The National Fuel Conservation Incentive Program

The National Fuel Conservation Incentive Program (CIP), offers residential and small, non-residential customers in National Fuel's western New York service area a number of money-saving rebates when you buy an Energy Star®-rated programmable thermostat or when you replace specified appliances with new energy efficient models. When you add these rebates to your projected fuel savings, you'd be amazed at how quickly these new appliances can pay for themselves.

Older furnaces aren't nearly as fuel efficient as today's high efficiency models. Even if it's still in good working condition, an older furnace could be using approximately 20% more fuel than a new high efficiency furnace. And an old water heater could be just as inefficient as an old furnace.

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Please Note: The Conservation Incentive Program rebate offers are available for qualifying equipment purchased and installed on or after November 1, 2007.

A lot of people believe that National Fuel controls the cost of natural gas, and that higher natural gas costs mean the Utility makes more money. The truth is that utilities have no control over the market price of natural gas. By law, these costs are passed along without mark-up. The price you pay for natural gas is set in the energy marketplace where the forces of supply and demand affect prices most. In recent years, supply and demand in the energy marketplace have been out of balance, resulting in rising energy prices.

National Fuel's Conservation Incentive Program is the first of its kind in New York state. This program is designed so that, with others like it, utilities and their customers can partner on ways to use less natural gas, helping to bring balance back to the marketplace and lowering the price we all pay for the energy we use.

In addition to the rebate feature of the program, the Conservation Incentive Program includes free weatherization assistance for low-income customers, which is being implemented in partnership with the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (“NYSERDA”), through its EmPower New YorkSM program. Customers who may be eligible for free weatherization assistance through the CIP will be identified by National Fuel and social service providers and referred to EmPower New YorkSM.

Throughout the NationalFuelForThought Web site you will find links to a variety of additional Web sites dedicated to energy conservation. These links are provided solely for your convenience. National Fuel has no association with these sites, does not endorse these sites and does not vouch for the accuracy of the information contained therein.