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For existing and new commercial construction, Pedernales Electric Cooperative provides incentives for kW saved through efficient lighting. Rebates vary based upon whether construction is new or retrofit. Projects which indicate a 20 kW reduction or more will be eligible for incentives. Programs are tailored to each commercial entity after the customer submits a Commercial Lighting Rebate Program Application. Applications are available on the web site above. 

Oncor provides incentives to Service Providers who install approved energy efficiency measures in business, government, nonprofit, and worship facilities in Oncor's service area. Service providers can include energy service companies (ESCOs), energy consultants, contractors, individual customers, and retail electric providers. Generally, incentives are paid based on the kW and kWh saved and verified through a measurement and verification process. However, certain types of improvement projects have been assigned pre-determined "deemed savings" estimates by the Texas Public Utilities Commission (PUCT) and do not require verification. Currently, 17 types of cooling projects and nine types of lighting projects have deemed savings assigned and do not require measurement and verification if they are installed to the required specifications. Project sponsor incentives are capped at 20% of the incentive budget in a given budget year. 

Garland Power and Light (GP&L) offers the incentives to its residential, small commercial and commercial customers to increase the energy efficiency of homes and facilities. Rebates for installing central air conditioning or heat pumps in already existing homes and businesses is available to residential and small commercial customers. Additionally, a separate lighting program is available to commercial customers who reduced their facility demand. Details on both offerings are available on the program web site.

Residential customers also qualify for rebates when they install high efficiency window air conditioning units with an Energy Star Rating or make weatherization improvements to already existing homes. Eligible weatherization measures include: ceiling insulation up-grades, weather-stripping, caulking, Energy Star windows and doors, window solar screens and film, duct insulation or replacement, duct leakage tests, and duct sealing. 

Denton Municipal Electric's Standard Offer Program provides rebates to large commercial and industrial customers for lighting retrofits, HVAC upgrades and motor replacements. DME offers $125.00 per kilowatt (kW) saved, more than 100kW, over the minimum set by energy efficiency stards, not to exceed 50% of the total project cost. Lighting incentives may not exceed 65% of the total project. 

Denton Municipal Electric pays small commercial customers to reduce energy demand and consumption. The program offers rebates for air conditioning units, heat pumps, building insulation, programmable thermostats, radiant heat barriers and efficient windows. 

An application form must be completed and sent to DME within 30 days of installation of the energy efficient upgrades. The energy efficiency upgrades must be deemed measurable and verifiable through the standards approved by the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), which requires that complete information be recorded for each installation. The installer that documents approved energy efficient upgrades must be registered as a DME Authorized Installer. After submitting a Request for Payment, customers can expect to receive the rebate credit in 4 to 10 weeks.The Program will be in effect each fiscal year beginning on October 1. 

The SWEPCO Commercial Solutions Program, herein referred to as the Program, was developed in 2009 to comply with State of Texas energy efficiency goals to reduce peak electric demand. In 1999, the state legislature passed Senate Bill 7 (SB 7), which restructured the state’s electric utility industry and set initial energy efficiency goals for investor-owned utilities.

Eligible Measures

The energy efficiency upgrade measures in the list below are measurable by deemed savings calculations and are eligible in the Commercial Solutions Program. Savings based on the deemed savings approach apply where no unusual conditions exist. Deemed savings measures require no short-term testing or long term metering.

Financial incentives received through the Program will be based on a project’s reductions in peak electric demand (kW) and energy consumption (kWh/yr) as determined pursuant to this Program Manual and the Texas Resource Manual (TRM). The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has hired a third-party company to conduct Evaluation, Measurement and Verification for all utility programs.

LIGHTING EFFICIENCY

• Lamp and Ballast Replacements
• HID Fixture Replacements
• Hard-Wired CFLs
• LED Lighting
• Exterior Lighting

Project Definitions & Requirements

A project, for program purposes, is defined as one (1) proposed peak demand savings measure type at one (1) facility owned and/or operated by the Partner.

All measures must meet the following requirements:

• Must result in a measurable and verifiable electric demand reduction during either the summer peak period, defined as between 1 PM and 7 PM, Monday through Friday, for the months of June through September, excluding weekends and federal holidays, or the winter peak period, defined as between the hours of 6 AM and 10 AM, and 6 PM and 10 PM, during the months of December, January and February, excluding weekends and federal holidays.
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• Must produce electric demand savings through an increase in energy efficiency.
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• Full incentives are based on measures that have a useful life of at least 10 years. Equipment with shorter measure lives may receive a pro-rated incentive amount but require documentation of their useful life.
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• New equipment must exceed minimum equipment efficiency standards.

The Commercial (CSOP) Standard Offer Program was developed by American Electric

Power subsidiaries (henceforth referred to as “AEP”) AEP Texas Central Company

(TCC), Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO), and AEP Texas North

Company (TNC) to provide incentives for new construction and retrofit installation of a

wide range of measures that reduce demand and save energy in non-residential facilities.

Incentives are paid to energy service providers (Project Sponsor) on the basis of deemed

savings or verified demand and energy savings at eligible Commercial customers’

facilities.

• Produces a measurable and verifiable electric demand reduction during the peak

  summer period (defined as weekdays, between the hours of 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. from

  June through September, excluding holidays) or the peak winter period (defined as

  weekdays, between the hours of 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. from

  December through February, excluding holidays) and produces electric energy

  savings

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• Produces savings through an increase in energy efficiency or a substitution of another

  energy source for electricity supplied through the transmission grid

• Is installed in a new or retrofit application

• Has a minimum useful life of 10 years (except hard-wired CFLs)

• Exceeds minimum equipment standards as provided in the Appendices of the CSOP

Eligible Measures- Commercial Lighting Measures/Projects

• High-efficiency fluorescent, HID orLED lighting that replaces less efficient lighting
• Lighting controls to reduce operating hours
• CFLs with hard-wired ballasts or permanent locking mechanisms