Lighting Rewards

For residential electric customers in Minnesota

Did you know that the average Midwest home has approximately 55 lights? By replacing the bulbs in the five most frequently used lights in your home with ENERGY STAR® qualified lighting, you can save more than $65 each year in energy costs.

ENERGY STAR lighting creates bright, warm light while using two-thirds less energy, generating 70 percent less heat and lasting up to 10 times longer than standard lighting. Not only will you save on energy costs, but IPL offers you cash back on the purchase price.

Replace one incandescent light bulb with an energy-efficient CFL and you’ll save $30 in energy costs over the bulb’s lifetime. That’s just one bulb – imagine the impact if every time an incandescent bulb burned out, you replaced it with a CFL.

Today’s CFLs are available in a variety of shapes, sizes, and applications, including dimmable three-way and other speciality bulbs. CFLs are a smart choice, because they shed the same amount of light (lumens) as standard incandescent bulbs, but use much less energy. Always refer to the lumen or light output guide on the bulb packaging for guidance. For example, when replacing a 60-watt incandescent bulb, choose a 13-15 watt CFL (both shed about 800 lumens of light).

Download the 2009 Minnesota Residential Energy-Efficiency Cash Rewards booklet [PDF]

Efficient and Safe: What you should know about CFLs and mercury

Eligible equipment and reward amounts:

Compact fluorescent light bulbs (CFLs)

How do I qualify?

• IPL must supply your lighting electricity.
• You must purchase new ENERGY STAR qualified equipment.
• Complete the reward form and include the sales receipt, model number(s), UPC code(s), and ENERGY STAR logo cut out from each box and return to IPL within 90 days of installation.

2009 Minnesota CFL Reward claim form [PDF]