Here’s How To Get Your $10 Rebate
1. Check that your pre-rinse spray valve is eligible. Rebates are available for qualifying low flow pre-rinse valves purchased between April 1, 2011 and March 31, 2012. All equipment must be purchased new. Used or rebuilt equipment is not eligible.
2. Get a copy of the rebate application form. A copy of the rebate form with complete details, terms and conditions may be downloaded here.
3. Mail in your completed and signed rebate application. It must be postmarked by April 30, 2012 and mailed to the address listed, along with a copy of a recent New Mexico Gas Company bill and copies of receipts from your equipment purchase. Invoices must include the quantity, price, manufacturer make and model numbers, and product codes for each item. Please keep a copy of your receipts and completed form for your records.
New Mexico Gas Company is offering our business customers a $10 rebate on the purchase of a new low flow pre-rinse valve with a flow rate of 1.6 gallons per minute or less.
A low flow pre-rinse valve is one of the easiest and most cost effective energy saving devices available to commercial food services, according to the Food Service Technology Center. It not only minimizes water consumption, it lowers water heating costs.
Compare the savings of a 1.6 gpm pre-rinse valve over the typical spray valve that flows up to three gpm:
Get a $10 Rebate from New Mexico Gas Company
To qualify, for our rebate, your low flow pre-rinse valves must be purchased new and have a flow rate of 1.6 gpm or less. You may apply for any number of rebates.
A list of pre-rinse spray valves that meet this criteria is available from the Food Service Technology Center here.
For More Information
To learn more about how a low flow pre-rinse spray valve can save money for your food service operation, check out these resources:
Water Cost Calculator — online information from the Food Service Technology Center, available here.
Pre-rinse Spray Valves — online information, including water and energy savings, from the FSTC, available here.
How to Buy a Low-Flow Pre-Rinse Spray Valve by the Federal Energy Management Program (pdf), available here.
Program Guidance on Pre-Rinse Spray Valves by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (pdf), available here.
Best Practices — How to Achieve the Most Efficient Use of Water in Commercial Food Service Facilities from ENERGY STAR, is available on its website here. It offers information on how you can reduce water consumption in your food service facility, along with helpful tips on the purchase of water saving commercial pre-rinse spray nozzles.
* Program subject to change without notice.