Colorado
Colorado Commercial/Industrial Prescriptive Rebate Program
Black Hills Energy offers prescriptive rebates for energy-efficient lighting, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, and motors.
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Colorado Commercial: Custom Rebate Program
Custom rebates are available to Black Hills Energy commercial and industrial customers for projects that reduce energy usage. These projects include chillers, unitary heating, ventilation, and air conditioning equipment, refrigeration, and measures not covered under the Commercial Prescriptive Rebate Program.
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Colorado Commercial: New Construction & Leadership in Energy Eenvironmental Design (LEED) Green Buildings Program
Black Hills Energy will provide incentives for both the design and construction phases of the building process for all classes of commercial customers.
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Colorado Commissioning/Recommissioning Program
Black Hills Energy will provide 50% of the cost of commissioning or retro-commissioning activities.
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Colorado Custom Rebate Program (Natural Gas)
Black Hills Energy offers custom rebates for energy-efficient natural gas equipment.
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Colorado Gas Commercial New Construction Program
Black Hills Energy offers financial incentives for new construction and major renovation projects that incorporate energy-efficient natural gas equipment.
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Colorado Gas Prescriptive Rebate Program
Black Hills Energy offers rebates for specific energy-efficient natural gas equipment.
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Colorado Industrial: Energy-Efficiency Program
Energy efficiency programs targeted at industrial customers including education and training, energy audits, and rebates.
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Colorado Industrial: Training
Best Practices training sessions on steam systems and process heating.
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Colorado Small Commercial Evaluation/Audit Program
Black Hills Energy offers energy audits for natural gas systems.
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On-Site Solar Power Program
Residential and commercial customers are eligible for a rebate from the utility for the purchase, installation, and generation of solar power.
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BEEP® (BOMA Energy Efficiency Program)
This six-course series provides the information, strategies, technologies, how-to guides, and resources businesses need to reduce energy and costs.
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EnergySmart
The City of Boulder, Boulder County, and the City of Longmont have collaborated to design, pilot and implement commercial and residential energy efficiency services throughout the County. EnergySmart services connect you with your efficiency solutions, and include benefits for your business such as a FREE quick EnergySmart savings review, FREE installation of energy-saving lighting and water-saving devices, dedicated guidance from a personal EnergySmart Advisor, professional assistance regarding rebates, incentives and tax credits, and additional EnergySmart cost-saving incentives.
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Renewable Energy Property Tax Assessment
Wind farms and other renewable energy generating facilities built before January 2006 are assessed using the cost approach, which will treat the facility as though it were a brand new non-renewable facility. Renewable facilities constructed after January 1, 2006 are subject to the income approach.
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Commercial and Public Rebate Overview
Rebates for renewable thermal, photovoltaic, and wind power are available.
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Find Rebates, Incentives & Contractors
The Governor's Energy Office offers a search tool to find rebates, incentives, and contractors that can implement energy efficiency projects.
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New Energy Economic Development (NEED)
New Energy Economic Development (NEED) Grants for projects that involve installations or programs that lead to the installation of established energy efficiency or renewable energy technology.
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Recharge Colorado Rebate: Solar Electric (Photovoltaic) Systems
Rebate program for investments in small commercial photovoltaic (PV) systems. The first-come, first-served rebate program launched April 19, 2010.
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Business Lighting Program
Colorado Springs Utilities offers rebates to commercial customers that replace or upgrade lighting fixtures or install occupancy sensors.
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Commercial Restroom Rebates
Colorado Springs Utilities offers a rebate to customers that purchase high-efficiency toilets or urinals for a business. Rebate amounts are $125 per toilet and $125 per urinal (while funds last).
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Electric Motor Rebates
Colorado Springs Utilities offers rebates on energy-efficient motors, electronically commutated motors, and synchronous belts and pulley systems.
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Energy Information Service
Colorado Springs Utilities will send an energy expert to perform an energy audit of a home or business. The audit will identify areas for improvement and will offer suggestions for becoming more energy efficient.
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Energy Workshops
Throughout 2011, Colorado Springs Utilities will offer educational workshops for business customers on topics such as business lighting, sustainability management, and more.
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First Source Newsletter and Online Resources
Business customers can subscribe to First Source to gain access to a comprehensive energy library, energy efficiency experts, industry benchmarking data, and helpful efficiency calculators.
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Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Rebates
HVAC rebates are available for evaporative cooling systems, high-efficiency air conditioning systems, and package terminal air conditioners.
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Peak Demand Rebate
This program, provided by Colorado Springs Utilities, encourages medium and large business customers to reduce energy load during peak hours. Participating companies will install a demand side management device that will track the company's energy use during peak times. The utility will pay a $400 per kilowatt incentive. This program is in effect between June 15 and September 15.
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Renewable Energy Rebate
Colorado Springs Utilities is offering financial incentives to business and residential customers that install solar power systems. Rebates of $2 per watt of installed solar power are available.
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Window Rebates
Colorado Springs Utilities will provide rebates of $1.40 per square foot up, to $17,500 to commercial customers that install energy-efficient windows that meet specified criteria.
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Appliance Incentives
Rebates are available for qualified energy-efficient appliances and equipment.
