Rebates for Battery Storage Systems (BESS)

A variety of rebates, incentives, grants, and tax credits are available to help offset the cost of battery energy storage, making backup power, resiliency, and demand management more accessible for businesses and homeowners.

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Battery storage system for home or commercial use

Battery Storage Is Becoming Mainstream

Battery energy storage systems are being deployed faster than ever, driven by grid reliability concerns, demand charges, and the growing adoption of solar. Storage can provide backup power, reduce peak demand, and support critical loads.

For businesses, storage is often tied to peak shaving and resiliency goals. For homeowners, it is commonly paired with solar and used for outage protection. Incentives can significantly reduce the upfront cost and improve payback.

Rebates and Incentives for Installing Battery Storage Systems

To accelerate the adoption of battery storage, many programs across the country offer incentives that lower the cost of installing BESS. While many people have heard about solar incentives, few are aware of programs that also support standalone storage or solar-plus-storage systems.

Some programs offer funding to offset the initial cost of purchasing the systems, others are performance based and will reward the customers each year based on how many kW demand on the grid they reduce.

Battery Storage Incentives Are Available In Parts of the US and Canada

The challenge is that incentives can vary by location, utility territory, customer type, and whether storage is paired with solar. Program rules can also include requirements around eligible equipment, system size, interconnection, and enrollment in demand response or grid services.

Making Battery Storage Incentives Simple

We've developed a tool so professionals can easily identify all the rebates, grants, tax credits, and incentives available for battery energy storage systems.

RebatePro for Battery Storage

RebatePro is BriteSwitch's proprietary rebate-finding software. Based on our 17 years of experience, the tool has been highly optimized to make finding BESS incentives quick and painless. It contains virtually all the rebates, grants and incentives available across the US and Canada for battery storage, including programs tied to resiliency, demand response, and solar-plus-storage.

Learn more about RebatePro

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To learn more about or to request a demo of any of these tools, contact us at BESSRebates@BriteSwitch.com