Illinois · Rebate
ComEd Smart Inverter Rebate
A direct payment toward residential solar installs in Illinois -- see the rebate amount, eligibility, and the payback impact below.
- Up to $300
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 14 yr
- Illinois baseline payback
- 4
- other Illinois programs
What it means
In Illinois, a 6 kW system already pays back in about 14 years on ~$1,243/year of modeled savings, and the ComEd Smart Inverter Rebate stacks on top of that, on top of any federal credit.
- Up to $300
- stated benefit
- 14 yr
- baseline payback (pre-incentive)
- 5
- Illinois programs that stack
- full
- net-metering policy
Payback and savings are modeled from public NREL/EIA data; the program benefit is summarized from DSIRE and may change.
Program description
ComEd customers receive rebates for upgrading to smart grid-enabled solar inverters.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Rebate
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Up to $300
- State electricity rate
- 16.5¢/kWh
- Illinois solar score
- 28/100
How Illinois compares to the U.S. average
Why this incentive matters more (or less) here - Illinois's solar fundamentals against the national average.
Source: NREL irradiance and U.S. EIA rates; payback modeled by PlainSolarData. Bars are scaled to the larger of the two values per metric.
Solar's trajectory in Illinois
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Illinois reported to the EIA.
Illinois's solar incentive stack
How this rebate sits among Illinois's 4 tracked programs, by type
- Tax exemption
Tax exemption
1 programs
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
- Rebate
Rebate
1 programs
- SREC
SREC
1 programs
What this shows Among Illinois's 4 tracked incentive types, 1 are rebates like this one -- a direct payment rather than a tax reduction, stacking with the state's other program types.
How this incentive fits Illinois's solar picture
The ComEd Smart Inverter Rebate pays out as a direct rebate rather than a tax credit, one of Illinois's solar incentive programs tracked in DSIRE. Eligibility is scoped to residential customers, with a stated benefit of Up to $300. DSIRE lists no scheduled sunset, though enabling legislation and appropriations can still be revised year to year.
That baseline is slower than most states, which raises the stakes for every incentive on the table. Illinois averages 4.3 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 16.5¢/kWh, producing an estimated 7,534 kWh/year and $1,243 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $17,400. That baseline already implies a 14-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $13,675 before this incentive - every dollar this rebate delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Illinois has 5 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like IL Solar Property Tax Exemption, IL Net Metering, Illinois Shines (Adjustable Block Program). The state's net-metering policy is classified as full, which governs how excess generation is credited and often decides whether a given program is worth claiming for a specific household.
Your next step
- See Illinois's full solar profile, score, irradiance, rates, payback, and every program you can claim. Illinois solar data
- Run the savings calculator with your real bill to see how this incentive changes your own payback. ROI calculator
- Read how state and federal solar credits work together. Tax-credit guide
Estimates here are modeled from public data and are not financial advice; confirm program terms and your own eligibility before relying on a dollar figure.
Other Illinois incentives
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Incentive data from the DSIRE (Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency); state solar economics from NREL and the U.S. EIA. See our methodology.