{"id":5109,"date":"2021-02-05T12:08:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2021-02-05T12:41:45","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T17:41:45","slug":"energy-star-tax-free-weekend-is-february-13-15-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2021\/02\/05\/energy-star-tax-free-weekend-is-february-13-15-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"ENERGY STAR Tax Free Weekend is February 13 \u2013 15, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/MD-tax-free-2021.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"795\" height=\"633\" src=\"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/MD-tax-free-2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/MD-tax-free-2021.jpg 795w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/MD-tax-free-2021-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2021\/02\/MD-tax-free-2021-768x612.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 795px) 100vw, 795px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Each year over the President\u2019s Day weekend, Maryland shoppers can take advantage of our state\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marylandtaxes.gov\/divisions\/comp\/Shop_Maryland_Energy\/Shop_Maryland_Energy_FAQs.pdf\"><b>Shop Maryland Energy Tax Free Weekend<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and save the 6% sales tax on qualifying<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/\"> <b>ENERGY STAR\u00a9<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> appliances; beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, February 13, through midnight on Monday February 15, 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This statewide sales tax holiday showcases the vital role that energy efficient appliances play for residents, businesses and our environment. Since 1992, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/about\"><b>ENERGY STAR\u00a9 program<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and partners have helped American families and businesses save more than 4 trillion kilowatt-hours of electricity and reduce over 3.5 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emission which is equivalent to the annual emissions of more than 750 million cars. In 2018 alone, ENERGY STAR<\/span><b>\u00a9<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, along with partner organizations helped Americans avoid $35 billion in energy costs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In addition to the tax savings, additional utility rebates may also apply. Be sure to check in your service area before you start shopping. Check: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bgemarketplace.com\/\"><b>BGE<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/pepcorebates.com\/\"><b>Pepco<\/b><\/a><b>, <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/energysavemd-home.com\/appliance\/\"><b>Potomac Edison<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtongas.com\/home-owners\/savings\/rebates#maryland\"><b>Washington Gas<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For more help, check the ENERGY STAR<\/span><b>\u00a9<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.energystar.gov\/rebate-finder?page_number=97\"><b>website rebate finder<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For additional information, please see the Comptroller\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marylandtaxes.gov\/divisions\/comp\/Shop_Maryland_Energy\/Shop_Maryland_Energy_FAQs.pdf\"><b>Frequently Asked Questions<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year over the President\u2019s Day weekend, Maryland shoppers can take advantage of our state\u2019s Shop Maryland Energy Tax Free Weekend and save the 6% sales tax on qualifying ENERGY STAR\u00a9 appliances; beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, February 13, through midnight on Monday February 15, 2021. This statewide sales<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/2021\/02\/05\/energy-star-tax-free-weekend-is-february-13-15-2021\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;&#8230;Learn more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":143,"featured_media":5110,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[42,25,10],"tags":[117,200,201],"class_list":["post-5109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-main","category-news","tag-energy-efficiency","tag-energy-star","tag-tax-free-shopping"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/143"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5109"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5115,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109\/revisions\/5115"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}