Massachusetts Solar Hot Water Rebates Search
The Massachusetts Solar Hot Water Rebates program, which is administrated through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Council (Mass CEC), helps its residence to clean, affordable hot water and space heat. Not all towns or cities are eligible for this rebate. Check if your town is eligible.
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| City | Mass CEC Rebate | Utility Company |
|---|---|---|
| Abington | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Acton | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Acushnet | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Adams | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Agawam | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Alford | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Amesbury | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Amherst | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Andover | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Aquinnah | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Arlington | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Ashburnham | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Ashby | Eligible for rebate | Unitil |
| Ashfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Ashland | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Athol | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Attleboro | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Auburn | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Avon | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Ayer | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Barnstable | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Barre | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Becket | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Bedford | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Belchertown | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Bellingham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource, National Grid |
| Belmont | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Berkley | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Berlin | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Bernardston | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Beverly | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Billerica | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Blackstone | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Blandford | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Bolton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Boston | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Bourne | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Boxborough | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Boxford | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Boylston | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Braintree | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Brewster | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Bridgewater | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Brimfield | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Brockton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Brookfield | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Brookline | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Buckland | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Burlington | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Cambridge | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Canton | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Carlisle | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Carver | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Charlemont | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Charlton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Chatham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Chelmsford | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Chelsea | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Cheshire | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Chester | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Chesterfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Chicopee | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Chilmark | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Clarksburg | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Clinton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Cohasset | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Colrain | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Concord | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Conway | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Cummington | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Dalton | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Danvers | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Dartmouth | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Dedham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Deerfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Dennis | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Dighton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Douglas | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Dover | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Dracut | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Dudley | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Dunstable | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Duxbury | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| East Bridgewater | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| East Brookfield | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| East Longmeadow | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Eastham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Easthampton | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Easton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Edgartown | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Egremont | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Erving | Eligible for rebate | National Grid, Western Mass Electric |
| Essex | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Everett | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Fairhaven | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Fall River | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Falmouth | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Fitchburg | Eligible for rebate | Unitil |
| Florida | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Foxborough | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Framingham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Franklin | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Freetown | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Gardner | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Georgetown | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Gill | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Gloucester | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Goshen | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Gosnold | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Grafton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Granby | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Granville | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Great Barrington | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Greenfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Groton | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Groveland | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Hadley | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Halifax | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hamilton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hampden | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hancock | Eligible for rebate | National Grid, Western Mass Electric |
| Hanover | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hanson | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hardwick | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Harvard | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Harwich | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Hatfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Haverhill | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hawley | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Heath | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hingham | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Hinsdale | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Holbrook | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Holden | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Holland | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Holliston | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Holyoke | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Hopedale | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hopkinton | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Hubbardston | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Hudson | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Hull | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Huntington | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Ipswich | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Kingston | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Lakeville | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Lancaster | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Lanesborough | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Lawrence | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Lee | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Leicester | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Lenox | Eligible for rebate | National Grid, Western Mass Electric |
| Leominster | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Leverett | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Lexington | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Leyden | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Lincoln | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Littleton | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Longmeadow | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Lowell | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Ludlow | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Lunenburg | Eligible for rebate | Unitil |
