Energy Efficiency Rebates

Local Option - Property Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy and Electrical Energy Storage

New Hampshire Tax Incentive

program summary

New Hampshire allows cities and towns to offer an exemption from local property taxes for the assessed value of a solar energy system, electrical energy storage system, wind energy system, or wood-fired central heating system used on the property. A solar energy system is defined as a photovoltaic (PV) system or a system that "utilizes solar energy to heat or cool the interior of a building or to heat water for use in a building" and that includes one or more collectors and a storage container. Stoves and fireplaces do not qualify.

Cities and towns may adopt an exemption provision separately for each energy source. Visit the website above for a current list of cities and towns that offer this exemption. Contact your local tax collector or assessor for more information, and visit the Department of Revenue Administration's website for the most recent summary of cities and towns that offer an exemption by clicking here.

 

eligible technologies
Biomass, Lithium-ion, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Space Heat, Solar Water Heat, Wind (All), Wind (Small)
program administrator
Office of Energy and Planning
program timeline
Program start date: 1976-01-01
program notes
2024-06-07 03:28:16
Annual review: updated links
2023-05-25 21:08:21
Annual review: no changes
2021-03-10 21:36:40
Annual review; no changes.
2020-04-13 20:47:26
H.B. 464 of 2019 authorized local governments to adopt property tax exemptions for electrical energy storage.
2019-06-19 19:01:32
Annual review; no changes.
2016-11-08 16:40:37
Annual review; no policy changes.
2015-11-09 19:07:53
Annual review; no policy changes. Updated the number of cities that have adopted an exemption.