Maryland Appliance Rebates
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The State of Maryland is implementing a mail-in rebate program that will help residents replace older, inefficient appliances with new ENERGY STAR® qualified and ultra-efficient appliances. Rebates for clothes washers, refrigerators, and heat pump water heaters began April 22, 2010. Rebates for room air conditioners, freezers, central air conditioners, and air-source heat pumps will begin July 30, 2010.
Eligible products include
- Refrigerators
- Clothes washers
- Heat pump water heaters
- Room air conditioners
- Central air conditioners
- Freezers
- Air source heat pumps
Maryland encourages consumers to recycle their old appliances.
Contact: Maryland Energy Administration
Total Funding: $5,405,000
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:
Maryland Appliance Rebate Program Promotes Lasting Energy Efficiency and Economic Recovery
For savings on high efficiency appliances, Marylanders can layer existing utility rebates with those funded by the state energy efficient appliance rebate program.
Using federal money to promote long-term change, Maryland's energy efficient appliance rebate program is having a positive impact on the state economy, according to Lauren Swiston, Maryland's program manager.
The program is "influencing people in an educational sense; now they know that higher efficiency products are out there," says Swiston. "It's a unique approach." By working with the five investor-owned utilities in the state, Maryland is using the program to encourage energy efficiency, long-term economic stimulus, and consumer awareness of ENERGY STAR® qualified appliances.
Consumers are encouraged to look into existing utility rebates and are being exposed to more efficient products and recycling options. Swiston predicts the program will spur efficiency gains for "the long run, [and] not just be a blip on a screen."
On Earth Day, April 22, 2010, Maryland's appliance rebate program began offering rebates ranging from $50 to $300 on clothes washers, refrigerators, and electric heat pump water heaters. Customers of BGE, Pepco, Delmarva, Allegheny Power, and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative must apply through their utility. Other residents can apply through the Maryland Energy Administration. Through early June, more than 2,100 rebate applications had been received, most of them for clothes washers.
State contact: Maryland Energy Administration, 410-260-7655
DOE contact: Lani MacRae, 202-586-9193
Visit: energy.state.md.us and energysavers.gov/rebates