Austin Utilities (Gas and Electric) - Residential Conserve and Save Rebate Program
Austin City of residential energy efficiency rebate program
program summary
Austin Utilities offers incentives to its residential customers for the installation of energy-efficient equipment in homes. Rebates are available for both electric and natural gas equipment. Eligible equipment includes a variety of appliances, room and central A/C, heat pumps, boilers, furnaces, water heaters, lighting, insulation, and programmable thermostats. Recycling rebates for refrigerators, freezers, dehumidifiers, and room air conditioners are only available to customers who properly recycle their old working models. Austin Utilities will reimburse the customer for specified recycling costs if they have proof that they recycled their old unit and replaced it with an ENERGY STAR model. Rebates are available until calendar year program funding is exhausted.
Austin Utilities also offers rebates for solar photovoltaics, solar water heating, and shade trees. Details for the solar program can be found here, and details for the tree program can be found here.
eligible technologies
Air conditioners, Attic Insulation, Boilers, Building Insulation, Clothes Washers, Dehumidifiers, Dishwasher, Dual Fuel Air-Source Heat Pump, Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pump, Furnaces, General Air Sealing, Geothermal Heat Pumps, Heat Pump Clothes Dryer, Heat pumps, LED Lighting, Level-2 Electric Vehicle Service Equipment, Motors, Programmable Thermostats, Refrigerators/Freezers, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar Water Heat, Tankless Water Heater, Wall Insulation, Water Heaters
program administrator
Austin Utilities
list of rebates
- Maximum rebate of $100 (Air conditioners)
- Flat rebate of $350 (Attic Insulation)
- Maximum rebate of $1000 (Boilers)
- Minimum rebate of $800 (Boilers)
- Maximum rebate of $90 (Clothes Washers)
- Minimum rebate of $25 (Clothes Washers)
- Flat rebate of $15 (Dehumidifiers)
- Maximum rebate of $40 (Dishwasher)
- Minimum rebate of $25 (Dishwasher)
- Flat rebate of $100 (Dual Fuel Air-Source Heat Pump)
- Maximum rebate of $100 (Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pump)
- Flat rebate of $100 (Ductless Mini-Split Heat Pump)
- Maximum rebate of $1000 (Furnaces)
- Minimum rebate of $200 (Furnaces)
- Flat rebate of $200 (General Air Sealing)
- Flat rebate of $100 (Geothermal Heat Pumps)
- Flat rebate of $200 per ton (Geothermal Heat Pumps)
- Flat rebate of $25 (Heat Pump Clothes Dryer)
- Flat rebate of $60 (Heat pumps)
- Flat rebate of 50% of cost (LED Lighting)
- Maximum rebate of $20 per Unit (LED Lighting)
- Flat rebate of $15 (Level-2 Electric Vehicle Service Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $50 (Programmable Thermostats)
- Maximum rebate of $100 (Programmable Thermostats)
- Flat rebate of $25 (Refrigerators/Freezers)
- Flat rebate of $500 (Solar Photovoltaics)
- Flat rebate of $15 per square foot (Solar Water Heat)
- Maximum rebate of $1200 (Solar Water Heat)
- Flat rebate of $500 (Tankless Water Heater)
- Flat rebate of $200 (Wall Insulation)
program notes
- 2025-09-29 17:33:01
- Annual review, updated links and incentive amounts. Added incentives for battery-powered law equipment, EV charger, and electric bikes.
- 2022-06-18 14:57:59
- Annual review, large updates to program details and incentive amounts, as well as eligible products.
- 2019-05-28 18:21:58
- Annual review, updates to incentives.
- 2017-03-22 19:24:53
- Incentive amounts have changed. New rebates for clothes dryers (gas and electric), furnace fan motors, attic insulation/sealing, high efficiency toilets, rotating sprinkler nozzles, and weather-based irrigation controls are available for 2017. Rebates for CFLs and central A/C (excluding clean and tune-up) are no longer available at this time
- 2015-03-05 17:59:19
- Rebates for incentives have changed.