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Energy Smart Loan Program
The Energy Smart Loan Program, allows home and business owners to take out loans with a fixed-interest rate to be paid back in the form of property taxes to finance energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.
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Micro-Hydro Rebates
Rebates of $0.50 per watt installed up to 6 kilowatt are available for pre-qualified micro-hydro power systems.
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PV Rebates
CORE offers 50 cents per watt, up to 6 kilowatts, on residential and commercial systems. Rebates are given on a first come, first served basis, but funding may be reserved by filling out a pre-application.
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Solar Hot Water Rebates
CORE offers Roaring Fork Valley businesses a rebate of $1,000 for each solar hot water system installed. Rebates are given on a first come-first serve basis, but funding may be reserved by filling out a pre-application.
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The Renewable Energy Mitigation Program
The City of Aspen and Pitkin County created the Renewable Energy Mitigation Program to advocate energy efficiency and renewable energy production. The organization has raised approximately $2.5 million to help fund residential and commercial projects that are energy efficient or operated from renewable power. Typical grants are between $500 and $5,000.
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Constellation NewEnergy Online
The Constellation NewEnergy Online program is an energy-management tool that is available to all electricity customers free of charge. The tool allows customers to find opportunities to improve energy efficiencies, track changes in energy usage, and compare usage across multiple facilities.
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Energy Efficiency Projects
Constellation Energy Projects Services provides solutions designed to achieve energy goals and promote a sustainable future by offering an extensive array of products and services.
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Load Response for Your Business
Commercial customers can receive financial rewards, either in the form of dollars or energy bill credits, for using less energy during peak energy usage when regional power grids are under stress. Constellation will work with the users to develop a variety of projects to meet this energy usage reduction.
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Solar Program
Constellation will construct, maintain and manage a solar power array installed at a business at no cost to the business. Constellation NewEnergy will ensure reduced energy costs for the facility owner and maintains ownership of the solar array system.
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VirtuWatt
VirtuWatt is an online program that makes it easy to monitor energy usage and schedule load curtailments for demand response programs.
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Energy Audit
Commercial and residential customers are eligible to receive energy audits at their homes or office buildings. Audits identify areas that could be more energy efficient and produce suggested improvement recommendations.
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Energy Efficiency Credits (Rebates)
Empire Electric passes on Energy Efficiency Credits or cash rebates to its consumers from Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association. The rebate must be requested within 180 days of installation and is available for new or replacement electric water heaters, lighting, new electric motors, and new or replacement controlled electric resistance heating units.
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Net Metering
Empire Electric Association offers net metering for customers with distributed generation capabilities.
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Air Conditioner Tune-Up
The City of Fort Collins Utilities offers a $50 bill credit for customers after a certified technician completes a tune-up of their air conditioning units.
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Cash Incentives for Energy-Saving Improvements
This program is designed to support building efficiency improvements, save money and lower electric bills. Cash incentives are provided for upgrades that reduce electric demand and energy use.
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Cooling Rebate Program
Fort Collins Utilities is offering air conditioning rebates of $50 per ton, or $65 per ton if the air conditioner uses less than 65,000 Btu per hour. The utility is also offering a bonus rebate of $4 per ton.
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ElectriConnect
Medium to large commercial and industrial customers are eligible for free online access to electric meter data. This data can be used to monitor energy consumption and demand in order to make appropriate changes to usage habits.
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Free Facility Assessment
Assessments to help customers learn detailed information about their facility. Includes an analysis of past energy consumption, review of current facility operations, and identified opportunities to reduce operating costs and environmental impacts. All Fort Collins Utilities commercial electric customers qualify for these free assessments.
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Integrated Design Assistance Program
Fort Collins Utilities provides design assistance for the construction of high-efficiency buildings. The utility will also offer free technical support for the project.
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Keep Current Program
The Fort Collins Utilities offers electronic newsletters, ask-an-expert service, and an online library of energy efficiency information.
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LIGHTENUP Program
Commercial customers are eligible for this lighting incentives program for the upgrade of lighting.
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Parallel Generation
The utility offers credits on a customer's bill if the customer installs a parallel generation system, such as a photovoltaic system. The utility will develop an agreement to provide credit for the electricity generated and to address standby and other charges.
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Refrigerator and Freezer Recycling Program
Fort Collins Utilities offers residential and commercial customers a $35 credit to sign up to have an old, inefficient refrigerator or freezer recycled. The utility will arrange for the appliance to be picked up and properly recycled. The customer will receive the credit on the customer's next utility bill. The unit must still be functional to be eligible for the credit.
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Energy Audits
Fort Morgan Light and Power offers free energy audits for its customers.
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ENERGYsmart Program
The ENERGYsmart Commercial Lighting Program is available for all commercial and industrial businesses in Fort Morgan. This program provides up to $2,500 per customer, per calendar year, as an incentive to replace certain interior lighting with more efficient lighting.
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Business Energy Advisor
Grand Valley Power provides analysis and tips to improve energy efficiency.
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Energy Audits
The utility offers audits to identify air leaks with a blower door test and to evaluate homes or business building envelopes for the Colorado climate.
