Ohio is offering a rebate program to help residents replace older, inefficient appliances with energy-efficient appliances.

Residents can reserve and redeem a rebate for the purchase of the following Energy Star qualified appliances:

• Refrigerators - $100
• Clothes washers - $150
• Dishwashers - $100
• High-efficiency gas water heaters - $100
• Electric heat pump water heaters - $250

New appliances must be purchased within three days of reserving a rebate, and old appliances must be recycled so they are rendered inoperable. Online purchases do not qualify for a rebate.

The program is one of 56 State Energy-Efficient Appliance Rebate Programs, popularly known as Cash for Appliances, that are being set up in the United States and six U.S. territories with the help of federal stimulus money.

Ohio will receive about $11 million of the nearly $300 million in stimulus funding available nationwide from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

For more information on the program, visit the Ohio Department of Development's Energy Office's website.