Month: January 2025

2025 California Vendor Incentives

Posted on by Chris Bordonaro

2025 Wattsmart Business Vendor Incentives for Installing Lighting Upgrades

NEW! 

Approved Wattsmart Business Lighting Vendors* in California: We are excited to inform you that Pacific Power is offering the following vendor incentives! 

  • $0.05 per kWh saved cash vendor incentive for Typical lighting retrofit projects. 
  • $300 per customer location for Small Business Lighting projects.

Typical Lighting Retrofit Projects 

Receive a vendor cash incentive at a rate of $0.05 per kWh saved for helping Pacific Power business customers in California save money with qualifying lighting upgrades. 

This vendor incentive offer is for the Wattsmart Business Vendor submitting the project (yes, this is for you!) and in addition to the customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business. Pacific Power offers significant cash customer incentives up to 80% of eligible costs to help with the up-front costs of your customer’s project. Get more details on our website. 

How It Works

For qualifying lighting projects, vendors receive the vendor incentive of $0.05 per kWh annual energy savings with a maximum vendor incentive of $5,000 per customer location in 2025. Each vendor location is eligible to receive $20,000 in total incentives in 2025. 

Vendor incentives are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline if allocated funding is exhausted. The program will email the Wattsmart Business Vendor Network if these funds are exhausted. See table for examples of vendor incentives. 

Project kWhVendor Incentive
25,000$1,250
50,000$2,500
75,000$3,750
100,000 & above$5,000 

Eligibility Timeline

Typical lighting retrofit projects must have an incentive offer issued between January 1, 2025, and November 1, 2025. All projects must be complete, and all project documentation and invoices must be received no later than November 30, 2025.  

For post-purchase projects with invoices dated January 1, 2025, and after: Vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program by November 30, 2025, to receive the vendor incentive. 

Small Business Lighting (SBL) Projects

Receive a cash incentive of $300 per customer location for SBL projects. 

This vendor incentive offer is for approved Wattsmart SBL vendors submitting the project and is in addition to available customer incentives through Wattsmart Business. 

How It Works 

Approved SBL vendors receive a $300 vendor incentive per customer location for SBL projects. Vendor incentives for SBL projects are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline if allocated funding is exhausted. The program will communicate with the approved SBL vendors if these funds are exhausted. 

Who Is Eligible?

Wattsmart Business approved SBL vendors in good standing are eligible. If you are interested in participating in this program, contact your outreach coordinator. 

Eligibility Timeline

New projects submitted between January 1, 2025, and November 1, 2025, are eligible to receive the vendor incentive. Vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program no later than November 30, 2025. All project-related invoice dates must be January 1, 2025, or later.

*If you’re not currently a Wattsmart Business Vendor, you must be an Approved Wattsmart Business Vendor prior to project closeout in order to receive these lighting upgrade vendor incentives.

Announcing 2025 Washington Lighting Vendor Incentive Upgrades

Posted on by Sharon Nikosey

The new year is shaping up to be a great one for Washington Wattsmart® Business Vendors! In addition to the ongoing incentives at the higher levels announced in 2024 for installing lighting upgrades, new 2025 changes can positively impact your business and help your customers save too.

You can learn all about the vendor incentives and how they work below, but here’s a quick look at the incentives by type:

  • $0.05 per kilowatt-hour saved cash vendor incentive for Typical lighting retrofits and Midstream (Lighting Instant Incentive) projects.
  • $50 per fixture for Advanced Networked Lighting Controls (ANLC).
  • $300 for Small Business Lighting (SBL) projects.
  • $500 for Very Small Business or Named Community Small Business Lighting projects.

We appreciated your outstanding participation in 2024. Let’s continue the program’s momentum with these great incentives:

Typical lighting retrofits and Midstream

Wattsmart Business Vendors receive the vendor incentive at a rate of $0.05 per kilowatt-hour saved for helping Pacific Power ® business customers in Washington save money with qualifying lighting upgrades. This vendor incentive offer is for the approved vendor and is in addition to the customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business. Pacific Power offers significant cash customer incentives up to 70% of eligible costs to help with the up-front expenses of your customer’s project. Get more details on our website.