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Energy Efficiency Rebate Program
GCEA has partnered with Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association to expand its Energy Efficiency Rebate Program. Members may receive rebates on a variety of equipment, including heat pumps, electric thermal storage units, refrigerators, appliances, and water heaters. Rebate offers are restricted to small businesses.
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Appliance Rebates
Highline Electric Association offers rebates for ENERGY STAR® appliances and air conditioning systems. Appliances include regrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, and dishwashers.
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Electric Motor Rebate
Highline Electric Association is offering a rebate on a per horsepower (HP) basis for the purchase of an energy-efficient motor. The motor must be less than 500 HP.
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Electric Thermal Storage Rebates
Highline Electric Association offers rebates for electric thermal storage systems when combined with an air source heat pump
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Electric Water Heater Rebate
Highline Electric Association is offering rebates for the purchase and installation of energy-efficient electric water heaters.
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Heat Pump Rebates
Highline Electric Association offers rebates for the installation of air source and ground source heat pumps.
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Net Metering Schedule
Net metering is defined as measuring the difference in electricity supplied by the association and the electricity generated by the member-generator and delivered to the association. A member receiving service under this schedule will be subject to the same retail rate as those who are not generators.
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Small Wind and Solar Rebate Program
HEA members can receive a rebate of up to $9,000 for either small wind or photovoltaic generation systems. Rebates vary for system wind and solar systems on a per watt basis.
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Appliance Rebates
Holy Cross Energy offers rebates for purchasing Energy Star rated appliances.
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Commercial and Industrial Grant Program
Holy Cross Energy offers industrial and commercial members an energy efficiency grant, which can pay for up to half the cost of installing energy saving measures identified in an energy evaluation or up to half of the cost of an engineering grade energy assessment.
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Energy Audits
Holy Cross' commercial and industrial consumers may apply for a grant of up to 20% of their previous 12 month billing up to a maximum of $10,000 for energy efficiency and/or conservation measures.
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Net Metering
Holy Cross Energy offers net metering to customers with renewable energy generating systems.
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Renewable Energy Incentives
Holy Cross Energy offers incentives for the installation of renewable energy systems.
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WE CARE Program
Holy Cross Energy has developed a voluntary carbon reduction strategy designed to slow the growth of carbon dioxide emissions created in the generation of electricity used by its consumers. The strategy includes increasing amount of renewable energy in its power supply mix, offering financial incentives for the development of renewable energy generation within Holy Cross' service territory, providing cash rebates to consumers for energy efficiency and energy conservation activities along with education and information about renewables, efficiency, conservation and carbon emissions.
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Net Metering
Intermountain Rural Electric Association offers net metering for businesses with distributed generation capabilities.
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Renewable Energy Credits
Renewable energy credits are available for purchase from Intermountain Rural Electric Association.
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Appliance Rebates
KC Electric Association offers rebates for Energy Star rated refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, and clothes washers.
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Electric Motor Rebate Program
KC Electric Association will offer cash incentives for business customers that upgrade motors. The utility will pay $10 per HP for standard efficiency motors and $20 per HP for high efficiency motor upgrades. Motors must have a minimum of 10 HP.
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Water Heaters Rebate Program
KC Electric Association will offer cash incentives for business customers that upgrade water heaters - electric or geothermal.
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Appliance Rebates
La Plata Electric Association offers rebates for the purchase of Energy Star rated appliances.
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Energy Assessments
La Plata Electric Association offers a free energy audit for business and residential customers. The audit is designed to make a home or office more energy efficient.
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Energy Efficiency Credits
Rebates are offered for various efficient equipment upgrades, including water heaters, permanent electric heaters, electric motors, lighting, and air or ground-source heat pumps.
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Net Metering Program
As part of the utility's commitment to renewable energy, LPEA’s Net Metering Program allows operators of small renewable generation systems (25 kW or less) to feed power into the electric grid and spin meters backward.
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Renewable Energy Credits
Renewable energy credits (RECs) can be purchased to offset conventional electricity generation.
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Renewable Generation REC payment
Available to La Plata Electric Association small commercial customers.
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Commercial Energy Audit
The utility offers free energy assessments to commercial customers. The assessments will produce results that will help lower business utility costs.
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Electric Water Heater Rebate Program
Rebates of $2 per gallon are available to residential and commercial customers that install energy efficient electric water heaters. A water heater must hold more than 30 gallons in order to be eligible for the rebate.
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Energy Advisor
The utility has an energy efficiency hotline for nonresidential customers to get advice on energy efficiency projects.
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EnergySmart
Longmont Power and Communications offers business owners access to the EnergySmart program with information and resources to help save energy along with rebates and loans for energy conservation measures.
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Lighting Audit
Commercial customers have the option to participate in this utility-sponsored lighting assessment. The assessment will analyze a facility’s lighting systems and recommend lighting that is more energy efficient.
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Longmont Solar Power Partnership Program
LPC and the Governor's Energy Office (GEO) have joined forces to provide rebates to LPC customers that invest in solar energy.
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LPC Energy Audit
This free energy audit will review previous electric bills, offer suggestions for areas of improvement, estimate annual savings, and present the customer with a list of possible incentives.
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Solar Interconnection
Longmont Power and Communications offers non-residential customers the ability to connect solar power generation systems to the community electricity grid.