| Lynn | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Lynnfield | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Malden | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Manchester-by-the-Sea | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Mansfield | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Marblehead | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Marion | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Marlborough | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Marshfield | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Mashpee | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Mattapoisett | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Maynard | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Medfield | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Medford | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Medway | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Melrose | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Mendon | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Merrimac | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Methuen | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Middleborough | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Middlefield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Middleton | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Milford | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Millbury | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Millis | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Millville | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Milton | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Monroe | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Monson | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Montague | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Monterey | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Montgomery | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Mount Washington | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Nahant | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Nantucket | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Natick | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Needham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| New Ashford | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| New Bedford | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| New Braintree | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| New Marlborough | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| New Salem | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Newbury | Eligible for rebate | National Grid, Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Newburyport | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Newton | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Norfolk | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| North Adams | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| North Andover | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| North Attleborough | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| North Brookfield | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| North Reading | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Northampton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Northborough | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Northbridge | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Northfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Norton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Norwell | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Norwood | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Oak Bluffs | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Oakham | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Orange | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Orleans | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Otis | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Oxford | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Palmer | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Paxton | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Peabody | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Pelham | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Pembroke | Eligible for rebate | Eversource, National Grid |
| Pepperell | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Peru | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Petersham | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Phillipston | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Pittsfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Plainfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Plainville | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Plymouth | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Plympton | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Princeton | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Provincetown | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Quincy | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Randolph | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Raynham | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Reading | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Rehoboth | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Revere | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Richmond | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Rochester | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Rockland | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Rockport | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Rowe | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Rowley | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Royalston | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Russell | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric, Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Rutland | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Salem | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Salisbury | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Sandisfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Sandwich | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Saugus | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Savoy | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Scituate | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Seekonk | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Sharon | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Sheffield | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Shelburne | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Sherborn | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Shirley | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Shrewsbury | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Shutesbury | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Somerset | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Somerville | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| South Hadley | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Southampton | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Southborough | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Southbridge | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Southwick | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Spencer | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Springfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Sterling | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Stockbridge | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Stoneham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Stoughton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Stow | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Sturbridge | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Sudbury | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Sunderland | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Sutton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Swampscott | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Swansea | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Taunton | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Templeton | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Tewksbury | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Tisbury | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Tolland | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Topsfield | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Townsend | Eligible for rebate | Unitil |
| Truro | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Tyngsborough | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Tyringham | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Upton | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Uxbridge | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Wakefield | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Wales | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Walpole | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Waltham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Ware | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Wareham | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Warren | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Warwick | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Washington | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Watertown | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Wayland | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Webster | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Wellesley | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Wellfleet | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Wendell | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Wenham | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| West Boylston | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| West Bridgewater | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| West Brookfield | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| West Newbury | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| West Springfield | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| West Stockbridge | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| West Tisbury | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Westborough | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Westfield | Not eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Westford | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Westhampton | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Westminster | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Weston | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Westport | Eligible for rebate | Eversource, National Grid |
| Westwood | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Weymouth | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Whately | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Whitman | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Wilbraham | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Williamsburg | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Williamstown | Not eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Wilmington | Eligible for rebate | Municipal Electric Dept. |
| Winchendon | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Winchester | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Windsor | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Winthrop | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Woburn | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
| Worcester | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Worthington | Eligible for rebate | Western Mass Electric |
| Wrentham | Eligible for rebate | National Grid |
| Yarmouth | Eligible for rebate | Eversource |
More information on the rebate
The Commonwealth Solar Hot Water Program offers rebates for solar hot water (also known as solar thermal) systems that serve residential, commercial, non-profit, and publicly owned buildings. MassCEC provides this funding to reduce the upfront cost of installing a solar hot water system.
Residential Rebate Information
The Commonwealth Solar Hot Water Program (CSHW) offers rebates for residential solar hot water projects at single-family and multi-family (up to 4 units) homes. (Grants up to $3,500)
“The renewable energy fund, known as the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund, is supported by a non-bypassable surcharge of $0.0005 per kilowatt-hour (0.5 mill/kWh), imposed on customers of all investor-owned electric utilities and competitive municipal utilities in Massachusetts.” – dsireusa.org
What does this mean? It means, companies such as Nstar or National Grid charge customers an extra $0.0005 per Kwh. This money is pooled in the Renewable Energy Trust (Trust). Towns who have Municipal Light Plants are not eligible unless they pay into the Trust. Currently, there are five towns who pay into the trust Ashburnham MA, Holden MA, Holyoke MA, Russell MA, & Templeton MA. These five towns are eligible to apply for the Mass CEC Rebate.
Commercial Rebate Information
The Commonwealth Solar Hot Water Program (CSHW) offers rebates for solar hot water (solar thermal) feasibility studies. Feasibility Study applications may request up to $5,000 for a consultant to help a commercial-scale building owner assess the potential benefits of installing a solar hot water system.
Construction rebates are calculated based on entity type (public/non-profit, or private), the number of collectors installed and the SRCC thermal performance rating of the collectors. The system also may be eligible to receive additional funding if eligible Massachusetts manufactured components are used, or if the home was affected by a natural disaster. Construction applications must include a Feasibility Study that assesses all of the items listed in the scope below. Once the installation is complete, MassCEC can reimburse the system owner or the contractor for the amount of the rebate.