Pennsylvania's rebate program to help residents replace older, inefficient appliances with energy-efficient appliances is now under way.

The state is offering mail-in rebates toward the purchase of Energy Star-qualified and ultra-efficient appliances. The program began April 21 and will end when funds are depleted.

Eligible appliances are as follows:

• Gas storage water heaters
• Gas tankless water heaters
• Oil furnaces
• Gas furnaces
• Oil boilers
• Gas boilers

Residents are encouraged to recycle their old appliances.

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.

Pennsylvania will receive about $11.9 million of the nearly $300 million in stimulus funding available nationwide from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).

For more information on the Cash for Appliances program, visit the Pennsylvania Recovery Web site or call 717-783-8411.