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A directory of official and established references for solar, wind, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, incentives, and Texas programs. Every link below was checked live when this page was published. These are ordinary outbound links, not advertisements.
Program rules and dollar amounts change. Use these sites for the current details. If a page moves, start again from the organization's home page rather than a stale search result.
U.S. Department of Energy
- energy.gov — Department home page.
- DOE energy-saving hub — Consumer starting point for saving energy at home.
- DOE Home Upgrades — Upgrade categories with official next steps for credits and rebates.
- DOE Solar Energy — Photovoltaics and solar-thermal overview.
- Homeowner's Guide to Solar — Questions to ask before installing home solar.
- Energy sources — DOE topic index for energy sources.
- Energy usage — DOE topic index for how energy is used.
- Wind energy basics — Introductory wind-energy explainer.
- Small Wind Guidebook — Consumer guide for small wind systems.
- WINDExchange — DOE wind-information hub.
- Home Energy Rebates — Federal rebate programs administered with states.
- Office of State and Community Energy Programs — State and community energy program office.
- Energy Saver: Consumer Guide to Residential Renewable Energy (PDF) — Older Energy Saver publication still posted by DOE.
- Energy Saver: Residential Solar Rooftop Potential (PDF) — Older Energy Saver publication still posted by DOE.
ENERGY STAR and EPA
- ENERGY STAR — EPA/DOE efficiency label and consumer tools.
- ENERGY STAR products — Certified product search.
- Most Efficient — Higher-tier ENERGY STAR selections.
- Save at Home — Household efficiency actions.
- Rebate finder — Look up local product rebates.
- ENERGY STAR federal tax credits — Consumer summary of related federal credits.
- EPA Green Vehicles — Vehicle environmental guidance.
- EPA electric and plug-in hybrid overview — How plug-in vehicles differ.
- EPA Green Power — Green power purchasing concepts.
- EPA WaterSense — Water efficiency (water supply also uses energy).
- WaterSense: start saving — Practical water-saving actions.
- WaterSense products — Certified fixtures and equipment.
- EPA: what you can do to reduce waste — Source reduction and reuse.
- EPA composting — Home and community composting.
Tax credits and incentives
- IRS home energy tax credits — Index of federal household energy credits.
- Residential Clean Energy Credit — Solar and related on-site generation.
- Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit — Efficiency and envelope upgrades.
- About Form 5695 — Residential energy credits form.
- IRS new clean vehicle credit — New qualifying vehicle credit.
- IRS used clean vehicle credit — Used qualifying vehicle credit.
- DSIRE — Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency.
- DSIRE program search — Searchable program list.
- DSIRE Texas programs — Texas-filtered list.
- Rewiring America incentives calculator — Household estimate; confirm on official pages.
- Rewiring America: Inflation Reduction Act — Research overview of the federal law.
Vehicles and charging
- Alternative Fuels Data Center — DOE transportation energy data and tools.
- AFDC station locator — Public charging and other alt-fuel stations.
- Charging at home — Home charging overview.
- AFDC laws and incentives — Federal and state transportation energy policies.
- AFDC Texas laws — Texas-specific transportation energy policies.
- FuelEconomy.gov — Official fuel economy and EV energy figures.
- FuelEconomy.gov tax-credit center — Vehicle credit information hub.
- EV technology (FuelEconomy.gov) — How plug-in vehicles use energy.
Texas
- Power to Choose — Official retail electric plan comparison for competitive areas.
- Public Utility Commission of Texas — Retail electricity regulator.
- PUC electric directories — Market participant listings.
- ERCOT — Grid operator for most of Texas.
- About ERCOT — What the grid operator does — and does not do.
- Texas State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) — State energy office at the comptroller.
- SECO programs — State energy program list.
- Texas property tax exemptions — Exemption index, including energy-related categories where listed.
- Austin Energy — Municipal utility home page.
- Austin Energy: solar for your home — Residential solar rebate and interconnection process.
- Austin Energy solar solutions — Solar program overview.
- Austin Energy residential rebates — Efficiency and related rebates.
- Austin Energy GreenChoice — Green power product for Austin Energy customers.
- Texas CEAP — Income-eligible energy assistance.
- Solar United Neighbors — Texas — State page of the consumer solar nonprofit.
Industry and nonprofit organizations
- Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) — U.S. solar industry association.
- SEIA state-by-state — State solar industry pages.
- SEIA research data — Industry research and data.
- SEIA tax policy — Industry tax-policy overview (confirm amounts with the IRS).
- American Clean Power Association (ACP) — Utility-scale clean power association; successor to AWEA for wind.
- ACP wind power facts — Wind industry facts.
- ACP facts — Broader clean-power fact pages.
- Solar United Neighbors — Nonprofit that helps people go solar together.
- Solar United Neighbors: get started — Consumer solar starting point.
- Solar United Neighbors resources — Guides and tools.
- NABCEP — Professional certification for solar practitioners.
- Rewiring America — Electrification nonprofit.
Guides that put these links in context: home solar, incentives, EV charging, and Texas electricity.
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