Rebates

CPS Energy offers a variety of rebates for energy efficiency related improvements to residential homes, including: appliances, HVAC equipment, and insulation. Rebate calculation methods, limits, and equipment requirements vary by technology and sometimes by existing home characteristics. All equipment and installation requirements must be met in order to receive rebate payments. View the program web site for additional details.

CPS Energy also offers energy efficiency rebates for commercial and industrial facilities, as well as rebates for solar photovoltaic (PV) and solar thermal systems. See website for full details regarding rebate incentives.

Sulphur Springs Valley Electric Cooperative (SSVEC) is a Touchstone Energy Cooperative.  An SSVEC Energy Management Specialist can also assist you in determining the energy efficiency needs for your home by providing a free home energy audit. Members can receive rebates for installing energy-efficient water heaters and heat pumps. SSVEC must receive the rebate form and invoice/receipt within 60 days of installation. See the program website above for more information.

Idaho Falls Power's Energy Efficiency Loan Program offers zero interest loans for qualifying customers to purchase and install efficient electric appliances and implement weatherization measures. The program will loan up to 100% of the actual cost of eligible measures for qualifying customers.

This program is only available to customers with a good payment history with City Utilities (i.e. no outstanding current balance, no disconnects for nonpayment, no delinquencies), and who have minimum of one year payment history with the utility. There is a $25 administration charge to apply. For more information, visit the program website.

College Station Utilities offers incentives to residential customers through the following programs:

• Connected Thermostat Program
• Energy Back II Rebate Program
• Residential LED Lighting Program

Each offers cash incentives for various home energy efficiency improvement measures, including the purchase and use of a wifi-connected thermostat, the replacement of central air conditioning units with high-performance models, and the replacement of incandescent bulbs with high-efficiency or LED equivalents. See program website for details.

Wiregrass Electric Cooperative is a consumer-owned electric utility serving over 20,000 consumers in the "Wiregrass" area of southeast Alabama. The H2O Plus program is a program intended to have an effect on future electricity rates by reducing peak demand. Wiregrass Electric Cooperative will send a certified technician to the home to install a cycling device on the customer's water heater, free of charge. This device will allow the power supplier to power down the water heater for short periods of time in order to reduce peak demand.

In June 1999, Vermont enacted legislation authorizing the then-Vermont Public Service Board (PSB), now the Public Utility Commission (PUC), to establish a volumetric charge on all electric customers' bills to support energy efficiency programs. As a result, in 2000 the PSB established Efficiency Vermont and a funding mechanism to support it. The funding mechanism, which varies by utility, is based on factors unique to each utility's service territory and is reviewed periodically and adjusted as necessary by the PUC. It should be noted that Burlington Electric Department is not required to fund Efficiency Vermont; it collects its funds and implements

Maine's public benefits fund for energy efficiency was authorized in 1997 by the state's electric industry restructuring legislation. Under the initial arrangement, the administration of certain efficiency programs was divided among the State Planning Office (SPO), the state's electric utilities, and the Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC). However, as a result of the 2002 legislative amendments, the authority to develop energy efficiency programs was effectively transferred from the SPO to the PUC, and the authority to implement these programs was transferred from the state's electric utilities to the PUC.

In 2009, the Act Regarding Maine's Energy Future (Public Law

Note: potential participants could be placed on a wait list due to program limits.

Austin Energy provides a variety of weatherization measures at no cost to its low-income and disabled residents through its Weatherization Assistance Program. Certain income levels must be met for residents to participate in this program. Eligible residents must fill out a program application, and Austin Energy will then send a letter stating whether they have been accepted to the program. Homes must have an appraised value of $$524,321 or less (excluding land value) and 2,500 square feet or smaller. Both renters and homeowners may apply. Funding for

Austin Energy offers loans for residential customers interested in energy efficiency improvement projects through its Home Energy Savings Program. The program offers a financing program through Velocity Credit Union with interest rates beginning as low as 1.99%. To qualify for a rate between 1.99% and 3.99%, the upgrades must include at least three energy efficiency measures and meet the 15-point potential energy savings criteria; upgrades that do not meet the 15-point criteria will receive the market interest rate.

Qualifying energy efficiency improvements for these loans are identical to the eligible products for the Home Energy Savings Rebate:

• Air infiltration

Austin Energy's Home Energy Savings program provides whole-home energy efficiency improvements. Customers can receive a rebate and/or a loan. An Austin Energy participating contractor is required to conduct a no-cost energy assessment of your home. Mobile or manufactured homes are not eligible for Home Performance with Energy Star improvements.

Appliances and Equipment

Austin Energy provides an $800 rebate for qualifying ENERGY STAR-certified heat pump water heaters and a $300 rebate for qualifying ENERGY STAR-certified variable-speed pool pumps.

Cooling and Heating

Austin Energy provides rebates ranging from $400 to $600 for central split AC systems and mini-split AC systems, depending