Alaska Appliance Rebates
For more information, download the Alaska state appliance program fact sheet 
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As of November 22, 2011, all vouchers have been issued and interested consumers can join a waitlist.
The State of Alaska is helping disabled Alaska residents as well as senior Alaska residents replace older, inefficient appliances with new, efficient ENERGY STAR® qualified models. The program is limited to those disabled Alaskans who currently receive some form of disability payment from the state or federal government. In addition, seniors born on or before October 1, 1951 are eligible. The state will issue vouchers to qualified applicants, who can use them towards the purchase of new appliances.
The program for disabled residents began March 16, 2010; doubled rebate voucher amounts were made available starting April 6, 2011 and residents who already received rebates are eligible to receive the difference. Beginning October 1, 2011, the program expanded to include seniors. Rebates may be higher in some rural areas to cover shipping costs. The last day that Alaska will accept applications for vouchers is December 15, 2011, and for issued vouchers it is January 15, 2012.
Eligible products include
- Refrigerators
- Freezers
- Clothes washers
- Dishwashers
Residents are encouraged to recycle their old appliances.
NOTE: For questions about your rebate such as status, timeline, and rebate amount, please contact your state's program directly through their Web site.
Contact: Alaska Housing Finance Corporation
Total Funding: $658,000
Program information subject to change. Rebates may be offered for a limited time only. Before purchasing a product, check with your program sponsor to ensure rebates are available, and to confirm product eligibility and program requirements. Products purchased must meet efficiency criteria as established by the state.
Program Impact:
Appliance Rebate Program Helps Disabled Alaska Residents
AC Value Center in Bethel serves more than 100 remote villages and is helping to spread the word about the appliance rebate program.
Fifty-six states and territories are running rebate programs on energy efficient appliances; Alaska is the first to target the disabled.
"We have been able to get efficient appliances into the hands of residents who would otherwise be unable to [afford] them," says Cary Bolling, Alaska Housing Finance Corporation energy specialist. One woman sent us a letter thanking us for the assistance and said she would not have been able to replace her appliances without the rebate program."
Since the program began in March, 2010, Alaska has issued about $262,190 in rebates. The incentives range from $300 to $1,000 on ENERGY STAR® qualified clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and freezers. The state set the higher rebate amounts for Alaskans who live in rural areas to help defray shipping costs, which can be hundreds of dollars.
Alaska has worked hard to promote the program, says Rainy Heins of the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation. With so much of the population living in remote areas, distribution is a challenge.
"It's difficult with no roads but we're making progress," adds Bolling. The state is pushing the program hard in the fall, before barges shut down and waterways freeze.
Communication is also a challenge for the state. Many residents do not have Internet or cable service, Heins says.
Retailers have been helpful in advertising the program and organizing bulk sales to reduce shipping costs. Contact in very remote areas is often limited to excursions to stores in hub communities for supplies. These hub communities serve remote villages in the surrounding area. AC Value Center in Bethel, for example, is working to alert around 100 small villages about the program.
"People here do a lot of subsistence fishing, so they are out of contact [from neighboring villages] for awhile," added Bolling.
Alaska Contact: Rainy Heins, 907-330-8493
DOE Contact: Lani MacRae, 202-586-9193
Visit: energysavers.gov/rebates and ahfc.state.ak.us/energy/appliance_rebates.cfm