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Austin Energy, advocates push for residential solar options as 30% federal tax credit nears expiry
Summary
Public commenters and Austin Energy staff urged quick deployment of residential solar pathways — including a residential standard-offer, leasing options and use of commercial tax credits — after the committee heard the EPA’s Solar for All grant stop-work notice and the fast-approaching residential tax-credit cutoff.
Public advocates and Austin Energy staff urged the Utility Oversight Committee on Oct. 7 to accelerate residential solar pathways and related workforce supports as the 30% residential federal tax credit approaches expiration at the end of 2025.
Kaiba White, representing Public Citizen’s Texas office, told the committee she has participated in stakeholder meetings for the residential solar standard-offer program and asked council to “support getting this program up and running by January” and to “provide the same level of support for residential solar through this program as Austin Energy currently does through its residential solar programs.” White said timing matters because installations under some third-party ownership models can qualify for commercial tax incentives that extend through…
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