If you have been thinking about a new appliance, this weekend is a good time to get one, just remember to look for the energy star label and you will save dollars now and for the life of the unit. Something new for you that will help preserve our scarce resources and some cash at [...]
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Save on Appliances This Weekend During the ENERGY STAR® Sales Tax Holiday – May 28-30, 2011
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged Efficient energy use, Energy Star, Memorial Day on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Funds Still Available for the Texas Appliance Mail-In Rebate Program
Posted in Efficiency, recycling, tagged Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Rebate Program, Texas on February 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you’ve considered participating… Funds are still available for the Texas Appliance Mail-In Rebate Program. Texas has already approved over $12 million in rebates and funds are limited, so act soon! Funding for the program is available to Texas residential consumers on a first-received, first-issued basis according to the application’s postmark date until funds are depleted. You [...]
Texas Appliance rebate part II (don’t miss out on this one) !
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, recycling, tagged Comptroller, Efficient energy use, energy efficance, Energy Star, Funds, Texas on December 21, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Need a new refrigerator, washing machine, dish washer, water heater, air conditioner or heat pump? The the state has a deal for you. Texas has started another round of its energy efficient appliance rebate program. As we covered in a previous blog post this is a big, sweet deal of a rebate for new energy [...]
Memorial Day Energy Star Sales Tax Holiday!!
Posted in Consumers, Efficiency, Energy, tagged Ed Begley Jr, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Representative Veronica Gonzalez, rio grande valley, sales tax, south texas chisme on May 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve told my parents and now I’m telling you. ¡Si se compran una lavadora o un aire condicionado marcado Energy Star este weekend, no tienen que pagar sales taxes! If you buy an Energy Star appliance this Memorial Day weekend you won’t have to pay a sales tax! Representative Veronica Gonzalez announced the third annual [...]
Appliance rebate program good for Texans
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged appliance rebate, comptroller's office, consortium for energy efficiency (CEE), david power, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, Public Citizen, rebate reservation, san antonio express news, seco, state energy conservation office, texas powerful smart, texas trade up appliance rebate program on April 1, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Ain’t timing a funny thing? The very morning our most excellent op-ed on the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program gets published in the San Antonio Express-News, the Comptroller’s Office decides to change the reservation date from April 5th to the 7th. Silly stuff. Check out our amended op-ed below, and visit the Express-News to [...]
Trade Up Your Appliances to Save Money and Energy
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged Efficiency, Energy Star, rebates, seco, state energy conservation office, stimulus, texas powerful smart, texas trade up appliance rebate program on March 30, 2010 | 2 Comments »
By taking advantage of the Texas Trade Up Appliance Rebate Program from April 16-25, Texas residents can receive rebates for replacing old appliances with new, more efficient models. Rebates range from $45 up to $1,000 and may be even more if you qualify for additional rebates through your electric utility. Visit www.TexasPowerfulSmart.org to learn more [...]
Conserve Energy and Save Money with Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, tagged appliances, conservation, doe, Efficiency, energy efficient appliance rebate program, Energy Star, jeff wentworth, oak hill gazette, seco, state energy conservation office, state rebates, state senator, Texas, united states department of energy on March 17, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In last week’s Oak Hill Gazette, State Senator Jeff Wentworth wrote a guest article profiling the Energy Efficient Appliance Rebate Program. Next month, from April 16-25, Texas residents can get a rebate to buy up to two energy efficient appliances including refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, hot water heaters, clothes washers, and both room and central air [...]
Texas Observer’s Rundown of “the Chosen” Environmental Bills
Posted in Coal, Efficiency, Energy, Nuclear, Renewables, tagged CFL, chosen ones, Coal Plants, earth day, Energy Efficiency, Energy Star, environment texas, environmental regulation, fast tracking, hb 280, kip averitt, luke metzger, nuclear plants, president obama, public citizen texas, rafael anchia, republicans, sb 16, sb 545, sb 546, senate, speaker joe straus, strama, susan peterson, swinford, Texas Legislature, texas observer, Tom "Smitty" Smith, troy fraser on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m going to cross-post the following article from the Texas Observer’s Floor Pass blog whole hog, because it is just that good. Look for Smitty’s quote in bold, and hold on to your hat Wednesday, April 22, 2009 The Chosen Ones posted by Susan Peterson at 03:12 PM There’s a lot to celebrate this Earth [...]
Old Argument, New Twist
Posted in Global Warming, tagged auto bailout, California, Consumer Electronics Association, Efficiency, Energy Guide, Energy Star, Kate Galbraith, Televisions on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Television sets use about 4% of household power nation-wide, and the newest flat screens are even bigger power suckers — LCD screens use 43% more power than the old tube TV models. Despite this situation, government efficiency testing standards for televisions haven’t been updated since Leave It to Beaver appeared in black and white. Energy [...]
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