There can be solar tax credits and incentives available at the federal, state and local levels. The calculator above will show you the value of all incentives your home is eligible for.
Indiana is set to phase out net metering, a rule that makes your utility credit you for all the power you produce but aren’t able to use onsite. This solar benefit gets cut for all people who install solar after 2022, so now is a great time to install home solar to lock in your credits. Read on to discover all your need to know about home solar policy, incentives, and savings in the Hoosier State.
Learn what solar incentives are available to Indiana homeowners
See what Indiana solar incentives you qualify for based on your utility company and city
Find out how much these incentives and/or Indiana solar tax credits will reduce your cost to go solar and add batteries
The federal solar investment tax credit will have the biggest impact on the cost you will face to go solar in Indiana
If you install your photovoltaic system before the end of 2032, the federal tax credit is 30% of the cost of your solar panel system. This is 30% off the entire cost of the system including equipment, labor, and permitting.
Example: If your solar energy system costs $20,000, your federal solar tax credit would be $20,000 x 30% = $6,000.
The federal tax credit falls to 26% starting in 2033.
With net metering in some states, you get full retail rate credit for the amount of electricity you send back into the grid with your solar panels.
Net Metering requires your utility to monitor how much energy your solar power system produces and how much energy you actually consume, and make sure you get credit for the surplus.
Current Indiana net metering standards call for surplus energy production to be applied as a credit on your next monthly bill. Credits can be carried over indefinitely, but there are no provisions forcing the utility to cut you a check if you continually run a surplus. However, the program is set to expire at the end of 2022, so it’s important to get enrolled in the program before that date arrives!
Overall the net metering incentive in Indiana is pretty good. 40% of current net metering capacity is reserved for residential use, you shouldn’t have any problems getting into the program.
Indiana does not currently offer any rebates for people who purchase solar panels for their home. Thankfully, the state does offer tax exemptions to help make solar power more attractive.
First up, you are 100% exempt from all property taxes associated with the increase in home value caused by installing a solar power system. And there is an increase. That’s going to save you a pretty nice chunk of change every year.
You also are exempt from all sales tax (that’s 7% here) on the purchase of your solar power system, which is a really nice benefit in a state without much going for it in terms of solar policy. However, the actual law for solar sales tax exemption states you need to be selling this energy to qualify for a sales tax exemption.
Technically, with net metering, you are selling power back to the utility, but you may want expert opinion on the matter in Indiana, particularly if you don’t see a sales tax exemption on your solar installation quote. If all this is sounding complicated and discouraging, don’t worry – the solar installers we partner with can take care of all these details for you and make sure you save the most money possible. Start by calculating your potential savings with solar power.
If you’re lucky enough to live in an area served by NIPSCO, you can enroll in a special program to get excess credit for your solar power. Under this program you can install a solar system up to 10 kilowatts in size, and either elect to sell all the electricity back to NIPSCO at a rate of $0.15 per kilowatt-hour (kWh), OR you can declare a kWh allotment to sell back to NIPSCO at this rate, while using the rest for yourself.
With going electric rates at $0.12/kWh, you can stand to make some additional money with this program and also cover your electric usage. For more details on how this program works, check the NIPSCO Feed-in Tariff Website.
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Prices based on a 11.4kW system, after 30% federal tax credit
19 solar companies in Indiana provide pricing on SolarReviews. Here are the best rated companies near you.
4.66 36 Reviews
M R Yan, over 1 month
THiS is the solar installer to go with if you want high quality American made products, knowledgeable assessments and skilled installation. Great turnaround time and excellent communication. Now on the phone and computer we can watch our roof catching sun. Realtime graphs are easy to understand. They defined a recent power outage to the minute, and reset seamlessly when power returned. We even see spikes when the sun pops through on a cloudy day. Basically, we're watching the system buy itself back!
