The Residential Appliance Replacement Program combines the two former programs and also allows incentives for the installation of an electronic ignition natural gas range and for the installation of a natural gas clothes dryer.

This program is designed to encourage the replacement of inefficient non-natural gas residential appliances with energy efficient natural gas appliances. Often residential consumers only consider the higher installation costs, and not the operating savings, associated with natural gas appliances and therefore do not convert to energy efficient natural gas appliances.

Incentives are offered in the form of cash allowances on the installation of those chosen appliances. Incentives for natural gas ranges, furnaces and clothes dryers are available only when there is an existing line present, or a natural gas water heater is installed at the same time as the range, furnace or clothes dryer.

The incentives will help defray the additional costs associated with the installation of piping, venting and purchase of energy efficient natural gas appliances.