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State and Utility
Energy Management
Incentive Guide
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Matching Money
State and Utility Energy-Efficiency Initiatives can mean big bucks to
end-users. Whether it’s demand-side management money to upgrade
lighting, HVAC and energy management systems, or load-response efforts
that allow facilities to gain credit for curtailing energy use, the
initiatives and services listed in this guide can have a bottom-line
impact on energy-management efforts.
How To Use This Guide
This guide
lists programs, incentives and services for all 50 states and the
District of Columbia. States appear in alphabetical order. Within
each state heading is contact information for that state’s
government energy office, including a Web address. State energy
offices are the best place to find out more information about
particular state or utility programs. Large end-users might also
contact their utility account representative.
This information and needs to be verified in each State.
Following the contact information is an overview of incentive and
program efforts, detailing whether the state has energy-efficiency
initiatives, demand-response initiatives or both. Following that are
descriptions of programs and incentives offered by utilities within
that state or, in a few cases, by the state itself. Information is
listed in alphabetical order by utility or program name.
It’s important to remember that programs are constantly changing.
Utilities and states are adding new rebates for efficiency upgrades
and altering demand-response programs. To keep up to date with
program changes, check with utilities and state energy offices.
Information gathered for this guide was compiled through
government and utility Web sites.
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Alabama
Energy
Division, Dept. of Economic and Community Affairs
401 N. Adams
Ave.
Box 5690
Montgomery, Ala. 36103
Voice: (334) 242-5292
Fax: (334) 242-0552
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Alabama Power offers real-time pricing to large customers.
Several options are available to mitigate the risk associated with the
price uncertainty of real-time pricing, including price- protection
products and an option where time-of-use pricing is applied only to
the months of July and August.
Alabama Power also offers rebates for new energy-efficient electric
water heaters and heat-pump water heaters.
The Science Technology and Energy Division in the Department of
Economic and Community Affairs offers several Energy Conservation
Programs.
The Industrial Energy Advisory Service (IDEA$) provides
technical assistance to industry, small business, and institutions to
help reduce energy costs and improve efficiency.
Alaska
Alaska
Energy Authority
813 W.
Northern Lights Blvd.
Anchorage, Alaska 99503
Voice: (907) 269-3000
Fax: (907) 269-3044
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency programs available.
Initiatives:
The Alaska Division of Energy provides technical support for
energy-saving retrofits, no-cost/low-cost energy-saving measures, and
procurement/purchase of high-efficiency products.
The Alaska Energy Authority helps develop alternative energy
programs to develop projects that reduce the cost of energy and use
locally available energy resources. Current efforts include: biomass
fuels, coal and natural gas, conservation, fuel cells and energy
storage, hydroelectric and tidal energy and wind-powered projects.
Anchorage Municipal Light and Power offers energy audits to
business customers through its Energy Partnership Program.
Chugach Electric Association offers energy audits to commercial
customers.
Golden Valley Electric Association offers rebates for lighting
efficiency upgrades through their Business $ense program of up to
$1,000 per kw saved or 50 percent of project cost.
Rural Alaskans Conserve Energy (RACE) is a state-sponsored
program for rural schools and communities to improve efficiency with
lighting retrofits. The Alaska Energy Authority also provides
assistance for energy-efficiency demonstration projects in rural
communities. These typically involve lighting retrofits or the
installation of motion sensors.
Arizona
Energy Office, Arizona Dept. of Commerce
3800 N. Central Ave., Suite 1500
Phoenix, Ariz. 85012
Voice: (602) 280-1300
Fax: (602) 280-1445
Overview: The state has no commercial or industrial
energy-efficiency programs, or any demand-response programs available.
Arkansas
Department of Economic Development One Capitol Mall
Little Rock, Ark. 72201
Voice: (501) 682-1121
Fax: (501) 682-2703
www.aedc.state.ar.us/energy
Overview: The state has demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Empire District Electric Co. provides various services and
equipment sales to commercial and industrial customers. Industrial
customers can qualify for an interruptible power program. The utility
also offers a lighting retrofit program, analysis, technical courses
and energy-usage and rate-design analysis.
Entergy offers a variety of load-management programs.
Market-Valued Call Option Service provides customers with credit for
curtailing load when notified by the utility during emergency
conditions. Participants receive both a monthly reservation payment,
which they receive regardless of whether any curtailments are
required, and a performance payment based on the load curtailed.
Eligibility is limited to customers with at least 1 mw of curtailable
load. Entergy’s market-valued energy service provides customers with
credit for curtailing load during high price periods. Customers make
day-ahead bids to the utility; the utility will confirm bid
acceptance. Eligibility limited to customers with at least 1 mw of
curtailable load.
The utility’s Energy Reduction Rider credits customers for curtailing
load during emergency conditions. Service available to customers with
curtailable demand of at least 150 kw.
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) offers a Curtailable
Service Rider in which customers agree to reduce their load upon
notification by the utility, in exchange for a credit of approximately
$3 per kw. Eligibility is limited to customers with at least 1 mw of
curtailable demand. The utility also offers real-time pricing. SWEPCO
provides customers with day-ahead, hourly electricity market prices,
and customers are alternatively credited or charged, based on the
market price, for usage below or above a predefined customer baseline
load.
California
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth
St., MS #32
Sacramento, Calif. 95814
Voice: (916) 654-4287
No general fax number
www.consumerenergycenter.org
Overview: California’s tribulations with energy supply during
the past several years have resulted in aggressive demand-reduction
and rebate programs. There are so many utility and government agency
incentives that the California Energy Commission (CEC) maintains a
database of available programs. A recent search on the database
returned nearly 125 incentives for the commercial/industrial sector.
To find out more about available incentives, visit
www.consumerenergycenter.org, the CEC’s incentive listing. Site
visitors can search for programs sponsored by a particular utility, by
business sector, by program offering, or a combination of the three.
Twenty-four separate utilities and government agencies are listed as
offering incentives. The site is also searchable via eight separate
sectors, including: agriculture, cities/counties, business/commercial,
construction, distributors, industrial, manufacturers, residential,
Title 24 and water/wastewater industries.
Current incentives on the CEC database are listed for the following
products or services: 20/20 energy rebate, air conditioner, audits,
battery backups, battery storage systems, base interruptible program,
boilers, building and design, commercial construction, customer-
directed program, dishwashers, distributed systems, discretionary
curtailment program, demand-reduction program, ducts, electric
vehicles, energy-efficient mortgage, engines, evaporative cooler,
food-service, freezer, fuel cell, furnaces/kilns/ovens, gas, general
efficiency, generation, heat pump, house fan, HVAC, insulation,
internal combustion generator, irrigation, lawn and garden, LED
traffic signals, lighting, load management, microturbine, motors,
night covers for display cases, mandatory curtailment program,
premium-efficiency relocatable classrooms, photovoltaics, power
commissioning, process energy, residential contract program, RD&D
showcase grants, refrigerator, renewable, residential construction,
roofing, shade screen, solar energy, solar thermal, standard
performance contract, solar pool heating system, solar water heating,
swimming pool, thermostats, Title 24, toilets, voluntary
demand-response program, washer/dryer, water heater, water saving,
wind and windows.
