Solar Incentive Program Registration Services

Solar incentives are where solar economics either work or fall apart. Federal ITC, state SREC markets, state solar programs, utility rebates, and community solar allocation programs each have their own registration requirements, deadlines, and documentation packages. Missing a deadline or filing incomplete documentation can cost a project tens of thousands of dollars in lost incentives. RIH Engineering delivers incentive program registration as an outsourced back-office service for US solar EPCs, installers, and developers.

What you get

• Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) documentation preparation and coordination with tax professional
• SREC registration in every active state SREC market (New Jersey SuSI/TREC-II, Massachusetts legacy, Maryland, DC, Illinois SREC-II, Pennsylvania, Ohio)
• PJM-EIS GATS registration and monthly generation reporting
• State program registrations (New York NY-Sun, Illinois Shines, Massachusetts SMART, Xcel Solar Rewards, DTE MI Green Power, California SGIP for storage, and others)
• Community solar subscriber allocation documentation
• Utility rebate application preparation and submission
• Low-income solar program registrations where applicable
• Program reporting after PTO including annual generation reports
• Deadline tracking across all active programs with proactive alerts

What we handle for you

Solar incentive programs are complex, jurisdiction-specific, and constantly changing. Federal ITC has evolved through IRA. State SREC markets have different registration systems (some through PJM-EIS GATS, others through state-specific portals). State solar programs each have their own applications, tiers, and reporting requirements. Getting incentives right requires familiarity with each program and constant attention to deadlines.

We take incentive program registration off your plate. You send us the project details and target incentives. We handle registration, documentation, filing, and ongoing compliance reporting from PTO through program end date.

The cost of doing this in-house

Missed incentive registrations directly cost your customer money. A missed SREC registration in New Jersey can cost the customer $8,000 to $15,000 over a project's SREC term. A missed Illinois Shines registration can cost tens of thousands. When customers lose incentives because your team missed a filing, you either eat the loss or damage the customer relationship (often both).

The bigger cost is opportunity cost. Every hour your team spends on incentive registration paperwork is an hour not spent on selling or delivering projects. Companies with dedicated incentive teams register incentives faster and more reliably than companies where incentives are an afterthought.

Why RIH Engineering is safe to try

Send us one project needing incentive registration. We handle the complete workflow at agreed pricing. If we miss a deadline or file incomplete documentation, we address it at no additional cost until the incentive is registered correctly.

Our team maintains current knowledge of every major US solar incentive program including federal ITC changes, state SREC market dynamics, and state solar program updates. We track deadlines proactively and file incentives on time, every time.

Our process

1. You send us project details, PTO date, customer information, and target incentive programs
2. Our specialist verifies eligibility for each target program
3. Federal ITC documentation prepared and coordinated with your tax professional or customer's
4. SREC registration completed in PJM-EIS GATS or applicable state system
5. State program applications submitted (NY-Sun, Illinois Shines, MA SMART, etc.)
6. Community solar subscriber allocation documented if applicable
7. Utility rebate applications submitted where offered
8. Program acceptance confirmations tracked and delivered to you
9. Ongoing monthly or annual generation reports filed as required by each program

Tools and standards

Our incentive team works across PJM-EIS GATS, state SREC registration systems, state solar program portals (NY-Sun, Illinois Shines, MA SMART, Xcel Solar Rewards, and others), and utility rebate application systems. We maintain deadline tracking systems and program eligibility databases.

Client-preferred tools: Our team can be trained to use the tool preferred by the client. If your workflow depends on a specific platform, template, or software, we adapt to it rather than force you into ours.