South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) is excited to offer an expanded year-round program that allows consumers to purchase new residential electric lawn & garden equipment effective 8 AM on September 20, 2024. In addition to lawn mowers, the expanded program now offers rebates for leaf blowers, trimmers, and chainsaws. Each applicant can receive up to 3 rebates for the life of the program, and each of the 3 rebates must be for a different equipment category.
Program Details
South Coast AQMD has established a Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Program to offset the cost of residential cordless electric lawn & garden equipment (lawn mowers, leaf blowers, chainsaw, and trimmers). This program will be available to residents within the South Coast AQMD’s four-county jurisdiction.
Through the Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Program, participants can purchase new cordless electric: lawn mower, leaf blower, chainsaw, or trimmer, either online or from a manufacturer-authorized retailer or dealer, including hardware and home improvement stores. The program will require residents to turn in their operational, old gasoline lawn mower, leaf blower, chainsaw, or trimmer to an approved dismantler (PDF, 407KB) for permanent destruction in order to receive a rebate based on the purchase price of the new equivalent piece of equipment.
The Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Program will be implemented on a first-come, first-served basis and will provide up to $250 towards the cost of the residential cordless battery electric lawn mower, leaf blower, chainsaw, or trimmer.
| PURCHASE PRICE |
ELIGIBLE REBATE AMOUNT* |
| $250 or less |
$150 |
| $251 to $400 |
$200 |
| $401 or more |
$250 |
*Rebate amount cannot be greater than the purchase price.
Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Requirements
The residential cordless electric lawn & garden equipment purchased must be new, not used or previously owned, or factory reconditioned. It has to be zero-emission electric battery-powered lawn mower, leaf blower, chainsaw, or trimmer. The trimmer category includes weed wacker, brush cutter, and edger. Corded electric lawn & garden equipment are not eligible. It must be specified for residential use and have a minimum one (1) year manufacturer warranty. Cordless electric lawn & garden equipment purchased as part of a bundled package (with other lawn equipment) are not eligible. Rebate applications submitted on or after September 20, 2024 must have equipment purchase receipts dated on or after July 1, 2024. For questions, please email us at lawnmower@aqmd.gov.
NO REFURBISHED OR RECONDITIONED RESIDENTIAL ELECTRIC LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT WILL BE ACCEPTED AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM. Please verify that you are purchasing new, never used residential lawn & garden equipment BEFORE you scrap your old gas lawn & garden equipment.
To apply for the Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Program, please visit:
Residential Electric Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate Application Form
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