Colorado
Office of
Energy Management and Conservation
225 E. 16th
Ave., Suite 650
Denver, Colo. 80203
Voice: (303) 894-2383
Fax: (303) 894-2388
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Public Service Co. of Colorado (PSCO) offers a Lighting Solutions
program that includes a site review and proposal for an
energy-efficient lighting retrofit, with detailed cost-benefit
analysis and retrofit coordination if the project is adopted. PSCO
retail customers may be eligible for lighting rebates if a demand
reduction of 20 kw or greater can be achieved. Interruptible rates are
also available from PSCO. There are several options available,
including advance notice, interruptible options for secondary service,
limitations on the number and duration of interruptions and the
ability to combine firm service with interruptible options on the same
meter.
Connecticut
Office of
Policy and Management
450 Capitol
Ave.
Hartford, Conn. 06106
Voice: (860) 418-6200
Fax: (860) 418-6495
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Connecticut Light & Power (CL&P) provides rebates for
energy-efficient lighting, available to commercial and industrial
customers (C&I) with peak demand less than 350 kw. All C&I customers
are eligible to receive rebates for room occupancy sensors. The
utility also reimburses the cost of an energy audit and offers the
Tailored HVAC Program and the Operations and Maintenance Program, both
of which provide half the cost for a study of a facility’s related
energy systems. The customer’s 50 percent share will be refunded
following installation of the recommended energy-saving measures.
CL&P’s Energy Advantage Program provides turnkey, energy-saving
products and services for small business customers with average peak
demand between 11 and 100 kw. The utility will pay up to 50 percent of
the costs for retrofit lighting measures and up to 100 percent of the
costs associated with other eligible cost-effective, energy-efficiency
installation services. Energy Advantage offers a zero-percent
financing option.
CL&P and United Illuminating (UI) both offer the Request
For Proposal Program. It allows customers to compete against other
projects for energy-efficiency financial assistance to design and
implement custom projects. Projects are awarded under this program on
a competitive basis based on level of utility incentive requested,
cost effectiveness, project comprehensiveness, environmental benefits
and project timing.
The two utilities also offer rebates through a variety of
energy-efficiency programs. The Northeast Premium-Efficiency Motors
Initiative (MotorUp) provides rebates for premium efficiency motors up
to 200 hp. The Cool Choice program provides rebates for
high-efficiency air conditioners, air-to-air heat pump systems,
water-source heat pump systems, packaged terminal air conditioners and
packaged terminal heat pumps, up to 30 tons cooling capacity.
Connecticut Office of Policy and Management offers a New Energy
Technology (NET) program in which customers can receive grant money
for installing energy-saving equipment. Grants are limited to $10,000
and are available only to companies with fewer than 15 employees.
Independent System Operator New England Inc. (ISO-NE) is
offering two load-response programs. The Demand-Response Program
(Class 1) requires participating customers to commit to mandatory
energy reductions on 30-minute notice from ISO-NE. Customers in this
program receive payments for their ongoing participation in the
program, and additional payments for their energy savings. The Price
Response Program (Class 2) allows its participating customers to
voluntarily reduce energy consumption during certain periods, as
determined by ISO-NE. Customers in the Price Response Program only
receive payments for the actual energy they curtail.
UI offers the Energy Opportunities Program, which provides free
energy audits, co-funded engineering studies, and incentives to
customers who retrofit lighting, HVAC and refrigeration. The utility
also offers the Energy Blueprint Program, which pays for
energy-efficient design upgrades and equipment replacements. The
program provides grants for design, incentives for energy-efficient
equipment and commissioning, and technical assistance and consulting
throughout the project. UI’s Small Business Advantage Program provides
cash incentives and interest-free financing for installation of
energy-efficiency measures.
Delaware
Energy
Office, Division of Facilities Management
149
Transportation Circle
Dover, Del. 19901
Voice: (302) 739-5644
Fax: (302) 739-6148
Overview: The state has demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Conectiv offers the Peak Load Management Rider, which provides
customers with credit for reducing load when requested by the utility.
Two pricing options exist: $2.63 per kw and $4.38 per kw, each
corresponding to a different maximum duration and frequency of
curtailment periods. Participation limited to customers who can reduce
load by at least 100 kw. Metering equipment provided by the utility.
Florida
Department of Community Affairs, Division of Housing and Community
Development
State Energy Program
2555 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Tallahassee, Fla. 32399
Voice: (850) 488-2475
Fax: (850) 488-7688
Overview: The state has energy efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Florida Power and Light offers real-time pricing in which
participants are alternatively credited or charged, based on the
hourly market price of electricity, for usage below or above a
predetermined customer baseline load profile.
Florida Power and Light also offers rebates for energy-efficient
equipment, including lighting, air conditioning, chillers, thermal
storage, insulation and window treatments, and other custom measures.
Free business energy evaluations are also offered, providing analysis
of facility energy use and recommendations for efficiency
improvements.
Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) offers a variety of
resources and services, including the Building Design Assistance
Center, which provides free design assistance through plan reviews,
building energy simulations, development of construction details, and
assistance with the selection of appropriate materials and equipment.
Jacksonville Electric Authority (JEA) offers free energy audits
and low-cost detailed engineering evaluations to commercial and
industrial customers.
Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) offers a number of load-management
programs. The Conservation Value Program provides rebates for
equipment that shifts or reduces energy use during peak periods.
TECO’s Load Management Program offers customers credits on their bills
for allowing Tampa Electric to control operation of air conditioning
or specialized equipment during critical energy-use periods. The
utility’s Standby Generator Program provides customers with credits on
their electric bill for the portion of the normal facility load that
can be served by a standby generator during peak-demand periods.
TECO also offers rebates for energy-efficient lighting and air
conditioning. TECO offers free basic energy audits and low-cost energy
audits to evaluate energy use and opportunities for efficiency
improvements.
Georgia
Georgia Environmental Facilities Authority
100 Peachtree Street NW, Suite 2090
Atlanta, Ga. 30303
Voice: (404) 656-0938
Fax: (404) 656-6416
Overview: The state has utility energy-efficiency and
demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Georgia Power and Savannah Electric & Power offer real-time
pricing rates, including day-ahead and hour-ahead options, plus
financing options via the Energy Solutions programs.
Hawaii
Energy, Resources, and Technology Division
235 S. Beretania St., Room 506
Honolulu, Hawaii 96804
Voice: (808) 587-3807
Fax: (808) 586-2536
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Hawaiian Electric Co. (HECO) offers rebates through its
Energy$olutions program for energy-efficient equipment, including
lighting, motors, air-conditioning systems, chillers and custom
measures. The utility also offers Enhanced Monitoring Services, which
provide an energy profile of a facility’s electrical usage and can be
used to evaluate its current operations and facilitate load management
activities.
Kauai Electric offers the Energy Wise program, which provides
rebates to cover 40 percent of the installation cost for
energy-efficient retrofits, including lighting, motors, HVAC systems
and energy management systems.