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M R Yan, over 1 month
THiS is the solar installer to go with if you want high quality American made products, knowledgeable assessments and skilled installation. Great turnaround time and excellent communication. Now on the phone and computer we can watch our roof catching sun. Realtime graphs are easy to understand. They defined a recent power outage to the minute, and reset seamlessly when power returned. We even see spikes when the sun pops through on a cloudy day. Basically, we're watching the system buy itself back!
4.47 28 Reviews
Anonymous, over 1 month
I am very pleased with my solar system. It runs my whole shop and since the installation in 2015 I have had zero issues. The people at Photon Electric are professional's and I would highly recommend them.
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Anonymous, over 1 month
I am very pleased with my solar system. It runs my whole shop and since the installation in 2015 I have had zero issues. The people at Photon Electric are professional's and I would highly recommend them.
4.47 1,727 Reviews
Landen Ferguson, 2 weeks ago
Terrible experience. Dishonest and Dishonorable company, IMO. We chose Blue Raven because our research indicated that they were an honorable and reputable company. In the initial consultation we even discussed with our sales rep, Kristen Ostrowski, that one of our concerns is that we don’t expect a company to be perfect, but that we expect a company to fix their mistakes. She assured us that Blue Raven Solar had an excellent track record of fixing their mistakes properly. Our experience couldn’t be farther from the truth. Our installation started on Monday 10/31/22, I was told that the install would be a 1 day install when scheduling it. The crew did not get finished that first day and the crew told me that they would be back the next day to finish the installation. Next morning, no one showed up. Our solar panels were left leaning against the house outside. I reached out to the company and asked why no one was at the job site. They then explained that the crew would be back on Friday to finish the installation. I explained that I didn’t appreciate the miscommunication and that I didn’t appreciate the panels that I was paying tens of thousands of dollars for being left outside leaning against my house for the entire week. To their credit they rescheduled some things and had the crew back on Wednesday 11/2 to finish the installation. The crew was very kind, however, they did leave a mess in the yard. Shingles laying about, tubes of caulk, drink cups etc. 11/4/22, I luckily was home with one of my sick kids. We went in to the kitchen and noticed water leaking from the ceiling on to the kitchen counter. Turns out the installation crew missed a rafter when installing the brackets and put a hole in the roof thus causing water to pour in from the rainstorm. I called Kristen and to her credit and the companies, they had someone to our house within 40 minutes of my call, and the roof leak was fixed within 15 mins. Additionally though, the leak did much less damage then possible because I knew how to get in to my attic, find the leak and put down towels and buckets to collect the water until someone showed up thus mitigating the initial damage in the first place. After the leak Kristen assured us that the company would hand the repairs to our ceiling. I explained to her that coming from a construction background that just doing touch up paint on a ceiling does not look good and that I wouldn’t be happy with that, that the whole ceiling would need to be repainted in order to be in good condition after the damage. She again assured us that the company would handle the repairs and told me specifically that she told her manager that the whole ceiling needed to be repainted. Then came the next 6 months. I’m writing this review on 5/12/23, and the ceiling still hasn’t been painted. Blue raven had someone out to patch the ceiling about a month later on 12/8/22. I asked the sheetrock company about repainting and was told that they were only authorized to do the patch repairs as necessary. Reached out to Blue Raven after the sheetrock company left and they told me that they would have someone contact me to paint my ceiling shortly. End of December I hadn’t heard anything so I contacted them again for a status update. I was told that they were having a hard time getting ahold of their paint contractor and that they would start looking for someone else. I asked if the whole ceiling was going to be repainted and they assured me that they would. They told me that someone would reach out in the next week or