Possibly, but not through the federal residential credits that older articles still describe, and not at a dollar amount this site will invent. The IRS’s FAQs on Public Law 119-21 (retrieved 2026-11-11) state that the section 25C energy-efficient home improvement credit is not allowed for property placed in service after December 31, 2025, and that the section 25D residential clean energy credit is not allowed for expenditures made after December 31, 2025. For 25D, installation completed after that date does not qualify even if you paid earlier. The section 30C alternative-fuel vehicle refueling credit — relevant to chargers, not to heat pumps — ends still earlier for property placed in service after June 30, 2026. A heat pump installed in 2026 should be budgeted without those federal credits.
State agencies, municipal utilities, and investor-owned utilities still run their own rebate and financing programs, and those change by territory and by year. This site will not list a 2026 dollar amount for any of them, because any number we printed would go stale and would be wrong for most readers. Look up current offerings on the utility’s site and on a maintained public database such as DSIRE (dsireusa.org), and confirm eligibility, equipment lists, and whether the rebate must be reserved before installation. A contractor’s “the rebate is $X” line is not a substitute for the program’s current terms.
Operating cost and panel capacity are separate questions: use the operating-cost calculator and the panel calculator, and do not assume a rebate will appear to close a gap in either one.
This is not a permit calculation, a utility approval, or a substitute for a licensed electrician, HVAC contractor, or the authority having jurisdiction. Panel Headroom is an independent educational site. It is not a utility, a certification body, or a contractor. Electrical and generator work that is done incorrectly can cause fire, shock, or carbon monoxide poisoning. Use the adopted electrical code and manufacturer instructions; pull permits where required.