HVAC

Lincoln Electric System (LES) offers a variety of energy efficiency incentives for commercial and industrial customers through the Sustainable Energy Program (SEP). Some incentives are provided on a prescriptive basis and some on a custom basis. Incentives are available on air conditioners, heat pumps, insulation, building controls, compressed air, variable frequency drives, system commissioning, and custom rebates. Specified energy efficiency equipment requirements must be met in order to receive rebates under this program.

The program will end on December 31, 2015 (or sooner, if funds are expended). Contact LES for more program information or view the program web site listed above. Differing information given by Lincoln Electric System will supersede this information. 

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, Lake City Utilities provides incentives for commercial and industrial customers to improve the energy efficiency of facilities. Rebates are available for a variety of energy-efficient equipment: lighting, HVAC, replacement motors, variable speed drives, anti-sweat heater controls for cooler/freezer doors, food service equipment, and custom measures. Each type of equipment has minimum efficiency and performance ratings which must be met in order to qualify for the rebate. 

La Plata Electric Association (LPEA) offers a variety of rebates for members to improve the efficiency of homes and facilities. Rebates are available for a variety of Energy Star appliances, the recycling of a refrigerator or freezer, electric water heaters, permanent electric heat, energy efficient motors, heat pumps, and commercial lighting measures.

The Energy Star Appliance and Refrigerator Recycling Program offers rebates for clothes washers, dishwashers, refrigerators, and refrigerator/freezer recycling. Customers have 180 days from date of purchase to apply for the rebate. Following purchase, customers must submit an original proof-of-purchase along with the completed rebate form to the LPEA office in either Durango or Pagosa Springs. The rebates will be credited to LPEA customers’ electric bills within the following billing cycle.

The Energy Efficiency Credits program offers rebates for water heaters, electric thermal storage heaters, electric motors, air-source heat pumps, geothermal heat pumps, and lighting upgrades for commercial customers. Equipment must meet certain efficiency standards listed on the program web site. For these incentives, customers are required to provide LPEA an itemized receipt and/or work order as evidence of purchase before receiving the check/bill credit.

KCP&L offers two types of rebate incentives – Standard and Custom. Since the rebate programs vary between the KCP&L service areas “Greater Missouri Operations” (rate schedule code 1xxxx) and “KCP&L-Missouri” (rate schedule code MOxxx), interested customers should visit the program website or contact a KCP&L customer service representative for more specific information.

Standard incentives are available for lighting and controls; air conditioning, heat pumps, and chillers; pumps and variable frequency drives; appliances; business computing; food service and refrigeration; and air compressors (“KCP&L-Missouri” service area only).

Custom rebates are also available upon request. All Custom rebates are analyzed individually to ensure that they meet KCP&L’s Societal Benefit/Cost Guidelines. Custom rebates are calculated as the lesser of a buydown to a 2-year payback or 50% of the incremental cost. Custom rebates are available for existing and new facilities.

FY2014-15 of the program runs from May 1, 2014 through April 30, 2015. 

The Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) offers rebates to member municipal utilities* (those who purchase wholesale electric service from IMEA) and retail customers for energy efficiency upgrades. The incentive program provides up to 75% of the project cost in rebates or grants for qualified efficiency projects --although all incentives are subject to funding availability. Rebates are provided for a variety of projects including custom measures. The same program eligibility and applications apply.

Eligible projects are those which will result in electricity savings, either through equipment upgrades, or building or process improvements. A wide range of efficiency technologies and equipment, such as lighting, HVAC, motors, insulation, vending controls, among others, are eligible. Specific rebate amounts are provided in IMEA's application. Custom projects will also be considered under a separate incentive level of $0.10 per kilowatt hour (kWh) for one year's estimated energy savings and breakthrough equipment and exterior lighting will be provided an incentive level of $0.30/kWh for one year's estimated energy savings. The energy savings of the selected equipment must provide a financial payback before the useful life of the equipment expires. The bonus rate for peak shaving is $50.00 per kW saved at time of city peak.

A bonus rate for power factor correction can be calculated two ways. The applicant may choose to request a bonus that is $2.00 per kVar improved. Or, the applicant can request a $350 bonus for a power factor correction project that raises the power factor from anything below 0.95 to 0.95 or better.

Pre-approval is required, and interested applicants should reserve funding prior to purchasing any equipment. Interested applicants should submit applications to their municipal utility first. The municipal utility will submit it to IMEA for review. IMEA is working with the Illinois Department of Economic Opportunity to administer the rebate. If approved, rebate recipients are required to provide all receipts and invoices in a final application due within 45 days of project completion. 

Idaho Power offers incentives for its commercial and industrial customers in Idaho and Oregon to upgrade to more efficient equipment in facilities. They provide incentives for lighting equipment and controls, HVAC equipment and controls, building shell, and grocery/refrigeration equipment. This program is for Idaho Power commercial or industrial customers on rate Schedule 7 (Small General Service, Small Commercial), Schedule 9 (Large General Service, Large Commercial), or Schedule 19 (Large Power Service, Large Industrial). Projects seeking over $1,000 in incentives require preapproval.

Great River Energy, a generation and transmission cooperative which serves 28 electric distribution cooperatives in Minnesota, offers rebates for the installation of certain energy efficiency improvements to residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers of its member utilities. The list of eligible measures generally includes lighting, motors, adjustable speed drives, compressed air systems, refrigeration, and HVAC devices. However, the rebate programs are administered by each individual electric distribution cooperative so program specifics may vary depending on the cooperative. Rebates for custom measures or prescriptive rebates for additional technologies may be eligible depending on the cooperative in question.

See the program web site for a list and links to the rebate programs offered by each individual member cooperative listed below.

Agralite Electric Cooperative
Arrowhead Electric Cooperative, Inc.
BENCO Electric Cooperative
Brown County Rural Electric Association
Connexus Energy
Cooperative Light & Power
Crow Wing Power
Dakota Electric Association
East Central Energy
Federated Rural Electric Association
Goodhue County Cooperative Electric Association
Itasca-Mantrap Cooperative Electrical Association
Kandiyohi Power Cooperative
Lake Country Power
Lake Region Electric Cooperative
McLeod Cooperative Power Association
Meeker Cooperative
Mille Lacs Energy Cooperative
Minnesota Valley Electric Cooperative
Nobles Cooperative Electric
North Itasca Electric Cooperative
Redwood Electric Cooperative
Runestone Electric Association
South Central Electric Association
Stearns Electrical Association
Steele-Waseca Cooperative Electric
Todd-Wadena Electric Cooperative
Wright Hennepin Cooperative Electric Association

Grays Harbor PUD's Non-Residential Rebate Program offers financial incentives to its small and large commercial customers, agricultural customers, industrial customers, and institutional customers like schools and governments for the installation of energy efficient equipment in their facilities. The program provides rebates for any project with verifiable electric energy savings, including large HVAC, lighting, or refrigeration projects. All projects must be pre-approved and a formal application must be on file prior to the start of work to qualify for the PUD rebate programs. Projects must be completed within 90 days of pre-approval to receive rebate. 

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, Grand Marais Public Utilities provides incentives for its commercial and industrial customers to improve the energy efficiency of participating facilities. Rebates are available for a variety of energy-efficient equipment: lighting, HVAC, replacement motors, variable speed drives, anti-sweat heater controls for cooler/freezer doors, food service equipment, and custom measures. Each type of equipment has minimum efficiency and performance ratings which must be met in order to qualify for the rebate.

Georgia Power offers Small Commercial rebates to customers on qualifying rates.