Idaho
Idaho
Department of Water Resources, Energy Division
1301 N. Orchard St.
Boise, Idaho 83706
Voice: (208) 327-7900
Fax: (208) 327-7866
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency programs and
demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Avista’s Buy Back of Customer Power program provides credit to
customers for voluntarily reducing their demand. Participation is
limited to customers with a demand of at least 3,000 kVA, and who can
curtail a total of at least 1 mwh during a 24-hour period. The utility
also offers the Customer Electric Buy Back Program, which credits
customers 5 cents per kwh for reducing energy usage by more than 5
percent from the previous year.
The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) uses the Demand
Exchange Program, an Internet-based, load-reduction bidding program.
Participants are alerted to hourly, one-day, and two-day price signals
associated with peak load events and are able to post willingness to
participate at a price. Eligibility limited to participants able to
curtail/generate at least 1 mw.
The Energy Division of Idaho’s Department of Water Resources Energy
Division has an Energy Conservation Loan Program, which provides
low-interest loans for energy conservation installations with payback
periods of less than 10 years. Eligible measures for non-residential
users include insulation, energy-efficient lighting, energy-efficient
doors, and retrofitting pumps and motors. Other energy conservation
measures may be eligible.
Idaho Power offers the Energy Exchange program, which provides
customers with a credit for reducing their load during periods of high
wholesale energy prices. Idaho Power will notify customers when a load
reduction is needed — either the day-of, day-ahead, or two days ahead
— and will indicate the hours that the curtailment is needed and the
bid price for each hour of the curtailment period. Customers choosing
to participate respond with a pledged load reduction of at least 1 mw.
Idaho Power also performs energy audits for business customers; the
program is designed to reduce at least 1,000 kw in exchange for bill
credits.
Utah Power & Light (PacifiCorp) offers the Energy Exchange
program, an Internet-based, voluntary demand-reduction program.
PacifiCorp posts a price for each hour that a load reduction is needed
and customers may respond by pledging to curtail a specified load.
Participants are paid for each hour of curtailment based on the
measured load reduction. Eligibility is limited to customers who have
exceeded 1 mw within the previous year. PacifiCorp’s Energy FinAnswer
provides rebates to industrial and commercial power consumers for
energy-efficient equipment, including lighting, motors, and HVAC. The
program also incorporates a variety of energy-efficiency services,
including facility energy analysis, detailed design assistance,
competitive financing, commissioning and savings verification.
Illinois
Bureau of Energy and Recycling Illinois Dept. of Commerce and
Community Affairs
620 E. Adams
Springfield, Ill. 62701
Voice: (217) 785-2009
Fax: (217) 785-2618
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency programs and
demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Alliant Energy offers the Performance Contracting Program, which
includes project identification, management and financing through
energy savings.
Ameren has a Customer Energy Exchange Program that provides
credit to commercial and industrial customers for voluntary reduction
of usage during peak hours. Credits range from 10 cents to 20 cents
per kwh reduced. To qualify for this program, customers must be able
to reduce their load by at least 500 kw and must have an interval
meter.
The company also offers 10 programs for commercial and industrial
facilities. For large customers, a comprehensive analysis of lighting
and HVAC usage is available. For all commercial and industrial
customers, the company offers wireless metering for facilities,
equipment or processes. A compressed air and motor program provide
analysis for customers with motors using more than 100 kw of demand.
The Exchange Demo allows customers to reduce energy use by 500 kw or
more during peak demand in exchange for credits. To qualify, customers
need the ability to reduce load by at least 500 kw, plus an interval
meter with communications equipment and a fax machine, and a computer
with Internet access. Cost of participation ranges from $4 to $21
monthly.
Central Illinois Light Co. offers the Targeted Load Reduction
program for customers with on-site generation capacity of at least 250
kw. Participants are paid 25 cents per kwh. To participate, customers
must have a data recording meter, dedicated phone line, and must
commit to a two-year contract.
Commonwealth Edison (ComEd) offers a variety of load-reduction
programs. Contact ComEd to learn more about the Voluntary
Load-Reduction program , the Voluntary Load Reduction — Maximum Value
program, the Rider 32 — Energy Cooperative program, the Early
Advantage program, the Rider 30 program and the Planned Performance
Reduction Program. The utility also offers facility energy-efficiency
evaluations by ComEd’s engineering team. The team comes to the
facility, evaluates the energy systems in use, and makes
energy-efficiency recommendations.
The Illinois Bureau of Energy and Recycling oversees the Small
Business Energy Program with the aim of providing energy-conservation
and energy-efficiency information to Illinois businesses. The program
provides financial assistance to a number of small business
development centers to expand their marketing, educational and
training opportunities to include energy-related educational and
technical assistance to Illinois businesses.
The Illinois Department of Commerce and Community Affairs (DCCA)
administers state-funded energy initiatives. Recent restructuring
provides $3 million of funding for energy-efficiency programs
statewide. DCCA also offers the Energy Performance Contracting Program
as part of its institutional services for state and local government
agencies.
MidAmerican Energy Co.’s EnergyAdvantage® programs are designed
to encourage the use of high-efficiency space and water-heating
equipment, central air conditioning, lighting and other measures in
commercial and industrial buildings.
Alliant, Commonwealth Edison, Illinois Power, Central Illinois
Light Co., and MidAmerican Energy all offer real-time
pricing programs.
Indiana
Energy
Policy Division, Indiana Dept. of Commerce
One North
Capitol, Suite 700
Indianapolis, Ind. 46204
Voice: (317) 232-8939
Fax: (317) 232-8995
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Cinergy offers the PowerShare Pricing Program, which consists of
several options.With the Call Option, customers select a strike price
based upon their own estimate of the costs of complying with
curtailments. When the day-ahead market prices are projected to be
greater than the strike prices, Cinergy can call the option by
notifying customers. In exchange for participation, customers receive
a guaranteed premium plus an additional energy credit whenever they
are called.
The Quote Option program is a day-of curtailment program. Cinergy
provides price quotes and interested customers must respond with an
estimate of voluntary load reduction within one hour. Cinergy also
offers a real-time pricing pilot program. The utility also provides
cash incentives to commercial and industrial customers for the
purchase and installation of high-efficiency lighting, motors and
cooling systems. Eligibility is limited to customers with a demand of
less than 500 kw.
The Energy Policy Division (EPD) of the Indiana Department of
Commerce has grants, 0-percent loans and incentives available.
Industrial Programs: The Industrial Energy Efficiency Fund (IEEF)
is a loan program that helps Indiana businesses increase the energy
efficiency of their manufacturing process. Awarded on a quarterly
basis, these 0 percent loans are available for the acquisition and
installation of energy-efficient equipment.
The Industrial Energy Efficiency Audit (IEEA) grant is a part of the
Small Business Energy Initiative. Companies seeking to reduce energy
costs may apply for a grant of up to $5,000 to offset the cost of an
energy audit. Company matching funds are required.
Energy Research Programs: Indiana Biomass Grant Program assists
in the research and implementation of Indiana biomass energy systems.
Eligibility for this program is limited to individuals, businesses,
universities or institutions that operate in the state of Indiana.
Public Facility Energy Efficiency Program Loans: A school
corporation, political subdivision or public library seeking to reduce
energy costs may apply for a loan of up to $100,000 to help identify
and/or implement energy-efficiency measures. Loans are available at 0
percent interest, and no matching funds are required.
