Induction Stove Rebates 2026: What Still Pays, What Ended, and the Real Cost of Switching

Induction Stove Rebates 2026: What Still Pays, What Ended, and the Real Cost of Switching

By EnergyBS Editorial Team | Updated November 13, 2026

The Short Answer

Short Answer: The federal electric stove rebate still lists up to $840, but since DOE Program Notice 26-2 took effect on May 29, 2026 it only pays when an induction or electric range replaces an existing electric range, or goes into new construction. If you are swapping a gas stove for induction, that federal money is gone. What can still pay for a gas swap is utility money: Mass Save, for example, pays $500 for an ENERGY STAR induction stove that replaces a verified gas or propane stove bought in 2026. In Ontario, Home Renovation Savings pays C$150 when induction replaces an existing electric cooktop or range.

So the honest headline for 2026 is smaller than the one most rebate pages still carry. A gas household that switches to induction should plan to pay for the range, the 240-volt circuit and possibly a panel upgrade almost entirely out of pocket, with a utility rebate of a few hundred dollars where one exists. An electric household on a moderate or low income, in a state that has opened its rebate program and included stoves, can still have up to $840 of a new induction range covered.

Every amount on this page carries its jurisdiction and the date we read the official page (November 13, 2026). Programs here change by notice, not by calendar, so check the program page on the day you buy.

What Changed in 2026: The Fuel-Switching Rule

The federal rebate most articles describe was created by the Inflation Reduction Act as the High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebate Act, run by states as HEAR (Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates). Its per-item caps have not changed: $840 for an electric or induction stove, cooktop, range or oven, $2,500 for electrical wiring, $4,000 for an electric panel, and a $14,000 household total, per Rewiring America's summary of the federal rules.

What changed is who can use the stove line. Disbursements were paused in January 2025. When DOE released new guidance on June 1, 2026 (Program Notice 26-2, effective May 29, 2026), it did three things that matter to a cook:

1. It removed fuel switching. The notice removes "program allowances for upgrades for fuel-switching (i.e. replacement of non-electric appliances)" and allows rebates "for upgrading HVAC and appliances only from existing electric equipment." A gas or propane range is a non-electric appliance, so replacing one with induction no longer qualifies under new reservations.
2. It kept new construction. Electric appliances in new construction stay eligible.
3. It renamed the program from Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates to High-Efficiency Electric Home Rebates (HEEHR), and gave launched state programs three months to adopt the changes.

The notice does not name stoves specifically. The trade press read it the obvious way: Appliance News, reporting on the September 1 transition, uses a gas range replaced by an induction range as the example of a project that new reservations no longer support. Wisconsin's own program now says it in plain words: electric cooking appliances qualify only when replacing existing electric equipment, and from September 1, 2026, retail instant discounts and post-purchase requests are not accepted for equipment replacing fossil fuel appliances.

If you reserved a rebate before your state's transition, read your voucher or approval letter. Wisconsin, for example, honours Lowe's instant discount coupons issued before September 1, 2026 until the coupon's own expiry date. A reservation made after your state's switchover follows the new rules.

The Federal Stove Rebate, Line by Line

Here is what the rebate pays when it does apply. These are federal caps; each state chooses which items to fund and may set tighter limits.

Source: Rewiring America summary of the federal program rules, and Focus on Energy (Wisconsin), both read November 13, 2026.

Three details in that table trip people up.

The 50% rule cuts the stove line in half for most buyers. A moderate-income household buying a $1,200 induction range gets 50% of the cost, which is $600, not $840. The $840 cap only binds for that household once the range costs $1,680 or more. Under 80% of AMI, the rebate can cover the whole cost up to $840.

Area median income is local. The test is your household income against your county or metro area's median for your household size, not a national number. New Mexico's program, for example, uses county AMI, with a statewide example of $63,100 for a four-person household at the 80% line in its table. Our HEEHR income limits guide walks through the 80% and 150% tests and the documents states ask for.

Renters: check your state. Some state programs accept renters with landlord permission, and some route rental-unit rebates through the landlord. Ask the program office who must apply.

Where the Stove Rebate Has Actually Launched

There is no single official list of which states fund stoves. DOE's own program page (last updated July 8, 2026) says only that rebates are "now available in select states" and points readers to their state energy office. Rewiring America listed 12 states and DC with rebates available as of December 16, 2025: Arizona, California, Colorado, Georgia, Indiana, Maine, Michigan, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Washington DC and Wisconsin, with a warning that some had since paused or been delayed. Being on that list means a program exists, not that it pays for stoves.

