No state program. Check Entergy Arkansas or Ozark Electric Cooperative for utility rebates.
Utility programs in Arkansas
These are the named utility and ratepayer rebates on file for Arkansas. You claim the one that serves your address, not the total. Each card carries the program’s own terms: what equipment qualifies, who is eligible, what the cap actually is, and whether it stacks.
Entergy Arkansas
entergy-arkansas.com
Varies
by measure
You claim it after installVaries by measure
Utility efficiency rebates; verify current amount.
Equipment that qualifies
Confirm SEER2/HSPF2 tier with the program.
Who qualifies, and the cap
Entergy Arkansas residential efficiency rebates exist but no current air-source HP figure is published here; confirm the current amount before quoting.
Stacking
Confirm with program.
Ozark Electric Cooperative
ozarkecc.com
Varies
by measure
You claim it after installVaries by measure
Cooperative programs vary.
Equipment that qualifies
Confirm SEER2/HSPF2 tier with the program.
Who qualifies, and the cap
Ozark Electric Cooperative member programs vary; confirm any current HP rebate directly.
Stacking
Confirm with program.
SWEPCO (AEP, Northwest Arkansas)
swepco.com
$3,000
maximum
$600 per ton
You claim it after installPaid per ton
Southwestern Electric Power Company (AEP) HVAC Incentive Program, Northwest Arkansas: $250-$600 per ton for a qualifying high-efficiency heat pump or AC, up to about $3,000 per address. Delivered via the Residential Efficient Products (REIP) incentive table. Downstream. Note: Entergy Arkansas has no central heat-pump rebate in 2026 (HPWH only).
Equipment that qualifies
Qualifying high-efficiency heat pump; the per-ton incentive scales with the SEER2/efficiency tier per the REIP incentive table.
Who qualifies, and the cap
SWEPCO residential customers (Northwest Arkansas). Up to roughly $3,000 per address; amounts per the REIP incentive table.
Stacking
HVAC incentive is per-ton to the address cap; HPWH is a separate SWEPCO measure. Confirm current measure stacking.
What your system should be sized for
A heat pump in Arkansas should carry the house on the coldest design day, not the average one. These are the winter design temperatures our engine sizes against, in AHRI heating region III (3,200 heating degree days at the Little Rock reference metro).
City
Design temp
Climate zone
Basis
Little Rock
20°F
3A
estimated
Fayetteville
12°F
4A
estimated
Fort Smith
17°F
3A
estimated
Rebate amounts are estimates and subject to change. Verify current program terms and eligibility before quoting a final net price.
Eligibility varies by income, equipment efficiency, utility territory, and program funding availability.
Federal 25C/25D tax credits expired 12/31/2025. Federal DOE HEAR/HOMES administration ended 5/29/2026. State-run HEAR pathways that still print a dollar on an official page are listed with that URL and fetch date.
After-install rebates are claimed by the homeowner after installation and are not guaranteed at the point of sale.