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See the no-upfront-cost solar options available at your address

The 30 percent federal tax credit for homeowners ended on December 31, 2025. Enter your ZIP code and we will show you what actually replaced it where you live.

Homeowners Solar Funding Checker Three questions, about a minute.

Which funding routes are open at your address?

Your ZIP tells us which utility serves you and which state rules apply. The other two tell us whether solar is worth modelling on your home at all.

Do you own the property?
Roughly what is your average monthly electric bill?

Where should we send it?

This is a funding check, not an application.

We call you about residential solar funding. Your details only go to an installer if you ask us to on that call. Privacy Policy · Your Privacy Choices.

  • Checking your ZIP code against installer coverage
  • Identifying your electric utility
  • Looking up the incentives that apply in your state
  • Putting your details together

That ZIP code is outside the areas we list

Our installer partner covers New Jersey and Connecticut statewide, Long Island plus Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island in New York, and Southwest Florida. The ZIP code you entered is not on that list.

Listed ZIP codes and a real service area do not always line up exactly, and coverage changes, so it is worth a proper check rather than a lookup. You can carry on and we will check your address against the installer's current area and call you either way. If nobody can cover you, we will say so on that call and we will not pass your details to anyone who cannot serve you.

See exactly where we do cover, or read what happened to the federal tax credit.

Solar has to be agreed by whoever owns the roof

We are not able to help renters, and we would rather say so at question two than take your phone number first. If you can speak to your landlord or building owner, they are welcome to come back to us themselves.

In the meantime, if your electric bill is the problem, your utility almost certainly runs an energy assistance or efficiency program that is open to renters. It is worth a call to them.

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  • $0 upfront options through a lease or power purchase agreement
  • New York's state tax credit of up to $5,000, which uniquely covers leases and PPAs
  • New Jersey pays $77 per MWh for 15 years, Connecticut $0.3289 per kWh for 20 years
  • Licensed installers only. No door knocking, no pressure, no obligation
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Solar Panel Funding

The American arm of Solar Panel Funding Ltd, which has helped homeowners find routes into solar in the United Kingdom since 2018. The 4.9/5 Trustpilot rating above is from 7,075 UK customers of the UK company, not from US customers. We have no US reviews yet and will not pretend otherwise. Why we show it anyway.

The honest version

What actually changed, and why it matters to you

The federal credit for buyers is gone

Section 25D ended for any system switched on after December 31, 2025. Deposit date and contract date are irrelevant; the IRS tests the date installation was completed. Buy a system outright this year and there is no federal credit on it.

Source: IRS FS-2025-05, FAQ 7, August 21, 2025

Where the money went

It moved to whoever owns the system

Section 48E still carries a 30 percent credit, but it goes to the company that owns the equipment. That company can price some of it back into your monthly payment. This is the reason a lease or PPA can cost nothing upfront in 2026, and the reason two thirds of US installs are now structured that way.

Your state still pays, and it varies enormously

New York gives you up to $5,000 against state tax and, unusually, allows it on leases and PPAs. New Jersey pays per megawatt-hour for 15 years. Connecticut runs a 20-year tariff. Florida gives you two tax exemptions and nothing else. Same country, four different answers.

Federal, state, local and utility incentives change, and many have ended or been reduced. The federal residential clean energy tax credit (Internal Revenue Code section 25D) is not available for systems placed in service after December 31, 2025. Eligibility for any remaining incentive depends on your individual circumstances, tax position, property and utility. We do not provide tax, legal or financial advice. Consult a qualified tax professional.
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Licensed installers, harnessed and anchored, on your roof for a dayMomentum Solar holds contractor licenses in all four states we cover
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Four ways to pay for solar

Only one of them costs nothing on day one. We show you all four.

Lease or PPA

$0 upfront. A finance company owns the system and you pay monthly, typically 20 to 25 years. Maintenance is usually included.

How it works →

Solar loan

You own the system and repay a lender. Watch the dealer fee, which the CFPB found typically runs 10 to 30 percent of the cash price.

How it works →

Prepaid lease

You pay upfront but the finance company still owns the system, so the federal credit is priced into what you pay.

How it works →

Cash purchase

Lowest lifetime cost, full ownership, and the route hit hardest by the loss of the federal credit.

How it works →

1,132ZIP codes covered
4states served
$5,000NY state credit, incl. leases
$0upfront on qualifying leases
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The part nobody says

If solar is a poor fit for your roof, we will tell you

Roughly speaking, solar is worth doing when your bill is high, your roof faces somewhere near south, and it is not under a tree. When those things are not true, a 25-year agreement is a bad idea and no amount of enthusiasm changes that.

We ask about your bill and your shade at question three and four for exactly this reason. It is cheaper for everyone to find out now. Any site that opens with one big savings number before it knows anything about your house is guessing.

Find out either way

By state

What your state still pays in 2026

These figures come from the utilities and the regulators themselves, not from comparison sites. Several widely-ranking pages are quoting numbers that changed months ago.

