Rebates and tax credits for fresh air, by state

Every state

• Alabama

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Alaska

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Arizona

  HEAR: Open, with ventilation

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Arkansas

  HEAR: Not confirmed

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• California

  HEAR: Waitlist

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Colorado

  HEAR: Closed

  One program names HRVs or ERVs

• Connecticut

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  One program names HRVs or ERVs

• Delaware

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  One program names HRVs or ERVs

• District of Columbia

  HEAR: Waitlist

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Florida

  HEAR: Not confirmed

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Georgia

  HEAR: Paused

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Hawaii

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Idaho

  HEAR: Not offered (the state declined or returned the funds)

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Illinois

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Indiana

  HEAR: Open

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Iowa

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Kansas

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Kentucky

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Louisiana

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Maine

  HEAR: Open

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Maryland

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Massachusetts

  HEAR: Not confirmed

  One program names HRVs or ERVs

• Michigan

  HEAR: Open, with ventilation

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Minnesota

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  2 programs name HRVs or ERVs

• Mississippi

  HEAR: Not confirmed

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Missouri

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Montana

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Nebraska

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Nevada

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• New Hampshire

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  2 programs name HRVs or ERVs

• New Jersey

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• New Mexico

  HEAR: Open, with ventilation

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• New York

  HEAR: Open, with ventilation

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• North Carolina

  HEAR: Open, with ventilation

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• North Dakota

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Ohio

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Oklahoma

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  Ventilation rebates, none naming HRVs or ERVs

• Oregon

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Pennsylvania

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Rhode Island

  HEAR: Open

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• South Carolina

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• South Dakota

  HEAR: Not offered (the state declined or returned the funds)

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Tennessee

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Texas

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Utah

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Vermont

  HEAR: Paused

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Virginia

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  One program names HRVs or ERVs

• Washington

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  Ventilation rebates, none naming HRVs or ERVs

• West Virginia

  HEAR: Open, with ventilation

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Wisconsin

  HEAR: Open, with ventilation

  None found for HRVs or ERVs

• Wyoming

  HEAR: Not launched yet

  Ventilation rebates, none naming HRVs or ERVs

The federal picture

• Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (IRC 25C)

  Ended

  Ended for 2026 work. The IRS says 'The credit will not be allowed for any property placed in service after December 31, 2025.' When it existed, it covered insulation and air sealing materials, doors, windows, audits and certain heating, cooling and water heating equipment. The IRS 25C page (updated April 28, 2026) does not list ventilation, HRVs or ERVs. No 2026 law changing this was found.

  Source date: 2025-08-21 (FS-2025-05); IRS 25C page updated 2026-04-28

• Residential Clean Energy Credit (IRC 25D)

  Ended

  Ended for 2026 work. The IRS says 'The credit will not be allowed for any expenditures made after December 31, 2025,' and an expenditure counts as made when the original installation is completed, so paying in 2025 does not help if installation finished later. The 25D page (updated July 4, 2026) says the credit 'is not available for any property placed in service after December 31, 2025.' It covered solar, wind, geothermal heat pumps, fuel cells and batteries, never ventilation.

  Source date: 2026-07-04 (page); 2025-08-21 (FS-2025-05)

• 2026 bills to restore 25C and 25D

  Introduced, not enacted

  S.3722, the Lowering Home Energy Costs Act, was introduced January 29, 2026 by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto and referred to the Senate Finance Committee. Her office says it would restore the home efficiency and clean energy credits and extend them through 2032. govinfo shows only the introduced version, and a bill tracker shows no action past committee. IRS pages updated April through July 2026 still show both credits ending after 2025.

  Source date: 2026-01-29

• Home Energy Rebates: HEAR (now called HEEHR) and HOMES (Home Efficiency Rebates)

  State-run; varies by state

  States run these with federal money. DOE's program page (modified July 8, 2026) says only that rebates 'are now available in select states' and tells people to contact their State Energy Office. A DOE program manager reported in February 2026 that programs had launched in 13 states (counting DC), with 7 HOMES and 13 HEEHR programs. A Building Performance Association factsheet from June 2026 counts twelve states and DC as launched, and South Dakota as the only state that did not apply. DOE's HEEHR guidance (Program Notice 26-2, effective May 29, 2026) removed rebates for replacing gas, propane or oil equipment with electric, made insulation and air sealing come first before heating and cooling upgrades, and gave launched programs three months to change. The 'insulation, air sealing, and ventilation' category (up to $1,600) remains, and the notice lets it be claimed in parts up to the cap.

