Cotton Electric has announced new standards for the 2012 Rebate Program for the purchase and installation of energy-efficient ground source or air source heat pumps.
A total of $200,000 in rebate funds is available on a first-come, first-served basis. Once rebate funds have been exhausted, the program will end for the year.
Members should note that the minimum standards for ground source heat pumps (GSHP) are divided into two tiers for 2012. The amount of rebate is determined by the size of each unit, its Energy Efficiency Rating (EER) and Coefficient of Performance (COP).

Forgot your Co-op Connections card? There’s an app for that. Co-op members on the go can keep up with all the local and national discounts offered by downloading the Co-op Connections Card phone app at connections.coop.
This virtual Co-op Connections Card shows the front and back images necessary to take advantage of prescription and other Healthy Savings discounts.
The app also uses a phone’s GPS feature to find businesses that accept the card, if any are nearby.
Users can identify favorite discount deals and save them in a My Deals feature within the app, which is available for Blackberry and Droid phones as well as iPod Touch, iPhone and iPad.

It’s easy to find out: Just look at your monthly bill. If the total due is always a round number – all dollars and no cents – it is probably because the amount is rounded up to the nearest dollar. To be sure, look for “Roundup Amt” in the itemized portion of the bill. The amount will be between 0 and 99 cents and will average out to about $6 a year. The extra change is pooled with other members’ contributions and administered by the Cotton Electric Charitable Foundation. If you are not an Operation Round Up participant and would like to be, give us a call.

Cotton Electric's Energy Efficiency Coordinator Trent Marlett offers step-by-step instructions.

See more energy efficiency tips here.