Florida
Commercial Energy Calculator
The Commercial Energy Calculator provides estimates of energy usage and costs based on your inputs. It also presents a comparison of three efficiency levels for each calculation.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Systems Library
This library provides in-depth information on various commercial energy systems, building designs, and energy technologies.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Calculator
Customers can estimate their commercial energy usage costs based on their inputs and learn how demand impacts their electricity costs.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
VirtuWatt
VirtuWatt is an online program that makes it easy to monitor energy usage and schedule load curtailments for demand response programs.
Program Sponsor:
Renewable Energy Property Tax Exemption
Renewable-energy devices such, as solar water heat, photovoltaics, wind, and geothermal heat pumps installed on or after 1/1/2009 can receive a 100% tax exemption.
Program Sponsor:
Tax Exemption: Machinery and Equipment to Produce Electricity or Steam
Exemption is available to facilities that burn boiler fuels other than residual oil.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Audit
A Florida Keys Electric Cooperative member service representative will come to your business and perform a free energy audit.
Program Sponsor:
Solar Power Interconnectivity
Florida Keys Electric Cooperative supports members who are installing their own solar power by offering an interconnectivity agreement to ensure that small photovoltaic systems are connected safely to FKEC's power grid.
Program Sponsor:
Building Envelope Improvements
Florida Power and Light helps businesses and large businesses pay for roof and ceiling insulation, reflective roof measures and window treatments that keep heat out.
Program Sponsor:
Business Custom Incentive
Florida Power and Light provides businesses and large businesses incentives for a customized energy-saving innovations that will trim at least 25 kilowatts from FPL's summer peak-electricity demand. The amount depends upon the type of project and how much energy will be saved for FPL customers in the future.
Program Sponsor:
Business Energy Evaluation
The FPL Business Energy Evaluation porvides a free comprehensive review of a facility's energy usage that can help a business make informed, cost-effective decisions that will save money. Whether businesses are updating equipment, renovating, or building a new facility, FPL can provide the information they need.
Program Sponsor:
Business HVAC Programs
Florida Power & Light offers incentives for installing thermal energy storage systems, energy recovery ventilation, demand control ventilation, direct expansion air conditioning, or chillers.
Program Sponsor:
Business Lighting
Business customers with the Florida Power & Light are eligible to receive discounts for energy efficient lighting system installations (when working with a participating contractor) and rebates from 65 cents to $4 for each linear fluorescent lamp installed.
Program Sponsor:
Business Water Heating Incentives
Florida Power and Light provides businesses and large businesses financial support to install heat recovery units or heat pump water heaters.
Program Sponsor:
Ceiling Savings Program
Florida Power & Light offers rebates from 10 to 15 cents per square foot of ceiling insulation installed, for retrofit installations only. Installations must be approved in advance to qualify.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial/Industrial Demand Reduction
Commercial Demand Reduction (CDR) is a load management program that can save a business thousands of dollars each year, if you qualify. The CDR program reduces FPL’s system peak demand during capacity shortfalls or system emergencies.
Program Sponsor:
Demand Response Program
Florida Power & Light offers a load management program for business customers. Customers who choose to participate receive monthly credits, in exchange for the installation of a load management device at their facility.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Innovation Program
Florida Power & Light offers a custom incentive for business customers who have an energy-saving innovation that would trim at least 25 kW from the utility's peak summer electricity demand.
Program Sponsor:
Energy-Efficient Cooling & Heating Upgrades
Florida Power and Light will help customers pay for high-efficiency, direct-expansion (DX), split packaged air conditioning and heat pumps, energy recovery ventilation, demand control ventilation, chillers, and thermal energy storage systems.
Program Sponsor:
Lighting Incentives: Turn on the Savings
Florida Power and Light provides businesses and large businesses financial incentives from $0.65 to $2.00 per linear fluorescent lamps.
Program Sponsor:
On Call Savings Program
Florida Power & Light offers a load management program for business customers. Customers who participate will receive a monthly credit in return for short air conditioning shut offs during times of high electricity demand.
