What Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy) has actually published, what it points homeowners at meanwhile, and which states are open today.
Virginia has announced Home Energy Rebate Programs (Home Efficiency Rebates and High Efficiency Appliance Rebates) through Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy) and has not opened it for applications. That is the most common position in the country: 31 of 50 states are in it, against 13 that are taking applications.
Home Energy Rebates Frequently Asked Questions, Virginia Energy
Read September 23, 2026.
Each figure carries the condition Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy) attached to it, and the condition is the half that decides whether the figure applies to a particular house. Where the office wrote a sentence beside the number, that sentence is reproduced whole and linked to the page it was read from, because a paraphrase of an eligibility rule is a different statement than the rule.
up to $8,000 per household
Applies Home Efficiency Rebate, for retrofit projects reaching at least 15% energy savings.
Home Efficiency Rebates will provide up to $8,000 per household to support energy retrofit projects resulting in at least 15% energy savings.Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Up to $8,000
Applies ENERGY STAR certified heat pump for space heating and cooling, under the High Efficiency Appliance Rebate.
ENERGY STAR-Heat pump for space heating and cooling: Up to $8,000Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Up to $1,750
Applies ENERGY STAR certified.
ENERGY STAR-certified heat pump water heater: Up to $1,750Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Up to $840
Applies or combination washer dryer.
ENERGY STAR-Heat pump clothes dryer: Up to $840 or combination washer-dryer (note: ENERGY-STAR-certified ovens are pending at the time of this update)Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Up to $840
Applies ENERGY STAR electric stove, cooktop, range or oven.
ENERGY STAR-Electric stove, cooktop, range, or oven: Up to $840Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Up to $4,000
Applies electrical load service center upgrade.
Electrical load service center upgrade: Up to $4,000Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Up to $2,500
Applies electric wiring.
Electric wiring: Up to $2,500Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Up to $1,600
Applies insulation, air sealing and ventilation.
Insulation, air sealing, and ventilation: Up to $1,600Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
Income and the contractor list are where the largest number of applications stop, and both are usually discovered late. Nationally 34 states publish an income rule and 28 of those tier the award by it, meaning income decides how much is paid rather than only whether anything is; 23 require the work to go through a contractor the programme has approved, which generally excludes work a homeowner does themselves.
Income decides the size of the award in Virginia, or whether there is one at all. The appliance rebate is capped at households earning up to 150% of area median income, and the state says it has not yet set its detailed eligibility criteria.
The Inflation Reduction Act restricts eligibility for High Efficiency Appliance Rebates to households earning up to 150% of area median income. Virginia Energy is in the process of establishing detailed eligibility criteria for this program.Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
A utility programme is a different thing from a state one, with its own rules, its own contractor list and its own deadline, and in a handful of states it is worth more than the state programme it stands in for. 31 state offices publish a route like this, and on most of those pages it sits well below the announcement that brought the reader there.
While the rebates are not available, the state sends readers to its own incentive hub and to weatherization and utility efficiency programmes.
Existing programs, including the Weatherization Assistance Program and utility energy efficiency programs may be available. Residents currently looking for incentives for energy improvement purchases or projects that are available now should visit Virginia Energy Connect, Virginia's central hub for energy incentive information.Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy), read September 23, 2026. Read it at the source
These are two separate programmes and conflating them is the commonest error on pages about this. A Virginia rebate is money off the job, applied for through Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy) under its own rules. The federal credit is money off a tax bill, claimed when filing, with no application and no approval step. Different timing, different paperwork, and qualifying for one says nothing about qualifying for the other.
Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy) does not address on its own pages whether the two can be claimed on one job. Only 10 state offices do, so the silence is normal rather than a signal either way.
Virginia is in the larger group. Only 13 of the fifty states are taking applications from homeowners, and 31 have announced a programme without opening it, which is the commonest position in the country. The states that are open are Arizona, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin.
Across the country 155 separate dollar figures are printed and 21 states print none at all. The spread has little to do with climate: it tracks how each state chose to divide a federal allocation between a small number of large whole home awards and a large number of small per appliance ones.
Virginia read September 23, 2026 from Virginia Department of Energy (Virginia Energy)’s own pages, linked beside every figure and every rule. A programme can open, reserve its funding and stop taking applications inside a single season, so the office page linked above is what governs on the day. Every state is on the home energy rebates hub.