How it works

For qualifying lighting projects, vendors receive the vendor incentive of $0.05 per kilowatt-hour annual energy savings, with a maximum vendor incentive of $5,000 per customer location in 2025. Each vendor location is eligible to receive $35,000 in total incentives in 2025. Vendor incentives are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline listed below if allocated funding is exhausted. The program will email the Wattsmart Business Vendor Network if the funds are exhausted.

Here are some examples of vendor incentives.

Project kWhVendor Incentive
25,000$1,250
50,000$2,500
75,000$3,750

Eligibility timeline

Typical lighting retrofit projects: The incentive offer must be issued between January 1, 2025, and November 1, 2025. All projects must be complete, and all project documentation and invoices must be received no later than November 30, 2025.

Post-purchase or Lighting Instant Incentive projects: Vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program by November 30, 2025, to receive the vendor incentive.**

Advanced Networked Lighting Controls

Wattsmart Business Vendors can receive a cash vendor incentive of $50 per fixture for helping Pacific Power business customers save money on their energy improvements with a qualifying Advanced Networked Lighting Controls (ANLC) retrofit, including Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLCs).*  This offer is available for incentive offers issued starting July 1, 2023, and through November 30, 2025. All project documentation and invoices must be received no later than November 30, 2025.

How it works

Effective July 1, 2023, the ANLC vendor incentive is $50 per fixture. The maximum vendor incentive is $5,000 per customer location. For 2025, the cap per vendor location for ANLC vendor incentives is removed.

Why is Pacific Power offering this incentive to vendors?

Wattsmart Business Vendors have the power to take the next big thing in lighting to Pacific Power customers. The incentive is designed to help you embrace new technology and help cover the additional costs to sell, install and configure ANLC retrofit projects. Only Wattsmart Business Vendors in good standing are eligible to participate.**

*Project requires pre-approval. The system must be DLC-listed and meet program performance requirements. The vendor may receive both the ANLC vendor incentive and the lighting retrofit vendor incentive for a project with ANLC.

Small Business Lighting (SBL) Projects

Wattsmart Business approved SBL vendors in good standing can receive a cash incentive of $300 for regular SBL projects and $500 for Very Small Business/Named Community SBL projects. This vendor incentive offer is for the approved Wattsmart SBL vendors submitting the project and is in addition to customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business.

How it works

Approved SBL vendors receive a vendor incentive of $300 per customer location for regular SBL projects and $500 per customer location for Very Small Business/Named Community SBL projects. Vendor incentives for SBL projects are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline below if allocated funding is exhausted. The program will communicate with the approved SBL vendors if these funds are exhausted.

Eligibility timeline

For SBL projects, vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program between January 1, 2025, and November 30, 2025, to receive the vendor incentive.**

**You must be an approved Wattsmart Business Vendor prior to project closeout in order to receive these lighting upgrade vendor incentives. Not a Wattsmart Business Vendor? Contact your outreach coordinator or call  1-509-210-5011.

STEPS TO PARTICIPATE

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Follow required processes for participating in the various lighting offerings, including project pre-approval and the incentive offer as required. Purchase and install energy-efficient lighting at your Pacific Power customer location in Washington and submit all required project documentation to the program. Participate in any required post-installation inspections.

Contact your outreach coordinator and provide a copy of your company’s W-9 tax information so we can prepare a 1099-Misc. following the vendor incentive payment.

Receive a vendor incentive check in the mail. Incentive checks will be issued to the Wattsmart Business Vendor and mailed to the primary contact.

Visit the Pacific Power website for more details on energy-efficient upgrades. These vendor incentives will only be available for a limited time, so act now! For additional questions or information, contact your outreach coordinator.

Get ready to make 2025 a prosperous year!