Energy Efficiency

Clark Public Utilities (CPU) offers a variety of energy efficiency rebates and services to help commercial and industrial customers save energy in existing and new facilities. Clark Public Utilities will send a Key Account Manager to perform a free on-site energy assessment of the facilities. Financial assistance is also available to support the completion of a compressed air audit in a customer's facility.

For the Commercial/Industrial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP), the utility, along with independent contractors, offers a lighting audit and will provide energy efficient, short cost recovery lighting upgrades. This program is also available for new construction projects. The program will fund up to 50% of the upgrade costs.

For commercial and industrial customers that are replacing existing equipment or installing new equipment that is energy efficient, the utility offers the custom project program. Examples of eligible projects include; compressed air improvements, HVAC upgrades, VFD installations, refrigeration upgrades, and process energy system improvements.  Projects are eligible to have up to 50% of the incremental cost covered by the program. The proposals are submitted for reimbursement based on verified electrical energy savings. 

CPU offers rebates to customers for heat pump equipment upgrades or conversions in commercial buildings.  To be eligible, facilities must be existing buildings (not new construction), have less than 50,000 square feet of conditioned space, use electric heating, consume less than 600,000 kWh of electricity annually, and have a currently functioning HVAC system.  CPU's Ductless Heat Pump program encourages small commercial and industrial customers to make the switch from old baseboard and wall heaters to safer and more efficient ductless heat pumps.  To be eligible, facilities must have less than 20,000 square feet of conditioned space.  

The Green Motor Rewind Program provides a $1 per HP credit to customers who take motors to be rewound to the original nominal efficiency. Qualified motors include NEMA standard horsepower-rated motors between 15 and 5000 horsepower (either NEMA premium or other) that are rewound via certified Green Motor Practice Group member service centers.

The EnergySmart Grocer Program offers rebates on a variety of energy saving measures which may be employed by grocers and refrigerated warehouses. Rebates are available for efficient lighting, refrigeration measures, controls and motors. Rebates vary widely based on equipment type. A list of eligible equipment is available on the program web site. Contact Clark Public Utilities or visit the program web site for more information.

CPU also provides  a program which provides access to E-manager software to their customers, which can help track and identify trends and anomalies in energy usage. Incentives for new and existing web-enabled programmable thermostats are available - contact CPU for program details.

Effective March 1, 2015, the CWLP Insulation Rebate has been temporarily suspended while the program is being re-developed. A new Insulation Rebate program is expected to be announced in mid-May 2015

City Water Light and Power (CWLP) offers rebates to help commercial customers increase the energy efficiency of participating facilities. Energy efficient air-to-air and geothermal are eligible for rebates which vary according to the technology type, cooling capacity, cooling efficiency, and category. The size of the rebate is based on British Thermal Units per Hour (Btu/h) cooling capacity, cooling efficiency and category, as defined by the program rules. Rebates on insulation, water heaters and heat pumps are also available to eligible commercial customers. Rebates are only available to CWLP electric customers and will appear as credits on customers' electric bills. 

The City of Danville provides a variety of energy efficiency rebates for eligible commercial and industrial customers. Rebates are awarded for lighting upgrades, lighting controls, LED exit signs, and other custom measures which reduce facility electric demand. Common upgrades involve motors, HVAC upgrades, lighting retrofits, and refrigeration measures; although other measures may also qualify. Custom upgrades to facilities are eligible for a rebate of $175/kw of demand reduced. Additional bonus incentive are available for measures which further these energy savings, such as lighting controls.

Energy efficiency project must achieve a minimum electric demand reduction of one kilowatt (kW) or control at least one kW of the commercial facility’s electric load to qualify for a rebate. Qualifying projects must apply for rebates within 90 days of installations. Customers on the following rate schedules are eligible for the program: Worship Sanctuary Service (Rate Schedule 15), Small General Electric Service (Rate Schedule 40), Medium General Electric Service (Rate Schedules 50, 55, 56) or Large General Electric Service (Rate Schedules 60, 65, 66) rate schedule. 

Cedarburg Light and Water Utility provides incentives for commercial, industrial and agricultural customers to increase the energy efficiency of eligible facilities. Upon request, Cedarburg Light and Water Utility will send an energy engineer from their power supplier, Wisconsin Public Power Inc., to inspect the facility and suggest cost-effective ways to reduce the customer's monthly energy bill. They will provide an in-depth analysis of the operation’s energy use and a detailed report outlining specific recommendations and estimated savings. If the project will reduce energy consumption and power demand during peak periods, the customer may be eligible for a cash incentive. To qualify for an incentive, customers should receive pre-approval from Cedarburg Light & Water prior to implementing any efficiency improvements. Many types of efficiency improvement projects are eligible, and the incentive amount will be determined on a case-by-case basis. For more information, please contact Fred Rambert.