two to schedule the painting. Didn’t hear anything for the entire month of January. Reached out to the work order department in February for an update and they asked me if I had the paint on hand because that’s what their records indicated they were waiting for to move forward. I explained that nobody had communicated that I needed to get the paint, but that I would get it. We discussed the amount of paint that I should purchase, and the rep and I decided on two gallons of paint because they agreed that’s approx how much it would take to repaint the entire ceiling. I purchased the paint the next day and called them, I was told that they would now start looking for another contractor because they couldn’t get a hold of their paint contractor. Didn’t hear anything for the month of March to my recollection, so I called them at the beginning of April for an update. They told me that they were now going to start looking for a new contractor because they couldn’t get a hold of their paint contractor. This time I told them that was ridiculous because this is what I’ve been told for the last 4 months. Was told by the rep that he wasn’t the primary on my work order and that he was new, so he would have his coworker who was in charge of my work order contact me in the next day or two. I waited a week and never heard anything so I called back. I was told that they were going to start looking for another contractor because they couldn’t get a hold of their paint contractor. I asked to talk to a supervisor. I was transferred to Steven Hall - Work Orders Lead (According to his email signature). I spoke with Steven and explained my frustrations that this was taking so long to get taken care of. I explained to Steven that I own a construction company and that at this point they should just pay me to paint my own ceiling so that we could move on and have our ceiling taken care of. Steven told me to email him my bid. I did so, and explained that the pricing was due to the fact that its the whole ceiling, and due to the layout and fixtures there was quite a bit of prep work. Steven emailed me back and told me “We will only cover painting the affected area”. I called Steven and explained that I had been assured by my sales rep Kristen and multiple Work Orders Reps that my entire ceiling would be repainted, and even explained that his reps told me to purchase two gallons of paint to ensure that we had enough paint to cover the whole ceiling. He told me that they would not cover painting the whole ceiling. I reached out to my sales rep Kristen and explained my frustrations and that I was not happy that I had been strung along this whole time. She said she would contact some people, and explain the notes and situation and do what she could to get it taken care of because she was under the impression that the whole ceiling being painted had already been approved, something that she had communicated to me on multiple occasions through email, text and phone calls. I spoke with Steven again on 5/9 and he said again that they would not be repainting the entire ceiling. Asked to speak with his Supervisor, he told me that his supervisor was Eric and unavailable but that he would have Eric contact me. I text Kristen and told her about the call, her response was that she had sent her emails and “I’m sorry, I’ve done everything I can.” And that I would have to work it out with the work order department. I didn’t hear from Eric, so I called Steven again on 5/11 and was told that they would absolutely not be taking care of having the ceiling painted, that they would only cover spot painting the affected area. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect a company to leave your home in as good of condition as when they entered, especially when they are the ones who caused the damage in the first place. I was assured by multiple parties on multiple occasions that my ceiling would be repainted after they put a hole in my roof resulting in damage to my ceiling. Ultimately, Blue Raven is a company that tells you what you want to hear, and then doesn’t care once they have their money in their pocket. If you choose to use this company, you better hope that everything goes perfectly, but in my experience with this company, it won’t. And when they mess up, they don’t have the care or honor to follow through on what they say, or to fix the mistakes and damage that they are responsible for in the first place. Now, after 6 months of waiting, being the one to reach out for updates and trying to move the project along, and being told they would handle the situation multiple times, I have to be the one to pay out of pocket for my ceiling to be repainted.