Here is what we confirmed on official state pages on November 13, 2026:

Two more states have their own pages on this site with the official details we confirmed for heat pumps and other measures: Colorado's Home Energy Rebate Program and the Washington HEAR program. Read them for program status, then confirm the stove line on the state page, because neither page was written to answer the induction question.

How to find your state's answer in five minutes: search for your state energy office plus "home energy rebates," open the measure list, and look for a line that says electric stove, cooktop, range or oven. Then look for three words in the eligibility notes: "existing electric." If they are there, the program has adopted the 2026 fuel-switching rule.

The $2,500 Wiring and $4,000 Panel Lines

For a gas household, the stove itself was never the expensive part. The circuit and the panel were. That is why the wiring and panel lines of the federal rebate mattered so much to induction buyers, and why the 2026 change hurts most here.

What the notice says. Program Notice 26-2 lets eligible households claim "electrical wiring projects incrementally," up to the item cap. It does not mention panels at all. Wisconsin's program, read on November 13, 2026, still lists the panel at up to $4,000 and wiring at up to $2,500, both through a Registered Contractor and both excluded from new construction.

What it means in practice. Whether a gas household can still use the wiring or panel line for an induction project now depends on how the state wrote its revised program, because the project that needs the wiring (a gas-to-electric swap) is the kind the notice removed. An electric household that needs a new circuit or a bigger panel for some other qualifying upgrade is in a clearer position. Ask the program office one direct question: "Can I claim the wiring or panel line if the appliance I am replacing is a gas range?" Get the answer in writing.

What the work costs. A dedicated circuit runs $250 to $900, a new breaker $150 to $300, and an electrical permit $50 to $350, per HomeGuide's 2026 cost guide. A full panel upgrade from 100 to 200 amps runs $1,300 to $4,200 installed, depending on the market, per our electrical panel upgrade cost guide. If the panel is the bottleneck, a load management device or a smart panel can sometimes avoid the upgrade; Smart Panel or Load Management? Electrifying a 100-Amp shows when that works.

Utility Rebates That Still Pay for Induction

Utility programs are funded separately from the federal rebate, so the May 2026 notice did not touch them. Some of them pay specifically for replacing gas. These are the ones we confirmed on the utility's own page on November 13, 2026:

Many other utilities, especially municipal utilities and co-ops, run their own induction offers, and third-party rebate finders list dozens of them. We did not list an offer here unless we read it on the utility's own page, because these offers open and close mid-year. To find yours: open your electric utility's residential rebates page and search for "induction," "cooktop" or "range," then do the same on your gas utility's page, since some gas utilities fund electrification too.

The useful pattern from the two confirmed offers: Mass Save requires the old stove to be gas or propane, which is the opposite of the federal rule. In Massachusetts, a gas-to-induction swap gets $500 from Mass Save and nothing federal. An electric-to-induction swap gets nothing from that Mass Save offer. Read the condition line before the amount.

Canada: Provincial and Utility Programs

There is no federal Canadian rebate for an induction cooktop. The federal programs that pay homeowners in 2026 are built around heat pumps and envelope work; our guide to Canada's federal energy rebates in 2026 covers what ended and what is left.

The provincial program we confirmed is Ontario's:

• Ontario, Home Renovation Savings (Save on Energy and Enbridge Gas): C$150 for an induction cooktop or range, read November 13, 2026. You must be a residential customer on the Ontario electricity grid (Cornwall Electric customers are excluded), the new appliance must replace an existing electric appliance, used or refurbished units do not qualify, and the application goes in within 60 days of purchase. Like the US federal rule, it rewards electric-to-induction, not gas-to-induction. The program's heat pump and insulation side is covered in our Ontario energy rebates guide.

Other provinces: we did not find a confirmed residential induction rebate on the official pages we checked for this update. efficiencyPEI runs a year-round appliance rebate program whose page (published January 5, 2026) does not say whether cooking appliances are on its eligible list, so call efficiencyPEI before counting on it. In British Columbia and Quebec, earlier claims of $100 to $250 mail-in induction rebates from the provincial utilities could not be confirmed on their current pages, and we removed them. If you are outside Ontario, check your electric utility and your province's efficiency agency directly.