Alternative Energy Systems Grant: This grant program
contributes to the improvement of the environment, reduction of
dependence on foreign oil and the use of renewable resources.
Alternative Energy grants are available in both transportation and
non-transportation applications. Maximum grant amounts are $10,000,
and matching fund requirements vary.
Indiana-Michigan Power Co. offers Price Curtailable Service to
customers who can curtail 1 mva or more. The customer determines the
minimum price per kwh at which they would be willing to curtail, the
maximum curtailment duration, and the maximum number of curtailment
events per year. When notified by the utility, the customer is
required to curtail. Payment is based on the actual curtailed load.
Northern Indiana Public Services Co. (NIPSCO) offers free
lighting audits.
Iowa
Energy
Bureau, Energy and Geological Resources Division
Iowa Department of Natural Resources
Wallace State Office Building
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Voice: (515) 281.8681
Fax: (515) 281-6794
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Alliant Energy offers several load-reduction programs. In the
Market-Based Load Curtailment program, the utility notifies
participants with an offer to curtail load, indicating the curtailment
hours and a price quote. Acceptance of curtailment offers is
voluntary. Two versions of this program are available: day-ahead and
day-of, each with different periods of advance notification and price
quotes. To participate, customers must be able to curtail 500 kw or
more.
As part of Alliant’s Temporary Emergency Load-Curtailment program,
participants agree to curtail at least 200 kw when called upon. In
exchange, participants receive payment of 40 cents per kwh curtailed,
in addition to payments of $50 per month and $50 per curtailment
event. The utility also offers a Performance Contracting Program to
commercial and industrial customers. Project identification,
management and financing of energy-efficiency projects is handled by
Alliant and the customer repays the project costs through the energy
savings on the utility bill.
Alliant Energy also offers rebates for energy-efficient equipment,
including lighting, adjustable-speed motor drives and HVAC equipment.
Iowa Energy Bank program is a fund that provides energy audits,
engineering studies, and financing for energy-efficiency improvements;
the Bank uses cost savings to repay financing for system improvements.
MidAmerican Energy offers a load-curtailment program in which
customers agree to reduce their demand to a level at least 250 kw
below their expected load, upon notification. In exchange,
participants receive an annual payment of either $36.55 or $32.98 per
kw of curtailable load.
The company also offers a family of EnergyAdvantage programs.
Commercial Lighting Program: provides rebates and loans for
high-efficiency lighting.
Commercial/Industrial Heating and Cooling Program: provides rebates
and low interest loans for high-efficiency natural gas and
water-heating equipment and electric heating and cooling equipment.
Customized Building Systems Program: provides rebates or
financing for large space heating and cooling systems and control
systems not addressed in other EnergyAdvantage programs, such as
variable-air-volume conversions, energy-management systems and thermal
energy storage.
Early Exchange Program: provides additional incentives to
encourage customers to replace older HVAC equipment with new,
high-efficiency equipment. The incentives include reimbursement for
the cost of an energy analysis and payment based on the kwh savings.
New Construction Program: provides incentives to help offset
the initial cost of design and installation for energy-efficient
options in new commercial buildings. The incentive is paid to the
building owner based upon the kwh savings modeled and verified as
installed by the independent modeler. A minimum energy savings of 15
percent is required to qualify. Incentives range from 5 to 14 cents
per kwh.
EnergyAdvantage Analysis program: provides reimbursement for 50
percent of the cost of an energy analysis up front, and the remaining
50 percent upon completion of the recommended energy-efficiency
measures.
Additionally, MidAmerican offers financing and rebates for thermal
storage systems through its Customized Building Systems program.
Peoples Natural Gas (PNG) offers rebates for commercial
customers to replace standard natural gas equipment with
energy-efficient systems.
The State of Iowa Facilities Improvement Corporation (SIFIC) is
a nonprofit corporation that helps state agencies implement
energy-efficiency improvements.
Kansas
Kansas Corporation Commission
1500 SW Arrowhead Road
Topeka, Kan. 66604
Voice: (785) 271-3100
Fax: (785) 271-3354
Overview: The state has demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Empire District Electric Co. offers services and equipment sales
to commercial and industrial customers. Industrial customers can
qualify to participate in an interruptible power program. The utility
also offers a lighting retrofit program, analysis, technical courses
and energy-usage and rate-design analysis.
Kansas City Power & Light (KCPL) offers load-management
programs:
Peak Load Curtailment Credit (PLCC): provides customers with
credit for reducing their load upon notification during periods of
peak demand. Customers receive a credit of $10 per kw per month for
their curtailable load, regardless of whether any curtailment requests
are made. Eligibility limited to customers with at least 200 kw
curtailable load.
Voluntary Load Reduction Program: provides customers with
credit for reducing load during peak periods. KCPL will make requests
each time load curtailment is needed, indicating the credit ($/kwh)
offered. Interested customers may respond with a commitment to
curtail. Eligibility limited to customers with at least 100 kw
curtailable load.
Real Time Pricing: allows participants to be alternatively
credited or charged based on the day-ahead energy prices for
electricity below or above a predetermined customer baseline load.
West Plains Energy (Utilicorp United) offers the Voluntary
Load-Reduction Rider, which credits participants for reducing demand
during peak periods. The utility contacts customers each time a load
reduction is needed, indicating the load-curtailment credit ($/kwh).
Interested participants may respond by committing to curtail a
specific amount. Eligibility limited to customers with at least 500 kw
peak demand.
Kentucky
Division of Energy
663 Teton Trail
Frankfort, Ky. 40601
Voice: (502) 564-7192
Fax: (502) 564-7484
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
American Electric Power (AEP) offers two load-management programs:
Emergency Curtailable Service Rider: provides credit, based on
curtailed energy use, for reducing load when requested by the utility
during emergency conditions.
The Price Curtailable Service Rider: provides credit, based on
curtailed energy use, for reducing load when requested by the utility
during high price periods. The participant specifies the minimum price
as well as the maximum number of days they would be willing to
curtail. For both programs, customers must curtail upon notification
or be assessed non-performance penalties. Participation limited to
customers with a curtailable demand of at least 1 mw.
Cinergy/Union Light Heat and Power offers several
load-curtailment options. For the Call Option, customers select a
strike price based upon their own estimate of the costs of complying
with curtailments. When the day-ahead market prices are projected to
be greater than the strike prices, Cinergy can call the option by
notifying customers. In exchange for participation, customers receive
a guaranteed premium plus an additional energy credit whenever they
are called. The Quote Option is a day-of program. Cinergy provides
price quotes; interested customers respond with an estimate of the
load reduction they will make.
Cinergy/Union Light Heat and Power also offers real-time pricing
through the PathWise program, in which participants are alternatively
credited or charged, based on the current wholesale prices, for
electricity below or above a predetermined customer baseline load.
Kentucky Division of Energy administers a small grant program
for Kentucky companies to install technologies that use biomass for
energy. Proposals must be submitted to the Southeastern Regional
Biomass Energy Program, which is funded by the U.S Department of
Energy. They will be competing against other proposals from the
southeast region.
