Sharing Positive Energy Event Sheds Light on Energy Efficiency Incentives
We’ve all be taught how simple actions like turning off a light
before leaving a room can benefit the environment. At the recent “Sharing
Positive Energy” event put on by the Sustainable Jersey
Atlantic-Cape May Hub of green team volunteers, presenters shared how larger-scale, but very doable, actions like upgrading our homes or businesses with energy efficient equipment can create tangible benefits for our communities.

If you missed the event, we’ve recapped the highlights, so
you can benefit from the incentives our state offers.
The New Jersey Clean
Energy Program
The New Jersey Clean Energy Program, run by the Board of
Public Utilities, offers financial incentives to residents, business and
municipalities to upgrade lighting, appliances and equipment to energy
efficient models with the overall goal to improve the state’s environment.
The process begins by working with a state-approved
contractor to perform an audit of your home or business. From there,
suggestions will be made to improve your equipment. Rebates and other
financial incentives are offered to make the upgrades affordable.
The state also offers rebates for upgrading old appliances
like washing machines, and works with communities taking on larger projects
like fitting streetlights with LED lightbulbs.

NJ Clean Energy Reps Kimberly Hoff and Ashley Miller
The Town of Hammonton Business Administrator Jerry Barberio
was present to discuss his town’s experience with doing just that. Hammonton
received a $141,500 Clean Energy grant to upgrade 1500 streetlights to LED. The
upgrades will cut the town’s energy bill by 40 percent. (Learn
more).
Keith Symonds, owner of the Varsity Inn in Ocean City, shared his
experience upgrading his restaurant’s heating, cooling and
lighting with the help of the Clean Energy Program. The program covered 70
percent of the cost, and Symonds was responsible for the remaining 30 percent, which
he was able to finance with a 0% interest loan offered through the program.
Click here to learn
more about the Clean Energy Program.
Sustainable Jersey
Gold-Star Actions
Sustainable Jersey explained its new energy actions that
will help municipalities lower their energy bills and promote energy saving
activities with their residents. By completing the actions, towns can reach
gold-star certification through the Sustainable Jersey program.
Click
here to learn more about these actions.
Local Utilities
South Jersey Gas explained the financial incentives offered
to residents that make the switch to efficient natural gas equipment to pair
along with the NJ Clean Energy program.
Click here to
learn more about their program.
Need More
Information?
You can view the full slides from the event here