Correction: Smart Spending-Appliance Rebates

Correction: Smart Spending-Appliance Rebates

SAN FRANCISCO — In a Dec. 30, 2009, story about federally funded rebates on energy-efficient appliances, The Associated Press, relying on information from Joe McGuire, president of the Association of Home Appliance Manufacturers, incorrectly reported that buyers of new refrigerators could save $250 a year on their electricity bills over what they would pay to run a 20-year-old refrigerator. The association now says the correct figure is about $80 a year.