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Conservation for Business Programs
Loveland Water & Power, in conjunction with the Platte River Power Authority, offer building assessments, rebate programs for existing buildings, renovations, and new construction, and lighting upgrades.
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Distributed Generation/Interconnection
Loveland Water & Power allows customers with solar or other electricity generation potential to connect to the electric grid and be compensated for electricity provided.
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Efficiency Expre$$
Loveland Water & Power will provide a representative to conduct a free quick assessment of your facility to identify energy saving opportunities.
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GreenSwitch program
The GreenSwitch program enables residential and commercial power customers to purchase energy from clean, renewable sources. When you make the switch to GreenSwitch, you are supporting an alternative to fossil fuels
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Partnering with Power
The Partnering with Power program allows Loveland Water& Power to cycle an air conditioner on and off during the hot summer months to conserve energy and save the customer money on utility bills.
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Appliance Rebates
Rebates are available for the purchase of new ENERGY STAR® rated refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers, clothes washers,and single unit washers or dryers.
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Electric Heating
Morgan County Rural Electric Association offers rebates for electric thermal storage units, air conditioners, and air and ground source heat pumps.
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Electric Motor Rebate Program
The utility will offer cash incentives for business customers that upgrade motors. The utility will pay $2 per HP for standard efficiency and high-efficiency motor upgrades. Motors must have a minimum of 10 HP. The utility also offers several rebates for residential customers.
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Electric Water Heater
Rebates are available for the purchase of new electric water heaters.
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Energy Audits
Morgan County Rural Electric Association offers free energy audits to residential and commercial customers. The audit will produce results that will help lower home or office utility costs.
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Energy Efficiency Credits
Morgan County Rural Electric Association is offering a rebate to all customers on a variety of energy-efficient electrical equipment, including heating and air conditioning units, appliances , motors, and water heaters.
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Energy Efficiency Credits & Rebates
Mountain Parks Electric offers several rebates and incentives to help customers reduce energy consumption. The utility offers rebates of $4 per kW for the installation of a resistive heat system. The utility will also offer a $20 rebate toward the purchase and installation of an energy efficient electric water heater.
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Net Metering Interconnection
Mountain Parks Electric offers net metering and interconnection for customer distributed generation capacity.
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Energy Efficiency Credits
Mountain View Electric Association is offering a rebate on energy-efficient equipment, including heat pumps, appliances, and thermal storage units.
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Renewable Energy
Mountain View Electric Association offers interconnection ability and net metering for renewable energy sources along with the ability to purchase renewable energy credits.
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MEAN ENERGYsmart Commercial Lighting Program
The program includes cash incentives paid directly to commercial customers to help cover the cost of lighting upgrades and replacements. The program covers indoor high bay, fluorescent, area lighting systems and light emitting diode (commonly known as LED) exit-lighting fixtures.
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Energy Wise Business Program
Office for Resource Efficiency's mission is to create more green buildings in the Gunnison Valley, both homes and businesses. The organization has several programs designed to help facilitate the process, offering energy audits and a sustainable building design course. The program's Web site also offers energy reduction tips.
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Building Tune-up Program
The Building Tune-up Program provides funding for building retrocommissioning - diagnostics, documentation and fixing operational issues related to specific building energy systems not performing to the original design intent or the owner’s operational needs. Platte River pays 100% of the cost to identify measures that can save energy, improve the comfort, operation, and efficiency of your building leading to a payback in less than two years. You pay the costs for implementing the measures.
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Energy Efficiency Services for Business Customers
Platte River Power Authority and its member community utilities jointly provide programs aimed at helping businesses improve energy efficiency.
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Existing Commercial Buildings & Equipment Upgrades
Looking to save energy in your existing building? Or are you preparing to replace energy-gobbling equipment? Platte River can help you identify cost-effective energy efficient retrofits or upgrades and can even provide incentives to help offset some of the cost.
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LIGHTENUP Program
Commercial customers are eligible for this lighting incentives program for the upgrade of lighting.
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New Construction and Renovations
Platte River Power Authority offers financial incentives for energy-efficient components and equipment for new construction projects or renovations.
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Commercial Lighting and Equipment Rebates
Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association offers rebates for the installation of energy-efficient lighting and for the purchase of qualified equipment and appliances.
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Heat Pump Rebate
Rebates between $85 (terminal units) and $400 (per ton for ground or central water source heat pumps) are available for the installation of heat pumps.
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Net Metering and Grid Interconnection
Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association offers net metering and grid interconnection for distributed generation capabilities.
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Solar Incentives
A maximum of $4,500 rebate ($1.50 per watt) per PV solar installation is available to Poudre Valley Rural Electric Association members.
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Electric Thermal Storage
San Isabel Electric Association provides information on electric thermal storage and rebates.
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Energy Evaluation
San Isabel Electric Association offers free energy audits to residential and commercial customers. The audit will produce results that will help lower home or office utility costs.
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Net Metering Program
The utility will allow members that install renewable energy systems to use a meter that records the production of excess electricity. The customer will receive retail price for any excess power produced.
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Water Heater Rebates
Rebates and a wiring allowance are available for energy-efficient Marathon water heaters.
