Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Incentives
Information for residential, commercial, and multifamily buildings.
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Below we have highlighted incentives and policies that support energy efficiency and renewable energy in Kansas and Missouri. For a comprehensive list, visit the Database of State Incentives for Renewable Energy (DSIRE). If you cannot find what you are looking for, give us a call or send us an email, and we will be happy to help.
Residential
Free Energy Savings Kit
Receive FREE energy-efficient upgrades to your home with the Energy Savings Kit, through a partnership of Evergy and Spire. When you make an appointment for a home energy assessment, you’ll receive complimentary upgrades throughout your home, along with personalized tips for more ways to save.
Board of Public Utilities
BPU offers rebates for energy-efficient air conditioning systems, the removal of gas furnaces (when replaced with electric), electric hot water tanks, and all electric split systems. Contact Patrice Townsend (913.573.9014) for additional information.
Ameren
Sign into your account to view personalized information on how you can save energy and money while maintaining the comfort of your home.
Spire
Enter your zip code to find rebates and incentives available for your home.
Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)
LIHEAP helps keep families safe and healthy by providing financial assistance for home energy costs. Visit the Kansas or Missouri LIHEAP webpage to view specific program requirements for your state. Spire also created a location on their website to make it easier to apply for LIHEAP.
Energize Liberty Utilities Homes
Liberty Utilities is offering customers in Missouri up to $5,000 in incentives to conserve energy, save money, and increase comfort.
Show-Me Green Sales Tax Holiday
In Missouri, during April 19-25, qualifying Energy Star certified new appliances are exempt from state sales tax. Visit the Missouri Department of Revenue website to see where you can save.
Missouri Home Energy Audit Tax Deduction
Homeowners in Missouri can claim a tax deduction of the cost of a home energy audit for the tax year in which the audit was completed or the tax year the recommended energy efficiency improvements were implemented.
Federal Tax Credit
Homeowners can claim a federal tax credit for installing appliances that are designed to boost energy efficiency or making certain energy efficiency improvements to their homes (10% of cost up to $500 or a specific amount from $50-$300).
Commercial
Evergy
Whether your business is big or small, Evergy offers Incentives, Programs, and Resources that help you take control of your energy use and save money.
Board of Public Utilities
BPU offers rebates for the installation of electric heating equipment, electric or dual-fuel heat pumps, electric resistance heating systems, and new electric water heaters. They also offer rebates to all-electric apartments for new or retrofit heat pumps and electric water heaters.
Ameren
Through Ameren’s Business Energy Efficiency Programs, your company may qualify to get cash back for improvements to your facility’s lighting, building controls, ventilation, cooling systems and more. You can also select your Business Type to view popular efficiency measures that may meet your needs.
Spire
Spire offers rebates for energy efficient natural gas appliances, natural gas related energy efficiency improvements that do not qualify for a standard rebate, and the completion of an energy audit.
Show Me Pace
Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) offers long-term financing for energy efficiency and renewable energy measures that is repaid with an annual assessment on the property. Visit their eligibility page to determine if your property may qualify.
Federal Tax Deduction
A tax deduction is available to owners of commercial buildings or systems that save at least 50% of the heating and cooling energy as compared to ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2007 (or 90.1-2001 for buildings or systems placed in service before January 1, 2018). The deduction is available for buildings or systems placed in service after December 31, 2017 through December 31, 2020. Partial deductions can also be taken for measures affecting the building envelope, lighting, or heating and cooling systems.
Multifamily Residential
Evergy & Spire
Evergy & Spire co-deliver the Income-Eligible Multi-Family Program to offer both custom and direct install incentives to eligible multifamily properties.
Ameren
The Ameren Missouri Multi-family program provides qualifying property managers with a no-cost energy assessment, incentives for energy-saving building upgrades, and incentives for energy-saving products installed throughout the building – including residents’ homes
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)
The LIHTC program gives State and local LIHTC-allocating agencies the equivalent of approximately $8 billion in annual budget authority to issue tax credits for the acquisition, rehabilitation, or new construction of rental housing. Visit the Kansas or Missouri LIHTC webpage to view program information for your state.
Multifamily properties may also qualify for BPU’s commercial rebates, the federal tax deduction or Show Me PACE program listed in the Commercial section. Depending on meter configurations at the property, multi-family properties may also be eligible for Spire’s commercial and residential programs.
Renewable Energy
Net Metering
In Kansas and Missouri, if your commercial or residential property produces its own energy from renewable sources, you can earn a credit on energy bills for the extra energy that flows back into Evergy or Ameren service areas. In Kansas, customers that produce their own renewable energy are required to pay a monthly solar demand charge.
Kansas Tax Exemption
Projects generating electricity from renewable sources receive a 10-year personal property tax exemption.
Missouri Tax Exemption
Solar energy systems not held for resale are exempt from state, local, and county property taxes.
Federal Tax Credits
Existing homes and new construction qualify for tax credits for fuel cells, small wind turbines, and geothermal heat pumps. There is gradual step down in the credit value – the same as those for solar energy systems.
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