By Rachel Metea – pv Magazine
Published July 25, 2025
State lawmakers hustled this year to introduce state-level solar bills. Some of these bills aimed to support solar, while others were designed as a hindrance.
This article serves as an update for some of the bills that failed to progress. Read about other bills, including those that were passed, vetoed or are still underway here.
New York’s bill to increase maximum tax credit for residential solar and storage installations
Since 2006, New York has offered a solar tax credit capped at $5,000 per household for solar installations. The credit is sized at 25% of the system cost, or $5,000, whichever is less.
Nearly two decades later, “there’s a number of fixes that need to occur with this tax credit,” T.R. Ludwig told pv magazine USA. Ludwig has been on NYSEIA’s board for more than seven years, and CEO and co-founder of both Brooklyn SolarWorks and Brooklyn Solar Canopy.
SB S3596B would have doubled the cap to $10,000, allowing customers to offset state income taxes with a credit and retain the 25% installed system cost. The bill also strived to remove a 50 kW limit on how much co-ops and condos can use the tax credit towards, a cap other residential buildings are not subject to.
NYSEIA also proposed to apply the tax credit to energy storage. If successful, New York would become the first state to do so. New York was historically one of the few states to offer tax credits on top of the federal credits for home solar installations.
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