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Stimulus Rebate Encourages Energy Efficiency
by Jon Greenberg on
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The federal stimulus plan wants to help consumers buy energy efficient appliances. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will provide New Hampshire with up to $1,262,000 to pay for rebates.
New Hampshire has to designate its own ENERGY STAR appliances which can include central air conditioners, heat pumps (air source and geothermal), boilers, furnaces (oil and gas), room air conditioners, clothes washers, dishwashers, freezers, refrigerators, and water heaters. These are the appliances which generally use the most energy.
New Hampshire also needs to designate the rebate awarded for each appliance. Its application is due August 31 at the Department of Energy (DOE). The DOE predicts that by November 31 it will award the majority of its funds.
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Declining home prices continue to help residential sales in New Hampshire. Prices are down about 11 percent and sales for the year are a hair above what they were in 2008.
Real estate agents are pleased with the October numbers. After a grim period stretching from last fall to early spring, there’s been a consistent if modest upward trend. The number of homes sold last month rose compared to this September and compared to October a year ago. The data come from the New Hampshire Association of Realtors.
The state unemployment rate fell 4-tenths of a percent in October.
Unemployment dropped to 6.8 percent. The decline caught most analysts by surprise. Usually, when the national rate rises, as it did, so does the state’s.
Economist Annette Nielsen with the labor market information bureau says the job growth is real. The rate is not due to lots of people dropping out of the labor force. But Nielsen takes a cautious view.
Nielsen: "I would like to see a couple of months before I would definitely say this is what’s going on."
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nov 31? I assumed public radio was more intelligent than standard programs and tv. Or is this a direct quote from the DOE? Which makes me wonder that the car dealers may have cause to doubt they will get their clunker money... I guess if they didn't look at their iphone or other device they don't know November only has 30 days.