Will utilities give consumers cash for buying efficient PCs?

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*Source: News Blog (News.com) (http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9780783-7.html)*
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SAN FRANCISCO--Right now, if you buy an energy-efficient dishwasher, utilities like PG&E will give you a cash rebate.

They may do the same for energy-efficient PCs.

The Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a consortium of tech companies that is trying to get the industry and consumers to adopt energy-efficient components, has started to explore the idea of direct rebates with utilities, said Erik Teeszer, a program manager at Google during a meeting at the Intel Developer Forum (http://www.news.com/At+IDF%2C+Intel+...3-6208722.html) taking place in San Francisco. Google and Intel are the driving forces behind Climate Savers.

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