  Source date: 2026-07-08 (DOE page); 2026-05-29 (notice); 2026-06 (BPA count)

• Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP)

  Ongoing

  DOE's Weatherization Assistance Program pays for energy upgrades for eligible low-income households at no cost to them, through each state's weatherization administrator; DOE's how-to-apply page (modified June 10, 2026) says to contact your state administrator first.

  Source date: 2025-10-16 (program page); 2026-06-10 (how to apply)

• HRVs and ERVs in federal incentives

  Not named

  The IRS 25C, 25D and home energy credit pages don't mention ventilation, HRVs or ERVs. ENERGY STAR's federal tax credit page covers air sealing and insulation but not ventilation equipment. ENERGY STAR's HEAR table lists 'Insulation, Air Sealing, and Ventilation', $1,600, with ENERGY STAR certification required, and names no HRV or ERV. The U.S. ENERGY STAR ventilating fan criteria list range hoods, bathroom and utility room fans, and in-line fans, and don't mention HRVs or ERVs. The ENERGY STAR Rebate Finder has a 'Ventilation fans' category but none for HRVs or ERVs. DOE's Home Upgrades page lists 'Ventilation System' as an upgrade without tying it to any program or amount.

  Source date: 2026-10-18 (checked; ENERGY STAR pages undated)

• Checks ran October 18 to 19, 2026. The shared web-search budget ran out early in this session, so many pages were reached only through links found on other pages. Official pages for Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas and Florida could not be opened (permission prompts timed out), and Mississippi's page returned an error. The Rebate Map tracker and a March 23, 2026 pv magazine article about an energy tax credit restoration bill also could not be opened.
• How 'derived' statuses were set: a National Housing Trust tracker (August 1, 2025) showed rebates available or limited in exactly 12 states plus DC: AZ, CA, CO, DC, GA, IN, ME, MI, NM, NY, NC, RI and WI. HOMES was launched in 7 of them (DC, GA, IN, MI, NY, NC, WI) and HEAR in all 13. DOE's own count in February 2026 matches this exactly: launched in 13 states, 7 HOMES programs and 13 HEEHR programs. BPA's June 2026 factsheet still counts twelve states and DC. Any other state is therefore marked not launched as of June 2026. Later launches found on official pages: West Virginia (September 28, 2026) and Rhode Island HOMES (September 23, 2026). A state with only an old page could have launched after June 2026 without this check finding it.
• 2026 changes worth knowing: DOE's HEEHR guidance (effective May 29, 2026) dropped rebates for replacing gas, propane or oil equipment with electric and put insulation and air sealing first. California single-family HEEHRA has been fully reserved, with a waitlist, since February 24, 2026. Colorado closed its single-family HEAR (August 2026). Georgia paused HEAR on August 14, 2026; it reopens in October 2026 for panel and wiring only, alongside HER. Michigan suspended new income-qualified applications in five districts. Wisconsin and Rhode Island stopped fossil-to-electric equipment rebates from September 1, 2026. Rhode Island launched multifamily HOMES on September 23, 2026, and West Virginia launched statewide on September 28, 2026. Maryland and Virginia resubmitted applications in September 2026. Missouri says its rebates may not come until 2027 or 2028, and Hawaii targets early 2027.
• No state returned funds in 2026 on any official page checked. Two states turned the money down: South Dakota did not apply (2024), and Idaho's legislative budget committee refused the funding on March 19, 2025 (news report; Idaho's own page says only that rebates aren't available). One secondary blog (February 2026) said Florida 'returned' its funds and listed Colorado and Massachusetts as open; none of that matched official pages. Secondary trackers often disagree with official pages, so don't rely on them.
• Cross-check with the regional group files (read only, nothing changed): the AZ, ID, VT and DC statuses here were updated from sources those groups found, re-opened for this file (s73 to s76). Many regional entries say 'unknown' where this file has an official status page. For example, IN, MI, NM, RI and WI are open, and MD, MN, OK, PA, TN, TX and VA have not launched, each with a dated official page. Use the dated official page when reconciling.
• Ventilation in state HEAR programs: open programs that list the insulation, air sealing and ventilation category are New York, North Carolina ('mechanical ventilation products'), Wisconsin ('ENERGY STAR ventilation') and New Mexico (kitchen and bath vent fans within air sealing). Colorado listed it but its single-family program is closed. States that list it for programs not yet launched: CT (requested), DE, HI, MT, NH, SC, TN and VA. No state page checked names HRVs or ERVs. Because the HEAR category requires ENERGY STAR certification and the U.S. ENERGY STAR fan criteria cover range hoods, bath and utility fans and in-line fans only, an HRV or ERV may not qualify unless a state says so. Ask the state.
• The IRS 25C page (updated April 28, 2026) says the credit applied to property placed in service 'before December 31, 2025', while the IRS fact sheet says not after December 31, 2025. Use the fact sheet wording. DOE's Home Upgrades page still describes claiming tax credits on Form 5695, so don't link it for tax-credit facts.
• The DOE HOMES guidance (Program Notice 26-1) was not opened. Only the HEEHR notice (26-2) was read.

