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Commission warns deadline-driven rush as federal incentives change

5505919 · July 24, 2025
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Commission members outlined imminent and uncertain deadlines for EV, home-solar, and other tax credits and federal grant programs, and discussed how those timelines could create a short-term surge in projects and strain installers and interconnection processes.

Commission members reviewed several federal incentive deadlines and state implementation tasks and said some incentives’ impending cutoffs could prompt a rush to start projects. Energy Commission member James Dumont summarized pending deadlines: he said the EV purchase credit was “going away at the September,” and described a $7,500 credit for new vehicles and “four thousand for old or used” vehicles as part of that discussion. Dumont also said the residential solar tax credit “expires on December 31 of this year” and urged residents to act…

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