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Landen Ferguson, 2 weeks ago
Terrible experience. Dishonest and Dishonorable company, IMO. We chose Blue Raven because our research indicated that they were an honorable and reputable company. In the initial consultation we even discussed with our sales rep, Kristen Ostrowski, that one of our concerns is that we don’t expect a company to be perfect, but that we expect a company to fix their mistakes. She assured us that Blue Raven Solar had an excellent track record of fixing their mistakes properly. Our experience couldn’t be farther from the truth. Our installation started on Monday 10/31/22, I was told that the install would be a 1 day install when scheduling it. The crew did not get finished that first day and the crew told me that they would be back the next day to finish the installation. Next morning, no one showed up. Our solar panels were left leaning against the house outside. I reached out to the company and asked why no one was at the job site. They then explained that the crew would be back on Friday to finish the installation. I explained that I didn’t appreciate the miscommunication and that I didn’t appreciate the panels that I was paying tens of thousands of dollars for being left outside leaning against my house for the entire week. To their credit they rescheduled some things and had the crew back on Wednesday 11/2 to finish the installation. The crew was very kind, however, they did leave a mess in the yard. Shingles laying about, tubes of caulk, drink cups etc. 11/4/22, I luckily was home with one of my sick kids. We went in to the kitchen and noticed water leaking from the ceiling on to the kitchen counter. Turns out the installation crew missed a rafter when installing the brackets and put a hole in the roof thus causing water to pour in from the rainstorm. I called Kristen and to her credit and the companies, they had someone to our house within 40 minutes of my call, and the roof leak was fixed within 15 mins. Additionally though, the leak did much less damage then possible because I knew how to get in to my attic, find the leak and put down towels and buckets to collect the water until someone showed up thus mitigating the initial damage in the first place. After the leak Kristen assured us that the company would hand the repairs to our ceiling. I explained to her that coming from a construction background that just doing touch up paint on a ceiling does not look good and that I wouldn’t be happy with that, that the whole ceiling would need to be repainted in order to be in good condition after the damage. She again assured us that the company would handle the repairs and told me specifically that she told her manager that the whole ceiling needed to be repainted. Then came the next 6 months. I’m writing this review on 5/12/23, and the ceiling still hasn’t been painted. Blue raven had someone out to patch the ceiling about a month later on 12/8/22. I asked the sheetrock company about repainting and was told that they were only authorized to do the patch repairs as necessary. Reached out to Blue Raven after the sheetrock company left and they told me that they would have someone contact me to paint my ceiling shortly. End of December I hadn’t heard anything so I contacted them again for a status update. I was told that they were having a hard time getting ahold of their paint contractor and that they would start looking for someone else. I asked if the whole ceiling was going to be repainted and they assured me that they would. They told me that someone would reach out in the next week or two to schedule the painting. Didn’t hear anything for the entire month of January. Reached out to the work order department in February for an update and they asked me if I had the paint on hand because that’s what their records indicated they were waiting for to move forward. I explained that nobody had communicated that I needed to get the paint, but that I would get it. We discussed the amount of paint that I should purchase, and the rep and I decided on two gallons of paint because they agreed that’s approx how much it would take to repaint the entire ceiling. I purchased the paint the next day and called them, I was told that they would now start looking for another contractor because they couldn’t get a hold of their paint contractor. Didn’t hear anything for the month of March to my recollection, so I called them at the beginning of April for an update. They told me that they were now going to start looking for a new contractor because they couldn’t get a hold of their paint contractor. This time I told them that was ridiculous because this is what I’ve been told for the last 4 months. Was told by the rep that he wasn’t the primary on my work order and that he was new, so he would have his coworker who was in charge of my work order contact me in the next day or two. I waited a week and never heard anything so I called back. I was told that they were going to start looking for another contractor because they couldn’t get a hold of their paint contractor. I asked to talk to a supervisor. I was transferred to Steven Hall - Work Orders Lead (According to his email signature). I spoke with Steven and explained my frustrations that this was taking so long to get taken care of. I explained to Steven that I own a construction company and that at this point they should just pay me to paint my own ceiling so that we could move on and have our ceiling taken care of. Steven told me to email him my bid. I did so, and explained that the pricing was due to the fact that its the whole ceiling, and due to the layout and fixtures there was quite a bit of prep work. Steven emailed me