Rebates through the Wisconsin State Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Program are now available by completing and submitting a mail-in reward application.

The following types of appliances are eligible for Cash-Back Rewards through the program. Appliances must meet program efficiency requirements.

Heating & Cooling Equipment:

• Boilers - $200
• Central air conditioners & Air-source Heat Pumps - $75
• Furnaces (oil and gas) - $200
• Geothermal Heat pumps - $75

Appliances:

• Clothes washers - $100
• Dishwashers - $25
• Freezers - $50
• Refrigerators - $75
• Water heaters - $150 (Electric heat pump water heaters - $50)

Renewable Energy:

• Solar hot water - $2,000

Customers applying for Cash-Back Rewards on refrigerators, freezers, or central air conditioners must provide proof that their old unit was taken out of service and properly recycled. Rewards are for replacement appliances only. Appliances installed in new construction are not eligible for rewards.

The program will last until February 2012 or until funds are exhausted.

The program is one of 56 State Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs, popularly known as Cash for Appliances, that are being set up in the United States and six U.S. territories with the help of federal stimulus money.

Wisconsin received $5.4 million of the nearly $300 million available nationwide from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

For more information on the program, visit the Wisconsin Focus on Energy Web site or call the state info line at 800-762-7077.