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Energy Efficiency Credit Rebate Program
Rebates are available for water heaters, electric thermal, storage heaters, premium efficiency motors, LED light strands, and certain heat pump installations.
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Energy Saving Tips
Energy saving tips are available for refrigerators, lighting, water heaters, load use, and electrical use of common appliances.
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Net Metering
San Luis Valley Rural Electric Cooperative offers net metering for distributed on-site generation applications.
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Refrigerator Rebate Program
Rebates of up to $140 are available for new qualified refrigerator purchases.
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Energy Efficiency Rebates
Rebates are available for energy efficient motors, heat pumps and other equipment.
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Net Metering Service
Net metering is provided for renewable energy power producers.
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Renewable Energy Rebates
Rebates are available for commercial solar photovoltaics and wind generation systems.
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Business Energy Advisor
Sangre De Cristo Electric Association, Inc. offers access to the Touchstone Energy - Business Energy Advisor with information for businesses to help save energy and reduce utility costs.
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Energy Efficiency Credit Program
Commercial and residential customers are eligible to apply for Sangre De Cristo Electric Association space and water heating rebate credits. In order to qualify for a space heater credit, the space heater must be greater than 1,000 watts.
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Renewable Energy Rebate Program
Sangre De Cristo Electric, in conjunction with the Governor's Energy Office and CoSEIA, is offering new renewable energy rebate programs. This includes rebates for small business solar PV systems.
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Water Heater, Appliance, and Space Heat Rebates
SDCEA offers rebates from $100 to $150 for energy-efficient water heaters at a minimum capacity of 30 gallons, and with a 6-year (or longer) warranty on the tank within the SDCEA service area. The water heater must also be controlled to operate only during off-peak time periods and meet existing U.S. Department of Energy energy factor ratings. Other rebates are offered for Energy Star appliances and qualified energy-efficient electric space heating systems.
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Appliance Rebates
Rebates are available for qualified ENERGY STAR appliances, including refrigerators, freezers, clothes washers, and dishwashers.
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Energy Assessment
A representative from the utility will perform an inspection of a commercial or residential customer’s facility to identify areas that are energy inefficient.
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Heating and Cooling Rebates
Commercial and residential customers are eligible for energy efficiency rebate credits on the purchase and installation of an electric space heating system.
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Motor Rebate
The cooperative is offering a rebate of $1.50 per HP for the purchase of an energy efficient motor. The motor must be between 10 HP and 200 HP.
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Net Metering
Southeast Colorado Power Association offers net metering for small scale distributed generation projects.
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Water Heater Rebate
Cooperative members will receive energy efficiency credits on the purchase of an energy efficient electric water heater directly from the cooperative. The water heater must hold more than 30 gallons of water.
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Colorado Industrial Energy Challenge
This program offered through the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project helps industrial facilities with energy efficiency related issues.
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Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project offers Arizona businesses tools and resources to help increase their energy efficiency.
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Southwest Energy Efficiency Project - Nevada
The Southwest Energy Efficiency Project offers Nevada businesses tools and resources to help increase their energy efficiency.
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Utah Energy Efficiency Guide
This online resource is a guide for how to make Utah businesses energy efficient. This resource also provides an overview of energy efficiency, common energy-inefficient equipment, and where to find financial assistance programs.
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Efficiency Incentives
The Energy Efficiency Credits (EEC) program provides consumers cash rebates when they install more efficient lighting, heating and cooling systems, and high-efficiency motors in irrigation, commercial and industrial applications.
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Energy Efficiency Credits
Rebates are offered for various equipment upgrades, including electric motors, heat pumps, water heaters, and space heaters. Load controllers are also offered.
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Business Energy Advisor
United Power offers access to the Business Energy Advisor to customers which provides a variety of resources to help businesses save money and become more energy-efficient.
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Commercial Lighting Replacement
Rebates are available to commercial customers who install energy efficient lighting.
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Commercial/Industrial Rebates
Rebates are available for energy-efficient electric motors, light emitting diode (LED) refrigerated case lighting retrofits, and LED street lighting and area lighting.
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Demand Metering
The Demand Metering Program allows users to accurately track peak demand and manage processes according to demand charges in an effort to reduce energy bills.
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Renewable Incentives
Residential and nonresidential customers can earn rebates for generating solar or wind power.
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Business Energy Advisor
Business Energy Advisor provides customers with a detailed breakdown of energy consumption and daily demand loads. Customers will also find advice on low- and no-cost steps they can take to operate their facilities more efficiently, as well as lists of longer-term solutions like building recommissioning or the purchase of more energy-efficient equipment that can improve building performance and save energy and money.
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Business New Construction Program
Xcel Energy offers free energy expertise for implementing energy efficiency options in building design.
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Business Solar Rewards
The utility will give nonresidential customers rebates based on the size of their photovoltaic system.
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Commercial Real Estate Efficiency
Commercial Real Estate Efficiency helps customers increase energy efficiency and net operating income with special technical and financial assistance that get to the core of energy-saving opportunities.
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Compressed Air Program
Colorado Businesses can earn rebates for compressed air efficiency studies and implementing energy saving equipment.
