Energy Efficiency Rebates

Sales and Use Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Property

Nebraska Tax Incentive

program summary

Nebraska allows for a refund of the sales and use taxes paid for a renewable energy system used to produce electricity for sale. Investment in qualified property of at least thirty million dollars or for the production of electricity by using one or more sources of renewable energy to produce electricity for sale as described in subdivision (1)(j) of section 77-5715, investment in qualified property of at least twenty million dollars. The law describes eligible sources of renewable energy as including, but not limited to, wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass, and transmutation of elements. This refund does not apply to the first 1.5% of sales tax charged by a municipality.  

Note that partial recapture of benefits is possible if the taxpayer or tax-paying entity does not maintain the number of equivalent employees as they had in the base year. 

More information can be found here.

eligible technologies
Anaerobic Digestion, Biomass, Geothermal Electric, Hydroelectric, Hydroelectric (Small), Other Distributed Generation Technologies, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Thermal Electric, Wind (All)
program administrator
Nebraska Department of Revenue
program timeline
Program start date: 06/04/2013
program notes
2024-12-10 16:00:23
Annual review; no changes.
2023-12-05 20:06:38
Annual review; no changes,
2020-07-31 15:07:19
Annual Review, updated investment qualification, removed outdated information, and updated links
2015-08-26 20:26:34
Specified an expiration date of 12/31/2017, per N.R.S. 17-5725(1)(e), which is the filing due date for new project applications for an exemption.
2015-08-26 20:22:15
Annual review; no change to incentive amount