Connecticut

Information provided the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (DSIRE)

Summary: In accordance with Conn. Gen. Statutes Sec. 12-412k, compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs) and certain “residential weatherization products” are exempt from the state's sales and use tax. In addition to CFLs, the exemption applies to programmable thermostats, window film, caulking, window and door weather strips, insulation, water heater blankets, water heaters, natural gas and propane furnaces and boilers that meet the federal Energy Star standard, windows and doors that meet the federal Energy Star standard, oil furnaces and boilers that are not less than 84% efficient and ground-source heat pumps that meet the minimum federal energy efficiency rating.

Links:

• Conn. Gen. Stat. § 12-412k
• For more information on this financial incentive for energy efficiency in Connecticut, visit DSIRE

Summary: Connecticut offers rebate programs for energy efficient equipment. Click on the links to DSIRE below for more detail.

• Connecticut Energy Efficiency Incentive Program
• Furnace and Boiler Replacement Rebate Program

Summary: The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control (DPUC) and the Connecticut Housing Investment Fund (CHIF) offer low-interest loan programs for the purchase of energy-efficient technologies in a variety of sectors. Click on the links below for more detail.

• CHIF - Energy Conservation Loan
• DPUC - Low-Interest Loans for Customer-Side Distributed Resources

Summary: Connecticut's New Energy Technologies (NET) competitive grant program is broad in scope and includes any type of efficiency technology, renewable energy technology, or energy storage technology. The NET Grants have been given for the past fourteen years to help small firms commercialize new energy related technologies. These grants provide $10,000 each for up to five small firms.

Grants are also available for K-12 schools to upgrade heating systems in order to make them more efficient.  The program will provide up to 50% match to a maximum of $30,000 for efficiency improvements to heating plants and distribution systems.  (Funds cannot be used for any conversions.)  The program also provides 50% funding for a required engineering analysis of the heating/distribution system, if the analysis is submitted as part of an application under this program.  Funding for this program is limited.

Links:

• Connecticut Policy Development and Planning Division-Energy Management

Last Updated 09/03/2009

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