Kansas headline: The live money is Evergy, up to $1,000 for a heat pump (plus up to $600 for central AC), for equipment installed on or after January 1, 2026. The bigger federal HEAR rebate (up to $8,000) is administered by the Kansas Energy Office but still in development. The federal 25C credit expired after December 31, 2025.

Kansas: Evergy rebate now, state rebate later

Kansas has one main live rebate, from Evergy, and a larger state rebate still being built. Since Evergy serves most of the state, most Kansans can use its rebate today.

Evergy pays up to $1,000 for a qualifying heat pump and up to $600 for a central air conditioner, for equipment installed on or after January 1, 2026.2

This is the Kansas companion to our 2026 heat pump rebate guide.

How the Evergy rebate works

ItemEvergy rebate
Qualifying heat pumpup to $1,000
Central air conditionerup to $600
Install dateon or after January 1, 2026
Who qualifiesEvergy Kansas residential customer

Evergy serves the Kansas City metro on the Kansas side, plus Topeka, Wichita, and much of eastern and central Kansas. Confirm the current rebate chart and any contractor requirements at evergy.com before you buy, since amounts change year to year.2

The state rebate: in development

Kansas has about $40 million in federal Home Energy Rebate money (HEAR and HOMES). The Kansas Corporation Commission and Kansas Energy Office are still developing the plan, so the programs are not open to homeowners as of mid-2026.1

When HEAR launches, it will pay up to $8,000 for a heat pump for income-qualified households, on top of the Evergy rebate. Watch the Kansas Energy Office for the launch.

The senior and income path: Weatherization

For a low-income Kansas senior, this is the live option today. The Kansas Weatherization Assistance Program, run through the Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, provides free energy improvements such as insulation and air sealing for households at or below 200% of the federal poverty level, identified by a home energy audit.3

Why it helps even without a heat pump: the free audit and the sealing and insulation it funds cut how much heating and cooling your home needs, which lowers your bills now and shrinks the size and cost of any heat pump you install later. When the state HEAR rebate opens, it adds an income-qualified path to the heat pump itself.

Income limits for the state rebate (when it opens)

HEAR uses Area Median Income (AMI) at the county level.6 Below 80% AMI gets the highest tier (up to $8,000); 80 to 150% AMI gets 50% of project cost.

Approximate 80% AMI thresholds for a family of 4:

County / region80% AMI (family of 4)
Johnson County (Kansas City metro)~$78,000
Sedgwick County (Wichita)~$62,000
Shawnee County (Topeka)~$66,000
Douglas County (Lawrence)~$68,000
Rural Kansas counties~$50,000 to $56,000

For a senior household on Social Security only, eligibility is usually clean in any Kansas county.

Federal layer (2026)

The federal 25C Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit, which paid up to $2,000 for a heat pump in prior years, expired for installs after December 31, 2025.4

What remains in 2026:

  • 25D Residential Clean Energy Credit: 30% of solar cost through 2034. Applies if you pair the heat pump with solar.5
  • 25C on insulation, panel upgrades, and audits: still active at smaller caps. Heat pumps are excluded.

See IRA 25C expired 2026 for the full federal picture.

Senior stack scenarios

Scenario A: Overland Park retired couple, Evergy, high-efficiency heat pump

  • Evergy heat pump rebate: up to $1,000
  • Live today: up to $1,000. Add the state HEAR later if income-eligible when it opens.

Scenario B: Wichita household, Evergy, replacing an old AC with a heat pump

  • Evergy heat pump rebate: up to $1,000
  • Live today: up to $1,000, and you gain heating from the same unit. The state rebate can stack later.

Scenario C: Low-income Topeka senior

  • Kansas Weatherization Assistance: free audit, sealing, insulation
  • Evergy rebate: on the equipment
  • Live today: free efficiency work plus the Evergy rebate, with the $8,000 HEAR to come.

Verify your contractor first

A rebate is only as good as the contractor who installs the equipment. Kansas licenses contractors at the city or county level rather than statewide, and Evergy may require an approved contractor.

Red flags to reject:

  • Door-to-door pitches. Legitimate contractors do not cold-call.
  • A “guaranteed” state rebate. The HEAR program is not open, so nobody can guarantee it.
  • No local license or business address on the quote.
  • R-410A equipment for a 2026 install. That refrigerant no longer qualifies under the EPA rule.7

Verify a license in about a minute with our Kansas contractor license lookup guide.

Kansas senior action plan:
  1. Confirm you are an Evergy customer (most of Kansas is)
  2. Claim the Evergy heat pump rebate (up to $1,000, install on or after January 1, 2026)
  3. If income-qualified, apply for free Weatherization
  4. Verify your contractor’s local license before signing
  5. Watch the Kansas Energy Office for the $8,000 state HEAR launch

What’s next

Citations

  1. Home Energy Rebates (HEAR and HOMES) Status. Kansas Energy Office (Kansas Corporation Commission), retrieved July 29, 2026. .
  1. Kansas Rebate Incentive Chart (Heat Pumps). Evergy, retrieved July 29, 2026. .
  1. Kansas Weatherization Assistance Program. Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, retrieved July 29, 2026. .
  1. Energy Efficient Home Improvement Credit (25C). U.S. Internal Revenue Service. .
  1. Residential Clean Energy Credit (25D). U.S. Internal Revenue Service. .
  1. Income Limits Documentation System. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, April 2026. .
  1. Technology Transitions: Restrictions on Use of Certain HFCs. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. .