The Oregon Department of Energy issued residential energy tax credits to Oregonians between 1977 and 2017. Incentives were available for ductless heat pumps, furnaces, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, solar energy systems, and other energy efficiency devices. The RETC program ended (sunset) on December 31, 2017, and final applications were due June 1, 2018.
Tax credits that met the statutory criteria of $2,000 or more are reported below. Generally, these credits were for solar or wind installations. This report covers July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2020 and includes the final set of tax credits issued under the program.
Notes * Reported tax credits issued may differ slightly from tax credits allowed due to rounding.
* The tax credit amount for Solar Electric (Photovoltaic) systems is calculated at $2.10 per watt of the installed capacity of direct current for 2013, $1.90 per watt for 2014, $1.70 per watt for 2015, $1.50 per watt for 2016, and $1.30 per watt for 2017, based on tax year.
* Available credits were capped at $6,000 per system, or $1,500 per year taken over four years, and may not to exceed 50 percent of system cost.
* For photovoltaic systems, "Units Capacity" was watts of the installed capacity, direct current (DC).
* This report combines data from Oregon Department of Energy databases and the PowerClerk database. Some data from the online PowerClerk database has been converted to make it consistent with ODOE data. For systems where the data source is ODOE’s database, "Total Energy (MMBTU)" is a generic estimate of annual energy production for each photovoltaic system. It is not based on project-specific data. For systems where the datasource is the PowerClerk database, "Total Energy (MMBTU)" is a project-specific estimate of annual energy production for each system.