Thousands of Wisconsin homeowners and businesses are getting tax credits this April for installing solar. The Inflation Reduction Act passed almost 3 years ago provides a tax credit to cover 30% of the cost of solar. Non-profits, schools, and local governments can also access the credit even though they don’t pay taxes through the Direct Pay provision of the law.

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin says no to an affordable housing project that wanted to install solar. Developers of an energy efficient, 70-unit La Crosse apartment building asked the commission to waive a policy that requires individual electric meters in each unit. They say combining a solar system with 70 separate meters would be unworkable and too expensive. Commissioners declined to issue a waiver.

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