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Cooling Efficiency Program
Colorado businesses are eligible for rebates for implementing energy saving cooling equipment.
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Custom Efficiency Program
These rebates are offered for projects that are not covered in other rebates. However, prior to installation, business and residential customers are required to get approval from the utility to ensure that the project is eligible for custom funding.
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Data Center Efficiency
Xcel Energy offers energy studies of data centers to identify energy saving potential and rebates for implementation of energy saving projects.
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Emerging Technology Grants
Colorado and Minnesota businesses are eligible for Emerging Technology Grants to implement cutting edge energy efficiency technologies to accelerate market acceptance.
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Energy Assessment
This online tool helps nonresidential customers analyze energy use and identifies areas for energy improvement.
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Energy At Risk Financial Analysis Tool
This tool will allow businesses to determine the energy and financial savings for various energy conservation measure projects.
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Energy Design Assistance
Xcel Energy offers energy-efficient design assistance for customers that wish to save energy.
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Energy Management Systems
Xcel Energy offers rebates for implementation of energy management systems that automate energy intensive functions.
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Heating Efficiency Rebate
Businesses can earn rebates for making smart energy choices that lower natural gas bills. Whether a customer is considering a new boiler system or looking to improve existing equipment, Boiler Efficiency rebates help shorten paybacks and boost retun on investment for energy-saving choices.
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InfoWise
InfoWise from Xcel Energy delivers a powerful energy management reporting solution with customized data for businesses to help manage and control energy use.
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Interruptible Service Option Credit
Colorado businesses that agree to energy reductions during times of peak load are eligible for financial incentives based upon peak load reductions.
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Lighting Efficiency Program
Colorado Businesses can earn rebates for improving lighting quality by replacing inefficient lighting fixtures and bulbs with more energy-efficient equipment.
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Motor and Drive Efficiency
As an electric business customer, you can receive rebates for new motors, motor upgrades, variable/adjustable drives, and custom projects, which offset your critical first cost. “Enhanced” rebates are also available for certain motor purchases.
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Online Energy Assessment
This online tool is designed to help commercial and industrial customers understand energy usage. The tool takes approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete and provides a number of site-specific opportunities to lower energy use.
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Process Efficiency
Free energy assessments and studies are available for large industrial customers with processes with a minimum of 2 gigawatt-hours of conservation potential. Rebates and bonuses are also available through this program.
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Recommissioning Program
This facility audit program is designed to reduce energy costs by improving mechanical systems. Xcel will pay up to 50% of the program, up to $25,000. Preapproval is required.
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Refrigeration Recommissioning
Refrigerator recommissioning optimizes existing refrigeration systems to peak efficiency as an alternative to investing in a new system.
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Renewable Development Fund Grants
The Xcel Energy Renewable Development Fund provides grants to fund power generation from wind, biomass, solar, hydroelectric generators, and fuel cells.
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Saver's Switch for Business
New Mexico businesses can save energy air conditioning costs by participating in this load management program.
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Self-Direct Custom Efficiency
Customers who conduct their own engineering, implementation and commissioning of energy conservation project are eligible for rebates based on energy savings.
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Small Business Lighting
Lighting rebates are available for Colorado small and midsized businesses with a peak power demand of 400 kilowatts or less.
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Standard Offer
Colorado Businesses are eligible for rebates for technical energy audits and for installing energy saving measures identified by the audits.
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Windsource for Business
Colorado businesses can purchase renewable wind power in 100 kilowatt hour blocks.
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Rebate Programs
Y-W Electric Association offers rebates for electric heating systems, electric water heaters, and electric motors. Rebates for air-source heat pumps are $225 to $250 per ton, while ground-source heat pump rebates are $350 per ton. There is a $20 rebate for the installation of an electric water heater, with an additional $50 incentive if the water heater replaces a system that used fossil fuels. If a business or homeowner replaces the motors in a building, rebates of $13 to $17 per HP are available. Select Energy Star Appliances are eligible for $30-$40 rebates.
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Nationwide Programs
Energy Information
The organization provides fact sheets on energy and environmental responsibility to its members.
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Energy Efficiency Resource Central
American Public Power Association offers technical assistance for its member utilities to help their key industrial customers improve their energy efficiency.
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Industrial Energy Efficiency Training
This company provides a wide variety of industrial training opportunities throughout the country. All programs are linked to certain industrial systems/practices and have an energy efficiency component.
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Energy Training Program
This organization offers seminars and online training sessions for engineers. Trainings cover a wide variety of energy-related topics, including energy efficiency and renewable energy generation.
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Brown Bag Energy Seminars
These 90-minute online Webinars cover a variety of energy topics including energy efficiency.
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Commercial Energy Advisor
This online tool will help commercial customers learn how to become more energy efficient.
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Efficiency & Demand-Response Programs Service
This online tool helps companies improve their demand response and energy efficiency programs.
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Industry Initiatives
Edison Electric Institute works with its member utilities to improve the energy efficiency of their industrial customers.
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Customized Business Energy Analysis
This online tool helps non-residential customers analyze their energy use.
