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Verified Jul 6, 2026

Electrical rebates & credits in Louisville — what's real

Incentive pages age badly, and a wrong number costs you real money. Everything below carries a verification date and a source link — including the programs that are dead, because knowing that matters just as much.

Live right now

Payable today. We flag every one your job qualifies for and file the paperwork where a contractor can.

LG&E/KU Optimized EV Charging

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LG&E / KU · $25 enrollment + $5/month ongoing

Enroll a qualifying Wi-Fi-connected Level 2 smart charger (or eligible EV telematics) and LG&E pays $25 up front plus $5 every month you stay in. Up to 10 demand-response events a year; opting out of an event forfeits that month's $5. Enrollment confirmation takes about 4 weeks.

We enroll you during the install — pick a connected charger and the utility literally pays you monthly for owning it.

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LG&E residential efficiency rebates

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LG&E / KU · Varies by measure

Heat-pump-adjacent and efficiency rebates for residential customers. Program terms change — confirm the current measure list with LG&E before counting on a figure.

We flag qualifying measures on any job where the electrical scope touches one.

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LG&E commercial & industrial incentives

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LG&E / KU · Lighting $3–$55 per fixture; custom incentives

Prescriptive and custom incentives for business customers, including per-fixture lighting rebates. Contractors can join the partner network free and file paperwork on the customer's behalf.

We file your LG&E rebate paperwork where a contractor can — it comes with the job.

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EPAD / PACE commercial financing

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Louisville · 100% financing, projects ≥ $20,000

Energy Project Assessment District financing covers 100% of qualifying commercial energy projects of $20,000 or more, repaid through the property assessment.

Relevant to venue and commercial electrical work — ask when scoping a larger project.

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Expired — stated plainly

Heads up, Louisville: the federal EV-charger credit ended for installs completed after June 30, 2026, and the home-efficiency credits ended December 31, 2025. Any page still promising "30% back" is out of date.

Federal EV charger credit (§30C)

Expired

Federal · WAS 30% up to $1,000 — ended June 30, 2026

Terminated for chargers placed in service after June 30, 2026. If your install was completed on or before that date, you can still claim it on your 2026 return (Form 8911). Any page still promising "30% back" on a new install is out of date.

Installed with us before July 2026? We'll send the documentation you need to claim it.

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Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (§25C)

Expired

Federal · Ended December 31, 2025

Not allowed for property placed in service after December 31, 2025 — no carryforward. (One Big Beautiful Bill Act, P.L. 119-21; IRS FS-2025-05.)

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Residential Clean Energy Credit (§25D)

Expired

Federal · Ended December 31, 2025

Expenditures after December 31, 2025 are ineligible; the completion date controls. Credits earned in prior years still carry forward.

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Federal EV purchase credits (§30D / §25E)

Expired

Federal · Ended September 30, 2025

New and used clean-vehicle credits ended for vehicles acquired after September 30, 2025. Listed here because charger customers ask.

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Stalled or waiting — do not plan around these

Real programs, not currently payable. We watch them so you don't have to.

Kentucky HEAR + HOMES rebates

Stalled

Kentucky · Not yet available in Kentucky

The federal home-energy rebate programs are stalled at DOE review for Kentucky (step 2 of 5 as of July 2026). Do not plan a project around this money.

We watch this one — if it goes live, qualifying electrical work will be flagged on your quote.

Verified Jul 6, 2026 Source →

Kentucky ZEV infrastructure grants

Closed

Kentucky · Up to 50% of commercial charger cost — applications closed

State grants covering up to half the cost of Level 2 / DC fast chargers at commercial and public sites. Applications are currently closed, reportedly reopening in 2026 — a watch item for businesses.

Commercial charger project? We'll tell you if the window reopens before you build.

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Planning charger or panel work?

Send photos and the quote comes back with every live program your job qualifies for — and none of the dead ones.

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