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Rebates include $750 for ductless heat pump heating systems, $250 for hybrid heat-pump water heaters, $300 for gas-fired tankless water heaters (all of which are eligible for the 30 percent federal tax credit), and $250 for gas-fueled storage tank water heaters (which are not eligible).

Cash for appliances: Consumers snatch up rebates during cold snap 2010

California is also extending a new $350 rebate (and Mississippi continuing its existing $150 rebate) on hybrid electric heat-pump water heaters.

Cash for appliances: Rebates aplenty in states big and small 2010

The company's GeoSpring hybrid electric water heater operates only in heat-pump mode during periods of peak costs.

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Other rebates are being extended to gas furnaces ($200), residential gas boilers ($300) and high-efficiency gas storage-tank water heaters and hybrid electric heat-pump water heaters, both of which will get a $300 rebate.

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Although the heat-pump mode is more efficient, it does increase recovery time.

Inside Consumer Reports Test Labs: Review of the GE GeoSpring electric heat-pump water heater 2010

You might have recently seen a TV ad showing a troop of snow monkeys bathing in a hot spring that's seemingly heated by the new GE GeoSpring electric heat-pump water heater.

Inside Consumer Reports Test Labs: Review of the GE GeoSpring electric heat-pump water heater 2010

(A final point from our tech team: If a heat-pump water is installed in a space that you heat, the heating system for that space might need to overcome the cooling effect the water heater can have on the space.)

Installation location is important for heat-pump water heaters like the GE GeoSpring 2010

Wyoming isn't offering rebates for gas-fired storage-tank water heaters but is giving rebates of $150 on gas-powered tankless, electric heat-pump, and solar water heaters.

Cash for Appliances Buyer's Guide: Water heaters 2010

Since we posted our review of the GE GeoSpring electric heat-pump water heater ($1,700 without installation) we've received several queries from readers about whether the GeoSpring and other heat-pump water heaters, like the Rheem HP50RH, will produce similar savings when installed in cold climates or cold spaces in a home.

Installation location is important for heat-pump water heaters like the GE GeoSpring 2010

In Arizona, for example, residents will get $200 for a gas-powered storage - tank water heater, $300 for a gas-powered tankless water heater, and $435 for an electric heat-pump water heater such as the new GE GeoSpring electric heat-pump water heater we recently reviewed.

Cash for Appliances Buyer's Guide: Water heaters 2010