News Media Bullet Points
- The $35.2 million in rebates will leverage a three to five-fold economic investment or $100-170 million dollars of economic activity.
- This economic activity will result in $8-$14 million in sales taxes.
- Purchasing one of these appliances compared to non-efficient ones will save consumers hundreds of dollars over the life of the products.
- Annual dollar savings for these qualified appliances are:
- $65/yr = refrigerators (over the life of the product it almost pays for itself)
- $50/yr = Clothes washers (over the life of the product it pays for itself)
- $30/yr = Room air conditioner (over the life of the product it more than pays for itself)
- Proposed number of appliance rebates/sales: approx. 300,000
- Proposed energy savings of these 300,000 appliances per year: 23.5 gigawatt hours (GWh)
- Proposed energy savings over the life of the products (average 11 yrs): 255 GWh
If you have additional questions, please contact:
Toll-free Phone Number: 1-888-390-4034
E-mail Address: rebates@energy.state.ca.us
