LP Gas, August 2010

P R O P A N E I N D U S T R Y N U M B E R S Propane appliances help fuel state run rebate program N early 300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has been devoted to state run rebate programs for residential consumer purchases of new Energy Star qualifi ed home appliances including propane furnaces and water heaters Congress allocated stimulus funds for the rebate program last year to make homes more energy effi cient and help support the nations economic recovery The funding was awarded to states and territories through their energy offi ces based on population States had the fl exibility to select what residential Energy Star qualifi ed appliances to include in their programs and the individual rebate amount for each appliance Energy Star qualifi ed appliance categories eligible for rebates include central air conditioners heat pumps boilers furnaces room air conditioners clothes washers dishwashers freezers refrigerators and water heaters The appliance rebate program has proven to be a success as consumers in many states have exhausted the funds LPG Points Data American Recovery and Reinvestment Act State Energy Effi cient Appliance Rebate Program PROGRAMS APPROVED BY DOE AS OF JULY 23 2010 STATE ALLOCATION DATE 2010 unless noted STATE WEB SITE Alabama 4473000 April 19 www ALrebates com Alaska 658000 March 16 www ahfc state ak us energy appliance_ rebates cfm Arizona 6237000 July 1 www ArizonaRebates com Arkansas 2740000 March 15 www AR state rebate com California 35267000 April 22 www cash4appliances org Colorado 4739000 April 19 www RechargeColorado com Connecticut 3359000 Jan 25 April 1 www ct gov opm ApplianceRebates Delaware 838000 Dec 1 2009 www EnergizeDelaware com Dist of Columbia 568000 Sept 20 www green dc gov Florida 17585000 Program Closed www rebates com fl orida Georgia 9293000 Feb 12 www GeorgiaRebate com Hawaii 1236000 Program Closed www HawaiiEnergy com www kiuc coop Idaho 1462000 March 25 www SEEARPRewards com idaho Illinois 12379000 Program Closed www IllinoisEnergy org appliances Indiana 6118000 Program Closed www INEnergyEffi ciency com Iowa 2881000 Program Closed www IowaApplianceRebate com Kansas 2689000 Program Closed www kshousingcorp org programs seearp shtml Kentucky 4096000 April 22 www KYApplianceRebates com Louisiana 4232000 Program Closed www EmPowerLouisiana org Maine 1263000 May 1 www effi ciencymaine com at home appliance_ replacement_ program Maryland 5405000 Apr 22 July 30 www energy maryland gov Massachusetts 6235000 Program Closed https www MASwap1 com Michigan 9598000 Feb 10 Aug 1 www MichRebate com www MIRebates com Minnesota 5009000 Program Closed www MNApplianceRebate com Mississippi 2820000 April 22 www Mississippi org appliance Missouri 5672000 April 19 April 21 www MissouriApplianceRebate com Montana 928000 May 24 www MT State Rebate com Nebraska 1711000 Program Closed www neo ne gov ARRA appliancerebate htm Nevada 2495000 April 17 www NevadaApplianceRebate com New Hampshire 1262000 April 19 April 21 www nh gov oep recovery seearp htm New Jersey 8331000 Feb 1 April 1 9 July 1 www NJCleanEnergy com New Mexico 1904000 April 22 www e rebates org nmarp New York 18700000 Feb 12 www NYApplianceSwapout com North Carolina 8849000 Program Closed www EnergyNC net North Dakota 615000 April 6 www CommunityServices ND gov stimulus seearp Ohio 11020000 March 26 www OhioApplianceRebate com Oklahoma 3495000 Program Closed www okcommerce gov recovery appliance rebate program Oregon 3636000 Jan 1 July 1 www Oregon gov ENERGY Recovery Funding shtml Pennsylvania 11944000 April 21 www PAHeatingRebates com Rhode Island 1008000 March 25 www RIRebates com South Carolina 4298000 Program Closed www ApplianceRebates SC gov South Dakota 772000 Program Closed http ApplianceRebate SD gov Tennessee 5963000 April 22 www tnecd gov recovery energystar html Texas 23341000 Program Closed www TexasPowerfulSmart org rebate Utah 2626000 May 12 www CashForAppliancesUtah com Vermont 596000 Program Closed www effi ciencyvermont com pages Virginia 7454000 April 28 www dmme virginia gov arra shtml Washington 6284000 March 15 www CashForAppliancesWA com West Virginia 1741000 Jun 17 www WVApplianceRebate com Wisconsin 5400000 Program Closed www FocusOnEnergy com recovery Wyoming 511000 April 15 www WyomingRebates com U S Department of Energy PROJECTED START www LPGasmagazine com August 2010 LPGas 21