States add incentives for going solar

One of the largest incentives to “go solar” is probably the least known.
The Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) isn’t a cash-to-buy program. In fact, it doesn’t even involve consumers — at least not directly. Still, depending on where you live, the RPS program can cut your up-front cost of installing solar panels by thousands of dollars.
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Solar incentives a moving target…

…which makes hitting them tough.
I recommend a database at North Carolina State University. It’s user friendly, shows information by state or at the federal level, and goes by the very user-friendly name of DSIRE. Oh, baby. Which just goes to prove what advocates have been saying for years — solar power is hot.

DSIRE is, of… »