Kansas · Tax exemption · Mid-stack program
KS Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption
Removes a tax burden residential solar owners in Kansas would otherwise carry -- see what it covers, eligibility, and payback impact below.
- Full property tax exemption
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 13.7 yr
- Kansas baseline payback
- 2030-12-31
- authorization through
Mid-stack program · late directory
Kansas stacks 3 tracked programs; this tax exemption sits beside peer levers on a 13.7-year modeled baseline.
- Stack3 programs
- In-state #2/2
- Type #15/45
- Baseline13.7 yr
In-state directory place #2 of 2 (late alphabet). National tax exemption directory #15 of 45. Amounts and eligibility change; verify with the official program page before relying on a dollar figure. Informational only - not financial advice. See our disclaimer.
Program description
Kansas exempts solar and wind energy systems from property tax for 10 years.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Tax exemption
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Full property tax exemption
- Authorization through
- 2030-12-31
- State electricity rate
- 13.2¢/kWh
- Kansas solar score
- 32/100
Solar's trajectory in Kansas
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Kansas reported to the EIA.
Kansas's solar incentive stack
How this tax exemption sits among Kansas's 2 tracked programs, by type
- Tax exemption
Tax exemption
1 programs
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
What this shows Kansas tracks 2 incentive types; 1 are tax exemptions like this one, removing a cost solar owners would otherwise carry, on top of the state's other program types.
Where this tax exemption sits in Kansas's mid-size stack
The KS Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption removes a tax burden solar owners would otherwise carry, one of Kansas's DSIRE-tracked solar incentive programs. Eligibility is scoped to residential customers, with a stated benefit of Full property tax exemption. Its authorization runs through 2030-12-31, so eligibility and funding can change before then if program caps are reached.
That baseline is slower than most states, which raises the stakes for every incentive on the table. Kansas averages 5.2 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 13.2¢/kWh, producing an estimated 9,110 kWh/year and $1,203 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,500. That baseline already implies a 13.7-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $13,575 before this incentive - every dollar this tax exemption delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Kansas has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like KS Net Metering. 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.
Other Kansas incentives
Frequently asked questions
What is the KS Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption among Kansas's mid-size programs?
How does the KS Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption work?
Who qualifies, and what does a late in-state directory place mean?
How does this incentive affect solar ROI in Kansas?
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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 · Kansas solar data · ROI calculator · All incentives.