Kentucky Utilities Co. (KU) and Louisville Gas and Electric
Co. (LG&E) offer the Experimental Load-Reduction Incentive Rider,
which provides participants with payment of up to 30 cents per kwh for
voluntarily operating standby generation at the request of the
utility. To be eligible, the generation must be at least 500 kw and
must be on an isolated circuit.
Louisville Gas and Electric also offers free energy audits to
commercial and industrial customers.
Louisiana
Technology Assessment Division and Energy Section
625 N. 4th St.
P.O. Box 94396
Baton Rouge, La. 94396
Voice: (225) 342-1399
Fax: (225) 342-1397
Overview: The state has demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Central Louisiana Electric Co. (CLECO) provides the Experimental
Scheduled Real-Time Market Pricing Service in which participants are
alternatively credited or charged, based on the hourly market price of
electricity, for usage below or above a predefined customer baseline
load.
Entergy offers a variety of load-management programs. The
Market-Valued Call Option Service provides customers with credit for
curtailing load when notified by the utility during emergency
conditions. Participants receive both a monthly reservation payment,
which they receive regardless of whether any curtailments are
required, and a performance payment based on the load curtailed.
Eligibility limited to customers with at least 1 mw of curtailable
load. Entergy’s market-valued energy service provides customers with
credit for curtailing load during high price periods. Customers make
day-ahead bids to the utility, and the utility will confirm if the bid
is accepted. Eligibility limited to customers with at least 1 mw of
curtailable load.
The utility’s Energy Reduction Rider provides customers with credit
for curtailing load during emergency conditions. Service is available
to customers with a curtailable demand of at least 150 kw.
Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO) offers real-time
pricing through its MarketChoice program. SWEPCO provides customers
with day-ahead hourly electricity market prices, and customers are
alternatively credited or charged, based on the market price, for
usage below or above a pre-defined Customer Baseline Load.
Maine
State Planning Office
State House Station, No. 38
184 State St.
Augusta, Maine 04333
Voice: (207) 287-1479
Fax: (207) 287-6489
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency programs and
demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Bangor Hydro has a Commercial Lighting Incentive Program (CLIP),
which provides rebates for energy-efficient lighting and room
occupancy sensors.
Central Maine Power Co. sponsors the Maine-Made Incentive for
manufacturing, agricultural, construction, forestry, fishing or mining
facilities. This incentive provides 5 cents per kwh of projected
annual savings for energy-efficient retrofits or new construction
projects. The total incentive is limited to 25 percent of the project
cost, and participation in the program is limited to commercial and
industrial customers whose maximum demand is below 1,000 kw. The
utility also offers the Building System Diagnostics service, which
provides a customized, comprehensive assessment of a facility’s HVAC
systems free of charge.
The Independent System Operator New England Inc. (ISO-NE)
offers the Load-Response Program through which energy market
participants belonging to New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) can enter
into agreements with retail customers to reduce electricity
consumption during periods of peak demand. ISO-NE is offering two
programs:
The Demand-Response Program (Class 1) requires participating customers
to commit to mandatory energy reductions on 30-minute notice from
ISO-NE. Customers in the Demand-Response Program receive payments for
their ongoing participation and additional payments for the actual
energy they saved.
The Price-Response Program (Class 2) allows its participating
customers to voluntarily reduce energy consumption during certain
periods as determined by ISO-NE. Customers in the Price-Response
Program only receive payments for the actual energy they curtail.
Maryland
Maryland
Energy Administration
1623 Forest Dr., Suite 300
Annapolis, Md. 21403
Voice: (410) 260-7511
Fax: (410) 974-2875
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency programs and
demand-response programs.
Initiatives:
Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) offers a Voluntary Curtailable
Program. A customer must have at least 500 kw of load available for
curtailment or 100 kw of self-generation at each site to qualify for
the program. The utility also offers energy audits and offers
financing options for energy-efficient improvements.
Conectiv Solutions offers energy efficiency services that
include energy audits, lighting retrofits, HVAC and motor systems, and
energy-management strategies.
Conectiv Thermal Systems offers flexible long-term financing
for meeting the thermal energy requirements of commercial and
industrial customers.
Potomac Electric Power Co. (PEPCO) Energy Services, the
utility’s unregulated affiliate, offers a range of services including
energy audits and financing for energy-efficient equipment purchase.
PEPCO also offers special rate schedules for cogeneration and thermal
energy storage to their non-residential customers whose maximum
30-minute demand is less than 25 kw.
Massachusetts
Division of Energy Resources
70 Franklin St., 7th Floor
Boston, Mass. 02110
Voice: (617) 727-4732
Fax: (617) 727-0030
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency programs and
demand-response programs. The Rebuild Boston Energy Initiative has
been established to address energy and water management needs in
Boston, providing technical assistance, project management, and
project financing coordination for energy-efficiency improvements.
Initiatives:
The Independent System Operator New England Inc. (ISO-NE) is
offering the Load Response Program, through which retail customers to
reduce electricity consumption during periods of peak demand. ISO-NE
is offering two programs:
The Demand Response Program (Class 1) requires participating customers
to commit to mandatory energy reductions on 30-minute notice from
ISO-NE. Customers in the Demand-Response Program receive payments for
their ongoing participation and additional payments for the actual
energy they saved.
The Price Response Program (Class 2) allows its participating
customers to voluntarily reduce energy consumption during certain
periods as determined by ISO-NE. Customers in the Price-Response
Program only receive payments for the actual energy they curtail.
Massachusetts Electric and Nantucket Electric offer a
variety of energy-efficiency services through their Design 2000plus
and Energy Initiative programs, including rebates for energy-efficient
lighting, VSDs, HVAC equipment and other custom measures. The two
utilities also provide technical assistance in identifying,
implementing, and evaluating energy-efficiency opportunities for new
construction, renovations and equipment replacement. Competitive
financing of energy-efficient equipment and building commissioning are
further services offered by the two companies.
NStar offers energy-efficiency programs and services that
include:
New Construction Program: provides all commercial and
industrial customers up to 100 percent of the incremental costs
between standard equipment and high-efficiency equipment for new
construction projects, remodeling, renovations or replacement of
failed electrical or mechanical equipment.
Retrofit Program: provides medium and large commercial and
industrial customers up to 75 percent of total project costs when
retrofitting existing electrical or mechanical equipment.
Small Commercial and Industrial Retrofit Program: offers small
commercial and industrial electric customers up to 80 percent of the
total project costs when replacing existing electrical or mechanical
equipment. This program includes an economic development component
that offers a 100 percent total project costs incentive to customers
within designated economically challenged areas.
Recommissioning services: available to re-evaluate and upgrade
existing heating/cooling or lighting equipment in electric customers’
facilities.
Western Massachusetts Electric Co. (WMECO) offers a variety of
programs and services, including:
Rebates: available for energy-efficient lighting improvements
made by commercial and industrial (C&I) customers with peak demand
less than 350 kw. All C&I customers are eligible to receive rebates
for room occupancy sensors. Reimbursement for the cost of an energy
audit or a focused study of a specific system or equipment.