Look up your address

These free tools search by ZIP code. They don’t all cover ventilation, so check your state’s page here too.

• ENERGY STAR Rebate Finder: EPA's ZIP-code search for rebates and special offers from ENERGY STAR partners, organized by product category. It is a public page and no sign-in was shown. Categories include 'Ventilation fans' (under Heating & Cooling) and 'Seal and Insulate'. There is no HRV or ERV category, and the page doesn't mention tax credits, HEAR or HOMES or name its data source. DOE's Home Upgrades page sends its ZIP search here.
• DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency): A database of state, territory and federal incentives and policies run by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University since 1995. It has ZIP and state search, and the homepage shows no fee for searching but doesn't state that it is free. It 'receives support from EnergySage' and carries sponsor logos, so check neutrality before linking. The DSIRE API ('access the full content of the database in real time', 124 technology filters) is offered to 'subscribers', and pricing isn't stated. Whether ventilation is one of the technology filters wasn't checked. The homepage was modified April 20, 2026.
• Rewiring America savings calculator: A nonprofit's free embeddable calculator of federal, state, local and utility electrification incentives. Its page is script-rendered, so the inputs and current results couldn't be read. Rewiring America says state, local and utility incentives are 'being rolled out on varying timelines' and that it 'currently includes all federal clean energy incentives from the Inflation Reduction Act'. Whether it now marks 25C and 25D as ended wasn't verified.
• Rewiring America Incentives API: A REST API at api.rewiringamerica.org. GET /api/v1/calculator requires owner_status, household_income and household_size plus an Authorization header. There are also /api/v1/utilities and /api/v1/incentives/programs, and an include_beta_states option. The 'items' list includes air_sealing, attic_or_roof_insulation, basement_insulation and crawlspace_insulation. Only 8 of about 43 items were readable, and no ventilation, HRV or ERV item was seen. A developer signs up at docs.rewiringamerica.org/signin to get an API key, and the docs say 'Usage is free, subject to the API Terms of Service'. The terms (updated March 25, 2025) note that some users may pay a fee. They require attribution and a link to rewiringamerica.org, set default limits of 500 requests a minute and 100,000 a day, and bar caching results for more than 24 hours.
• DOE (no rebate finder of its own): DOE has no ZIP or state rebate finder. Its Home Energy Rebates page (modified July 8, 2026) says rebates are available 'in select states' and that details on active programs are 'coming soon', and tells people to contact their State or Territory Energy Office. Its Home Upgrades page (modified June 8, 2026) links to the ENERGY STAR Rebate Finder but still tells people to claim a tax credit with IRS Form 5695, which is outdated for 2026 installs. Its Energy Savings Hub (modified June 8, 2026) has no calculator.

How to use this

1. Find your state, then the program from your own electric or gas utility. Rebates usually follow the utility, not the town.
2. Read the conditions before any work starts: pre-approval, a participating contractor, a qualifying model, income limits and deadlines.
3. Ask each installer whether a discount is already in their price, and who files the paperwork.

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