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Maryland Residents: Tell your Delegates to Support Wood Heat!

HB 829 will give rebates for the cleanest wood and pellet stoves

The Maryland House of Representatives is currently considering House Bill 829, the Renewable Energy for All Act (REAL). REAL will set a new bar in the US for a state to support the cleanest wood and pellet stoves on the market.

Please write your delegate and ask them to co-sponsor the bill. You can find your delegate here.

HB 829 was introduced by Delegates Mizeur, Miller, Bobo, Hucker, Luedtke and McMillan and will establish a renewable thermal heat grant program in Maryland for homes.

Unlike the current renewable energy grant programs for solar, wind and geothermal, this program is designed mainly for low and middle-income families. The program will provide a grant to any Maryland resident to pay a portion of a pellet stove, and for rural residents without a gas line, it would provide a grant for a wood stove. In addition, any resident would be eligible for $250 change out an older, non-certified wood stove.

REAL would provide a 30% grant, up to $1,500 and would allow low-income families to claim 40%, up to $1,500, thus directing state funds to the families who need it most. The program would establish the strictest emission limits on wood and pellet stoves in the United States, requiring wood stoves to be under 3.0 grams and hour and pellet stoves to be under 1.5 grams an hour.

If you live in Maryland, please contact your Representative today and tell them that they should Support H.B. 829.

To find your Representative and their contact information please visit here

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Summary of Biomass Heat Bill
HB 829

Letters of support

Wood Heat Poster

The best photographs from the "Show Us Your Woodpile" contest are now in a poster! The Alliance is teaming up with Tarm USA based in Lyme, NH who ran the contest and produced the gorgeous 20 x 24 poster. It's available for $10.00 through the Alliance, plus $3.50 for postage. All sale proceeds are being donated to the Vermont based non-profit organization Silent Heat, which distributes seasoned cord wood to persons who would otherwise be left without any source of heat for the winter. Please make checks payable to the Alliance for Green Heat and send to:

Alliance for Green Heat
6930 Carroll Ave, Suite 407
Takoma Park, MD 20912

Contact info@forgreenheat.org with any questions.