Solar & Battery Regulation & Incentive Programs

Business Incentive Program

Program Overview

Category:: Financial Incentive
Program Type:: Rebate Program
Implementing Sector:: State
State:: Wisconsin
Eligible Storage Technologies:: Dishwasher, Refrigerators/Freezers, Equipment Insulation, Water Heaters, 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, Agricultural 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, Tankless Water Heater, Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
Website:: http://www.focusonenergy.com/business
Incentive Amount:: Prescriptive: Varies by equipment type
Custom: Varies by program; custom incentives cannot be greater than 50% of a project's 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, Tribal Government, Agricultural, 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
max $400.0000	Commercial Construction Industrial Nonprofit State Government Tribal Government Institutional	Dishwasher Refrigerators/Freezers Equipment Insulation Water Heaters 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 Tankless Water Heater Commercial Refrigeration Equipment
%50.0000	Commercial Construction Industrial Nonprofit State Government Tribal Government Institutional	Dishwasher Refrigerators/Freezers Equipment Insulation Water Heaters 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 Tankless Water Heater Commercial Refrigeration Equipment

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, this program is applicable only to businesses that use between 100 kW and 1,000 kW of demand in any given month of the previous year. Businesses that do not fit this description may be eligible for the Small Business Program or the Large Energy Users 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 incentive amounts and more detailed qualifying criteria. Application periods run from April 1-March 31 of each year.

Compressed Air: Compressed Air System Survey and Report; Variable Speed Air Compressor; Other Compressed Air Technologies

Food Service: Ice Machines; Dishwasher, Commercial Fryers; Refrigerators and Freezers; Steam Cookers; Convection Ovens; Griddles; Hot Food Holding Cabinets; Hood Ventilation Controls; Rack Ovens
HVAC: Heating, Ventilation and Cooling Systems; HVAC Tune-Up; Rooftop Unit Optimization; Steam Trap Maintenance and Replacement

Information Systems: Air Conditioning Equipment; Drycoolers, PC Network Energy Management
Lighting
Refrigeration System: Refrigeration Tune-Up; Anti-Sweat Heater Controls; Efficient Reach-In Case Door, LED Reach-In Case Lighting and Occupancy Sensors; Evaporator and/or Condenser Fan ECM Motors; Night Curtains; Beverage Cooler Controls

Variable Frequency Drives
Other: Guestroom Energy Management Controls; Loading Dock Seals and LED Light Fixtures; High Efficiency Vending Machines and Vending Machine Controls; Water Heaters; Water Heater Fuel Conversion; Radiant Heater Bands for Plastics; Radiant Tube Inserts for Heat Treating; Repulper Rotor and Pressure Screen Rotor for Pulp and Paper

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. All equipment must be new, and existing equipment must be removed (and preferably recycle). Projects with less than a 1.5 year payback are not eligible, and projects with payback of 10 years or longer may be subject to case-by-case eligibility determinations. Custom incentives can be up to 50% 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.