For South Carolina residents who are making plans to purchase new, energy efficient appliances, rebates will be available beginning March 31st. A total of $3.9 million federal stimulus dollars will be available in the state for rebates ranging anywhere from $50 to $500, depending on the appliance being purchased.
You will also save on energy by simply replacing an old appliance with a new energy efficient appliance. According to Megan Herring, of the South Carolina Energy Office, the amount you save depends on what you buy. Herring says, “It’s all going to depend on the appliance that they already have in place, and their contractor may be able to help them with exact amounts. We know that the energy star models save between 10 and 50 percent of the energy or standard models that are used.”
Since the money is first come first serve, Herring says her office is eager to get the word out. “We’ve been lucky to have a lot of partners throughout the state as far as retailers, contractors, associations that deal with both, that we’ve been working closely with them for the last couple of months since our program was approved -to let them know what they need to do to be an approved vendor, and to also get the information out to their customers.” [Read more...]