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Energy Consultants
Energy Sciences specializes in demand side energy services for the municipal, commercial and industrial, sectors. We enable our clients to practice energy conservation and reduce greenhouse gas emissions while optimizing operating costs. Our core services include: development and implementation of comprehensive energy management programs, energy audits, energy efficient lighting solutions, staffing, and outreach/training programs. We believe that energy efficiency is an integral part of the energy solution needed for the future.
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Industrial Consortia
Energy Solutions Center convenes various industrial consortia of equipment manufacturers to address how they can improve their equipment to better meet the needs and energy efficiency objectives of industrial manufacturers.
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ENERGY STAR® Training
ENERGY STAR® offers free online training to help you improve the energy performance of your organization. No travel, no lost time out of the office, and no cost — EPA makes it easy to get the information you need today. Join your colleagues to better understand how EPA can help you lower operating costs, improve your energy management program, and expand your professional development.
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Tax Deductions for Commercial Buildings
A tax deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot is available to owners or designers of new or existing commercial buildings that save at least 50% of the heating and cooling energy of a building that meets ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2001. Partial deductions of up to $.60 per square foot can be taken for measures affecting any one of three building systems: the building envelope, lighting, or heating and cooling systems. These tax deductions are available for systems placed in service from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2013.
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Project Finance Services
Hannon Armstrong offers loans to public-and-private sector businesses interested in making their buildings more energy efficient. The loan will cover up to 100% of total project costs.
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Biodiesel Income Tax Credit
Companies that put biodiesel fuel into a vehicle or uses biodiesel fuels in their business vehicles are eligible for a tax credit.
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Biodiesel Income Tax Credit
Companies that put biodiesel fuel into a vehicle or use biodiesel fuels in their business vehicles are eligible for a tax credit of $1 per gallon.
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Builders & Manufacturers Incentives
Credits are available to manufacturers of high-efficiency refrigerators, clothes washers and dishwashers. Due to these manufacturer incentives, special consumer promotions may be available for qualifying products.
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Business Tax Incentive
A tax deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot is available to owners or tenants (or designers, in the case of government-owned buildings) of new or existing commercial buildings that are constructed or reconstructed to save at least 50% of the heating, cooling, ventilation, water heating, and interior lighting energy cost of a building that meets ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2001.
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Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
A 10% investment tax credit for CHP property, applicable to only the first 15MW of CHP property.
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Commercial Solar Tax Credit
The Commercial Solar Tax Credit covers 30% of the cost of the system. The tax credit expires December 31, 2016.
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Corporate Tax Credit
In addition to receiving a tax credit for solar photovoltaic generation, a non-residential manager can receive a tax credit of 30 percent for geothermal energy, microturbines, and fuel cells.
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Fuel Cells and Microturbines Tax Incentive
Tax credits of up to $3,000 per kWh are available for the purchase of fuel cells, while tax credits of up to $200 per kWh are available for microturbines.
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On-Site Renewable Tax Incentive
Businesses are eligible for tax credits for qualified solar water heating and photovoltaic systems, and for certain solar lighting systems. Qualifying equipment will either use solar energy to generate electricity, to heat/cool or provide hot water to a structure, or will use solar energy to illuminate the inside of a building by means of fiber-optic distributed sunlight (tube systems and passive solar are not eligible). The credits are available for systems placed in service between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2016.
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Renewable Energy Generation Tax Credit
Non-residential managers can receive a 10-year tax credit if they help create renewable energy from one of the following sources: wind, closed loop biomass, open loop biomass, geothermal, solar, small irrigation power, municipal solid waste, and refined coal.
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Small Ethanol Producer Tax Credit
A small ethanol producer that is registered with the Internal Revenue Service may be eligible for a tax incentive in the amount of $0.10 per gallon of ethanol that is: sold and used by the purchaser in the purchaser's trade or business to produce an ethanol fuel mixture; sold and used by the purchaser as a fuel in a trade or business; sold at retail for use as a motor vehicle fuel; used by the producer in a trade or business to produce an ethanol fuel mixture; or used by the producer as a fuel in a trade or business. A small producer is one that has, at all times during the tax year, not more than 60 million gallons of productive capacity of any type of alcohol. The incentive applies only to the first 15 million gallons of ethanol produced in a tax year and is allowed as a credit against the producer's income tax liability. Under current law, this incentive expires December 31, 2010.
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Education and Outreach
The EERC conducts energy and environmental conferences, short courses, workshops, academic programs, and field experiences.
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Energy Information
NFDS offers training, technical resources, and technical assistance to its members.
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Energy Information
NADCA members can access the organization's energy audits, training, technical assistance and resources, and cost shared-R&D.
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3E Plus Insulation Thickness Computer Program
The 3E Insulation Thickness Computer Program is an industrial energy management tool developed to simplify the task of determining how much insulation is necessary to use less energy, reduce plant emissions and improve system process efficiency.
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Energy Information
OESA offers its members energy efficiency publications, trainings, and events.
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Pumping System Optimization and Energy-Efficiency Education & Training
Vendor neutral market awareness, education, training, products, services and tools that focus on energy savings opportunities with pumping systems
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Energy Information
The organization offers technical assistance, resources, and cost shared-R&D to its members.
