Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Guide to Federal Tax Incentives (~985 KB)

Helpful guidance and tips for safe and effective use of the new federal tax credits.  Federal tax guide is a product of SEIA.  Registration required for document download.

Utility Incentives for Solar Energy in Arizona

• Presentation on incentives available for solar power in Arizona

• Solar energy incentives, Scottsdale/Phoenix Metro Region

Opportunities, Incentives, and Considerations

Environmental portfolio standards, state and federal incentives, utility/customer partnerships, Arizona resource groups for solar and renewable energy.

The Environmental Portfolio Standard for Arizona is the responsibility of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC). For some reason it is very difficult to see these documents on the web, but it is possible.

One can pick up the document trail at the ACC E-Docket site, http://edocket.azcc.gov/edocket/, and enter RE-00000C-05-0030 in the narrow box in upper right corner of the edocket home page.

A recent update to the status is at http://images.edocket.azcc.gov/docketpdf/0000088913.pdf. The basic document is at http://images.edocket.azcc.gov/docketpdf/0000063561.pdf. This is a 186 page document and it loads slowly. Lots of info in this. Good luck in reading it.

DSIRE - Arizona

DSIRE is funded by the US Department of Energy and managed by the North Carolina Solar Center.

• Financial Incentives
• Rules, Regulations, & Policies
• Investments & Awareness Programs
• Schools Going Solar Programs

Arizona can benefit economically by the use of Solar Energy. A look into the different forms of solar and their corresponding benefits.  This section includes information on benefits of passive solar, photovoltaic, domestic water, and swimming pool heating...

By installing a solar water heater, the state’s desert homeowners could save between 50 and 90 percent on their hot water bill.  This section allows the creation of a "personalized" chart that estimates your monthly savings and cash flow based on financing a solar system as part of a home loan.  Sections include: 

1. list of solar water heaters and their efficiencies
2. consumer's utility rate information - APS, SRP, TEP
3. solar life cycle costing analysis

• Solar Hot Water
• Solar Electric

The benefits of "not" doing it yourself are explained in this article.  Article by Home Power Magazine's Richard Perez.