Solar & Battery Regulation & Incentive Programs

Large Energy Users Program

Program Overview

Category:: Financial Incentive
Program Type:: Rebate Program
Implementing Sector:: State
State:: Wisconsin
Eligible Storage Technologies:: Dishwasher, Refrigerators/Freezers, Equipment Insulation, Lighting, Lighting Controls/Sensors, Chillers, Furnaces, Boilers, Heat pumps, Air conditioners, Heat recovery, Steam-system upgrades, Compressed air, Programmable Thermostats, Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls, Motor VFDs, Processing and Manufacturing Equipment, Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building, Custom/Others pending approval, Other EE, Food Service Equipment, Vending Machine Controls, Personal Computing Equipment, Data Center Equipment, LED Lighting, Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
Website:: http://www.focusonenergy.com/business
Incentive Amount:: Prescriptive: Varies by equipment type
Custom: up to 30% of project costs, no less than 10% of project costs.
Maximum Incentive:: Prescriptive: Varies by equipment type
Custom: $200,000
Total Prescriptive and Custom combined: $400,000 per calendar year
Equipment Requirements:: Must meet Focus on Energy's standards for energy efficiency
Administrator:: Chicago Bridge & Iron
Applicable Sectors:: Commercial, Construction, Industrial, Local Government, Nonprofit, Schools, State Government, Federal Government, Institutional
Expiration Date:: 12/31/2017
Utility:: Adams-Columbia Electric Coop, Algoma Utility Comm, Arcadia City of, City of Argyle, Bangor City of, City of Barron, Village of Belmont, Village of Benton, City of Black River Falls, Bloomer Electric & Water Co, City of Boscobel, Brodhead Water & Lighting Comm, Village of Cadott, Village of Cashton, Cedarburg Light & Water Comm, Village of Centuria, Clark Electric Coop, City of Clintonville, City of Columbus, Consolidated Water Power Co, City of Cornell, City of Cuba City, Cumberland City of, Dahlberg Light & Power Co, City of Eagle River, Eau Claire Electric Coop, City of Elkhorn, City of Elroy, City of Evansville, City of Fennimore, Florence Utility Comm, Village of Gresham, Hartford Electric, Hustisford Utilities, Jefferson Utilities, Juneau Utility Comm, City of Kaukauna, City of Kiel, La Farge Municipal Electric Co, Lake Mills Light & Water, City of Lodi, Madison Gas & Electric Co, Manitowoc Public Utilities, City of Marshfield, Village of Mazomanie, City of Medford, City of Menasha, Mt Horeb Village of, Village of Muscoda, Village of New Glarus, City of New Holstein, City of New Lisbon, New London Electric&Water Util, North Central Power Co Inc, Northern States Power Co - Wisconsin, Northwestern Wisconsin Elec Co, Oakdale Electric Coop, Oconomowoc Utilities, Oconto Electric Cooperative, Oconto Falls Water & Light Comm, Village of Pardeeville, Pierce-Pepin Coop Services, Pioneer Power and Light Co, City of Plymouth, Village of Prairie Du Sac, Polk-Burnett Electric Coop, Price Electric Coop Inc, City of Princeton, Reedsburg Utility Comm, Rice Lake Utilities, City of Richland Center, Richland Electric Coop, City of River Falls, Rock Energy Cooperative, Village of Sauk City, Scenic Rivers Energy Coop, Shawano Municipal Utilities, City of Shullsburg, Slinger Utilities, Spooner City of, Stoughton City of, Village of Stratford, Sturgeon Bay City of, Sun Prairie Water & Light Comm, Superior Water, Light and Power Co, Village of Trempealeau, Two Rivers Water & Light, Vernon Electric Coop, Village of Viola, Waterloo Light & Water Comm, Village of Waunakee, Waupun Utilities, City of Westby, Whitehall Electric Utility, Wisconsin Dells Electric Util, Wisconsin Electric Power Co, Wisconsin Power & Light Co, Wisconsin Public Service Corp, Wisconsin Rapids W W & L Comm, Wonewoc Electric & Water Util, Westfield Electric Co
Last Updated:: 03/15/2017
Funding Source: Focus On Energy Program

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility	Sectors	Technologies
%50.0000	Commercial Construction Industrial Nonprofit Federal Government Institutional	Custom/Others pending approval

Summary

Focus on Energy offers financial incentives to eligible business customers who install many types of qualifying energy efficient equipment in existing buildings. The program offers both prescriptive incentives for a variety of specific improvements and custom incentives for improvements that do not fall under any of the prescriptive listings. In order to receive awards participants must be a customer of a participating electric or gas utility (i.e., participating gas utility for gas incentives and participating electric utility for electricity incentives). In addition, the Large Energy Users Program is applicable only to businesses that have been billed over $60,000 for all eligible energy bills in a single month and either an electric demand greater than 1,000 kW or natural gas consumption greater than 100,000 therms in any given month in the past year. Businesses that do not fit this description may be eligible for the Small Business Program or the Business Incentives Program

Below is a list of equipment categories for which incentives are available, with short descriptions of some eligible technologies. Interested parties should see the program web site for a complete list of offerings, incentive amounts and detailed qualifying criteria. Application periods run from April 1-March 31 of each year.

Commercial Refrigeration: Anti-Sweat Heater Controls; Reach-In Case Doors; Occupancy Sensors for LED Lighting Reach-In Freezer or Cooler Cases; Cooler Evaporator Fan Motors; Night Curtains for Open Coolers; Beverage Cooler Controls
Compressed Air: Compressed Air System Audit and Leak Repair; Air Compressor Equipped with Variable Speed Drive
Food Service: Food Service for Businesses
HVAC: HVAC for Businesses; Electric Chillers; Boiler Combustion Controls
Industrial: Energy Efficient Repulper Rotor and Pressure Screen Rotor; Energy Efficient Radiant Tube Inserts for Heat Treating; Energy Efficient Radiant Heater Band for Plastics
Information Systems: PC Network Controls; Dry coolers for Data Centers
Lighting: Lighting for Businesses; Lighting for Agribusiness Facilities; Whole-Building Lighting Program for Schools and Government Facilities
Specialty Measures: Guestroom Energy Management Controls; ENERGY STAR Vending Machines; Vending Machine Controls; Truck Loading Dock Seals; Truck Loading Dock LED Lighting
Variable Frequency Drives

To obtain custom incentives, interested applicants must work with a Focus on Energy adviser to obtain pre-approval for projects prior to purchasing and installing the equipment. Projects with less than a 1.5 year simple payback are not eligible, and projects with a simple payback of four to ten years maybe be subject to case-by-case eligibility determinations depending on technology, project type, and situation. Custom incentives must be no more than 30% of project costs, and are limited to $200,000 per project. An individual customer may receive up to $400,000 for prescriptive and custom projects combined per calendar year.