HVAC

Georgia Power offers rebates to all new and existing commercial customers on an eligible commercial rate plan. Incentives are available for lighting, heating and cooling equipment, reflective roofing, food service equipment, refrigeration equipment, water heating measures and others. Custom options are also available. Applications for rebates must be submitted within 90 days of the project's competion. 

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. 

Gainesville Regional Utilities offers rebates on a variety of energy-efficient technologies for its residential electric and gas customers. Eligibility and system requirements vary widely between programs and all equipment requirements must be met in order to participate. 

FirstEnergy company Potomac Edison offers rebates to eligible commercial, industrial, governmental, and institutional customers in Maryland service territory who are interested in upgrading to efficient equipment. 

Prescriptive Program: Rebates are available on lighting, controls, sensors, traffic signals, exit signs, heat pumps, air conditioners, chillers, variable frequency drives, food service equipment and custom measures. Contact Potomac Edison for information on maximum allowable incentive payments and other requirements. All appropriate forms, requirements and guidelines for equipment may be found on the program web site listed above. All application forms must be filled out completely along with all necessary purchase documentation. 

Custom Program: Custom equipment program targets retrofits and new construction energy efficiency projects which include technologies that are customer specific and do not qualify for the prescriptive program offerings. These projects may include building shell, electrical and mechanical improvement that reduces energy consumption and demand by improving building energy performance. Renewable energy, fuel switching, power factor correction devices do not qualify for this program. All custom equipment must be pre-approved before purchase and installation. 

Buildings Operations Tuition Reimbursement Program: This program offers up to 50% of the cost of tuition for non-residential building operators to take classes focused on energy efficiency improvements. Applicants must be employed in an energy management position at the facility. List of qualified courses and certifications are listed in the program website. 

CHP program: The CHP system should be sized solely for on-site energy use by the customer and should not be exporting energy under its normal operational conditions. CHP systems can be fueled by either biogas or natural gas. The system must have designed efficiency of at least 65%. The program offers three levels of incentives. 

Design Incentives: $75 per KW

 Installation Incentive: $275 per kW for projects under 250 kW and $175 per kW for projects 250 kW and over

 Production Incentive: 7 c/kWh for first 18 months

Total incentives are capped at $1.25 million per project. To qualify for the incentive, the project must be operational by December 31, 2017. 

Ohio subsidiaries of FirstEnergy (Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company, Toledo Edison) offer rebates for the installation of certain energy efficiency improvements for commercial customers. These programs were created in response to Ohio Senate Bill 221, and funded by all non-residential customers of First Energy. Live webinar presentations are available on the website above to inform customers of new programs and program updates. Incentives help cover the cost of energy efficiency upgrades involving HVAC equipment, commercial cooking equipment, motors, variable frequency drives, lighting measures, and custom measures. Projects must be approved before measures are implemented, except in the case of the Mercantile Customer Program. Nine trade associations serve as program delivery administrators and are equipped to support members in the incentive application process.

Note: This program will be suspended on December 31, 2014 following the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio approval of FirstEnergy Ohio's proposal to suspend the vast majority of its energy efficiency programs.

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, Fairmont 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.

Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) offers an extensive list of energy efficiency rebates for existing facilities that apply to both specific equipment, as well as customized rebates for more comprehensive facility improvements. Business and industrial customers participating in the customized rebate program will have an EWEB representative visit the facility and evaluate its energy use. During the analysis, the representative will identify potential efficiency improvements, provide a customized savings estimate with simple paybacks and discuss possible cash incentives for installing electric energy saving measures.  Rebates exceeding $1,500 require pre-approval before installation.

 

The Commercial and Industrial Solutions Program is an energy efficiency program designed to help business customers understand and make energy efficiency improvements in eligible facilities. The program provides educational and incentive resources through a free energy evaluation and lighting, HVAC, and motor measures eligible for an incentive.  All commercial lighting, motor, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning contractors that serve Entergy New Orleans customers are eligible to apply to participate in this program. 

The Small Business Program is an energy efficiency program designed to provide financial incentives for the installation of a wide range of simple energy efficiency measures that provide energy savings in facilities. This program is available for any non-residential customer of Entergy Arkansas with a peak connected load of less than 100 kW.  

Entergy Arkansas has several programs to help commercial and industrial customers increase the energy efficiency of eligible facilities.

The Small Business Program is an energy efficiency program designed to provide financial incentives for the installation of a wide range of simple energy efficiency measures that provide energy savings in facilities. This program is available for any non-residential customer of Entergy Arkansas with a peak connected load of less than 100 kW.

The Commercial & Industrial Program is an energy efficiency program designed to provide financial incentives for the installation of a wide range of energy efficiency measures that provide energy savings in facilities. This program is available for any non-residential customer of Entergy Arkansas with demand greater than 100kW. Prescriptive projects in this program are do not require measurement and verification (as listed in the eligible technologies). Custom projects can also receive benefits from the program and require measurement and verification to capture savings. The program implementation team provides measurement and verification services, information on energy efficiency best practices, program documentation assistance, savings calculations, and financial incentives.