Request For Proposal Program: allows customers to create their
own solution or partner with an energy-efficiency consultant and then
compete against other projects for financial assistance to design and
implement custom-tailored projects. Eligibility limited to customers
with peak demand greater than 350 kw and at least 100,000 kwh of
projected annual savings.
Energy Advantage Program: provides turnkey, energy-saving
products and services for small business customers with average peak
demand between 11 and 100 kw. WMECO will pay up to 50 percent of the
costs for retrofit lighting measures and up to 100 percent of the
costs associated with other eligible cost-effective, energy-efficiency
installation services. Energy Advantage offers a 0 percent financing
option.
Tailored HVAC Program and the Operations and Maintenance Program:
provides half of the cost of a study of a facility’s related systems.
The customer’s 50 percent share will be refunded following
installation of recommended energy-saving measures.
Energy Conscious Construction Program: reimburses customers for
the incremental difference between standard and energy-efficient
equipment, installed in new construction projects or major
renovations.
Massachusetts Electric, NStar, Western Massachusetts Electric,
Fitchburg Gas & Electric, and Nantucket Electric each
sponsor regional rebate programs including the following two:
The Northeast Premium-Efficiency Motors Initiative (MotorUp)
provides rebates for premium efficiency motors up to 200 hp.
Cool Choice provides rebates for high-efficiency air
conditioners, air-to-air heat pump systems, water-source heat pump
systems, packaged terminal air conditioners and packaged terminal heat
pumps, up to 30 tons cooling capacity.
Michigan
Energy Office
6545 Mercantile Way
P.O. Box 30221
Lansing, Mich. 48909
Voice: (517) 241-6228
Fax: (517) 241-6229
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Detroit Edison has an interruptible space-conditioning provision
in its rates for commercial space conditioning use. Detroit Edison
also has the LightWise Program, which provides lighting audits as well
as installation and financing of efficient lighting. The company also
offers specialized services for Federal facilities, including facility
energy audits and project development.
Indiana Michigan Power Co. (AEP) offers Price Curtailable
Service to customers who can curtail 1 mw or more. The customer
determines the minimum price per kwh at which they would be willing to
curtail, the maximum curtailment duration, and the maximum number of
curtailment events per year. When notified by the utility, the
customer is required to curtail. Payment based on the curtailed load.
Michigan Department of Consumer & Industry Services, Energy
Division, offers free energy analyses of small commercial
buildings. Commercial establishments that have between 5 and 50
employees, pay their own electric and fuel bills and have lighting
and/or heating/cooling equipment that is 5 years or older qualify for
this service.
Minnesota
Energy Division
Minnesota Department of Commerce
85 7th Place East, Suite 500
St. Paul, Minn. 55101
Voice: (651) 297-2545
Fax: (651) 282-2568
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Alliant Energy offers its Performance Contracting Program, which
includes project identification, management and financing through
energy savings.
Minnegasco offers several rebate programs. The Natural Gas
Heating System Rebate helps to offset the cost of (1) installing a new
natural gas heating system, (2) adding efficiency enhancements to
natural gas systems or (3) having a boiler tuneup. Minnegasco also
offers free energy audits to help identify energy-efficiency
opportunities.
Minnesota Power (MP) offers its commercial and industrial
customers energy audits at no charge for audits costing less than
$1,200. Costs beyond that will be shared 50/50 with the customer up to
$2,400 maximum. MP also offers grants and rebates through the
PowerGrant program.
Northern States Power (NSP/Xcel Energy) offers a variety of
energy-efficiency programs.
Rebates are available for a number of eligible high-efficiency
technologies, including lighting, motors, cooling systems, and
boilers.
Two types of low-cost energy analysis services are available,
including energy audits, and detailed engineering assistance studies.
For new construction and renovation projects that incorporate
energy-efficient equipment and design, NSP/Xcel provides incentives
based on peak kw savings, reimbursement for the incremental design
cost due to including energy-efficient options, computer modeling and
performance verification.
NSP also has a Saver’s Switch program, which uses a radio-activated
device Xcel installs on outside air conditioning units. On summer days
when Xcel experiences peak demand, Saver’s Switch automatically
controls air conditioners, reducing the demand for electricity. In
exchange for participation, customers receive a discount on their
electricity bill for the months of June through September.
Otter Tail Power Co. offers the Released Energy Access Program.
When Otter Tail expects peak conditions and high energy prices, it
will alert program participants by e-mail of the price offered for
released energy. Customers that wish to take the offer reply by making
their commitment to curtail a specific amount of power at the required
time.
Otter Tail also offers rebates for a number of energy-efficient
technologies, including lighting, motors and heat pumps. Grants for
these and other technologies are also available through the Commercial
and Industrial Grant Program. Otter Tail also offers several financing
options for energy-efficiency projects, and real-time pricing.
Both Northern Minnesota Utilities and Peoples Natural Gas
will arrange, for a $50 fee, a comprehensive walk-through energy audit
for commercial and business customers. Both utilities also offer
rebates for replacing standard heating equipment with high-efficiency
systems.
Mississippi
Mississippi Energy Division Mississippi Development Authority
P.O. Box 850
510 George St., Suite 300
Jackson, Miss. 39205
Voice: (601)359-6600
Fax: (601) 359-6642
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency programs.
Initiatives:
Mississippi Power offers customized energy-related services,
including a variety of financing options, through its Energy Solutions
program.
Missouri
Energy Center, Department of Natural Resources
P.O. Box 176
169A E. Elm St.
Jefferson City, Mo. 65102
Voice: (573) 751-4000
Fax: (573) 751-6860
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Ameren offers Abacus, a wireless metering information system that
tracks energy use by process, facility or equipment and provides
access to the information through the Internet.
Ameren Corp.’s Customer Energy Exchange allows customers to reduce
energy use by 500 kw or more during peak demand in exchange for
credits. To qualify, customers need the ability to reduce load by at
least 500 kw, an interval meter with communications equipment a fax
machine and a computer with Internet access. Customers can view
day-ahead prices and then decide whether to participate. The company
will also analyze compressed-air and motor systems that use 100 kw or
more. For large customers, a comprehensive analysis of lighting and
HVAC usage is available.
Empire District Electric Co. allows industrial customers to
participate in an interruptible power program. It also offers a
lighting retrofit program, analysis, technical courses and
energy-usage and rate-design analysis.
Entergy offers Web-based energy analysis for commercial and
industrial customers that allows review of load data, and analysis of
energy use of single or multiple locations. Market-based,
load-management programs are used in place of interruptible service
rates.
Kansas City Power & Light offers a peak-load curtailment
program in which customers agree to reduce their load by at least 200
kw less than their peak demand each time a curtailment request is made
by the utility. In exchange, customers receive a credit of $10 per kw
per month for their curtailable load, regardless of whether any
curtailment requests are made, from May 16 through September 15. The
utility also offers real-time pricing, allowing commercial customers
to buy their electricity at marginal cost-based prices, shift usage to
lower-cost periods, or reduce their load to avoid expensive periods. A
voluntary load-reduction program is open to customers with a minimum
peak demand of 100 kw.
Missouri Public Service and St. Joseph Light and Power
offer voluntary load-reduction programs. The utilities make offers to
purchase load curtailments from customers.
