Earlier this year, the state of Texas offered rebates to those who purchased Energy Star® appliances. Unfortunately, citizens wanting using the program found it difficult due to website failures and the inability to reach customer service.
Consequently, Texas still has approximately $10 million to re-offer Texans. The new program, which starts on December 20, 2010, has instituted safe guards to make receiving rebates easier.
To participate, you would first research and select your new appliance and then, on or after December 20, 2010:
- Purchase a qualifying ENERGY STAR® appliance from a Texas retailer or contractor and retain your receipt;
- Install the new, qualifying appliance in your valid Texas residential address;
- Either properly dispose of or recycle the old appliance being replaced;
- Completely fill out a rebate application form, including the appliance disposal or recycling information;
- Mail in the completed application form with your receipt and any other required documentation (e.g., disposal or recycling verification) to the address that will be available before the start of the purchase period on December 20, 2010.
- Application forms will be ordered by the postmark date on the envelope of the application. If a postmark is missing, the application will be placed in the order based on the day it arrives at the processing facility.
Eligible appliances are:
- Air-Source Heat Pumps
- Central Air Conditioners
- Clothes Washers (Jan. 1, 2011 ENERGY STAR qualifications)
- Dishwashers Freezers (14.5 cubic feet or greater)
- Refrigerators (14.5 cubic feet or greater)
- Room Air Conditioners Water Heaters
A residential consumer may only receive one rebate for each appliance category, for a maximum of two rebates total. This includes any rebates received during the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program (April 2010). If a consumer received one appliance rebate through the April program, he/she is only eligible for one appliance rebate during the new mail-in program launching on December 20, 2010. If a consumer received two appliance rebates through the April program, he/she is not eligible for a rebate during the new mail-in program. A family unit living in a household is considered a residential consumer such that the household is collectively entitled to two rebates total. For example, a husband and wife with two children living in a household are entitled to two rebates; not eight rebates; not four rebates; just two. Each family member is NOT entitled to two rebates each.
To learn more about the program and to download a rebate application, go to www.TexasPowerfulSmart.org before the start of the program.
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