Have You Heard About The Heating Oil Equipment Rebate Program In Maine?

If they act fast, homeowners in the Pine Tree State can receive rebates of up to $500 when they install a new high-efficiency heating oil system and a new aboveground heating oil tank.

Your heating oil dealer can help you qualify for these rebates and take care of the whole process for you. Funds are limited for this program and rebates will be allotted on a first-come, first-served basis.

The rebate program is managed by the Maine Energy Marketers Association with the support of the National Oilheat Research Alliance (NORA). Here’s how you save:

• receive a $300 rebate for buying and installing a high-efficiency oilheat home heating system that is greater efficiency than the one you now have in your home
• receive a $200 rebate when you buy and install a new above-ground heating oil storage tank.
• purchase both, and receive both rebates whether you buy them at the same time or separately

The process to secure a rebate is super simple! All you need to do is speak with your Maine heating oil dealer who will be glad to help you qualify for these rebates as well as other incentives.

Long-Term Savings

Besides the immediate savings from equipment rebates, you will save money on heating oil for years to come when you upgrade your equipment. There have been major improvements to heating oil equipment. The latest systems are small, smart and super-efficient, and can not only keep your home toasty warm, but save you, on average, about 20% on your annual heating costs.

Heating Oil Keeps Getting Better

Heating oil has been reformulated with Bioheat® fuel, which consists of ultra-low sulfur heating oil blended with renewable biodiesel. The most refined grade of heating oil available, Bioheat fuel is one of the cleanest burning heating sources for your home or business. It reduces greenhouse gas emissions significantly and no changes to your existing heating oil system are necessary if you want to use Bioheat fuel.

Bioheat Fuel Lowers The Country’s Carbon Footprint

Here’s why the use of Bioheat fuel is a game changer in terms of reducing carbon emissions.

• Bioheat fuel mixes low-carbon renewable liquids like biodiesel with conventional heating oil.
• Biodiesel is a gallon-for gallon substitute for petroleum-based fuels, which have a higher carbon intensity.
• By 2030, it’s estimated that biodiesel will displace 529 million gallons of heating oil.*
• Wide-spread use of Bioheat fuel in the Northeast annually avoids more than 1.5 million tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.*
• 1.5 million tons of CO2 emissions is equivalent to removing 320,000 vehicles from the road—-or the equivalent of the emissions from the annual energy use in 180,000 homes.*

Feel Good About Heating Oil In Maine

Knowing more about today’s heating oil in Maine will make you feel good about how you heat your home—now and into the future. That’s why it’s important for you to know that with every passing year, heating oil continues its evolvement into a newer, cleaner and more efficient fuel. The energy outlook has never been brighter for Maine homeowners who heat with oil!

*Source: Biodiesel.org