What Is No Longer Available

These are the incentives readers most often still count, and should not:

Our IRA tax credit explainer has the 25C and 25D dates and the IRS references.

The Full Cost of Switching to Induction

A rebate is a discount on one line of a bill with four or five lines. Here is the whole bill, line by line, with the source of each number.

1. The range or cooktop. This is your quote. Induction ranges span a wide price band by size, oven features and brand, and a rebate's 50% rule means the price you pay changes the rebate you get. Put your actual quote into the worksheet below, not an average.

2. The 240-volt circuit. A gas range plugs into a 120-volt outlet that powers only the clock and igniter. An induction range needs a dedicated 240-volt circuit, typically 40 or 50 amps; the exact requirement is on the range's installation sheet. A dedicated circuit runs $250 to $900 (HomeGuide), plus a permit of $50 to $350. Our induction range installation guide covers breaker size, wire gauge, receptacle type and the questions to ask before the delivery truck arrives.

3. The panel, if it has no room. If the panel has no space for a two-pole breaker or the load calculation does not allow another 40 to 50 amps, the options are a tandem-breaker rework, a load management device, or a panel upgrade at $1,300 to $4,200 for 100 to 200 amps. This single line can cost more than every other line combined.

4. Capping the gas line. A licensed gas fitter or plumber should disconnect and cap the gas supply at the range. Get it on the quote; some municipalities require a permit for it.

5. Cookware. Induction needs pans with a magnetic base. The test is simple and free: if a fridge magnet sticks firmly to the bottom of a pan, it works on induction. Cast iron and most stainless steel pass; aluminum, copper and glass usually do not. Count the pans that fail before you budget for replacements.

6. Running cost. This is the line most people get backwards. Using ENERGY STAR's efficiency figures (induction about 85%, electric resistance 75% to 80%, gas about 32%) and recent EIA national residential prices, the cooktop's running cost barely moves when you switch. Our gas, dual fuel and induction range comparison works the numbers: at US average prices, a typical cooktop costs roughly $24 a year on gas and $35 a year on induction. Induction is the more efficient appliance, but electricity costs more per unit of energy than gas, so a gas household should not expect savings on the bill. The case for switching is speed, control, cleaning and indoor air, covered in Induction vs Gas Cooking.

Three Worked Examples

These examples use labelled assumed quotes so the arithmetic is visible. Swap in your own quotes; the rebate rules and the circuit and panel ranges are the sourced parts.

Example 1: Wisconsin, electric coil range to induction, moderate income

• Household income: 120% of county AMI (moderate income).
• Existing range: electric coil, on a working 240-volt, 50-amp circuit.
• Assumed quote: induction range $1,400 installed, haul-away included.
• Federal stove rebate (Focus on Energy): 50% of $1,400 = $700, under the $840 cap.
• Circuit work: none.
• Net cost: $1,400 minus $700 = $700.

This is the case the 2026 rules were written for. The rebate is real, it applies at the store, and nothing else in the house changes.

Example 2: Massachusetts, gas range to induction, any income

• Existing range: natural gas, 120-volt outlet only; panel has two free spaces and the load calculation allows a 50-amp circuit.
• Assumed quote: induction range $1,800.
• Circuit: HomeGuide's range is $250 to $900; assume $600 including breaker and permit.
• Gas cap: on the plumber's quote; assume $200 for this example.
• Federal stove rebate: $0 (gas-to-induction, removed by Program Notice 26-2).
• Mass Save rebate: $500 (gas stove verified before removal).
• Net cost: $1,800 + $600 + $200 minus $500 = $2,100.

Notice where the money goes. The rebate covers less than the circuit. If you had read a 2025 rebate article and planned on $840 federal plus $500 Mass Save plus wiring money, you would be $840 or more short.

Example 3: Ontario, electric smooth-top range to induction

• Existing range: electric smooth-top on a working 240-volt circuit.
• Assumed quote: induction range C$1,900.
• Home Renovation Savings: C$150 (replacing an existing electric appliance; apply within 60 days).
• Net cost: C$1,900 minus C$150 = C$1,750.

If the same Ontario household had a gas range, the C$150 would not apply, and the full circuit cost would land on top of the range price.