Program Sponsor:
Refrigeration Incentives
Florida Power & Light offers business customers incentives for installing anti-sweat heater controls, case doors with insulation technologies, or hot gas reclaim for refrigeration systems.
Program Sponsor:
Roof Savings Program
Florida Power & Light offers 5 cents per square foot of retrofit roof insulation and 45 cents per square foot of retrofit reflective roof installed. Installations must be approved in advance to qualify for incentives.
Program Sponsor:
Water Heating Options
Florida Power & Light offers rebates to business customers who install a heat recovery unit or heat pump water heater.
Program Sponsor:
Window Treatment Rebates
Florida Power & Light offers incentives from 50 cents to $1 per square foot for retrofit installations of energy efficient window treatment.
Program Sponsor:
Business Lighting Program
The Business Lighting Program offers a rebate up to $100 for wattage reductions achieved through energy-efficient upgrades to indoor lighting.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Calculator
The Commercial Energy Calculator provides estimates of energy usage and costs based on your inputs. It also presents a comparison of three efficiency levels for each calculation.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Systems Library
This library provides in-depth information on various commercial energy systems, building designs, and energy technologies.
Program Sponsor:
Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Spells Savings
Florida Public Utilities offers $100 rebates for HVAC equipment and heat pumps.
Program Sponsor:
Residential & Commercial Energy Surveys
A qualified Florida Public Utilities' energy efficiency specialist will conduct a free energy-use evaluation and inspection of a business to provide recommendations for saving energy and money.
Program Sponsor:
The Commercial Window Film Installation Program
As part of its Building Envelope program, Florida Public Utilities offers incentives for upgrading window treatments. The Commercial Window Film Installation Program provides rebates for eligible installations of $0.50/square foot of covered area at a maximum of $100/customer.
Program Sponsor:
Industry Training
The Florida Solar Energy Center offers a range of courses covering renewable energy and building energy-efficiency topics. Most courses include both classroom instruction and hands-on field experience. In many cases, attendees can receive continuing education units (CEUs) and some courses are approved for Florida professional license renewals.
Program Sponsor:
Business Energy and Water Surveys
Gainesville Regional Utilities offers free on-site facility inspections and a comprehensive report that provides detailed recommendations on ways to reduce utility costs. All commercial customers, no matter how large or small, are eligible for this service.
Program Sponsor:
GRU’s Customized Business Rebate
GRU offers a customized rebate that lets business customers decide where best to save energy in their business. Program provides up to $100,000 or 50% of project implementation cost, whichever is less.
Program Sponsor:
Net Metering for Solar PV Systems
Industrial customers who invest in renewable energy by installing photovoltaic (PV) systems on their businesses can interconnect with the GRU electric system and receive reimbursement for the solar energy they do not use.
Program Sponsor:
Rebates & Incentives for Business
Gainesville Regional Utilities offers rebates and incentives to help manage energy, save money, and improve efficiency for business customers. Eligible areas include heating and cooling, lighting, water heating, and comprehensive upgrades.
Program Sponsor:
Small Business High Efficiency Central Air Conditioner Rebate
The program offers a rebate from $300 to $550 is to encourage businesses to purchase and install high-efficiency central air conditioners and heat pumps with a 15-SEER rating or higher.
Program Sponsor:
Business Development Loan Program
Program funds available for the construction of new “shell” buildings and the development of related infrastructure for the attraction of new businesses engaged in the manufacture and/or distribution of products and services.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Audit Analysis
Electric and gas utility deregulation can potentially result in significant cost savings for industrial and commercial customers. Gulf Coast Electric Coop has the capabilities and expertise to perform measurement and verification of energy conservation in retrofitted facilities. They perform measurement and verification for various energy consuming equipment including lighting, HVAC equipment, and motors.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Tips
Gulf Power offers extensive resources on energy efficiency for your business, building, roof, boilers, HVAC, lighting, motors, roof, water heaters, office equipment, maintenance and more.
