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Heat Pump Incentives for Low and Moderate Income Mainers

For heat pumps installed on or before 10/31/2023

When properly installed and operated, modern, high-efficiency heat pumps can provide heat very cost-effectively, even through the coldest winter months. Thousands of satisfied Mainers already enjoy the benefits and savings that heat pumps provide. More information about the benefits of heat pumps and tips on how to operate them can be found here.

Incentives up to $5,000

  • Federal Tax Credit up to $2,600 – Click here for details.
    • Heat pumps up to $2,000
    • 200+ amp circuit panels up to $600
  • Efficiency Maine Rebates up to $2,400
    • Heat pumps
      • $2,000 for 1st indoor unit
      • $400 for 2nd indoor unit
    • Lifetime limit is two indoor unit rebates per housing unit (dedicated kitchen, sleeping area, and bathroom)

Efficiency Maine Rebate Eligibility

Participant/Home

  • Building is:
    • owner-occupied principal residence
    • single-family home located in Maine (for upgrades completed before 8/1/2023)
    • single-family, duplex, or condominium located in Maine (for upgrades completed 8/1/2023 or after)
  • Must be first heat pump at residence
  • Home does not have natural gas utility account
  • Home will not receive any heat pump through the Maine State Housing Authority
  • Participates in one of the following eligibility options. Click here to find out if you’re eligible. 
    • Home Energy Assistance Program (HEAP). Efficiency Maine encourages HEAP households to check with Maine Housing regarding the possibility of qualifying for an installation that covers all costs.
    • Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) for food assistance 
    • Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) for cash assistance 
    • MaineCare for medical insurance coverage 
    • Meets town’s tax assessed property value requirements below (building and land combined before exemptions). 

Maximum Town Tax Assessed Property Values

$80,000
Aroostook, Somerset, Washington, and Piscataquis

$90,000
Franklin, Oxford, and Penobscot

$100,000
Androscoggin, Kennebec, and Waldo

$130,000
Sagadahoc, Knox, Hancock, Lincoln, York, and Cumberland

Heat Pump

  • Must have an AHRI rating equal to or greater than 10.4 HSPF2 or 12.5 HSPF
  • Rebated heat pumps used throughout entire heating season

Regardless of which indoor unit is installed, if an outdoor unit has any indoor/outdoor combination with a qualifying HSPF/HSPF2 efficiency rating in the AHRI database, then the installed combination qualifies for a rebate.

Installer

How to Get a Rebate:

  1. Verify eligibility
  2. Hire a Residential Registered Vendor
  3. Reserve low- or moderate-income rebate (optional)
  4. Complete upgrade
  5. Customer pays copay
  6. Residential Registered Vendor submits rebate claim form and receives payment 

Terms and Conditions

Measures installed through this program are not eligible for any other Efficiency Maine incentives. Program and incentives subject to change or termination. Consult Efficiency Maine website to confirm current program terms, rebate availability, and forms.

Installers can download the reservation form here.

Installers can download a program claim form here.