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Rebate, grant, trade-in, and discount programs that offset the cost of switching to electric lawn equipment in Ohio. Run by municipalities, counties, utilities, co-ops, and nonprofits — sourced from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund's leaf-blower / lawn-mower policy map.
Akron Regional Air Quality Management DistrictProgramExchangeWaitlist
The Akron Regional Air Quality Management District (housed at Summit County Public Health) runs the MowGREENER exchange for residents of Summit, Portage and Medina counties — a Visa rebate card ($150 for a mower with gas-mower scrap, $50 without, $25 for accessories). 2026 registration closed May 29, 2026 due to a waitlist; expected to return in 2027.
Cleveland's Division of Air Quality gives Cuyahoga County residents a $100 Visa rebate card for a new battery-electric mower (register before purchase), while supplies last.
Southwest Ohio Air Quality AgencyProgramExchangeInactive
Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency Electric Lawn Equipment Exchange Program
$100 Visa gift card (one per household; 2023 also offered a $100 Ace Hardware voucher)
The Mow Greener Exchange Program (Southwest Ohio Air Quality Agency / Hamilton County, funded by the Volkswagen emissions settlement) gave residents of Butler, Clermont, Clinton, Hamilton and Warren counties a $100 Visa gift card for scrapping a gas mower and buying electric. It ran annually 2022-2024 (about 140 households/year, first-come); no 2025 cycle was offered and the program pages now return 404. Historical — no longer offered.
$100 per household (gift card, later a check) for scrapping a gas mower and buying electric
The City of Toledo electric lawn mower rebate (Division of Environmental Services, for Lucas County residents) paid $100 per household to scrap a gas mower and buy an electric one. It ran from 2022 and was repeatedly extended through an Aug 31, 2025 deadline (347 rebates processed); by early 2026 funding was expended (waitlist) and the page now returns 404. This $100 scrap-for-cash design was widely copied by other cities. Historical — no longer offered.
Equal-application hours rule, not fuel-source. Codified Ordinances 509.03 prohibits operation of any powered lawn mower, leaf blower, edger, chainsaw, or similar powered landscape equipment within 300 feet of any dwelling before 7am or after 9pm. Applies to gas and electric equally. No fuel-source ordinance has been introduced at Cleveland Heights City Council as of April 2026.
2026-05-07Effective date reached — Phase: Third annual Exchange Program event — 50 DeWalt mowers + 20 DeWalt blowers to 70 residents
2025-09-09Effective date reached — Phase: Mayor Kahlil Seren recalled by 82% of voters — first mayoral recall in city history
2023Effective date reached — Phase: Lawn Mower and Leaf Blower Exchange Program launched (30 gas mowers exchanged)
The Ohio flagship for GLB advocacy and incentive programs. Runs the Lawn Mower and Leaf Blower Exchange Program (third annual round opened April 8, 2026: 70 residents swapped working gas units for 50 DeWalt electric mowers + 20 DeWalt electric blowers at the May 7, 2026 event; the city scraps the traded-in gas units; clevelandheights.gov/1563). The city's Climate Action Plan includes air quality standards relevant to gas-powered equipment.
The Sustainable Lawn Care guidance is advisory only: discouraging gas blowers ("60 minutes of gas leaf blower operation emits as much carbon monoxide as a car engine idling for 8 hours"), recommending rakes, battery-powered equipment, and home composting. Shaker Noise (shakernoise.org) is a local advocacy group active on noise issues but has not produced a fuel-source ordinance proposal adopted by Council.
General nuisance noise standard only — no GLB-specific rule and no fixed equipment hours. Codified Ordinances 648.13 (Unnecessary Noise) prohibits operating appliances, fans or blowers outdoors in such manner as to disturb the peace and good order of the neighborhood — a complaint-driven standard, not an hours rule. Building construction/maintenance noise is separately limited to 8:00am-4:30pm (C.O. 660.18). No fuel-source or leaf-blower-specific ordinance and no identified council consideration as of June 2026.
Home town of Beyond Gas Leaf Blowers, the resident campaign for a gas leaf blower ban. Neighbors Cleveland Heights and Shaker Heights both have equipment-hours rules; University Heights has only the nuisance standard.
No GLB ordinance in force. The city operates the MOWElectric Program — the most generous municipal electric-lawn-equipment incentive in Ohio. $100 Oberlin E-Gift Card for electric lawnmower purchase, $50 for electric string trimmer, $50 for electric leaf blower. Eligibility requires purchase receipt + signed "Pledge to Scrap Old Gas-Powered Equipment."