Program Sponsor:
EnergyDirect
EnergyDirect offers business customers around the clock access to energy billing and usage information, graphing and analysis of their energy use, alerts and metrics tailored to their business, custom account portfolios, and benchmarking.
Program Sponsor:
Incentives for Business
Gulf Power offers incentives to business customers for a variety of energy-efficient equipment, including: heating and cooling, water heating, lighting, and motors. Additional services include free energy-use analysis, custom solutions, and real-time pricing.
Program Sponsor:
Demand Response
Hess Demand Response offers customers an opportunity to generate recurring revenue. Customers earn money by committing to reduce electricity usage the few times a year when their local power grid is at its peak, or when there is a significant spike in energy prices. For this commitment to reduce usage, Hess will pay customers every month. When they fulfill their commitment during a demand response event, Hess will pay them even more.
Program Sponsor:
Hess C-Neutral
This program helps businesses become leaders in environmental stewardship and consumer advocates. Businesses have the option to bundle natural gas, electricity, and/or fuel oil with carbon offset credits, making their total energy purchase 100% carbon neutral.
Program Sponsor:
Renewable Energy Certificates
An organization can play an important role in supporting renewable energy by purchasing Renewable Energy Certificates from Hess. An organization's green power purchase can range from 1% to 100% of its electricity usage.
Program Sponsor:
Business Energy Audits
JEA provides commercial customers the opportunity to receive free-of-charge, energy evaluations of their businesses.
Program Sponsor:
Business Energy Library
JEA hosts an on-line ENERGYsmart Library for businesses that includes resources on energy topics and technologies.
Program Sponsor:
InvestSmart with JEA
JEA has partnered with local lending institutions to offer commercial customers low-interest financing on energy-efficient business upgrades.
Program Sponsor:
Lighting Solutions
JEA's Lighting Solutions program offers indoor and outdoor lighting services to help businesses reduce their electric bills. Services include lighting audits, lighting maintenance, and turnkey installation.
Program Sponsor:
Solar Incentive Program
JEA pays incentives to commercial customers for the installation of solar water heating systems in their businesses. Both new and retrofit systems qualify.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Conservation Rebate Program
Lakeland Electric’s Commercial Conservation Rebate Program provides an incentive of 50% the cost up to $5000 per customer for energy conservation measures at their facilities. This rebate is available for energy saving improvements that were recommended through an energy audit conducted by Lakeland Electric or a qualified engineer or energy service provider. The following measures are eligible for the rebate; lighting systems; heating, ventilation and air conditioning; and motors.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Customers Vending Miser Rebate
Lakeland Electric will provide business customers up to three Vending Miser units installed at their facility, which reduce the energy consumption of cold-drink vending machines.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Audits
Lakeland Electric provides financial assistance for businesses conducting a Commercial Energy Audit. The utility offers a rebate of 50% of cost of the audit or up to $2,000 per customer.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Lighting Rebate Program
Lakeland Electric’s Commercial Lighting Rebate Program provides a rebate of up to $200 for the installation of compact fluorescent or LED lighting. After a thorough commercial energy audit, Lakeland Electric will make recommendations for lighting improvements.
Program Sponsor:
Time of Billing
With this program, companies receive a reduced rate when using electricity during off-peak times when Lakeland Electric's total customer demand for power is lowest.
Program Sponsor:
Business Calculator
Business owners and/or managers can use this easy tool to quickly determine their annual energy usage.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Survey
A state certified commercial energy advisor will conduct a free onsite energy audit for businesses.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Management Services
Energy Management Services (EMS) provides evaluation of a customer's total energy use for the purpose of establishing energy conservation solutions that reduce the customer's annual energy expenses. EMS utilizes equipment inventory reports, historical energy bills, walk-through audits, load analysis, and equipment decision-making to provide the optimal use of energy in a facility.
