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R.I. offering $31M in energy-efficiency rebates for home electrification, appliances

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09/18/2024

RHODE ISLAND is making $31 million available for a rebate program aimed to help install energy saving improvements in households of low and middle incomes across the state. / PBN FILE PHOTO/CASSIUS SHUMAN

PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has launched a $31 million home electrification and appliance rebates program aimed to help install energy-saving improvements in homes of low- and middle-income families. Administered by the R.I. Office of Energy Resources, the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program will support the adoption of Energy Star-certified heat-pump clothes dryers, electric stoves,

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PROVIDENCE – Rhode Island has launched a $31 million home electrification and appliance rebates program aimed to help install energy-saving improvements in homes of low- and middle-income families. Administered by the R.I. Office of Energy Resources, the Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program will support the adoption of Energy Star-certified heat-pump clothes dryers, electric stoves, ranges, ovens and induction cooktops, and improvements to electric wiring and electric load service centers for Rhode Island residents. “Thousands of Rhode Islanders have already received rebates from the state’s recently launched Clean Heat RI program to upgrade to heat pumps to more efficiently heat and cool their homes,” U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer M. Granholm said in a statement. “Now the state is using its federal Home Energy Rebates funding to help its residents update their electrical panels and wiring, and upgrade to electric stoves and heat-pump clothes dryers.” The R.I. Office of Energy Resources has received $31.8 million from the U.S. Department of Energy to fund the program. The Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates program is only available to low- and moderate-income households, as determined by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s area median income levels. “The Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program will help low-income Rhode Islanders update to Energy Star appliances in their homes,” said Gov. Daniel J. McKee. "This initiative is another positive step in reducing our state's carbon emissions and creating the good-paying jobs necessary for the clean energy transition. We are looking forward to the next phase of the program, when moderate-income households will have access to these rebates." The low-income rebate consists of the following:

$2,500 for electric wiring
$4,000 for electric load service centers
$1,840 for Energy Star appliances

The moderate-income rebate consists of the following:

$1,250 for electric wiring
$2,000 for electric load service centers
$420 for Energy Star appliances