The Stacking Worksheet

Fill one row per incentive, in this order, and stop at any row whose condition you fail. The order matters because some programs reduce the cost that the next program's percentage applies to; ask each program whether it calculates its share before or after other rebates.

Two rules for using it. First, never count a rebate you cannot point to on an official page dated this month. Second, if a program needs pre-approval, the reservation date is the date that counts, not the purchase date.

Before You Buy: Seven Checks

1. Name your old appliance correctly. Gas, propane or electric decides which programs you can use. Photograph the old range's rating plate before it leaves the house; Mass Save requires verification of a gas or propane stove before removal.
2. Check income first. If your household is above 150% of AMI, skip the federal lines entirely and go straight to utility rebates.
3. Reserve before you buy, where required. Many state programs issue a voucher or approval before purchase. A receipt dated before the reservation is a common reason for denial.
4. Price the circuit before the range. If the electrician finds the panel full, the panel line can exceed $4,000 and change the whole decision.
5. Use a registered or authorized contractor where the program requires one. Wisconsin's wiring and panel lines and New Mexico's stove line both name one.
6. Keep every document. Invoice with model number, ENERGY STAR proof, permit, contractor registration, photographs of the old unit. Claims fail on paperwork far more often than on eligibility; our rebate documentation checklist lists what to save.
7. Re-check the program page on purchase day. Every program in this guide changed at least once in 2026.

For combining several upgrades (a heat pump, a water heater and a range) under the household cap, the state energy rebate stacking guide shows the order that works.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there still an $840 rebate for an induction stove in 2026?

Yes, but only in narrower cases than before. The federal cap is still $840 for an electric or induction stove, cooktop, range or oven. Since DOE Program Notice 26-2 (effective May 29, 2026), it pays only when the new appliance replaces an existing electric one, or in new construction, and only in states that opened the program and chose to fund stoves. Income must be under 150% of area median income.

Can I get a rebate for replacing a gas stove with induction?

Not from the federal program under new reservations. Some utilities still pay for it: Mass Save pays $500 for an ENERGY STAR induction stove that replaces a verified gas or propane stove bought in 2026. Check your electric and gas utilities' rebate pages.

Which states have launched the electric stove rebate?

DOE does not publish a list. Rewiring America listed 12 states and DC with rebates available as of December 16, 2025. On official pages read November 13, 2026, Wisconsin pays up to $840 for an electric stove replacing an existing electric appliance, and New Mexico lists up to $840 for income-eligible households. New Hampshire's program is not open, and New York's FAQ lists no stove amount.

How much does the federal rebate pay if I am moderate income?

Up to 50% of the cost, capped at $840. On a $1,200 induction range that is $600. Households under 80% of area median income can have up to 100% covered, to $840.

Does the rebate cover the electrical work for an induction range?

The federal program has separate lines of up to $2,500 for wiring and $4,000 for a panel. After the 2026 change, whether you can use them for a gas-to-induction project depends on your state's revised rules, so ask the program office in writing. A dedicated circuit typically costs $250 to $900 (HomeGuide).

Is there a tax credit for an induction stove?

No. Stoves were never covered by the Section 25C credit, and 25C ended for property placed in service after December 31, 2025.

Are there induction rebates in Canada?

Ontario's Home Renovation Savings pays C$150 for an induction cooktop or range that replaces an existing electric appliance, with the application due within 60 days of purchase. We did not find a federal Canadian induction rebate or a confirmed program in other provinces on current official pages.

Will switching to induction lower my energy bill?

Usually not by much, and a gas household may pay slightly more. Induction is about 85% efficient against about 32% for gas (ENERGY STAR), but electricity costs more per unit of energy. At US average prices, a typical cooktop costs roughly $24 a year on gas and $35 on induction.

Related Reading

• Are Premium Gas Ranges Still a Good Buy vs Induction?: purchase, installation and running cost of gas, dual fuel and induction side by side.
• Induction Range Installation Guide: circuit size, receptacle, panel space and the gas cap.
• Induction vs Gas Cooking: speed, control, indoor air and cookware.
• HEEHR Income Limits 2026: how the 80% and 150% AMI tests work.
• Electrical Panel Upgrade Cost 2026: what a 100 to 200 amp upgrade runs.
• Smart Panel or Load Management? Electrifying a 100-Amp: avoiding a service upgrade.
• State Energy Rebate Stacking Guide 2026: combining federal, state and utility money.