Rebates and programs to check before you go electric
Rebates can help with a heat pump, a heat-pump water heater, an EV charger or the panel work behind them. Which ones you can use depends on your utility, your household and the equipment, and the programs change often. Here's where to look before you buy.
We can't promise a rebate, an amount or approval. Only the program decides who qualifies. Read its current rules, and ask it before you buy equipment or start work.
Start with your electric utility
Who supplies your electricity decides most of what's available.
- Puget Sound Energy (PSE) supplies Skagit County, most of Whatcom County and Whidbey Island. It has offered rebates on heat pumps, heat-pump water heaters, EV home chargers and home batteries, with extra help for income-qualified households. See PSE's rebates.
- Snohomish PUD supplies Snohomish County and Camano Island. It has offered rebates on heat pumps and heat-pump water heaters. Its EV charger rebate has ended. See Snohomish PUD's residential rebates.
- The City of Blaine and the City of Sumas run their own electric utilities. Blaine's customers can check the city's rebate page.
Your gas utility can matter too. In Snohomish County, gas often comes from PSE even where Snohomish PUD supplies the electricity, so PSE's offers for switching from gas may apply there. Most gas north of Snohomish County comes from Cascade Natural Gas.
Heat pumps: the rebate usually goes through your HVAC installer
Utility heat-pump rebates are usually paid through the HVAC contractor the utility has enrolled in its program, so ask your installer first. We wire the heat pump; your installer handles the equipment.
Help for income-qualified households
- Washington's HEAR program has paid for heat pumps, heat-pump water heaters, induction ranges and dryers, and the panel and wiring work they need, for households at or under 150% of area median income, through local administrators. When we last checked, no 2026 administrator was listed for our four counties. See WA Commerce: HEAR.
- The federal home energy rebates (HOMES and HARP, funded by the Inflation Reduction Act) were not yet open in Washington when we last checked. See WA Commerce: home energy rebates.
- Opportunity Council coordinates home repair and weatherization help in Whatcom, Skagit and Island Counties. See Opportunity Council: home repair.
Federal tax credits
The federal tax credits that used to help with heat pumps, home EV chargers and panel upgrades have ended. Ask a tax professional about your own situation.
What helps with any program
- Check before you buy. Many programs need approval, or an enrolled contractor, before the work. Few pay back for work already done.
- Keep the paperwork. Programs often ask for the equipment's model number and an itemized invoice.
- Know your utility account details. Most applications start with them.
Our written scope lists each circuit and device, so you have the electrical details a program may ask about.
Questions people ask
Which utility serves my home?
Your electric bill says. In general: Puget Sound Energy in Skagit County, most of Whatcom County and on Whidbey Island; Snohomish PUD in Snohomish County and on Camano Island; and the Cities of Blaine and Sumas for their own customers.
Will a rebate cover the panel upgrade?
Sometimes, mostly in income-qualified programs, and only under that program's rules. Ask the program before the work starts. See panel and service upgrades.
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