Utilities, state energy programs, and federal agencies use HomeQuotr to set rebate caps and benchmark program costs. Growth at $2,499 a month covers state pilots with permit-anchored medians and historical trends. Scale at $4,999 a month adds CPI, material, and labor normalization. Verisk-grade data costs enterprise prices a state pilot budget will not approve.
Solar Installation Benchmarks for Program Design and Oversight
State energy offices set rebate caps without knowing actual installation costs. HomeQuotr provides permit-sourced solar pricing across 100 U.S. cities, combined with DSIRE federal incentive data.
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The asymmetric play
Why Public Agencies and Energy Programs Buy HomeQuotr.
Set rebate caps against contractor self-report and you overshoot or undershoot the market. Set them against permit data and you stop guessing.
Energy programs that need Verisk-grade data pay enterprise prices a state pilot budget will not approve. HomeQuotr Growth and Scale fit program-evaluation budgets without procurement drama.
Recommended Tier
Start with Growth
State pilot programs typically start at Growth at $2,499 a month for median, permit count quality score, and historical trends. Utilities and federal benchmark efforts move to Scale at $4,999 a month for CPI, material, and labor normalization. Enterprise fits multi-state national rollouts.
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The Problem
Energy Programs Are Designed Without Cost Visibility
Rebate caps, incentive structures, and contractor verification all depend on knowing what solar installations actually cost. Most programs do not have that data.
State energy offices set rebate caps without knowing actual installation costs
Rebate caps are often set using industry averages or contractor surveys. When caps are too high, programs overpay. When caps are too low, contractor participation drops.
Utility DSM programs cannot verify contractor pricing
Demand-side management programs fund residential solar but have no independent way to confirm that contractor invoices reflect fair market pricing in each service territory.
CDFIs funding solar have no independent cost reference
Community development financial institutions financing residential solar need cost benchmarks to evaluate loan requests. Without permit data, they rely on the contractor's word.
The Solution
HomeQuotr in Your Workflow
See how permit-sourced benchmarks help calibrate rebate caps and verify contractor pricing across your service territory.
3 of 5 markets are under-capped
Contractors in under-capped markets may decline program participation.
Data includes DSIRE federal incentive amounts for net-cost calculations.
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Use Cases
What You Can Build
Add HomeQuotr solar benchmarks to your program workflow in one API call.
Rebate Cap Calibration
Set rebate caps using actual permit-sourced installation costs by metro. Adjust caps quarterly as the market moves to maintain contractor participation.
Contractor Pricing Verification
When a contractor submits an invoice to your program, compare the total against the permit-sourced median for solar installations in that metro. Flag outliers above the 75th percentile.
Program Impact Modeling
Use permit-cost trends across metros to model program impact. Forecast how many households a given budget can serve based on actual installation costs, not estimates.
Tier-gated fields
The Fields a Benchmark Report Can Defend.
Median, permit count quality score, and historical trends at Growth+. CPI, material, and labor MSA-normalized medians at Scale+ for utility and federal benchmarking.
curl https://api.homequotr.com/v1/pricing/solar/phoenix \ -H "X-API-Key: hq_live_a1b2c3d4..."
{ "data": { "trade": "solar", "city": "Phoenix", "state": "AZ", "median_price": 24500, "permit_count": 7842, "permit_count_quality_score": 0.91, "historical_trends_url": "/v1/trends/solar/phoenix", // Growth+ "cpi_normalized_median": 24820, // Scale+ "material_cost_indexed_median": 24960, // Scale+ "labor_rate_msa_indexed_median": 24410 // Scale+ }, "meta": { "last_updated": "2026-04-08", "data_source": "municipal_permits + DSIRE" } }
Full field reference, including tier gating per field, is in the API documentation.
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Pricing
Start Free, Scale When Ready
Every plan covers all 6 trades and 100 U.S. cities.
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Starter
$799/mo
10,000 calls/mo
Recommended for Energy & GovGrowth
$2,499/mo
50,000 calls/mo
Most PopularScale
$4,999/mo
150,000 calls/mo
Enterprise
$7,499/mo
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Energy and Government Questions
Solar coverage, DSIRE incentive data, bulk exports, and data freshness.
Which states does HomeQuotr cover for solar?
HomeQuotr covers solar permit data across all 100 metros. DSIRE federal incentive data is available for all states. State and utility-level incentives vary by program.
Does the API include federal incentive data?
Yes. Add ?include=incentives to any solar pricing request. The response includes the federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) rate, state credits, and utility rebates from the DSIRE database.
Can we get bulk data for program analysis?
Scale, Enterprise, and Custom tiers support bulk data export. You can pull pricing for all 100 metros in a single batch to build program-wide cost models.
How often does solar data refresh?
Tier A metros refresh weekly. All others refresh monthly. DSIRE incentive data syncs quarterly with federal and state program updates.
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