Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative - Residential & Small Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program

Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative Association, a member-owned cooperative in eastern Iowa now operating as Corridor Energy Cooperative, offers rebates to residential and small commercial members to encourage efficient electric equipment.

Rebates are limited to member accounts with less than 75 kW in non-coincidental 15-minute demand during the billing months of December, January, February, June, July, August and September. Applications must be submitted within three months of the purchase or install date, based on the member's invoice or receipt date. Rebates of $500 or less are paid as a credit on the member's bill statement.

Measures and amounts currently offered include:

• ENERGY STAR air-source heat pump — $300 per ton; ENERGY STAR cold climate models $500 per ton
• mini-split heat pump added as supplemental capacity — $200 per ton. A whole-house mini-split system installed as the primary heating source qualifies at the full heat pump rates where the existing heating source is electric, or at $200 per ton where the previous source was gas
• ENERGY STAR heat pump clothes dryer — $150, one per service address, and must be paired with an ENERGY STAR washer
• ENERGY STAR induction cooktop or range — $75, one per service address
• Level 2 electric vehicle charger — 50% of charger and installation cost up to $175 for residential and small commercial members on a time-of-day rate, limited to one per service address and requiring that the member own an electric vehicle; $500 per charger, up to four, for multi-phase small commercial fleet installations
• Beneficial Electrification Smart Home Bonus — $2,000 per home, for new construction only, meeting a package of heat pump, heat pump water heater, mechanical ventilation, ENERGY STAR appliance and EV-ready requirements together with a Home Energy Rating System score of 60 or less

Replacement equipment does not qualify for the EV charger rebate, and air conditioner rebates ended on December 31, 2021 and are no longer available. Efficiency minimums, terms and conditions and the current rebate forms are on the program website; the cooperative also publishes a printable annual rebate brochure.