fouroaks said:Does anyone know with the new energy star credit 30% will be nonrefundable or a refundable credit? I am asking because we ordered new Andersons for the house and we did our homework we ordered with sunsmart and they are 0.30 and qualify for the credits. We spent $4800.00 on them and that is I nice piece of change in credits.

Regarding energy saver credit, how does 30% tax credit works? If I spend $1000, does $300 tax credit means we don't have to pay tax $300, which comes to $75 if I'm in a 25% bracket? Or $300 credited to your taxes?

Are there any ConEd customers here? I am looking for their free boiler offer for an oil to gas conversion that had been around in the past several years. I am finally fed up with oil.

Also I remember experts stressing the importance of sizing the heating load. In my case since I am replacing an exisiting boiler which has been more or less doing an OK job, would that mean the new boiler should be rated more or less the same BTU/hr? TIA.

I am taking it slow in the oil to gas conversion--it is almost summer time after all. But here are some questions and information sharing:

1. about the $1500 for high efficiency boiler credit, it apprears I am sol because no steam boilers are above AFUE 90% efficiency.

2. the first estimate I got the contractor sized the boiler based on my oil burner's rating of 1.5G/h. Should he be doing some more thourough calculation?

3. still no incentives offered by ConEd yet.

You are definitely right. For steam heating, I think the goal is to match the boiler's steam making capacity with the all the radiators' collective ability to condense steam to water.