back and told me “We will only cover painting the affected area”. I called Steven and explained that I had been assured by my sales rep Kristen and multiple Work Orders Reps that my entire ceiling would be repainted, and even explained that his reps told me to purchase two gallons of paint to ensure that we had enough paint to cover the whole ceiling. He told me that they would not cover painting the whole ceiling. I reached out to my sales rep Kristen and explained my frustrations and that I was not happy that I had been strung along this whole time. She said she would contact some people, and explain the notes and situation and do what she could to get it taken care of because she was under the impression that the whole ceiling being painted had already been approved, something that she had communicated to me on multiple occasions through email, text and phone calls. I spoke with Steven again on 5/9 and he said again that they would not be repainting the entire ceiling. Asked to speak with his Supervisor, he told me that his supervisor was Eric and unavailable but that he would have Eric contact me. I text Kristen and told her about the call, her response was that she had sent her emails and “I’m sorry, I’ve done everything I can.” And that I would have to work it out with the work order department. I didn’t hear from Eric, so I called Steven again on 5/11 and was told that they would absolutely not be taking care of having the ceiling painted, that they would only cover spot painting the affected area. I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect a company to leave your home in as good of condition as when they entered, especially when they are the ones who caused the damage in the first place. I was assured by multiple parties on multiple occasions that my ceiling would be repainted after they put a hole in my roof resulting in damage to my ceiling. Ultimately, Blue Raven is a company that tells you what you want to hear, and then doesn’t care once they have their money in their pocket. If you choose to use this company, you better hope that everything goes perfectly, but in my experience with this company, it won’t. And when they mess up, they don’t have the care or honor to follow through on what they say, or to fix the mistakes and damage that they are responsible for in the first place. Now, after 6 months of waiting, being the one to reach out for updates and trying to move the project along, and being told they would handle the situation multiple times, I have to be the one to pay out of pocket for my ceiling to be repainted.
4.42 22 Reviews
Anonymous, over 1 month
Midwest installed an 18.9 kw ground mounted system for us that was an especially challenging set of circumstances. Without going into all the details, let's just say they went above and beyond to do whatever it took to make this work, and stayed at their quoted amount even after a lot of challenges. Top notch organization!
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Anonymous, over 1 month
Midwest installed an 18.9 kw ground mounted system for us that was an especially challenging set of circumstances. Without going into all the details, let's just say they went above and beyond to do whatever it took to make this work, and stayed at their quoted amount even after a lot of challenges. Top notch organization!
4.35 23 Reviews
Anonymous, over 1 month
SunLight Solutions has solved our high energy bills. Our electric bills keep increasing and now after our solar panels have been installed our first bill has shown a nearly 50% decrease. Everyone at Solar Energy has been so friendly and helpful throughout the whole process. Keeping in touch with us and letting us know what to expect with every step was so helpful and we found it to be very comforting.
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Anonymous, over 1 month
SunLight Solutions has solved our high energy bills. Our electric bills keep increasing and now after our solar panels have been installed our first bill has shown a nearly 50% decrease. Everyone at Solar Energy has been so friendly and helpful throughout the whole process. Keeping in touch with us and letting us know what to expect with every step was so helpful and we found it to be very comforting.
4.25 5 Reviews
Irene Pletka, over 1 month
Very pleasant and professional. Have recommended them to others.<br />I think education about renewable energy resources is a vital component of public policy.
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Irene Pletka, over 1 month
Very pleasant and professional. Have recommended them to others.<br />I think education about renewable energy resources is a vital component of public policy.
4.24 27 Reviews
Zach, over 1 month
Overall, I am quite pleased. Steve, my representative, was friendly and professional. The panels work as expected and look nice.
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Zach, over 1 month
Overall, I am quite pleased. Steve, my representative, was friendly and professional. The panels work as expected and look nice.
4.06 6 Reviews
Anonymous, over 1 month
The whole team at Morton Solar was professional, courteous, on time and efficient. I've been very pleased with my Morton Solar investment!
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Anonymous, over 1 month
The whole team at Morton Solar was professional, courteous, on time and efficient. I've been very pleased with my Morton Solar investment!
4.01 18 Reviews
Anonymous, over 1 month
Power generation has exceeded estimates. Installation went smoothly.
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Anonymous, over 1 month
Power generation has exceeded estimates. Installation went smoothly.