Utility Savings

There are lots of great incentives from the utility companies to get you to use less energy consumption. If your thinking that’s weird that a utility company wants you to use less; you are not alone. Its basically equivalent to gas companies paying for your car to get a check up and helping to pay the bill so you increase your more miles per gallon. So why would they do that?!?!

There is a bunch of reasons out there but here are a few:

As demand for gas and power grow, the utility companies are forced to build and purchase more infrastructure. This can be an expensive burden for the power companies. By making the existing infrastructure (grid) more efficient, more homes can be serviced by power already supported within the grid, which in turn means less construction of “new” infrastructure.
Much of the gas and power that we consume is purchased by the utility companies. If our homes are more efficient, there is less need to purchase additional energy to keep up with demand. This is a money saving solution for the Utility Companies.
Political reasons. There are major efforts from the Federal Government to make our society more green and efficient. Companies across the world are seeking a legitimate claim at being a “Green Company”. Not only are they gaining political goodwill, but their reputation with the consumer also grows substantially as they keep our costs down and help the become more environmentally friendly.

Home Energy HERO can help our MD, Pennsylvania and Virginia customers in the following programs:

Maryland

BGE – New 2012 rebates for participating customers in the program will recieve 50% up to $2000 for energy efficiency improvements (insulation, air sealing etc). http://www.bgesmartenergy.com/residential/home-performance-energy-star

PEPCO- New 2012 rebates for participating customers in the program will recieve 50% up to $2000 to $1200 for energy efficient improvements (air sealing, insulation etc). http://homeenergysavings.pepco.com/md/home-energy-savings/home-performance-audit

See our Home Performance with EnergySTAR reviews http://www.mdhomeperformance.org/contractors.php?contractors_id=76

Pennsylvania

First Energy (MetEd, Penelec and Penne Power)- Customers recieve $300 towards two part whole house audit and up to $900 for energy efficient savings. http://energysavepa-home.com/wholehouse/whole-house-program