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Texas: $690 million in federal rebates still not launched, and Oncor’s 2026 weatherization funds are gone

By Ionel Glogoveanu, editor. Every figure on this page was checked against the official source on the date shown.

Published September 29, 2026. Facts read on the official source on September 26, 2026.

SECO says Texas’s HOMES and HEAR rebates are not available and warns against signing anything. Oncor’s 2026 weatherization money is gone; CPS’s window ends January 31.

The State Energy Conservation Office, part of the Texas Comptroller, runs Texas’s two federal home energy rebate programs, funded with $690 million from DOE. Its status section — dated May 19, 2026 when we read it on September 26 — says the rebates are not currently available, the programs are in planning and design, and a launch date will be set once the state has DOE approval. SECO also states that no approved contractors exist and advises against entering any agreement for these rebates before launch.

The utilities are where the money is this year, and one pot is already empty: Oncor says funding for its Low-Income Weatherization Program is fully exhausted for 2026 and tells households to check back in January 2027. CenterPoint’s incentives go to the contractor under Texas law; Austin Energy pays an average of $800 after a Manual J calculation and an inspection.

CPS Energy in San Antonio ties its heat pump rebate to a window: projects completed between February 1, 2026 and January 31, 2027, application within 30 days. Two guides still tell CPS customers to claim the 25C credit and a HEAR rebate; both are in our corrections log.

What this means for you

If a Texas contractor quotes a federal rebate, SECO’s own page says it does not exist yet and nobody is approved to offer it. Ask instead what your utility pays: CPS customers have until January 31, 2027 under current terms, and Oncor’s weatherization line reopens in January.