2020Effective date reached — Phase: MOWElectric Program launched — $100/$50/$50 E-Gift Card rebates with gas-scrap pledge
Funded via Oberlin Municipal Light & Power System in partnership with the Green Edge Fund (an Oberlin College student-managed sustainability fund). Administered by Linda Arbogast, Sustainability Coordinator, Center for Sustainability. Structurally mirrors the MA/RI/MoCo/IL Northbrook rebate model. Oberlin College (enrollment ~3,000) parallels the commitment with its own operations electrification — two Ford E-Transit vans (March 2024), four GEM eL XD utility carts (April 2024), electric trimmers, weed-whackers, chainsaws. The college's carbon-neutrality-by-2025 target is the tightest of any Ohio institution.
Last updated: May 6, 2026
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IndianaGuidance
EO 25-38 + EO 25-49 — gubernatorial environmental-rulemaking rollback
Enacted: 2025-03-12
Governor Mike Braun (R, inaugurated January 13, 2025) has issued three executive orders that systematically dismantle Indiana's climate-and-environment regulatory apparatus. EO 25-38 (March 12, 2025) directs Indiana agencies not to promulgate or retain environmental rules exceeding federal Clean Air, Clean Water, or Safe Drinking Water Act standards unless statutorily mandated; IDEM must identify "unduly burdensome" rules by July 1, 2025 and review all stricter-than-federal rules by December 31, 2025. EO 25-49 (April 2025) restricts state agencies from developing climate action plans or GHG pricing mechanisms, effectively suspending the March 2024 Indiana Priority Climate Action Plan. EO 25-66 creates a Strategic Energy Growth Task Force focused on maintaining coal generation and deploying nuclear, with no SORE or lawn-equipment line items. Braun has also prohibited IDEM from considering environmental justice in permit decisions. The net structural consequence: any future Indiana IDEM SORE rulemaking is blocked at the gubernatorial level through at least January 2029 (Braun's first-term end). These EOs are not on-point to GLB regulation but directly foreclose the regulatory pathway that would otherwise host any future state SORE rule. No GLB/SORE-specific statute or bill exists in Indiana.
Rebate, grant, trade-in, and discount programs that offset the cost of switching to electric lawn equipment in Indiana. Run by municipalities, counties, utilities, co-ops, and nonprofits — sourced from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund's leaf-blower / lawn-mower policy map.
Hoosier EnergyUtilityRebate
Hoosier Energy Electric Lawn Equipment Rebate
$20-$100 residential; up to $1,000 commercial
Hoosier Energy's Hometown Energy Savers program offers $20-$100 residential rebates on cordless electric lawn equipment including leaf blowers.
Rebate, grant, trade-in, and discount programs that offset the cost of switching to electric lawn equipment in Michigan. Run by municipalities, counties, utilities, co-ops, and nonprofits — sourced from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund's leaf-blower / lawn-mower policy map.
Great Lakes EnergyUtilityRebateInactive
Great Lakes Energy Electric Lawn Equipment Rebate
$50 (electric walk-behind mower)
Great Lakes Energy's Energy Wise program offered a $50 rebate on a battery-electric walk-behind lawn mower (one per member) from at least 2022 through the 2025 program year; it was dropped from the 2026 catalog. Historical — no longer offered.
Lansing Board of Water & Light's Hometown Energy Savers program (launched January 2024) rebates electric lawn equipment — $20-$100 residential and $20-$1,000 commercial per item. Amounts were reduced over 2025-2026; still active as of June 2026.
Presque Isle Electric & Gas offered electric lawn/outdoor equipment rebates through Michigan's Energy Optimization program — walk-behind mower $50, riding mower $300, two-stage snow blower $200, plus $40 each for string trimmers, leaf blowers and chainsaws — from at least 2022 through the 2025 program year. The entire lawn category was removed from the 2026 catalog (DSIRE now lists no PIE&G incentives). Historical — no longer offered.
Phased ban. Summer prohibition effective June 1–September 30 in 2024-2027; full year-round prohibition on use of gas-powered leaf blowers anywhere in Ann Arbor city limits effective January 1, 2028. Electric blowers permitted year-round. Narrow exemptions for emergency response, paving operations, golf courses, and city operations during the phase-in period.
Adopted unanimously by City Council on December 18, 2023. Penalty schedule: $100 (1st offense), $250 (2nd+). Integrated with A2Zero 2030 carbon-neutrality plan. The deepest coordinated rebate ecosystem in Michigan — commercial, residential, rake, and snow blower rebates stacked. The Midwest's second full-ban flagship (after Evanston, IL) and the Midwest's broadest pipeline city. Enforced by Ann Arbor Police Department and the city's Community Standards Officer on a complaint basis.