Utilicorp offers energy audits, energy rebates and discount
programs. It also offers customized rebates and energy audits for
commercial customers, along with online energy efficiency information.
Its curtailment program is available to customers with peak demands
greater than 500 kw.
Montana
Planning, Prevention, and Assistance Division, Department of
Environmental Quality
P.O. Box 200901
1520 East 6th Ave.
Helena, Mont. 59620-0901
Voice: (406) 444-6754
Fax: (406) 444-6836
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) offers the Demand Exchange
Program, an Internet-based, load-reduction bidding program.
Participants are alerted to hourly, one-day, and two-day price signals
associated with peak-load events and are able to post their
willingness to participate at a price. Eligibility is limited to
participants able to curtail and/or generate at least 1 mw.
Black Hills Power offers a Business Enhancement Program to
assist customers in the use of energy-efficient electro-technologies,
such as energy storage and lighting.
Lighting: Existing commercial customers who retrofit their
indoor lighting systems are eligible for up to a $5,000 incentive if
they sign a three-year electric power service contract. Without a
contract, the maximum incentive is $500. Incentives are based on 12
cents per watt saved for hardwire installations and 4 cents per watt
saved for compact fluorescent lamps.
Power Factor Correction: Reduced demand charges are the primary
incentive for commercial and industrial customers to improve their
power factor. The company provides an account analysis, rate savings
calculations and project financing. A three-year electric power
service contract for certain projects is required.
Custom Packages: There are other electro-technologies that may
qualify for an economic development incentive, including water loop
heat pumps, geothermal loop fields, heating or air-conditioning
systems, water heating systems, power quality equipment and energy
management systems. Financing, project design assistance or an
economic development rate may also be granted. Requires a three,-
five- or seven-year contract for electric service.
Montana-Dakota Utility allows net metering, an arrangement in
which any surplus energy generated by the customer’s system goes back
on the utility electric system. The customer receives credit for the
electricity put back on the system at retail rates.
Montana Power offers a Commercial Lighting Rebate program for
the installation of efficient lights; a Business Partners program to
provide funding for load-management and conservation projects in new
and retrofit applications; a Commercial Energy Appraisals program for
businesses with a peak demand of 50 kw or less; and net metering for
renewable installation of 50 kw or less. Net metering is an
arrangement in which any surplus energy generated by the customer’s
system goes back to the utility electric system and allows the
customer to receive credit for the electricity put back on the system
at retail rates.
State Buildings Energy Conservation Bond is designed to finance
energy improvement projects on state-owned buildings. The program uses
bond proceeds to fund the projects and energy savings to repay the
bonds.
Nebraska
Nebraska
State Energy Office
P.O. Box 95085
1111 “O” St., Suite 223
Lincoln, Neb. 68509
Voice: (402) 471-2867
Fax: (402) 471-3064
Overview: This state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
Lincoln Electric System (LES) offers several free services,
including energy-efficiency reviews where an energy specialist
conducts an energy audit to identify and analyze energy savings
opportunities. LES also offers the Power Purchase Program, which
provides payment to customers for reducing demand during summer peak
conditions. Eligibility limited to customers with at least 100 kw of
load curtailment available.
The Nebraska State Energy Office offers loans statewide to fund
energy-using system improvements. The interest rate is 5 percent, but
can be adjusted semiannually. The total amount that can be borrowed
is: multi-family buildings, $75,000; Nebraska businesses and
non-profits $100,000; and government buildings, $175,000.
A borrower may finance less than 100 percent of the cost of the
improvements. Loans can only be made for the cost of goods and
services, not for labor provided by the borrower. The only fees a
participating lender may charge are out-of-pocket expenses, a physical
inspection fee of up to $50, a loan documentation fee to cover
indirect or overhead costs up to $50, and a 2 percent origination fee
if the term of the loan is for the maximum length of time — 10 years
for building and system improvements and the simple payback period for
projects requiring an audit.
Building Envelope improvements that qualify include: adding
weatherstrip and/or threshold to doors, installing storm doors,
replacing glass doors with energy-efficient glass doors, replacing
solid-core doors with energy-efficient solid core doors, adding
weatherstrip to windows; replacing missing or broken glass or window
sash, replacing a window opening with an insulated panel or solid
wall, applying reflective window film, installing storm windows,
replacing windows, adding insulation and repairing roof or vents,
adding insulation to frame or masonry walls, adding new siding and
insulating floors over unheated spaces.
HVAC improvements that qualify include: forced-air natural gas
furnaces rated at 90 AFUE or higher, air-source heat pumps rated at
7.8 HSFP or higher, groundwater- or ground-coupled heat pumps rated at
3.0 COP or higher, steam or hot water boilers rated at 83.0 AFUE or
higher, gas radiant heating systems, the installation of an automatic
flue or vent damper, the installation of an intermittent ignition
device, replacing the burner in a furnace or boiler, central air
conditioners rated at 12.00 SEER or higher, air conditioners larger
than 5.4 tons rated at 10.0 IPLV or higher, air-source heat pumps
rated at 12.00 SEER or higher, ground water- or ground-coupled heat
pumps rated at 13.0 EER or higher, and unitary or room heat pumps
rated at 10.0 EER or higher and 3.0 COP or higher.
Lighting improvements that qualify include: Total wattage of
the new lighting system must be at least 15 percent less than the
system being replaced. Technologies that qualify are: compact
fluorescent lamps, full-sized fluorescent lamps (must be T-8 or
smaller diameter), high-intensity discharge lamps, LED exit signs,
lighting controls (photocell, motion sensor or timeclock controls) and
conversion of gas lights to electric.
Water Heater improvements that qualify include: gas storage
water heaters with a minimum efficiency rating of 0.60, electric
storage water heaters with a minimum efficiency rating of 0.91, heat
pump water heaters with a minimum efficiency rating of 2.2,
desuperheater water heaters, tankless water heaters, the installation
of an insulation blanket on water heaters and pipes and the
installation of hot water flow restrictors.
Omaha Public Power District offers performance contracting
services, providing complete turnkey energy-efficiency projects.
Nevada
Nevada Energy
Office, Department of Business and Industry
727 Fairview Drive, Suite F
Carson City, Nev. 89701
Voice: (775) 687-5975
Fax: (775) 687-4914
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs
Initiatives:
Nevada Power and Sierra Pacific Power offer a voluntary
curtailment program for customers with at least 1 mw of load who can
reduce loads by more than 500 kw. Credits are based on a percentage of
the market price for electricity. Credits are calculated monthly and
applied to bills.
The utilities also offer the Take Control Lighting Program to
commercial and industrial customers. The following requirements must
be met to participate in the rebate program:
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energy analysis must be performed by a qualified professional
documenting scope of project, existing lighting, suitable lighting
retrofit recommendations with approved equipment, and kw savings.
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Utility company representatives must have access to survey the
lighting before and after the conversion.
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Delamping and incandescent lamps of any type do not qualify for
incentive.
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 | Lamp
fixture parts, ballasts and exit signs must have UL listing/approval
or ETL approval. Electronic ballasts must meet program minimum
requirements (see below).
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Applicable invoices as proof of equipment purchase by the customer
must be provided.