StateFederal credit for youState incentive LeasePPA
New YorkNone since 2025 25% state tax credit, capped $5,000. Covers leases and 10-year PPAs YesYes
New JerseyNone since 2025 $77 per MWh for 15 years, plus full retail net metering YesYes
ConnecticutNone since 2025 $0.3289 per kWh Buy-All, or Netting, both 20 years YesYes
FloridaNone since 2025 No rebate, no state credit. Sales and property tax exempt, 1:1 net metering YesNot permitted

Read the full state-by-state breakdown →

How it works

Three steps, and you can stop at any of them

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1. We call you

You give us a ZIP code and four short answers. We call to talk through your bill, your roof and which of the four routes is worth modeling. Nobody visits at this stage and there is nothing to sign.

Solar installers in safety harnesses fitting panels to an American roof

2. The installer surveys

If you want a real number, we introduce you to a licensed installer. They measure the roof, design the system and produce the quote, the contract and the warranty. We do not.

An American couple reviewing paperwork together at their kitchen island

3. You decide

You get the state disclosure documents that apply where you live before anything is signed. Read them. They exist because people have been misled in this industry.

Photography on this site is illustrative and does not depict a specific installation by Solar Funding USA or its partners.

Start with your ZIP code

Who we are

We are new in the US. We are not new at this.

Solar Panel Funding
Solar Funding USA is the American arm of Solar Panel Funding Ltd, which has been helping homeowners find routes into solar in the United Kingdom since 2018 and is rated 4.9/5 from 7,075+ Trustpilot reviews. Those are UK reviews of the UK company. Why we say so.

Solar Funding USA is the American arm of Solar Panel Funding Ltd, which has been helping homeowners in the United Kingdom find routes into solar since 2018. The UK business is rated 4.9 out of 5 from more than 7,075 reviews on Trustpilot.

Those are UK reviews. They are reviews of the UK company by UK homeowners. We are showing them because you should know who is behind a website asking for your phone number, not because they tell you anything about a solar installation in Cape Coral or Bridgeport. When we have US reviews we will show those instead, and we will say how many there are.

More about us →  ·  Read the reviews →

Who actually does the work

Installations in all four states are carried out by Momentum Solar (Momentum Solar LLC, formerly Pro Custom Solar LLC), based at 3096 Hamilton Boulevard, South Plainfield, New Jersey.

Licenses: NYC 2118231-DCWP · NJ 13VH05539000 · CT HIC.0646323 · FL CVC57036

License numbers as published by Momentum Solar, checked August 11, 2026.

What “no upfront cost” means. “No upfront cost” and “$0 down” refer to qualifying solar lease or power purchase agreement (PPA) financing, under which eligible homeowners may have no out-of-pocket cost at the time of installation. Solar panels are not free. Under a lease or PPA a third-party finance company owns the system and the homeowner makes monthly payments, typically over a 20 to 25 year term, often with an annual price escalator. Total payments may exceed the cash price of a comparable system. Eligibility depends on homeownership, credit, roof condition, shading, utility provider, location and other underwriting factors, and is not guaranteed.

FAQs

Questions people actually ask

Is there a government program that pays for solar panels?
No. There is no federal or state program that gives a homeowner free solar panels in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut or Florida, and the Federal Trade Commission has published guidance saying that offers of free or no-cost solar panels are a scam. What does exist is a set of state incentives, tax exemptions and financing structures. We are a private company and we are not connected to any government agency.
What happened to the 30 percent federal solar tax credit?
It ended. Section 25D of the Internal Revenue Code was terminated by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act for any system placed in service after December 31, 2025. There was no phase-down and no safe harbour. If you buy a system with cash or a loan in 2026 you get no federal credit. The 30 percent credit still exists under Section 48E, but it belongs to whoever owns the system, which is why lease and power purchase agreements are now the only route by which federal money reaches a residential roof. We wrote the whole thing up on our federal tax credit page.
So how can it cost nothing upfront?
Under a lease or a power purchase agreement a finance company owns the system, claims the federal credit itself, and charges you a monthly amount for the equipment or the power it produces. You pay nothing at installation. You do pay monthly, usually for 20 to 25 years, and often with an annual increase. The panels are not free and we will not tell you they are. What is true is that there is nothing to pay on day one.
Do you install the panels?
No. We are a referral service. We work out which routes are open to you, then introduce you to a licensed installer covering your area. Right now that is Momentum Solar, who hold contractor licenses in every state we cover. Every quote, contract, price, warranty and installation is theirs, not ours.
What does it cost me to use you?
Nothing. We are paid a referral fee by the installer. That fee does not change what you pay and you are under no obligation at any point.
Which areas do you cover?
New Jersey statewide, Connecticut statewide, Long Island plus Queens, Brooklyn, the Bronx and Staten Island in New York, and Southwest Florida across Lee, Collier, Charlotte and southern Sarasota counties. We do not cover Manhattan or Upstate New York. Enter your ZIP code and we will tell you immediately.

One ZIP code. About a minute.

You will find out which routes are actually open to you, including the ones that are not worth it.

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