KANSAS CITY -
Missourians have several new incentives to use alternative sources of energy. One area couple is cashing in on those incentives and we'll show you how you can do the same.
A federal tax credit is available to anyone who makes certain energy efficient improvements to their home. But for Missourians, there's also a solar rebate out there and that's what Ray and Cathy Baisch are just about ready to cash in on.
Ray and Cathy Baisch have been on the environmental bandwagon for some time. There's a hybrid car sharing space in the garage with some of the controls for their new solar energy system.
The Baisch's are the first customers to take advantage of Kansas City Power and Light's solar rebate.
It's a program that allows utilities to offer rebates on systems like the one the Baisch's will soon be plugged in to.
"They have have installed a four kW hour system and that's going to mean a rebate of about $7,200 for them," Clara Miller with KCP&L said.
Put that together with the federal tax credit and you cut the installation cost in about half. While Cathy may not see her electric meter running backwards too often, the installer said their system, with help from efficiencies they've already made to their home, should cover up to 90 per cent of their energy usage.
But Cathy said there's more to it than that.
"Just trying to help the Earth as much as we can," she said. "We're gonna have to live here for a while."
For more information on solar panels for your home:KCPLSave and The Energy Savings Store
A federal tax credit is available to anyone who makes certain energy efficient improvements to their home. But for Missourians, there's also a solar rebate out there and that's what Ray and Cathy Baisch are just about ready to cash in on.
Ray and Cathy Baisch have been on the environmental bandwagon for some time. There's a hybrid car sharing space in the garage with some of the controls for their new solar energy system.
The Baisch's are the first customers to take advantage of Kansas City Power and Light's solar rebate.
It's a program that allows utilities to offer rebates on systems like the one the Baisch's will soon be plugged in to.
"They have have installed a four kW hour system and that's going to mean a rebate of about $7,200 for them," Clara Miller with KCP&L said.
Put that together with the federal tax credit and you cut the installation cost in about half. While Cathy may not see her electric meter running backwards too often, the installer said their system, with help from efficiencies they've already made to their home, should cover up to 90 per cent of their energy usage.
But Cathy said there's more to it than that.
"Just trying to help the Earth as much as we can," she said. "We're gonna have to live here for a while."
For more information on solar panels for your home:KCPLSave and The Energy Savings Store
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