The Yolo-Solano Air Quality Management District offers an incentive program (a $1000 standard voucher or up to $3500, depending on income) to residents who live within the District to replace their in-use non-EPA certified wood stove, fireplace insert, or open-hearth fireplace with a newer, cleaner-burning device, such as an EPA-certified wood stove/insert or a natural gas, propane, or electric heating device.
The District is currently accepting applications for the program, which is funded through the US EPA’s Targeted Airshed Grant Program.
To participate, applicants must:
- Live within the Sacramento Federal PM2.5 Nonattainment Area (NAA)
Look up address here - Provide the amount of wood used in existing fireplace or woodstove (cords, logs, and number of days used)
- Have a fireplace or older woodstove that is in working condition and is in use
- Provide necessary photos of existing device as indicated on the application (and listed below)
- If applying for a low-income ($3500) voucher, you must provide proof of income (see Voucher Program document)
- Not remove existing appliance (woodstove/fireplace) or purchase a new device prior to Voucher approval
Click here to view the Step-By-Step Process
Voucher Program Information
О программе ваучеров
Remember to submit the following photos with your application.
(If an open hearth fireplace – the manufacturer tag may not apply)
1. Existing fireplace or woodstove in operation
2. Existing fireplace or woodstove in the original location, including clearly identifiable background, pipe, ventilation system, and chimney as applicable
3. Fireplace or woodstove with any screens or doors open
4. Any accessible manufacturer tags
View Example Photos
Participating Retailers
- California Comfort – Buck Factory Outlet
- Custom Fireside
- Gallery of Fireplaces
- Giddens Brothers
- Pacific Hearth and Home
- California Mantel & Fireplace, Inc
Resources
EPA Certified Wood Stove Database
EPA BurnWise Program Learn about burning the right wood, the right way, in the right appliance.
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Why Reduce Wood Smoke
Approximately 10 million wood stoves are currently in use in the United States, and 65 percent are older, inefficient, conventional stoves. Swapping out one old, inefficient wood stove is similar to taking five dirty, old diesel trucks off the road.
Wood smoke is bad for the environment and can also affect your health. It is made up of a complex mixture of gases, like carbon dioxide, methane, and air toxics, and fine, microscopic particles called PM2.5. Because PM2.5 is so small, it can easily bypass the human body’s natural defenses, causing short-term health effects like coughing and sneezing and worsening existing conditions, such as asthma and heart disease.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please call the District office at (530) 757 – 3650 or email woodstove@ysaqmd.org and ask about the Wood Smoke Reduction Program.
If you live in Solano County but outside Dixon, Rio Vista, and Vacaville, click here to contact the Bay Area Air Quality Management District about their wood smoke reduction program.
Heat Pump Program
The Heat Pump Program is a subset of the Woodsmoke Reduction Program specifically focused on replacing non-EPA-certified woodburning stoves, fireplaces, or open hearths with electric heat pumps. Electric Heat Pump project applicants must replace their wood-burning device with an electric heat pump.
Yolo-Solano AQMD offers two incentives for this program: Standard Incentives for $5,000 and Enhanced Incentives for $10,000.
To participate, applicants must:
- Live within Yolo-Solano AQMD’s boundaries;
- Rely on an operational older wood stove or insert, or fireplace as a primary source of heat within the residence;
- Provide the amount of wood used in the existing fireplace or woodstove (cords, logs, and number of days used);
- Provide necessary photos of existing device as indicated in the application;
- If applying for an Enhanced Voucher ($10,000), live within or within a priority population (see map), or have a household income lower than the thresholds shown below, and
- Not remove the existing wood-burning device or purchase a new heat pump prior to Voucher approval.
Enhanced Incentive Eligibility
An applicant is eligible for an Enhanced Incentive if any of the following criteria are met:
- The applicant’s household is located in a disadvantaged or low-income community, or within ½ mile of a disadvantaged community; or
- The applicant’s household is located on tribal land; or
- The applicant participates in a low-income program, such as LIHEAP or WIC; or
- The applicant’s household combined income is below one of the following household income thresholds, depending on the number of persons in the household and whether the household is located in Yolo or Solano County:
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Number of persons in household |
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County |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
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Solano County |
$67,277 |
$73,200 |
$82,350 |
$91,500 |
$98,850 |
$106,150 |
$113,500 |
$120,800 |
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Yolo County |
$67,277 |
$67,277 |
$75,550 |
$83,900 |
$90,650 |
$97,350 |
$104,050 |
$110,750 |
To check if a household is located within a disadvantaged or low-income community, within ½ mile of a disadvantaged community, or on tribal lands, please enter its address into the following map:
Visit California Climate Investments Priority Populations Map.
Verification of eligibility for an Enhanced Incentive will be required.
Participating Retailers
The District will provide a list of Participating Retailers to an applicant if funding is available.
Resources
EPA Certified Wood Stove Database
Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact Eden Winniford by calling the office at 530-757-3650 or email grants@ysaqmd.org and ask about the Heat Pump Program.
More Information About the Woodsmoke Reduction Program
The Heat Pump Program is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing GHG emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment– particularly in disadvantaged communities. The Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution. California Climate Investments projects include affordable housing, renewable energy, public transportation, zero-emission vehicles, environmental restoration, more sustainable agriculture, recycling, and much more. At least 35 percent of these investments are located within and benefiting residents of disadvantaged communities, low-income communities, and low-income households across California. For more information, visit the California Climate Investments website at: www.caclimateinvestments.ca.gov.
Learn more by emailing CCIpress@arb.ca.gov or on X at @CAClimateInvest.
