Business Incentive Program

Summary

Last modified on February 12, 2015.

Financial Incentive Program

Place	Wisconsin
Name	Business Incentive Program
Incentive Type	State Rebate Program
Applicable Sector	Agricultural, Commercial, Construction, Fed. Government, Industrial, Institutional, Local Government, Nonprofit, Schools, State Government, Tribal Government
Eligible Technologies	Agricultural Equipment, Boilers, Central Air conditioners, Chillers, Comprehensive Measures/Whole Building, Compressed air, Custom/Others pending approval, Dishwasher, Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls, Equipment Insulation, Furnaces, Heat pumps, Heat recovery, Lighting, Lighting Controls/Sensors, Motor VFDs, Processing and Manufacturing Equipment, Programmable Thermostats, Refrigerators, Steam-system upgrades, Evaporative Coolers, Vending Machine Controls, Commercial Cooking Equipment, Commercial Refrigeration Equipment, Personal Computing Equipment, Data Center Equipment, Food Service Equipment, LED Lighting
Active Incentive	Yes
Implementing Sector	State/Territory
Energy Category	Energy Efficiency Incentive Programs
Amount	Prescriptive: Varies by equipment type Custom: 10-30% of project costs
Equipment Requirements	Must meet Focus on Energy's standards for energy efficiency
Expiration Date	2014-03-31 For Current Applications
Funding Source	Focus On Energy Program
Maximum Incentive	Prescriptive: Varies by equipment type Custom: $200,000 or 30% per project Total Prescriptive and Custom combined: $400,000 per calendar year
Program Administrator	Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure Inc.
Website	http://www.focusonenergy.com/business
References	DSIRE

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 the Large Energy Users Program or the Chain Stores and Franchises 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.

• Agricultural: Lighting; Irrigation Pump Horsepower Reduction; Dairy and Livestock Efficient Technologies; Dairy Refrigeration; Greenhouse Technologies
• 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 recycled). 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 must be between 10% and 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.

Incentive Contact

Contact Name	Focus on Energy
Department	Focus on Energy
Address	1 S Pinckney St., Suite 340
Place	Madison, Wisconsin
Zip/Postal Code	53703
Phone	(800) 762-7077
Website	http://www.focusonenergy.com/

• Incentive and policy data are reviewed and approved by the N.C. Solar Center's DSIRE project staff.