How can our community reduce its carbon footprint?
MPW has announced aggressive carbon reduction goals for Muscatine’s electricity supply, targeting at least a 25% reduction by 2024 and at least a 65% reduction by 2030. These changes will have significant improvements in Muscatine’s carbon footprint, and there are steps that individual customers and businesses can take to help our local carbon footprint.
For residential customers it comes down to consumption. Reducing energy consumption is the quickest way to reduce your carbon footprint – both at home and in your vehicle.
For home energy usage, the great news is that MPW can help! MPW has a very long history of helping customers reduce their energy consumption. MPW has had a dedicated resource for this effort since 1996 and has driven the reduction of 106 million kWh over that time.
MPW’s Energy Services Advisor can help identify energy savings for customers of all types – from small residential apartment renters and single-family homes to multi-million dollar industrial operations. MPW’s free home and industrial energy audits evaluate the impact that lighting changeouts, insulation improvements, appliance replacements, motor replacements, and more can have on reducing energy consumption.
In 2017, transportation replaced power production as the #1 producer of CO2 emissions in the US. Transitioning to an electric vehicle (EV) is one-way individuals can help reduce transportation emissions. EVs have lower lifecycle carbon emissions than their gas-fired counterparts. As the electric system continues to be powered by renewables, the carbon footprint of EVs will continue to get even better.
MPW has rebates available for EV’s as high as $500, and the Utility Loan Program can be used to spread the cost of EV chargers.
Check out our EV and other energy efficiency rebates.
MPW’s comprehensive rebate program for EVs, home, and business improvements have encouraged investments in energy efficiency enhancements locally for years. In fact, MPW has given out millions in energy efficiency rebates over the past 25 years.