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Energy Tax Credit for Efficient Furnaces
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| John R 2006-02-08, 11:21 pm |
| There is a federal tax credit ($150) for installing new high efficiency
furnaces between Jan 2006 and Dec 2007. The catch is that the furnace
needs to be 95% AFUE. That seems a tad high (Energy Star qualification
is 90%) and removes a lot of condensing furnaces from the credit,
including all of American-Standard/Trane condensing gas furnaces.
List of eligible furnaces: http://tinyurl.com/7wjmn It's a short list
since a lot of the condensing furnaces are 92 to 94.5 AFUE. Perhaps the
companies will increase their AFUE rating by enough to get them to 95
for next year's models?
There is also a tax credit for "electrically efficient furnaces" This
credit is $50 and is for furnaces whose fan uses no more than 2% of the
total energy use per year, regardless of AFUE.
A list of eligible electrically efficient furnaces is here:
http://tinyurl.com/cbltu
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| Elliott Plack 2006-02-08, 11:21 pm |
| Thanks John! I'm going to replacing my furnace anyway, so I'm glad you
mentioned this.
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| Bob Pietrangelo 2006-02-12, 10:21 pm |
| Trane/AS is coming out with a 3 stage furnace in a month or 2, I believe
that one will qualify
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"John R" <john_r@no.spam> wrote in message
news:43EAAD71.A1D1025D@news.group...
> There is a federal tax credit ($150) for installing new high efficiency
> furnaces between Jan 2006 and Dec 2007. The catch is that the furnace
> needs to be 95% AFUE. That seems a tad high (Energy Star qualification
> is 90%) and removes a lot of condensing furnaces from the credit,
> including all of American-Standard/Trane condensing gas furnaces.
>
> List of eligible furnaces: http://tinyurl.com/7wjmn It's a short list
> since a lot of the condensing furnaces are 92 to 94.5 AFUE. Perhaps the
> companies will increase their AFUE rating by enough to get them to 95
> for next year's models?
>
> There is also a tax credit for "electrically efficient furnaces" This
> credit is $50 and is for furnaces whose fan uses no more than 2% of the
> total energy use per year, regardless of AFUE.
>
> A list of eligible electrically efficient furnaces is here:
> http://tinyurl.com/cbltu
>
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