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February 13, 2007
Three Utilities to
Offer Rebates for
New ENERGY STAR® Manufactured Homes
Recognizing the need
for Energy Star to be cost competitive, MHRA, in cooperation
with state manufactured housing associations, is working with
power companies across the nation on an Energy Star manufactured
home rebate program.
The programs provide for incentives
of up to $750 for each Energy Star home completed. The rebates are in addition to the federal
$1,000 tax credit that runs through 2008.
Utilities have a vested
interest in improved efficiency for two compelling reasons.
First, efficiency can be a cost-effective strategy for reducing
electric demand and system peaks, factors that reduce the
need to build additional generating capacity. Second, public
utility commissions around the nation are adopting policies
requiring power companies to fund efficiency programs. For
many utilities, underwriting a portion of the costs of Energy
Star construction through a rebate program is a good fit with
their overall efficiency portfolio and reaches a segment of
their customer base that has been difficult to reach in the
past.
The rebate programs
are intended to bring the cost of an Energy Star home roughly
in line with the cost of a home built to the HUD standards,
reducing the first cost barrier and jump starting the demand
for Energy Star homes. Thus far, three utilities have signed
up for the rebate program designed and to be administered
by MHRA: Southern California Edison, Nevada Power
Company and Tennessee
Valley Authority (details about each of the programs are
included in the table below). About 15 other utilities are
currently considering funding the program.
MHRA is administering the rebate
programs. For more information, contact: Gwynne Koch, MHRA Energy Star Program Coordinator
(gkoch@research-alliance.org).
Summary of Energy Star Rebate
Programs
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Utility Sponsor
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Southern California Edison
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Nevada Power Company
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Tennessee Valley Authority
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State Association
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California Manufactured Housing
Institute
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Nevada Manufactured Housing Association
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Tennessee Manufactured Housing Association
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Eligible Homes
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All homes
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Electrically-heated homes only
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Electrically-heated homes only
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Rebate Period*
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January 1, 2007 –
October 31, 2008
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January 1, 2007 –
December 31, 2007
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February 1, 2007 –
January 31, 2009
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Rebate
Amount
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$400
per gas-heated home;
$750
per electrically-heated home
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$750
per electrically-heated home
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$700
per electrically-heated home
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*All
programs are subject to extension based on success in the
first year.
Copyright 2007 All rights reserved. No part of this newsletter may be
reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transcribed in
any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying,
recording or otherwise without the prior written permission
of MHRA. For comments or questions related to MHRA ENERGY
STAR Update, contact Gwynne Koch via e-mail at gkoch@research-alliance.org.
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