Program Sponsor:
Building Envelope Improvements
Orlando Utilities Commission offers rebates for businesses investing in building envelope improvements. Window Film or Solar Screen rebates are $0.75 per square foot of window film or screen ($55 maximum per room), Ceiling Insulation Upgrade rebates are $100 plus $0.07 per square foot above 1,500 per square foot and Cool / Reflective Roof rebates are $0.10 per square foot up to $15,000.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial & Industrial Custom Incentive Program
The Commercial & Industrial Custom Incentive Program offers financial incentives to businesses that make energy-efficient upgrades to their facilities. Qualifying facilities located within OUC’s service area that receive an electric service under an OUC commercial rate are eligible for $250 per kilowatt (kW) up to $50,000 per project or up to $100,000 per customer; or $150 per kW for projects that consist of lighting improvements only.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Surveys
Orlando Utilities Commission will provide free energy surveys for commercial customers.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Rebates
OUC offers its commercial customers rebates for cool/reflective roofs and heat pumps.
Program Sponsor:
Cooling & Heating Rebates
The utility offers rebates to commercial customers of up to $150 for cooling/heating duct repair and replacement, as well as rebates for heat pumps from $100 to $300, depending on the size and efficiency of the equipment.
Program Sponsor:
Water Cistern Rebate
The utility offers a rebate to commercial customers of $0.10 per gallon, up to $1,000, for the installation of a rain cistern on a business.
Program Sponsor:
Conservation Rebates for Business Customers
The Peoples Gas Energy Conservation Allowance Program, as approved by the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC), is designed to help the natural gas customer offset costs initiated with piping and installations of natural gas appliances. An allowance of $150 per ton, payable to a maximum of 100 tons, is available to commercial customers who install natural gas-fired space conditioning equipment.
Program Sponsor:
Backup Generator program
Businesses participating in the Backup Generator program, earn monthly credits on their energy bill in exchange for utilizing their backup generator to help supplement regional power during periods of extreme energy demands.
Program Sponsor:
Business Energy Check
Progress Energy-Florida's Business Energy Check is a tool businesses can use to identify opportunities to reduce energy costs. Upon completion, the tool provides a report with energy saving recommendations.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Efficiency Services
Progress Energy-Florida provides low-cost, energy-saving inspections and services for new construction and retrofit projects from Progress Energy's energy efficiency experts. Find information, rebates, and rate incentives for building envelope equipment; heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems; and indoor lighting.
Program Sponsor:
Building Envelope Improvement
Customers who invest in energy-efficient building envelope improvements can earn incentives for a wide range of upgrades at their facilities.
Program Sponsor:
Chiller Program
Up to $100 per kilowatt reduction over the baseline: that’s the incentive Tampa Electric offers customers for replacing their commercial chiller equipment with high-efficiency upgrades.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Cooling Rebate
Tampa Electric offers a Commercial Cooling Rebate for new or existing commercial and industrial customers on the purchase of qualifying energy efficient commercial cooling equipment. Rebates are from $30.00 per ton, or $0.0025 per Btu depending on the energy efficiency of the equipment purchased.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Duct Repair
The program helps commercial and industrial customers have a qualified professional access and repair ducts on their commercial air conditioning and heating (HVAC) equipment.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Audit
Tampa Electric provides commercial energy audits to identify potential energy-saving opportunities.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Refrigeration Program
The Commercial Refrigeration Program is designed to help customers reduce electric strip heater usage in refrigeration equipment. Customers can earn an incentive of $135 per kilowatt (kW) saved from the licensed contractor who installs their system.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial/Industrial Indoor Lighting
Tampa Electric offers incentives for upgrading permanent lighting at a facility (this must include fixtures and not just lamps), both in conditioned and unconditioned spaces.
Program Sponsor:
Conservation Value
Tampa Electric’s Conservation Value program offers cash incentives to businesses that invest in equipment to shift or reduce their energy load during periods of Tampa Electric’s peak energy demand.
