# The Solar Book (thesolarbook.com)

> What solar actually pays in 2026 — checked, dated, state by state. A source-cited reference on what solar incentives actually
> pay in the United States after the July 2025 repeal of the federal
> residential clean energy credit. Federal claims are cited to the United
> States Code and IRS guidance; state claims to the state's own statutes and
> agencies; utility programs to the administering utility's own program pages.
> Nothing here is copied from DSIRE or a solar marketplace. Every incentive
> entry carries the date it was last checked against its source, and that date
> is published on the page and in /freshness.json. Reference information, not
> tax advice.

## Start here

- [The federal solar credit is gone. Here is what is left.](https://thesolarbook.com/): What solar incentives actually pay in 2026, state by state, from primary sources — with the date every claim was last checked printed on the page.

## Federal 2026

- [Buying vs leasing solar in 2026](https://thesolarbook.com/buy-vs-lease/): Buy a system in 2026 and you get no federal credit. Lease it and the owner still claims 30% under § 48E. Congress repealed one and kept the other.

## States

- [Solar incentives by state](https://thesolarbook.com/states/): What each state and its utilities actually pay for solar in 2026, from primary sources, with the date every entry was last checked.
- [Minnesota solar incentives](https://thesolarbook.com/minnesota-solar-incentives/): Minnesota has no state solar tax credit. What it does have: $0.03/kWh from Xcel for 10 years, a state battery rebate, two tax exemptions, and retail net metering.

## Site

- [How we verify](https://thesolarbook.com/methodology/): Every claim on this site is read from a primary source and stamped with the date. Here is exactly what that means, and how to check us.
- [About](https://thesolarbook.com/about/): What this site is, who publishes it, how it is paid for, and what it will never do.
- [Privacy](https://thesolarbook.com/privacy/): What we collect (an email address, if you give us one), what we do with it, and what we never do.
- [Terms of use](https://thesolarbook.com/terms/): The terms on which this reference material is published, and the limits of what it promises.
- [Disclaimer](https://thesolarbook.com/disclaimer/): This is reference information about energy incentives and tax law, not tax or legal advice.

## Machine-readable freshness record

- [Freshness report](https://thesolarbook.com/freshness.json): every incentive on the site with its last-verified date, age in days, and whether a recheck is overdue.