Functional no-motorized-equipment regime. The 1901 motor-vehicle ban (island-wide, one of the earliest in the United States) combined with Mackinac Island State Park Commission permit rules produces an effectively non-motorized landscape operation — horse-drawn, bicycle, and human-powered equipment dominate. Electric-battery equipment is permitted; gas-powered handheld equipment is exceptionally rare.
1901Adopted — Island-wide motor-vehicle ban adopted (the basis for the functional non-motorized-equipment regime)
Not a GLB-specific ordinance — but the broader motor-vehicle prohibition functionally bars gas leaf blowers. Included here as a unique historical example of how a century-old quality-of-life rule has produced the nation's most complete non-motorized landscape regime. Population ~500 year-round.
Rebate, grant, trade-in, and discount programs that offset the cost of switching to electric lawn equipment in Pennsylvania. Run by municipalities, counties, utilities, co-ops, and nonprofits — sourced from the U.S. PIRG Education Fund's leaf-blower / lawn-mower policy map.
West NorritonMunicipalityRebate
West Norriton Electric Lawn Equipment Rebate
Up to 10% of price (max $100/item)
West Norriton Township rebates up to 10% (max $100) per item on electric mowers, leaf blowers, trimmers, chainsaws and edgers purchased on/after March 1, 2025.
Limited time-of-day restriction. Media Borough Council enacted a partial restriction banning all leaf blowers (gas and electric) before 9 a.m. Monday through Friday during the school year. Functions as a school-hour noise-protection rule, not a gas-specific ban. Media has not adopted a full gas-specific GLB prohibition.
2024Adopted — Borough Council enacted partial school-year, before-9am restriction on all leaf blowers
Driven by Media Borough Environmental Advisory Council and Transition Town Greater Media. Motivation cited: health hazards to schoolchildren walking past landscape crews.
Phased fuel-source ban adopted Nov 19, 2025 (amended 2026 to exempt wheeled gas equipment). Gas-powered handheld/backpack leaf blowers prohibited on a widening seasonal schedule -- June 1-Oct 1 in 2026; Jan 1-Apr 1 & June 1-Oct 1 in 2027; Jan 1-Oct 1 in 2028 -- becoming a year-round total ban on Jan 1, 2029. Portable gas generators used to charge electric blowers are also prohibited.
2026-06-01Effective date reached — Seasonal gas-powered leaf blower ban takes effect in Lower Merion Township
Upcoming2029-01-01Full ban takes effect — Phase 4 (2029): year-round total ban on gas-powered (handheld/backpack) leaf blowers; wheeled gas equipment exempted by 2026 amendment.
Adopted by the Board of Commissioners Nov 19, 2025 (Mainline Media News; CBS/NBC10 Philadelphia). First seasonal phase took effect June 1, 2026. Schedule: 2026 Jun 1-Oct 1; 2027 Jan 1-Apr 1 + Jun 1-Oct 1; 2028 Jan 1-Oct 1; year-round from Jan 1, 2029. A 2026 amendment exempted wheeled gas-powered equipment. Neighboring Narberth adopted a parallel schedule.
Phased fuel-source ban adopted April 16, 2026 by Narberth Borough Council, parallel to neighboring Lower Merion. Gas-powered (handheld/backpack/tow-behind) leaf blowers prohibited Sept 1-Oct 1 in 2026; Jan 1-Apr 1 & June 1-Oct 1 in 2027; Jan 1-Oct 1 in 2028; becoming a year-round total ban on Jan 1, 2029. Portable gas generators charging electric blowers banned from Sept 1, 2026. Snow-removal exception (within 24h of snowfall).
2026-04-28T15:53:50.000ZAdopted — Narberth Borough phases out gas-powered leaf blowers by 2029, following Lower Merion's ban
2026-04-21Adopted — Narberth Borough Council adopts phased gas leaf blower ordinance
2025-11-06Bill introduced — Borough Council work session — consensus to mirror Lower Merion ordinance
Upcoming2029-01-01Phase takes effect — Phase 4 (2029): year-round total ban on gas-powered leaf blowers.
Adopted by Narberth Borough Council April 16, 2026 (narberthpa.gov; Philadelphia Inquirer). Schedule parallels Lower Merion (parity for landscapers operating in both; Narberth is encircled by Lower Merion). Fines //. Stores selling gas blowers must post warning signage.