Energy efficiency rebates in Texas.
Every federal, state, and utility incentive for heat pumps, insulation, air sealing, and weatherization in Texas — cross-referenced and kept current.
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State Energy Conservation Office
- Type
- State Agency
- IRA allocation
- $690M
Active rebate programs
6 programs currently accepting applications in Texas.
| Program | Amount | Eligibility | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Energy Home Energy Savings | Heat pump $1,000–$1,600 by tier; central AC $950–$1,450; HPWH $1,000; attic insulation to R38 (per sq ft); air infiltration + duct sealing $0.20/sq ft; AC tune-up $175 | Austin Energy customers (municipal, Austin only). Attic insulation = sq ft × $0.03 × R-value + $45 setup; duct replace $3.25/lin ft, duct insulate $1.00/lin ft. Amounts confirmed at administrator page 2026-07-11. | Active |
| Austin Energy — Velocity CU 0% Financing | 0% APR, loans $1,500–$25,000 | Austin Energy customers. 0% APR window 12/1/2025–9/30/2026, terms up to 120 months. | Active |
| CPS Energy STEP / SaveNow (San Antonio) | Heat pump $100–$275/ton by SEER2; attic insulation $0.25 self / $0.35 contractor per sq ft; cool roof $0.08–$0.20/sq ft | CPS Energy customers (municipal, San Antonio only). Figures are secondary-source, medium confidence — confirm with a live quote before relying on an amount. | Active |
| CenterPoint Energy Standard Offer Program (Houston) | Heat pump up to ~$500/unit; attic insulation 40% up to $750 all-electric / $450 gas-only; smart thermostat ~$75 | CenterPoint electric customers, delivered via Approved Service Providers. MEDIUM confidence — administrator efficiency page 404'd this sweep; amounts are secondary-source, confirm before relying. | Active |
| Oncor Take A Load Off Texas (TALOT) | Set by contractor/trade ally — no flat amount published | Oncor customers (Dallas-Fort Worth). Oncor's TALOT page lists HVAC (Home Energy Efficiency Program), insulation, and low-income weatherization but publishes NO flat dollar amounts. Any specific figure (e.g. ~$600/heat pump) is secondary-source only — get the amount from your contractor. | Active |
| TDHCA Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) | Full income-qualified weatherization (audit, air sealing, insulation, HVAC, ductwork) | Income-qualified households, all 254 counties (DOE + LIHEAP). Apply via your local subrecipient agency. Program confirmed ACTIVE; specific 2026 application-window dates could not be re-confirmed at source — treat dates as unverified. | Active |
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IRA implementation status
How Texas is implementing the Inflation Reduction Act home energy rebates.
Metro areas in Texas
Local utility programs and municipal incentives by metro area.
CenterPoint delivery, competitive retail
Oncor delivery, competitive retail
Austin Energy (municipal), strong efficiency programs
CPS Energy (municipal)
Rebates are step one
Once you know what Texas pays, here's the rest of the path: what order to do the work in, and what belongs on a fair quote.
What order to do it in
Envelope first, equipment second — how to sequence a retrofit to your budget and your rebates' deadlines.
How to read a quote
What belongs on a heat pump or insulation quote, and the red flags that mean keep shopping.
What attic insulation costs
Per-square-foot prices by material, and why this is the work rebate programs subsidize hardest.
Claim rebates after install
The document kit, the application walkthrough, and the mistakes that get claims rejected.
Rebates cover part of it. Here's the rest.
What Texas pays is the first rung. These cover the money questions underneath it: the 2026 federal rules, the state and utility loan programs worth checking before a bank, and the borrowing routes that come after.
How to pay for it
The whole money picture in order of cost: rebates first, then low-interest loans, then borrowing.
State energy loans
The state and utility loan programs we have verified at the administrator, with rates and conditions.
The 2026 rebate rules
What DOE Program Notices 26-1 and 26-2 changed about HEAR and HOMES, and which states are live.
Latest Texas energy news
Recent Texas rebate, policy, and efficiency coverage from our monitored sources.
Second federal judge overturns $7B Solar for All cancellation by Trump administration
A federal judge in Washington, D.C. has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency illegally shut down Solar for All, a $7 billion federal program meant to help expand access to rooftop and community solar, particularly for low-income households. The ruling came in a lawsuit from Harris County, Texas, and follows a similar decision last week from a federal judge in Rhode Island. Both judges found the EPA's cancellation of the program broke the law. The EPA says it is reviewing the rulings and may appeal. Solar for All was created under the Inflation Reduction Act to help lower-income households save on energy costs through solar power. The EPA had ended the program in August, saying a new federal law gave it the authority to do so, but the judge disagreed, ruling the decision applied to the entire program nationwide, not just Harris County's grant. A separate lawsuit from 22 states was dismissed earlier this year. For homeowners, this mainly matters if you live in an area that had a Solar for All grant, since those programs were designed to help income-qualified households pay for solar installations. The legal fight isn't over, and the EPA could still appeal, so it is not clear yet whether or when funding will actually flow again. If you were hoping to use a local Solar for All program to help cover solar costs, it is worth checking with your state or local housing or energy office for updates on whether the program is available again.
Texas Prison A/C Mandate Puts Massive Retrofit Challenge in Focus
A federal judge has ordered the Texas prison system to install air conditioning in all its facilities by the end of 2029, ruling that housing inmates without cooling violates the Eighth Amendment. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice estimates the work could cost about $1.5 billion, making it one of the largest institutional cooling retrofits in state history. As of early September, 38 of the state's 104 prisons had full air conditioning and 53 had partial coverage, with tens of thousands of additional "cool beds" in various stages of construction, procurement, and design. This isn't a home story, but it shows what a large-scale cooling retrofit involves once you go beyond a typical house: aging buildings need upgraded electrical capacity, new ductwork or entirely new distribution systems, and careful checks for moisture and condensation once spaces that were never cooled suddenly are. Engineers quoted in the coverage note that every building's electrical and structural capacity has to be evaluated individually — old age alone doesn't tell you what's feasible. For a homeowner, the practical lesson is one of scale rather than direct impact: retrofitting for cooling, even in a single building, means sizing the system to the specific space, checking existing ducts and wiring rather than assuming they'll work, and planning for how moisture and humidity behave differently once cooling is added. The prison project is simply that same logic multiplied across 104 facilities and a fixed federal deadline.
FHB Podcast Segment: The State of Entry-Level Homes in America
A recent Fine Homebuilding Podcast episode took a closer look at what a typical new entry-level home looks like today. A listener named Richard shared details on a new build in Central Texas: 1,800 square feet, four bedrooms, two and a half baths, priced at $368,000. He pointed out that the sheathing (the board covering the frame under the siding) was very thin fiberboard, simply overlapped at the seams to meet the manufacturer's minimum requirements, with little attention paid to air sealing — the work of closing gaps and cracks that let outside air leak into a house. For homeowners, this is worth knowing mainly as a reminder that "new" doesn't always mean "efficient." A newly built home can still have thin sheathing and poor air sealing if the builder is working to minimum standards rather than best practices. That matters because air leaks drive up heating and cooling costs and can affect comfort and moisture control over time. If you're buying new construction, or just curious how your own home's walls were built, this kind of detail is the sort of thing an energy audit or blower-door test can reveal — those tests measure how much air leaks through a house's walls, windows, and seams. It's a reminder that checking construction quality, not just square footage and price, matters when judging how efficient a home will be to live in.
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