How the Inflation Reduction Act can help electrify your home

There are lots of rebates and tax incentives out there, but when and how can you access them?

By Andrew Meriwether
Wind turbines in an Illinois field
This Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, shows electricity-generating wind turbines in a corn field just outside Carlock, Ill. David Mercer, File / Associated Press
Wind turbines in an Illinois field
This Sept. 27, 2012 file photo, shows electricity-generating wind turbines in a corn field just outside Carlock, Ill. David Mercer, File / Associated Press

How the Inflation Reduction Act can help electrify your home

There are lots of rebates and tax incentives out there, but when and how can you access them?

By Andrew Meriwether
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With the recent signing of the Inflation Reduction Act and the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act passed last year in Illinois, residents have access to more incentives to upgrade their homes to make them more energy efficient.

Reset speaks with policy experts to understand how these incentives will be implemented and who will have access to them.

GUESTS:

Ari Matusiak, CEO of Rewiring America

Jen Walling, Executive Director at Illinois Environmental Council

Dave Kolata, Executive Director at Citizen Utility Board