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
  
  

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