The Focus on Energy Program offers a Residential Rewards Program to eligible residents for purchasing and installing furnaces, air conditioners, boilers, or other energy efficient heating and cooling equipment. Improvements must meet the program’s efficiency and equipment standards in order to be eligible for an award. Equipment should be installed prior to submitting an application and should come from the list of pre-qualified equipment listed on the program web site.

For the 2012 program, incentives are as follows:

• 90% AFUE furnace with ECM (natural gas, propane, or oil-fired): $125
• 95% AFUE furnace with ECM (natural gas-fired only): $275
• Natural gas space heating boiler 90% AFUE: $300
• Natural gas space heating boiler 95% AFUE: $400
• Indirect water heater for space heating boiler: $100
• Tankless water heater 0.82 EF or greater: $100
• Storage water hater 0.67 EF or greater: $50
• Condensing storage water heating 90% TE or greater: $50
• Electric water heater 0.93 EF or greater: $25

 

Applications must be submitted no later than 90 days after the installation date, or March 31, 2013. Please refer to the program web site for additional information about equipment eligibility other restrictions. Note that customer eligibility for Focus on Energy incentives is based on utility participation; interested individuals and companies should use the eligibility tool on the program web site to determine if their local utility is participating in the Focus on Energy program.

Residential customers are also eligible for discounts on ENERGY STAR qualified lighting products. Applications are not necessary; discounts are given at select retailers. More information is available on the program web site.