ST. GEORGE, UTAH -- Rebates for energy efficiency improvements have become increasingly popular in recent months, as people try to save a few bucks in the economic recession, but according to a recent report, the rebates may have been alittle too popular. The City of St. George Energy Services Department, which blew through the $50,000 it had for an energy efficiency rebate program this year in about six weeks, will lower the rates offered for insulation installation, from 25 cents per square foot to 20 or 30 cents per square foot, as soon as it has the funds to start the program up again.
The move follows on the heels of a similar move by Questar Gas, which announced last week a reduction in insulation rebate rates available through its Thermawise energy efficiency program. Other utilities plan to implement similar reductions.
"Paying attention to what (Questar) had presented, they had some good documentation that supports the argument to lower the rates," said rene Fleming, conservation coordinator for the St. George Energy Services Depeartment.
The program was meant to inspire better energy conservation, and help the city lower its electrical load, especially during the peak months of summer when much of the city uses air conditioning. Instead, people would stack the city rebates on top of the Questar rebates, and sometimes get paid for making the changes.
April 8, 2009 TheSpectrum.com Southern Utah's #1 Source for News and Information
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