Cash for Clunker…..Appliances?

The end to the wildly popular "cash for clunkers" automotive program doesn’t mean they’ve sealed the coffin of government rebates for consumers.  The government will be unveiling a successor that surely will have your old appliances shaking in terror.  

The new program will do the same thing as the original cash for clunkers but is designed to get people to trade in their energy-hogging appliances for something bearing the Energy Star label.  With $300 million set aside for this stimulus plan the government intends to give out $50 to $200 rebates for new appliances.  The new appliances must be Energy Star certified, meaning they will save not only money but the environment.   

As an added bonus there is no trade-in required.  Each state will decide how to distribute the rebates and will begin doing so in late October.  Twenty-five states already have rebate programs.  The rest will be creating a whole new program.  To find out more information about stimulus projects in your state, click here.