MWHPBA MEETS WITH NIPSCO TO DISCUSS THE $500,000 CHANGEOUT

John Crouch from the Hearth, Patio and Barbecue Association (HPBA)  and Erica Geil and Drew Herendeen from the Midwest Heath, Patio and Barbecue Association (MWHPBA) recently met with NIPSCO to discuss the upcoming Northern Indiana Wood Stove Changeout they will be sponsoring.  Though many of the details are still being worked through, we feel we have a pretty good idea of how this changeout will work and how our members can begin preparing for the potential February 1 kick-off. [FULL ARTICLE]

PROGRAM OVERVIEW
NIPSCO will sponsor a Woodstove and Wood Outdoor Boiler changeout & retrofit program in order to minimize the effects of particulate air emissions and hazardous air pollution.

All counties in the NIPSCO service territory now qualify for the changeout incentives. These 32 counties are:

PROGRAM INCENTIVES
NIPSCO proposes a two-pronged incentive structure that will offer incentives to residential customers and even more generous incentives for “Income Qualified” customers.

This incentive would provide customers within eligible communities with an instant rebate toward the replacement, retrofit or upgrade of their inefficient, higher polluting wood-burning stove or outdoor boiler. Rebates for woodstove/boiler changeout options include the following:

Low income homeowners will be able to receive an actual replace of their old, inefficient, high polluting woodburning stove or boiler.  For the first 30 homes, funding will be limited up to $4000 per home.  

SCHEDULE
November 19 – Changeout Administrative Webinar
November 19 – Woodstove Changeout Kicks Off