Round 4 of the Rebate Bus Quality Assurance Testing measures the accuracy of the rebate’s value and overall requirements listed. Rebate Bus has been built on the idea of simplifying the processes that go towards upgrading a technology to a…
Less than a decade ago, if the lights in the room suddenly turned off, your first thought would have been “power outage”. Today, the lights go out, and you mindlessly wave your hand over your head to get the occupancy…
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The software development team at Rebate Bus has been busy the last few weeks taking advantage of the comprehensive zip code utility data that we’ve been compiling. This week, two changes to our public Find a Rebate tool went live — zip-based…
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Coal is crashing to the ground, and it’s glorious! You won’t be able to see this type of majestic demolition in 2017, when the current administration praises coal generation and mining jobs. However, utilities and their regulatory commissions are finally…
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Utilities are starting to see the value in bringing their energy efficiency programs online. One utility now paving the way to speeding up the program application process is Efficiency Vermont. Efficiency Vermont’s online approach will save paper and time. However,…
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Baltimore Gas and Electric Back in April, Rebate Bus made sure members of Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) were aware of their newly increased prescriptive lighting incentives. Now, Rebate Bus is here to get the word out on a new development…
Lighting in dairy farms can make up for nearly twenty percent of the farm’s own electrical usage. However, with energy efficient LED lighting this proportional expense can be brought down to just over eight percent of a dairy farm’s electrical…
As of June 15, 2017, First Energy Companies: Toledo Edison, Ohio Edison, and The Illuminating Company have doubled their incentives for non-prescriptive lighting upgrades. For a limited time, customers from these three utilities can now earn $0.10 per kWh saved…
As part of our participation in the Ameren Accelerator, Rebate Bus is bringing on board several interns during the school year. This series introduces both of them, and the goals for their internships. This is the first entry — without further ado,…
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Wabash Valley Power operates out of Indianapolis providing wholesale power to 28 distribution cooperatives in Indiana and the neighboring states of Michigan, Illinois, and Missouri. These cooperatives provide power to 350,000 businesses and residences within their service area. Wabash Valley…
