Linn County Rural Electric Cooperative Association (Linn County RECA) is a member-owned cooperative. To encourage energy efficiency, Linn County offers a number of rebates to commercial, residential, and agricultural customers. Owners of both new construction and existing buildings are eligible for a $350 rebate for solar water heaters. The water heaters must have an auxiliary tank of at least 40 gallons and the solar water heater must be ENERGY STAR rated. See the program web site for applications and more information.

Appalachian Power’s Residential Energy Efficiency Programs offer rebates on the purchase of certain qualifying equipment types. See the program website for more information.

In May 2011, Indiana enacted S.B. 251, creating the Clean Energy Portfolio Standard (CPS), also known as the Comprehensive Hoosier Option to Incentivize Cleaner Energy (CHOICE) program. The program sets a voluntary goal of 10% clean energy by 2025, based on the amount of electricity supplied by the utility in 2010. Indiana's participating utilities receive an incentive to increase the amount of renewable energy sources in their portfolio.

Eligible Technologies

Indiana's CPS includes renewable energy technologies, but also conventional energy sources like nuclear, coal, and natural gas. Specifically, there are 21 eligible "clean" energy technologies: solar energy; photovoltaic

Philadelphia Gas Works' (PGW) Residential Heating Equipment rebates are available to all PGW residential or small business customers installing high efficiency boilers and furnaces, and tankless water heaters. All equipment must meet program requirements in order to be eligible for rebates. See the program website for more information on rebate amounts, equipment requirements and fund availability.

Diverse Power offers a number of rebates to homeowners for purchasing and installing energy-efficient measures, such as heat pumps, water heaters, heat recovery systems, and for replacing natural gas heat pumps and water heaters with electric systems. Rebates for water heaters increase depending on what kind of system is being replaced by the new efficient system purchase. For a complete list of the rebates available to Diverse Power customers, see the program web site above.

Diverse Power also covers rebates for new homes that are displayed on Diverse Power's web site.

Alliant Energy offers low-interest financing program for the installation of energy efficient improvements. Businesses, residences, farms, or agricultural-related businesses are eligible if Alliant Energy supplies the electricity or natural gas on a retail rate basis for the applicable technology.
Interest rates for financing range from 0% - 6.9%. The minimum loan amount is $1,500 and the maximum loan amount under this program is $25,000. Customers who qualify for the low-interest financing per the financial institution's requirements, pay no fees (processing fees, points, down payments, or security liens) to obtain the loan. Note that Alliant Energy is not involved in the loan

In October 2009, the Regulatory Commission of Alaska (RCA) approved net metering regulations. These rules were finalized and approved by the lieutenant governor in January 2010 and became effective January 15, 2010.  In May 2011, the RCA approved interconnection guidelines.  All utilities subject to Alaska's net metering regulations were required to issue revised tariffs that address interconnection.

The interconnection guidelines state that the utility can require a customer to have liability insurance, if the insurance is easily available at a reasonable cost to the customer.  No external disconnect switch is required; the customer is either given the choice of installing an

Unitil offers its New Hampshire residential customers a no interest loan program to complete energy efficiency recommendations made through the Home Performance with Energy Star whole-house assessment. Loans are offered for up to $15,000. Contact Unitil for more information on this offering.

 

Unitil offers its New Hampshire residential gas customers a number of programs to encourage more energy-efficient homes. The Home Performance with Energy Star Program is available to customers with higher than average energy bills. The program includes a home energy audit which identifies potential areas for energy efficiency improvements. Qualifying improvements can result in a 50% utility rebate for the customer, up to $4,000.  Common energy savings improvements utilized by the program include:

• Sealing air leaks and adding insulation
• Improving heating and cooling systems
• Sealing ductwork
• Upgrading lighting, appliances, and water heating equipment
• Installing renewable energy systems

Until also offers

In addition to home energy audits, Xcel Energy offers rebates to North Dakota residential customers for the purchase of energy efficient heating and water heating technologies. Through the Energy Audit offering, residents can receive audits at 75% less than market value to help them determine the right energy-saving improvements for their homes. Contact Xcel for more information on this program.