Residential solar installers have been busy since July putting panels on roofs before federal tax credits expire at the end of 2025. Local programs and tax breaks are already buoying sales into the new year.
The “big beautiful bill” that Donald Trump signed into law rolls back tax credits for things like electric cars and home EV chargers, rooftop solar panels, heat pumps and more.
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A new report from the trade group Solar Energy Industries Association says that in 2024, two-thirds of new energy made in the U.S. came from solar panels.
!["[Solar power] is too cheap, too prevalent and too available for utilities to not want it and consumers to not choose," said Rob Gramlich of Grid Strategies.](https://img.apmcdn.org/6eb594e156f73e8fb26b0091b9638180d696bce6/uncropped/3bcf97-2025-03-gettyimages-2198226736-scaled-e1741779975565-webp2000.webp)