Georgia Power Rebates: The 2026 Guide to the Home Energy Improvement Program
For most Georgia homes, the rebate money runs through one program: Georgia Power's Home Energy Improvement Program, or HEIP. It's the dependable one — amounts haven't wobbled this year, there's no income test on the standard track, and no lottery-style budget drama like the state's HEAR program just had. But two quiet rules decide who actually cashes out: the serious dollars only move through installers affiliated with the program, and the paperwork has to land within 60 days of the date on your paid-in-full invoice. Break either rule and the rebate simply never existed.
Current Georgia Power rebate amounts
Here's what each measure pays as of September 2026 (these are the service rebates — the ones that require a program installer):
There's also a short list of buy-it-yourself rebates that skip the installer requirement — $150 back on a smart thermostat, $75 on an air purifier, $50 on an EV charger.
The bundles are the sleeper play: pair a heat pump conversion with sealing and insulation work through one affiliated installer and the bonus alone outearns most single-measure rebates.
Who qualifies
If Georgia Power sends your electric bill, you're in — the standard track doesn't ask about income. Two conditions do the gatekeeping instead: the equipment has to meet the program's specs, and the service-measure work has to come from an installer the program recognizes. That second one is what trips up homeowners who hire whichever contractor called back first. There's no pre-approval hoop; the filing happens after installation, but the 60-day invoice clock is real.
Lower-income households have a better door entirely: through EASE, Georgia Power will put as much as $5,000 worth of upgrades into a qualifying home for free — think attic insulation, air sealing, a smart thermostat — starting with a no-cost assessment. If budget is the barrier, that's the program to check before pricing anything out of pocket.
The two ways homeowners lose this rebate
- The wrong contractor. The heat pump goes in, the invoice is paid — and the installer was never affiliated with HEIP. There's no fixing that afterward.
- The calendar. Sixty days from the paid invoice sounds like plenty until a busy season eats it. The application, the invoice, and the spec documentation have to land inside the window.
This is precisely what Upgrade Rebates handles: check your ZIP, and we confirm which measures your home qualifies for, match the project to the biggest stack (HEIP + Atlanta Gas Light on the gas side + the state's HER program where it fits), and connect you with a licensed contractor set up so the paperwork files on time.
Stack it: HEIP + the state's $16,000 HER program
HEIP rebates are per-measure; Georgia's Home Efficiency Rebates (HER) program funds whole-home projects up to $16,000 on a sliding income scale — and it's still open, unlike its paused sibling HEAR. A well-sequenced project can draw from both, but HER must be applied for before work begins through a state-approved contractor, while HEIP files after. Order of operations matters; that's the plan we build before anything is installed.
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Georgia Power Rebates questions
Do I need Georgia Power's sign-off before installing?
There's no pre-approval step — but since service rebates only pay when a program-affiliated installer does the work, the decision that actually matters happens before install day anyway.
What's the filing deadline?
Sixty days, counted from the date on your paid-in-full invoice — not from when the work finished.
Is there an income cutoff?
The standard track has none. Households that do qualify by income should look at EASE first, where the improvements themselves can be free (up to $5,000 worth).
Can I still get the $8,000 state heat pump rebate?
That was HEAR, which paused new applications August 14, 2026. HER (whole-home, up to $16,000) remains open.