Missouri · Tax exemption · Mid-stack program
MO Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption
Removes a tax burden residential solar owners in Missouri would otherwise carry -- see what it covers, eligibility, and payback impact below.
- Property tax exemption
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 15.6 yr
- Missouri baseline payback
- 2
- other Missouri programs
Mid-stack program · late directory
Missouri stacks 3 tracked programs; this tax exemption sits beside peer levers on a 15.6-year modeled baseline.
- Stack3 programs
- In-state #2/2
- Type #22/45
- Baseline15.6 yr
In-state directory place #2 of 2 (late alphabet). National tax exemption directory #22 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
Missouri provides partial or full property tax exemption for solar energy systems.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Tax exemption
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- Property tax exemption
- State electricity rate
- 12.8¢/kWh
- Missouri solar score
- 24/100
Solar's trajectory in Missouri
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Missouri reported to the EIA.
Missouri's solar incentive stack
How this tax exemption sits among Missouri's 2 tracked programs, by type
- Tax exemption
Tax exemption
1 programs
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
What this shows Missouri 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 Missouri's mid-size stack
The MO Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption removes a tax burden solar owners would otherwise carry, one of Missouri's DSIRE-tracked solar incentive programs. Eligibility is scoped to residential customers, with a stated benefit of Property tax exemption. 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. Missouri averages 4.8 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 12.8¢/kWh, producing an estimated 8,410 kWh/year and $1,076 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,800. That baseline already implies a 15.6-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $10,100 before this incentive - every dollar this tax exemption delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Missouri has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like MO 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 Missouri incentives
Frequently asked questions
What is the MO Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption among Missouri's mid-size programs?
How does the MO 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 Missouri?
Are there other solar incentives in Missouri?
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 · Missouri solar data · ROI calculator · All incentives.