The Request for Proposals (RFP) for Energy Efficiency program is designed to encourage investment by large commercial and industrial utility customers in energy efficient improvements. Up to $250,000 of incentive funding is available for each bid cycle. The RFP seeks large efficiency projects that reduce annual total energy consumption by 150,000 kilowatt-hours or more, or that result in 25 kilowatts or more of electical demand reduction.

Wisconsin Focus on Energy offers financial incentives to eligible business customers for installing qualifying energy efficiency measures. These measures include a variety of technologies including energy efficient lighting, motors, compressed air, and HVAC equipment. 

Note: This program is no longer available.  New programs of Cederburg Light and Water will be announced in the first quarter of 2015.

Bright Energy Solutions offers energy efficiency cash incentive programs to residential and business customers of municipal utilities that are members of Missouri River Energy Services. In North Dakota, this includes:

Cavalier Municipal Utilities

Hillsboro Municipal Utilities

Lakota Municipal Light Plant

Northwood Municipal Utilities

Valley City Public Works

For commercial customers, rebates are available for compressed air system efficiency, heating and cooling, lighting, and VFDs and pumps. Applications are available on the program web site.

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) is a joint-action agency which generates and sells reliable electricity at wholesale to its eighteen non-profit, municipally-owned member utilities, and develops innovative products and services to help them deliver value to customers. With help from SMMPA, Blooming Prairie Public Utilities provides incentives for its commercial and industrial customers to improve the energy efficiency of facilities. Rebates are available for a variety of energy-efficient equipment including lighting, cooling, working motor replacements, variable speed drives, anti-sweat heater controls for cooler/freezer doors, food service equipment, and custom measures.

Black Hills Power provides rebates for its commercial customers who install energy efficient heat pumps, motors, variable frequency drives, lighting, and water heaters. Custom rebates for approved measures are also available. The custom rebate amount is based on the cost difference between the standard and high efficiency equipment and systems, as well as the amount of energy saved. Examples of measures that could qualify for the custom rebate program include: large scale geothermal heat pumps; high efficiency refrigeration equipment; industrial and agricultural equipment; and energy management systems. For more information on specific program requirements, guidelines, and applications, visit Black Hills Power's website or contact the utility directly.

Black Hills Power provides rebates for its commercial customers who install energy efficient heat pumps, motors, variable frequency drives, lighting, and water heaters. Custom rebates for approved measures are also available. The custom rebate amount is based on the cost difference between the standard and high efficiency equipment and systems, as well as the amount of energy saved. Examples of measures that could qualify for the custom rebate program include: large scale geothermal heat pumps; high efficiency refrigeration equipment; industrial and agricultural equipment; and energy management systems. For more information on specific program requirements, guidelines, and applications, visit Black Hills Power's website or contact the utility directly.

Black Hills Power provides rebates for its commercial customers who install energy efficient heat pumps, motors, variable frequency drives, lighting, and water heaters. Custom rebates for approved measures are also available. The custom rebate amount is based on the cost difference between the standard and high efficiency equipment and systems, as well as the amount of energy saved. Examples of measures that could qualify for the custom rebate program include: large scale geothermal heat pumps; high efficiency refrigeration equipment; industrial and agricultural equipment; and energy management systems. For more information on specific program requirements, guidelines, and applications, visit Black Hills Power's website or contact the utility directly.

Black Hills Energy offers multiple programs for its Colorado commercial and industrial customers to save electricity in their facilities. The commercial prescriptive rebate program provides standardized predetermined rebates to commercial customers that install or upgrade energy efficient equipment recommended by an energy evaluation. Eligible incentives include HVAC, motors, lighting, and new construction.

Black Hills Energy also offers the custom rebate program to commercial and industrial customers for projects that reduce energy usage. Eligible projects include chillers, unitary HVAC equipment, refrigeration, and other energy saving measures not covered under the commercial prescriptive rebate program. The program allows the utility to either buy down the upgrades to a two-year payback or pay up to one-half of the incremental cost of the equipment. Contact the utility for more information on the custom program.