January 1, 2025
Monongahela Power and Potomac Edison customers installing solar from January 1, 2025 earn 9.3 cents per kWh for excess solar credits. Customers who signed up before December 31, 2024 were grandfathered into the previous, more favourable rates for 25 years, which is close to the working life of a system. That makes the sign-up date a decisive fact when buying a home with an existing array in Mon Power or Potomac Edison territory.
Program
#05
No West Virginia state solar tax credit
West Virginia 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 assessor how residential solar is treated for property assessment at your address, since that is administered locally.
Program
#06
Rate increases have been contested
The West Virginia Public Service Commission denied the bulk of a rate increase Appalachian Power requested in 2025, while approving a double-digit residential increase for Mon Power and Potomac Edison. Retail rates are therefore moving, and a projection assuming a particular escalation should say what it assumed. Because West Virginia solar payback is already long, that assumption carries more of the case here than it would in a high-rate state.
Net metering · West Virginia
Reduced export crediting at both large utilities, with grandfathering
West Virginia has moved away from full one-to-one net metering, and the two large utilities did so on different timetables, so the first thing to establish is which utility serves you and what date your paperwork carries. Appalachian Power set March 1, 2026 as the deadline for filing a net metering application to fall under full retail one-to-one crediting, with orders of completion required by September 1, 2026 for residential systems. Systems outside that window earn around 12.4 cents per kWh for generation, roughly 67 to 75 percent of the full retail rate. Appalachian Power had filed with the Public Service Commission in 2025 proposing a reduction of approximately two-thirds of full retail value, so the outcome landed less severely than the proposal. Monongahela Power and Potomac Edison moved earlier and further: customers installing from January 1, 2025 earn 9.3 cents per kWh for excess solar credits, while customers who signed up before December 31, 2024 were grandfathered into the previous, more favourable rates for 25 years. Twenty-five years is close to the working life of a system, so those customers are largely unaffected. The practical consequences are the same in both territories. Electricity you consume at the moment it is generated still offsets a purchase at the full retail rate, so self-consumption is now worth more than export in a way it was not under one-to-one crediting. And when buying a home with an existing array, the sign-up date determines which tier the account is on and is worth more than anything else you can learn about the system.
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taking a rebate can change your net-metering terms, and export credit rules
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