Current 2025 Electrication EV information to consider NOW

Dear energy-conscious colleague:

Recently U.S. support for renewable energy has abruptly reversed. Federal clean-energy rebates and tax credits are due to end soon. The time horizon within which to receive federal support for household electrification projects has drastically shrunk. 

Our group, the Climate Action Ministry (at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Boulder), aims to help folks adopt transformative and cost-saving technologies. Thus we offer this urgent update.

In order to receive IRA (federal) tax incentives and rebates for installing heat pumps, solar panels, insulation, etc., households will need to act quickly. Experts recommend meeting with contractors before September ends-- in order to meet end-of-2025 deadlines for completing most projects. Two exceptions to deadlines: Electric Vehicles (EVs) must be purchased by September 30, 2025; but EV chargers may be installed until June 30, 2026!

We suggest that you first explore two websites: first, at the Colorado Navigator, https://screener.myfriendben.org/co_energy_calculator/landing-page, you can access information about tax credits and rebates that are currently available. It helps you to figure which incentives you might actually qualify for. (Some rebates are income dependent.) Next check out Rewiring America's clear summary of deadlines for purchase/installation of different clean energy technologies: https://homes.rewiringamerica.org/es/electric-tax-credits.

After consulting those websites, you may need to ask questions and get advice from trusted sources before you start a clean-energy project. 

One source that we trust, Energy Smart, at energysmartyes.com, is a Boulder County-funded agency that offers much helpful information online and accessible (even bi-lingual) advisors. 

Another source, Go Electric Colorado, at goelectriccolorado.org, is a non-profit staffed by volunteers. We know many folks who have benefited from the knowledgeable advisors from these two organizations, as well as from neighbors who have completed clean-energy projects.

We hope that this update may help you (or a neighbor) move toward a better future in challenging times.

Timothy Bailey and Susan Secord in Colorado