2010 National Grid Weatherization/Insulation Rebate Program Announced
Posted by Romain Strecker on Wed, Mar 17, 2010
The rebate has been officially announced. Starting March 15th, the following 2010 rebate program will take effect.
2010 National Grid Weatherization Rebate Program
National Grid Program Update to participating contractors
National Grid would like to thank all Participating Contractors for a very successful 2009. As a result of your hard work in performing weatherization improvements, hundreds of National Grid Gas customers are benefiting this winter from lower gas usage, increased comfort, and improved overall home performance.
National Grid is continuing to work with the Department of Energy Resources and other Program Administrators in the Commonwealth to finalize its Weatherization Program for 2010. While additional modifications are possible over the next several months, the following changes are being phased in:
- All customers in 1-4 family homes that use natural gas provided by National Grid for heating must have a MassSAVE energy audit before any weatherization improvements are completed to be eligible for rebates through the National Grid Gas Weatherization Program.
- Only measures identified and approved during the MassSAVE energy audit will be eligible for rebates through the National Grid Gas Weatherization Program.
- Program rebates are only available for retrofit work. Weatherization work associated with new construction, additions, renovations, or any other projects where the weatherization work is required to be completed to meet state or local codes are not eligible for program rebates.
For Participating Contractors that already have an established working relationship with a customer, a new toll free number has been dedicated to be used by the Participating Contractors to identify that customer relationship. Participating Contractors can call 1-8**-***-**** to identify customers that they are working with on weatherization projects who need an energy audit to meet the new eligibility requirement. When calling, the Participating Contractors should be prepared to identify the customer by name and service address. The customer name should be the individual that is the National Grid Gas account holder. The MassSAVE Program Vendor will note in the customer record the name of the Participating Contractor.
Only the customer can schedule their energy audit; when they do so MassSAVE will confirm that the customer is indeed working with the Participating Contractor. The MassSAVE Program Vendor will work with the customer to schedule the energy audit as quickly as possible. At the time of the energy audit, the customer will be provided with a Weatherization Recommendations Summary Report that notes the type of weatherization work that is eligible for program rebates.
Participating Contractors will directly contract with the customer for the weatherization work as outlined in the Weatherization Recommendations Summary Report. After the work is completed the Participating Contractor will submit a new 2010 National Grid Gas Weatherization Program Rebate Application to EFI.
For the 2010 National Grid Gas Weatherization Program, all rebates will be paid directly to the Participating Contractor.