Tennessee Appliance Rebates
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The State of Tennessee, in partnership with the Tennessee Valley Authority's Energy Right program, will provide financial incentives to encourage residents replace old, inefficient appliances with new, efficient ENERGY STAR® qualified appliances. Products purchased on or after April 22, 2010 are eligible to receive a rebate. The mail-in rebate program will continue until funds are depleted.
Eligible products include
- Room air conditioners
- Central air conditioners
- Air source heat pumps
- Gas Furnaces
Tennessee encourages customers to recycle their old room air conditioners.
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: Tennessee Dept. of Economic and Community Development
Total Funding: $5,963,000
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:
Tennessee Leverages Utility Program to Help Flood Victims Replace HVAC Systems
Appliance rebates helped Tennessee flood victims replace their heating and ventilating systems.
Last May, 2010, Tennessee experienced historic flooding that caused millions of dollars in property damage. As residents struggled to pump floodwaters from their homes, state officials implemented an appliance rebate program to give homeowners much-needed help.
"It was very fortuitous to be able to help homeowners who were flood victims," says Fred Stratton, program manager for the Department of Economic and Community Development, which runs the program. Thousands of homeowners needed to replace their heating and air-conditioning systems, and Stratton noticed a huge number of people waiting for the rebates. The program enabled residents to replace their systems with more efficient units when they were needed most.
Leveraging the Tennessee Valley Authority's extensive home energy audit campaign, the state has also successfully cross-promoted the rebates to residents as a way to increase efficiency. Consumers are grateful, according to Stratton, who notes that many have called his office to say, in essence, "it's just too good of a thing to pass up." Consumers are able to combine federal, state, and utility rebates to boost their savings.
Tennessee is offering $40 to $250 rebates on select ENERGY STAR® qualified room air conditioners, central air conditioners, air-source heat pumps, and gas furnaces. The program is funded with money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and will run until funds are depleted. Tennessee encourages residents to recycle their old room air conditioners.
State Contact: Fred Stratton, 615-741-2994
DOE Contact: Lani MacRae, 202-586-9193
Visit: energysavers.gov/rebates and teearp.efi.org