Get up to $5,500-$8,000 to replace your old wood stove! Residents in Tacoma and certain Pierce County communities can receive big rebates to replace old wood stoves or fireplace inserts with new, non-wood heating options. The Puget Sound Clean Air Agency, Pierce County and City of Tacoma are offering this program because high levels of wood smoke pollution has led to much of Tacoma and Pierce County being in violation of federal air-quality standards. A main cause is smoke from heating homes with wood during the fall and winter months. The smoke from burning wood poses a risk to everyone. Children, older adults and people with heart disease, asthma and other lung diseases are the most at risk. To improve air quality and protect public health, the newly designed Tacoma-Pierce County Wood Smoke Reduction Program will provide up to $5,500 ($8,000 if income-qualified) to eligible residents to help cover most or all of the cost of replacing an old wood stove or fireplace insert with a non-wood heating device or system. The program also helps cover the cost of insulation upgrades, and optional windows and water heater replacement. To take advantage of the rebates for switching to cleaner, efficient, convenient heat, you must meet all of the following requirements: * Have an installed, uncertified<http://www.pscleanair.org/images/epa_cert_wood_stove_sticker.gif> or pre-1995 wood stove or fireplace insert (not an open-hearth fireplace) * Live in one of the following ZIP code communities in the City of Tacoma and UNincorporated Pierce County: 98371, 98372, 98373, 98374, 98375, 98387, 98402, 98403, 98404, 98405, 98406, 98407, 98408, 98409, 98418, 98421, 98422, 98443, 98444, 98445, 98446, 98465. * Be a Puget Sound Energy, Tacoma Power, Elmhurst Mutual Power & Light or Parkland Light & Water customer. * Replace your wood stove or insert<http://www.pscleanair.org/programs/community/woodstove.replacement/heatingoptionsincentives.aspx> with a non-wood heating device or system (Read more by clicking the link below.) * Upgrade insulation to current standards if your home was built before 1988. If you meet these requirements, REGISTER TODAY!<http://www.pscleanair.org/programs/community/woodstove.replacement/regform.aspx> Funding is limited and distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Kristi Lynett Sustainability Manager Office of Sustainability City of Tacoma kristin.lynett@cityoftacoma.org<mailto:kristin.lynett@cityoftacoma.org> (253) 591-5571