Program Sponsor:
Cool Roof Program
Businesses can earn a rebate up to $0.60/square foot up to $15,000 for installing a cool roof system above conditioned spaces. This program is designed to decrease heat transfer through reflectance, improve comfort and reduce commercial heating, ventilation, and air conditioning load.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Efficient Motors
The Energy Efficient Motors program provides industrial and commercial customers with an incentive to implement energy efficient motors from 1 to 500 hp.
Program Sponsor:
Lighting Occupancy Sensor Program
By using lighting occupancy sensors, which turn off lights when a space is unoccupied, customers can capture significant savings. Tampa Electric encourages the upgrade with a $75 rebate per kilowatt of lighting load controlled when permanent lighting occupancy sensors that meet Tampa Electric specifications are installed. A minimum of one kilowatt in lighting reduction must be achieved to qualify.
Program Sponsor:
Load Management
This program offers business customers credits on their bills for allowing Tampa Electric to control the operation of air conditioning or specialized equipment during critical energy-use periods.
Program Sponsor:
Standby Generator
Tampa Electric issues monthly credits on customers’ electric bills for the portion of their normal facility load that they agree to serve with their generator(s) during Tampa Electric’s peak energy-demand periods.
Program Sponsor:
Water Heating Program
Incentives of up to $700 are available for commercial heat recovery units and heat pump water heaters.
Program Sponsor:
Florida High Tech Corridor Initiative Industrial Incentive Program
Proposals are sought for partnership projects between University of Central Florida faculty and regional high technology industries, including renewable-energy and solar technology, along the Florida High Tech Corridor.
Program Sponsor:
Phase II SBIR/STTR External Investment Program
This program is specifically designed to expand the research activities of an FHTC industry partner by providing external investment funds to small companies to leverage research collaborations between Industry and UCF to assist in obtaining a Phase II SBIR/STTR award. Renewable Energy and Solar Technology projects are eligible.
Program Sponsor:
Nationwide Programs
Energy Information
The organization provides fact sheets on energy and environmental responsibility to its members.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Brown Bag Energy Seminars
These 90-minute online Webinars cover a variety of energy topics including energy efficiency.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Energy Advisor
This online tool will help commercial customers learn how to become more energy efficient.
Program Sponsor:
Efficiency & Demand-Response Programs Service
This online tool helps companies improve their demand response and energy efficiency programs.
Program Sponsor:
Industry Initiatives
Edison Electric Institute works with its member utilities to improve the energy efficiency of their industrial customers.
Program Sponsor:
Customized Business Energy Analysis
This online tool helps non-residential customers analyze their energy use.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
A 10% investment tax credit for CHP property, applicable to only the first 15MW of CHP property.
Program Sponsor:
Commercial Solar Tax Credit
The Commercial Solar Tax Credit covers 30% of the cost of the system. The tax credit expires December 31, 2016.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Education and Outreach
The EERC conducts energy and environmental conferences, short courses, workshops, academic programs, and field experiences.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Information
NFDS offers training, technical resources, and technical assistance to its members.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Information
NADCA members can access the organization's energy audits, training, technical assistance and resources, and cost shared-R&D.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Information
OESA offers its members energy efficiency publications, trainings, and events.
Program Sponsor:
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
Program Sponsor:
Energy Information
The organization offers technical assistance, resources, and cost shared-R&D to its members.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Biobased Products and Bioenergy Program
Loans are available to help rural industry generate electricity from biobased sources.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Biorefinery Assistance Loan Guarantee
Loans are available to help biorefineries conserve and use energy more effectively. Loan guarantees are available up to $250 million.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Energy Efficiency Improvements Loan
Loans are available for the purchase of renewable energy generating systems by small rural businesses or agricultural producers.
Program Sponsor:
Repowering Assistance Program
This program offers incentives for biorefineries to switch to renewable biomass energy production.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
UnSolicited EERE Proposals
Unsolicited proposals may be selected if they are novel and do not reflect a current solicitation or existing work.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
Clean Construction USA Loans
EPA offers loans to companies to help finance projects that reduce diesel emissions from construction equipment and vehicles.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
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.
Program Sponsor:
| 
