The program was halted final month after it reached capability 19 days after its launch. Applications reopen subsequent month.
DENVER — Denver’s e-bike rebate program is back.
The metropolis introduced Tuesday that the Office of Climate Action, Sustainability and Resiliency (CASR) e-bike rebate program will start accepting purposes on July 11 at 8 a.m. with as much as 2,000 rebates out there.
The well-liked program got here to a halt final month 19 days after it launched as a result of it reached capability.
More than 3,000 Denverites utilized for e-bike rebates throughout the first three weeks of the program’s launch, exceeding the program’s funding and anticipated demand.
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The rebate program has made a shift to a brand new mannequin, with a restricted variety of rebates out there every month.
According to the discharge, by shifting to a restricted launch mannequin, Denver residents can relaxation assured rebates will likely be out there on a month-to-month foundation by means of the tip of 2022.
This program is funded by CASR’s Climate Protection Fund.
To assist restrict the variety of unredeemed vouchers and guarantee rebates can be found for these prepared to purchase, CASR encourages anybody who could be in an e-bike to go to a taking part bike store, ask questions and take a look at out a number of fashions earlier than making use of for a voucher, the discharge says.
To date, 848 e-bike rebates have been redeemed, with 56% of the program funding going to income-qualified residents, in accordance with the discharge. Half of the rebates out there on July 11 will likely be reserved for income-qualified residents.
Denverites who’re in e-bikes however not but prepared to say a rebate voucher can join notifications earlier than every spherical of rebates turns into out there. The launch dates for 2022 are:
- July 11
- August 1
- Sept. 6
- Oct. 3
- Nov. 7
- Dec. 5
In addition to e-bikes, the Climate Action Rebate program, supplied by the Climate Protection Fund, additionally covers house vitality upgrades, akin to warmth pumps, electrical automobile charging and photo voltaic panels.
According to the discharge, these packages even have some adjustments. Standard rebates are anticipated to be out there on a timed-release mannequin in the autumn earlier than the chilly climate season. Homeowners could have a restricted variety of days to work with authorised contractors to finish installations.
Income-qualified Denver residents might apply for warmth pumps and warmth pump water heaters at any time by means of the Energy Resource Center. Income-qualified rebates might cowl as much as the complete price of apparatus and set up.
People in these upgrades can go to denvergov.org.
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