Oklahoma · Tax credit
OK Renewable Energy Income Tax Credit
Reduces residential solar owners' tax liability in Oklahoma -- see the credit amount, who qualifies, and how it shortens payback below.
- 50 cents per watt, m…
- stated benefit
- Residential
- eligible customers
- 15.5 yr
- Oklahoma baseline payback
- 2
- other Oklahoma programs
What it means
In Oklahoma, a 6 kW system already pays back in about 15.5 years on ~$1,068/year of modeled savings, and the OK Renewable Energy Income Tax Credit stacks on top of that, on top of any federal credit.
- 50 cents per w…
- stated benefit
- 15.5 yr
- baseline payback (pre-incentive)
- 3
- Oklahoma 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
Oklahoma income tax credit for qualifying renewable energy installations.
Program at a glance
- Program type
- Tax credit
- Eligible customers
- Residential
- Stated benefit
- 50 cents per watt, max $7,500
- State electricity rate
- 11.5¢/kWh
- Oklahoma solar score
- 29/100
How Oklahoma compares to the U.S. average
Why this incentive matters more (or less) here - Oklahoma'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 Oklahoma
The market this incentive operates in: total installed solar capacity in Oklahoma reported to the EIA.
Oklahoma's solar incentive stack
How this tax credit sits among Oklahoma's 2 tracked programs, by type
- Net metering
Net metering
1 programs
- Tax credit
Tax credit
1 programs
What this shows Oklahoma tracks 2 incentive types; 1 of them, including this one, are tax credits. Credits reduce what solar owners owe directly, on top of whatever the other stacked types provide.
How this incentive fits Oklahoma's solar picture
The OK Renewable Energy Income Tax Credit is a state-level credit against what you owe, tracked as one of Oklahoma's solar incentives in the DSIRE registry. Eligibility is scoped to residential customers, with a stated benefit of 50 cents per watt, max $7,500. 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. Oklahoma averages 5.3 kWh/m²/day of usable sunlight and residential rates of 11.5¢/kWh, producing an estimated 9,286 kWh/year and $1,068 of annual utility offset on a typical 6 kW system costing $16,500. That baseline already implies a 15.5-year simple payback and a 25-year modeled net of roughly $10,200 before this incentive - every dollar this tax credit delivers compresses that payback further.
A handful of other levers are worth checking alongside this one. Oklahoma has 3 solar incentive programs indexed in DSIRE, including adjacent options like OK 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.
Your next step
- See Oklahoma's full solar profile, score, irradiance, rates, payback, and every program you can claim. Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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.