Did you know about the Energy Star program in Arizona that
will help homeowners pay for improvements to their house? Well you are about to
know! APS and SRP have teamed up with Energy Star to provide a Home Performance
program with significant refunds for a variety of energy efficient upgrades to your
existing home. Although the monthly savings
of improving your home should already be a good enough reason to make your home
more energy efficient, the program adds more of an incentive with rebates.
There is a wide variety of rebates for your home you may be
eligible for and some that may apply to items already on your to-do list. Upgrading your AC before the summer heat, or replacing
your old pool pump are just two options the program promotes. Click here to see
a complete list and to learn more about the program.
If you are still wondering to yourself if this is real or
maybe you are asking why in the world would an energy company want you to spend
less money on buying their product? Well that is a great question, a question
that I use to ask before I was let in on the secret.
So here it is, the reason energy companies in Arizona are giving
away free money; they want more money. I guess it’s not a secret, but let me explain
how it works.
The less a company spends the more they take home. And just like
any business, APS and SRP have expenses every month. They may not have to “pay”
to keep the lights on, but there are many other bills they must pay on a
regular basis. This may sound obvious, but the largest expense is not a typical
monthly item. Rather it is something they would rather put off for as long as
possible: a new power plant. A new plant
will easily cost APS or SRP millions of dollars if not a billion dollars.
What that means if they can gain more customers without
increasing the required energy load, they can make more money. If every
homeowner in Arizona was 15% more energy efficient, APS could gain 180,000
customers, and SRP could gain 150,000 customers.
So, the rebates help the energy companies more than they
help you, but don’t let that stop you from saving money. Call us today to learn more about saving
money with rebates today! We would love the opportunity to earn your business.