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Environmental Project Financing
The StePP Foundation matches organizations with environmental improvement projects (include renewable energy and energy efficiency) with companies that have financing to implement those projects.
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Biobased Products and Bioenergy Program
Loans are available to help rural industry generate electricity from biobased sources.
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Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels
This program was created to ensure an expanding production of advanced biofuels by providing payments to eligible advanced biofuel producers in rural areas. Payments will be made to eligible advanced biofuel producers for the production of fuel derived from renewable biomass, other than corn kernel starch.
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Biorefinery Assistance Loan Guarantee
Loans are available to help biorefineries conserve and use energy more effectively. Loan guarantees are available up to $250 million.
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Business and Industry Guaranteed Loans
Loans of up to $10 million are available to rural industrial manufacturers to improve the economic and environmental climate in their communities.
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Energy Efficiency Improvements Loan
Loans are available for the purchase of renewable energy generating systems by small rural businesses or agricultural producers.
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Repowering Assistance Program
This program offers incentives for biorefineries to switch to renewable biomass energy production.
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Rural Energy for America Program Guaranteed Loan Program (REAP LOAN)
The REAP Guaranteed Loan Program encourages the commercial financing of renewable energy (bioenergy, geothermal, hydrogen, solar, wind and hydro power) and energy efficiency projects. Under the program, project developers will work with local lenders, who in turn can apply to USDA Rural Development for a loan guarantee up to 85% of the loan amount.
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USDA Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvements Program
This program provides grants and loans to small businesses in rural communities that are interested in making their buildings more energy efficient.
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Boise State University Industrial Assessment Center (IAC)
The Boise State University IAC provides energy conservation and cost reduction assessments to small- and medium-sized manufacturers within about 150 miles of its campus, and educates energy managers on energy efficiency.
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Loan Guarantee Program
DOE offers loans to projects that “avoid, reduce, or sequester air pollutants or anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases.” Loans are available for biomass, hydrogen, wind, solar, hydropower, advanced fossil energy coal, carbon, electricity delivery and reliability, alternative fuel vehicles, pollution control equipment, and industrial energy efficiency projects.
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Oklahoma Green Grant
The U.S. Department of Labor has awarded Oklahoma a $6 million green-job grant to train workers in emerging industries such as energy efficiency and renewable energy. The goal is to train 4,700 workers in two years for jobs that pay above the state's per capita income.
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Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI)
REPI provides financial incentives of $0.015/kWh of electricity generated from renewable sources. This incentive is issued for the first decade of operation.
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U.S. Department of Energy Industrial Assessment Center (IAC): University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky IAC's primary purpose is to help serve the energy, waste, and productivity needs of small- and medium-sized manufacturing facilities within a geographic radius of approximately 150 miles of the University of Kentucky.
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U.S. Department of Energy State Energy Program
The State Energy Program (SEP) provides grants to states and directs funding to state energy offices from technology programs in DOE's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. States use grants to address their energy priorities and program funding to adopt emerging renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies.
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UnSolicited EERE Proposals
Unsolicited proposals may be selected if they are novel and do not reflect a current solicitation or existing work.
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American Reinvestment and Recovery Act Tax Credits and Grants
Tax credits and grants are available from select state energy offices to help promote renewable energy generation and/or energy efficiency.
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Payments for Specified Energy Property in Lieu of Tax Credits
ARRA authorizes the Department of the Treasury to make payments to eligible persons that either place in service particular types of energy property in 2009 or 2010, or, under certain circumstances, begin construction on such property in 2009 or 2010. These payments are generally equal to 10 or 30 percent of the eligible cost basis of the property, depending on the type of property. Those that apply for these payments must forego tax credits that they could otherwise receive under sections 45 and 48 of the Internal Revenue Code. The types of energy property that are eligible for these payments include, among others, various renewable energy generation facilities, microturbines, and fuel cells.
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Production Tax Credit (PTC)
Through the 2009 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Congress acted to provide a three-year extension of the PTC through December 31, 2012. Additionally, wind project developers can choose to receive a 30% investment tax credit (ITC) in place of the PTC for facilities placed in service in 2009 and 2010, and also for facilities placed in service before 2013 if construction begins before the end of 2010. The ITC then qualifies to be converted to a grant from the Department of Treasury. The Treasury Department must pay the grant within 60 days of an application being submitted.
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Clean Construction USA Loans
EPA offers loans to companies to help finance projects that reduce diesel emissions from construction equipment and vehicles.
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Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Partnerships
Combined Heat and Power (CHP) systems are an efficient, clean and reliable approach to generating power and thermal energy from a single fuel source. Incentives on CHP systems are available through the EPA.
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ENERGY STAR® for Industry
The ENERGY STAR® program is a joint initiative of the U.S. Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Agency which seeks to increase implementation of energy efficient equipment and techniques.
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Tax Deductions for Commercial Buildings
A tax deduction of up to $1.80 per square foot is available to owners or designers of new or existing commercial buildings that save at least 50% of the heating and cooling energy of a building that meets ASHRAE Standard 90.1-2001. Partial deductions of up to $.60 per square foot can be taken for measures affecting any one of three building systems: the building envelope, lighting, or heating and cooling systems. Available for systems “placed in service” from January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2013.
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