Free Programmable Thermostat with Installation
Kansas City Power and Light offers a free programmable thermostat worth $300 with free installation to qualifying customers to manage their energy usage. To apply for the program, call KCP&L directly or fill out an online application. Contact: Kansas City Power and Light, P.O. Box 418679, Kansas City, MO 64141; 866-882-4429; http://www.kcpl.com/residential/acc.html

Loans up to $10,000 for Energy Efficient and Renewable Technologies
The Kansas Housing Resources Corporation launched a statewide initiative to promote energy conservation and reduce home heating costs among resident homeowners. KHRC will provide 50% of the total loan amount, up to $10,000 with no interest and the remaining 50% of the loan amount comes from Sunflower Bank who will charge interest on the money they lend, but the zero-interest portion makes the blended rate lower than a normal second mortgage loan. Eligible efficiency technologies are: clothes washers/dryers; dishwashers; refrigerators/freezers; water heaters; furnaces; boilers; heat pumps; air conditioners; heat recovery; programmable thermostats; caulking/weather-stripping; duct/air sealing/ building insulation; and windows and doors. Renewable technologies are: passive solar space heat; solar water heat; and photovoltaics. Equipment must meet the efficiency requirements specified by KHRC. Contact: Kansas Housing Resources Corporation, 611 S. Kansas Ave, Suite 300, Topeka, KS 66603-3803; 785-296-4818; Fax: 785-291-3215; http://www.kshousingcorp.org/programs/KEEP.shtml

100% Property Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy
This statute exempts renewable energy equipment from property taxes. Renewable energy includes wind, solar thermal electric, photovoltaic, biomass, hydropower, geothermal, and landfill gas resources or technologies that are actually and regularly used predominantly to produce and generate electricity. In addition, beginning in the 2002 tax year all personal property used to collect, refine, and treat landfill gas or transport landfill gas from a landfill to a transmission pipeline (i.e., not necessarily used for electricity generation) is also exempt from property taxes. Contact: Kansas Corporation Commission, Energy Office; 1500 SW Arrowhead Road, Topeka, KS 66604-4027; 785-271-3349; Fax: 785-271-3268; http://kcc.ks.gov/energy/