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CBS News: Clean energy credits are set to expire. Find out how much you can claim before they end.

August 19, 2025
CBS News mentions the Alliance in its reporting on expiring federal clean energy tax credits.

“The window to take advantage of clean energy credits is running out. After three years, the sun is setting on a series of tax credits aimed at lowering the cost of buying electric vehicles, as well as installing solar panels, heat pumps and other clean energy technologies in your home.”

Here’s a list from the U.S. Climate Alliance, a bipartisan coalition of governors, of additional tax credits that are still available under the IRA, along with the new deadline for eligibility.”

  • New electric vehicle: Up to $7,500 for qualifying vehicles purchased before Sept. 30, 2025
  • Used electric vehicle: Up to $4,000 for qualifying vehicles purchased before Sept. 30, 2025
  • Heat pump for A/C, heater or water heater: Up to $2,000 for installations before Dec. 31, 2025. For those considering heat pumps, The Associated Press has a useful guide.
  • Weatherization / insulation for your home: Up to $1,200 for installations made before Dec. 31, 2025
  • Electrical panel: Up to $600 for installations before Dec. 31, 2025
  • Home energy audit, used to pinpoint where you’re losing energy and how to save: Up to $150 before Dec. 31, 2025
  • Rooftop Solar: 30% of qualifying costs for purchases made before Dec. 31, 2025
  • Battery storage: 30% of qualifying costs for purchases made before Dec. 31, 2025
  • Geothermal heating: 30% of qualifying costs for purchases made before Dec. 31, 2025
  • Electric vehicle charger: Up to $1,000 for chargers placed in service before June 30, 2026
About the Alliance

Launched in 2017 by the governors of Washington, New York, and California to help fill the void left by the U.S. federal government’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement, the Alliance has grown to include 24 governors from across the U.S. representing approximately 60 percent of the U.S. economy and 55 percent of the U.S. population. Governors in the Alliance have pledged to collectively reduce net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 26-28 percent by 2025, 50-52 percent by 2030, and 61-66 percent by 2035, all below 2005 levels, and collectively achieve overall net-zero greenhouse gas emissions as soon as practicable, and no later than 2050.  

 

The Alliance’s states and territories continue to advance innovative and impactful climate solutions to grow the economy, create jobs, and protect public health, and have a long record of action and results. In fact, the latest data shows that as of 2023, the Alliance has reduced its collective net greenhouse gas emissions by 24 percent below 2005 levels, while increasing collective GDP by 34 percent, and is on track to meet its near-term climate goal of reducing collective greenhouse gas emissions 26 percent below 2005 levels by 2025. 

 

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