Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department - Residential Conservation Services Program
Town of Wakefield residential energy efficiency rebate program
program summary
The Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD), offers the "Incentive Rebate Program" to encourage residential customers to improve the energy efficiency of their homes. All home energy efficiency incentive rebates require an audit through the NextZero program before any work is done and requires a post-installation inspection. There is a maximum rebate of $1,500 for energy efficiency improvements approved by a NextZero audit per qualifying customer per year. Eligible upgrades include various forms of insulation, weather stripping, and window and door replacement. This incentive is available to the customer once every 12 months. Application forms can be filled out at http://wmgld.com/residential-appliance-rebate-form/
WMGLD also offers rebates for Heat Pump, Gas Heating System, or Central Air Conditioning through ABODE Energy Management, to qualify, contact ABODE.
WMGLD also offers an electric vehicle charging rebate program. There is a limit of one charger per qualifying customer account. To be eligible to receive a rebate incentive, chargers must be provided by the WMGLD. Plug-in Hybrid chargers provided by the WMGLD at a reduced cost will receive a rebate incentive of $300 (18 KW) or $200 (9 KW).
eligible technologies
Air conditioners, Building Insulation, Caulking/Weather-stripping, Clothes Washers, Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building, Dehumidifiers, Dishwasher, Doors, Equipment Insulation, Heat pumps, Insulation, Level-2 Electric Vehicle Service Equipment, Lithium-ion, Other EE, Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicles, Programmable Thermostats, Refrigerators/Freezers, Water Heaters, Windows
list of rebates
- Flat rebate of $50 (Air conditioners)
- Flat rebate of $50 (Clothes Washers)
- Flat rebate of $50 (Dehumidifiers)
- Flat rebate of $25 (Dishwasher)
- Maximum rebate of $750 per ton (Heat pumps)
- Maximum rebate of $7500 (Heat pumps)
- Minimum rebate of $500 per ton (Heat pumps)
- Flat rebate of 50% of cost (Insulation)
- Maximum rebate of $1500 (Insulation)
- Maximum rebate of $650 (Level-2 Electric Vehicle Service Equipment)
- Minimum rebate of $200 (Level-2 Electric Vehicle Service Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $100 per kWh (Lithium-ion)
- Maximum rebate of $650 (Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicles)
- Minimum rebate of $200 (Plug-in Electric Hybrid Vehicles)
- Flat rebate of 50% of cost (Programmable Thermostats)
- Maximum rebate of $125 (Programmable Thermostats)
- Flat rebate of $50 (Refrigerators/Freezers)
- Flat rebate of $500 (Water Heaters)
- Flat rebate of $50 per Unit (Windows)
- Maximum rebate of $500 per Unit (Windows)
program notes
- 2025-06-30 15:02:37
- Annual review, updated incentive details, equipment requirements, and added machine-readable combinations.
- 2023-07-21 14:08:17
- Annual review, minor changes to incentive amounts.
- 2018-12-18 19:54:13
- No changes to rebate information.
- 2016-06-23 13:27:27
- Updated by: Sarah Rowland
- 2015-02-09 17:57:22
- Rebates and incentives for 2015 include the same 25% refund on energy efficient utilities up to $300.