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Qualified, licensed, bonded contractors are recommended for
conversions.
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Lighting modifications must meet all local, state and federal codes
and laws.
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Installation of mercury vapor lamps does not qualify for an
incentive.
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Pulse-start metal halide and T-8 fluorescent lamps with approved
electronic ballasts qualify.
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 | LED
signs must be warranted for two years and must have a minimum life
of at least 10 years and meet appropriate fire codes.
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Compact fluorescent lamps must be hard wired in place with a
retrofit kit to qualify for an incentive.
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Incentives are guaranteed for work completed within 90 days of
project preauthorization provided funds are available.
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The
following electronic ballast requirements must be met for linear
fluorescent lamps:
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approved/listed (UL935) Class P, Type 1.
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Contain no PCBs.
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Operate on input voltage 120 Volt circuit, 108 to 132 volts, 277
Volt circuit, 249 to 305 Volts.
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than 2 percent lamp flicker.
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factor 0.95 percent or better.
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 | Total
harmonic distortion (THD) less than 20 percent.
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Complies with EMI (power line conductor) and RFI limit set by FCC.
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rating A.
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Current crest factor (CCF) less than 1.7. Colder regions must use
1.5 CCF.
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Guaranteed 5 years at fixture by manufacturer. |
The
utilities also offer a Custom Incentive Program for commercial and
industrial customers. This program allows an incentive to be paid to
customers who retrofit existing equipment in their facilities to a
more efficient system, based on the following guidelines:
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incentive is $100 per verifiable kw in electrical reduction.
Reduction is based on a minimum of 2,000 verifiable operation hours
per year.
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Incentives cannot exceed 40 percent of the total material cost of
the conversion.
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projects must be preauthorized by the utilities to qualify for
rebate incentives.
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 | An
energy analysis of the proposed energy savings must be performed by
a qualified professional. The analysis must document the scope of
project, existing electrical equipment, suitable equipment and/or
retrofit recommendations with approved equipment, and kw savings.
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customers whose electric load exceeds 250 kw, Sierra Pacific Power
and Nevada Power will use the UNR/UNLV Mechanical Engineering
Departments Industrial Assessment Center (IAC) as the mechanical
engineering consultant to evaluate both the technology proposed and
the estimated demand and energy savings. For these projects, 33
percent of the expected rebate will be used to offset the costs of
this service.
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Utility representatives must have access to survey the equipment
before and after the conversion.
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 | The
customer must provide applicable invoices as proof of equipment
purchase.
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Equipment modifications must meet all local, state and federal codes
and laws.
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New Hampshire
Governor’s Office of Energy & Community Services
57 Regional Drive
Concord, N.H. 03301
Voice: (603) 271-2611
Fax: (603) 271-2615
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
ISO New England (ISO-NE) sponsors load-response programs for
business customers able to interrupt a minimum of 100 kw of electric
load.
Demand-Response Program customers must be available to
interrupt by a committed amount within 30 minutes of being notified by
ISO-NE on all non-holiday weekdays between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.
Customers will only be called upon after a contingency loss or
following the OP4 action for voltage reductions as 10-minute reserve.
If called, interruptions will normally not exceed two hours. Customers
will receive a credit each month based on the 30 Minute Operating
Reserve clearing price and their committed kw reduction amount. When
an interruption is called and the customer performs, they will receive
additional payment based on the actual energy clearing price and the
actual load reduction for the hours of interruption.
The Price Response Program allows for voluntary load reductions
based on customer’s response to real-time market prices. Customers
will receive payments based on the actual energy clearing price for
any committed and performed interruptions between 7 a.m. and 11 p.m.
on any non-holiday weekday during which the ISO-NE forecasts an Energy
Clearing Price of $100 per mwh or greater in a given day and sends
notification via the Internet.
Public Service of New Hampshire’s HEATSMART provides discounted
rates to small business customers with electric space heating, water
heating or heat pumps, in exchange for the ability to interrupt the
heating for periods of up to 4 hours.
Granite State Electric Co.’s Design 2000plus and Energy
Initiative programs provide financial incentives and technical
assistance to optimize energy efficiency in new construction,
renovation or remodeling projects. The programs provide rebates for
installation of the following equipment:
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Electronic ballast and lamps: $10 to $18
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High-efficiency fluorescent fixtures: $15 to $60
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exit signs: $20 to $25
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red traffic lights: $75
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Controls for fluorescent fixtures: $30 to $75
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Chillers: $10 to $30 per ton, plus more for premium efficiency
equipment
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Unitary HVAC:$38 to $125 per ton
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Management Systems: $200 to $300 per point
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Motors: Based on horsepower
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Variable speed drives: 7.5 hp, $1,700; 10 hp, $2,300; 15 hp, $2,600;
20 hp, $2,700; $2,950 to $3,550 based on cumulative horsepower
controlled.
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Service of New Hampshire also offers rebates and incentives for the
installation of energy efficient lighting systems, HVAC components and
variable speed drives.
New Jersey
Division of Energy, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
2 Gateway Center
Newark, N.J. 07102
Voice: (973) 648-3717
Fax: (973) 648-7420
Overview: The state has energy-efficiency and demand-response
programs.
Initiatives:
The PJM Independent System Operator (ISO) oversees the Emergency
Load-Response and Economic Load-Response programs targeted to power
generators. Retail electricity customers can participate through their
service providers.
Public Service Electric & Gas Co.’s Hourly Energy Pricing
Service is available for customers that have metered electricity
demand above 40 mw and can reduce their load by 66 percent within 30
minutes.
Jersey Central Power & Light Co. has a thermal storage program,
which offers rebates for installing thermal energy storage systems.
The rebate schedules are based on kw reduced. It also offers a load
profile service that customers can use to monitor their electricity
demand in real time and identify energy cost savings opportunities.
The state’s Division of Energy offers various programs and
services, some of which are administered through utilities, to help
facilities take advantage of high-efficiency gas and electric
equipment. The state has outlined three paths within its Core Program:
Prescriptive Path: Customers receive financial incentives for
installing pre-qualified energy-efficient equipment.
Custom Path: Customers request technical assistance and receive
an incentive to qualify and purchase energy-efficient equipment not on
the prescriptive list. Any customer that installs a qualifying set of
measures receives a 10 percent bonus.
Comprehensive Building Design Path: The customer, the design
team and the utility representatives work together from the conceptual
design stage of a new construction or substantial renovation project
to consider design and equipment options to improve the overall
efficiency of a building. Customers receive technical assistance in
defining and costing efficiency options, as well as reimbursement to
the customer’s own design team for additional design work or analysis
necessary to accommodate program recommendations. Each customer’s
financial incentive is calculated and awarded based on an analysis of
the entire project design and the interaction of the various
energy-consuming systems in the building.
Customers participating in the Core Program may receive additional
services, including:
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Building Commissioning: covers up to 50 percent of the cost for
larger comprehensive or custom projects where both the customer and
the program’s investments are substantial and worthy of additional
startup attention.
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Technical Assistance Services: On a cost-shared basis, customers may
obtain technical assistance for evaluation of energy efficiency
options, performance contracts and effective use of the program’s
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