42 USC § 15853 - Rebate program

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identifier: "/us/usc/t42/s15853"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "42 USC § 15853 - Rebate program"
title_number: 42
title_name: "THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE"
section_number: "15853"
section_name: "Rebate program"
chapter_number: 149
chapter_name: "NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY AND PROGRAMS"
subchapter_number: "II"
subchapter_name: "RENEWABLE ENERGY"
part_number: "A"
part_name: "General Provisions"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 206(c), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 655.)"
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# § 15853. Rebate program

**(1)** **Establishment** The Secretary shall establish a program providing rebates for consumers for expenditures made for the installation of a renewable energy system in connection with a dwelling unit or small business.

**(2)** **Amount of rebate** Rebates provided under the program established under paragraph (1) shall be in an amount not to exceed the lesser of—

**(A)** 25 percent of the expenditures described in paragraph (1) made by the consumer; or

**(B)** $3,000.

**(3)** **Definition** section 6865(c)(6)(A) of this title

For purposes of this section, the term “renewable energy system” has the meaning given that term in .

**(4)** **Authorization of appropriations** There are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary for carrying out this section, to remain available until expended—

**(A)** $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2006;

**(B)** $150,000,000 for fiscal year 2007;

**(C)** $200,000,000 for fiscal year 2008;

**(D)** $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2009; and

**(E)** $250,000,000 for fiscal year 2010.

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 109–58, title II, § 206(c), Aug. 8, 2005, 119 Stat. 655.)