We just discovered that the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power offers a $200 rebate for installing a Whole House Fan. Check out the details by clicking here.
Not in the LA area? Many other municipalities and utilities offer WHF rebates. Take a look at our blog covering the full list of rebates we have found so far:
We are excited to find that a few utility companies outside of California are now offering rebates for whole house fans. It’s nice to see some forward thinking by these companies. After all, energy savings can come from more than just replacing appliances or installing new windows.
The table below lists all of the rebates that we are aware of for whole house fans and solar attic fans (your solar attic fan already qualifies for a 30% federal tax credit). Please refer to the utility rebate website for specific details on qualifications, $$$, and application forms.
| STATE | UTILITY | WHF* | SAF* |
| CA | LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF WATER & POWER | $200 | |
| CA | LODI ELECTRIC UTILITY | $100 | $40 |
| CA | RIVERSIDE PUBLIC UTILITIES | $200 | |
| CA | SILICON VALLEY POWER | $200 | $100 |
| CA | GLENDALE WATER & POWER | $100-$125 | |
| CA | BURBANK WATER & POWER | $50-$100 | $200 |
| CA | ANAHEIM PUBLIC UTILITIES | $100 | $30 |
| CA | PASADENA WATER & POWER | $100 | |
| CA | SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON | $50 | |
| CA | SAN DIEGO GAS & ELECTRIC | $50 | |
| CA | REDDING ELECTRIC UTILITY | $150 | |
| CA | TURLOCK IRRIGATION DISTRICT WATER & POWER | $75 | |
| CA | SACRAMENTO MUNICIPAL UTILITY DISTRICT | $100 | |
| CA | MODESTO IRRIGATION DISTRICT WATER & POWER | $100 | $50-$100 |
| CO | BOULDER COUNTY | $500 | |
| CO | FORT COLLINS UTILITIES | $250 | |
| PA | DUQUESNE LIGHT | $130 | |
| PA | PECO | $90 | |
| TX | GUADALUPE VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE | $50 | |
| UT | ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER | $200 |
We have always been a bit miffed that whole house fans are not eligible for an Energy Star rating. It was always our impression that the feds were too busy to find the time to recognize and certify one of the best energy saving technologies around. (That’s a Whole House Fan, BTW) So it came as a pleasant surprise, to see that one arm of our government (the GAO Government Accountability Office) was doing its job.
The folks at the GAO submitted several bogus products to test just how carefully the EPA (administrators of the Energy Star Certifcation) examined products and claims. Now, this is where it would be funny if it wasn’t true. Here is one product they submitted:
What are the lessons to be learned:
Hats off to the GAO people ! Not so much for the EPA.
See the whole report at: http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d10470.pdf
At long last! Southern California Edison, the only remaining utility company still needing to update their rebate list to include our 2.5 and 4.5 models, has finally done so. Good grief, it took them long enough! For over 6 months now I have been making at least one, but usually more, pleading calls a week to their rebate center and rebate program manager. I’ve sent more 
than a dozen emails to them. I’ve begged anyone over there who would listen to look at the California Energy Commission appliance database and the PG&E website for the required documentation, which are the only requirements listed for SCE to list a new product model.
It wasn’t the rejection that bothered me the most, although 6 months with no response is disheartening to say the least. What bothered me most was when customers would call us, frustrated at receiving a rejection to their rebate application, who had been told by the SCE rebate center that their list was absolutely up to date with no pending items. No pending items? What do they call over half a year’s worth of unanswered voicemail messages and emails then?
Well, all my bitterness aside, I am happy to announce that the long wait is over. Every model whole house fan that AirScape manufacturers is now listed on the SCE’s list of qualifying products. SCE qualifying product list
For a list of the other utility companies that offer rebates on our fans, see our rebate page. AirScape rebates
We love the validation that utilities give to the whole house fan concept by sponsoring rebates on our products. Thank You.
BUT… P.G.&E. took longer to put our new model 2.5WHF on their “qualifying list” than it took us to design, test, photograph, market, and sell the first year’s production! Wow ! We are just too quick for you utilities 