Category: California

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.

California Program changes in effect September 1, 2024

Posted on by Sharon Nikosey

Pacific Power has recently implemented several program changes for Wattsmart Business in California. For an in-depth look at these program changes, please review the program website announcement, summary of changes and redlined incentive tables.

Below are some of the more significant changes:

  • Revised eligibility for T8 TLED Lamp from UL A/B dual mode to UL Type A.
  • New Advanced Lighting Control measure with higher incentive than previous control offerings.
  • Incentive increase for Interior Lighting (site-specific).
  • Advanced Lighting Controls measure (site-specific).
  • New Exterior Lighting measure offerings.
  • Heating mode requirements added to Packaged Terminal Heat Pump measure offerings.
  • Revised eligibility requirements for Heat Pumps, Air Cooled Heat Pumps, replacement of electric resistance heating (retrofit-only) and Heat Pump Water Heaters.
  • New vendor incentives for lighting (see Don’t wait to earn vendor incentives article.)
  • Incentive calculator tools have been updated to reflect the revised offerings. The tools are available to all approved Wattsmart Business Vendors on the Wattsmart Business Vendor Portal.

Important

For all other lighting and non-lighting equipment purchases that do not require pre-approval, the program updates apply to all equipment purchased on or after September 1, 2024. Equipment purchased before September 1, 2024, may qualify for incentives that were available under the previous incentive structure, and applications with accompanying invoices must be submitted within six months of the purchase date. For projects that require pre-approval, incentive offer letters issued on or after September 1, 2024, will be based on the new incentive structure.

California Summary of Changes

California Incentives

2024 California Program Update

Posted on by Sharon Nikosey

Pacific Power is planning changes to the Wattsmart Business program in California, effective on September 1, 2024.

These changes are part of Pacific Power’s efforts to update the program based on new statewide energy efficiency workpapers and to align with market changes. For an in-depth look at these program changes, please review the program website announcement, summary of changes and redlined incentive tables to show the changes.

Some of the more significant changes are highlighted below:

  • Revised eligibility for T8 TLED Lamp from UL A/B dual mode to UL Type A.
  • Modification of Advance Lighting Controls to eliminate controls-only upgrade.
  • Incentive increase for Interior Lighting (site-specific).
  • Advance Lighting Controls measure (site-specific).
  • New Exterior Lighting measure offerings.
  • Heating mode requirements added to Packaged Terminal Heat Pump measure offerings.
  • Revised eligibility requirements for Heat Pumps, Air Cooled Heat Pumps, replacing electric resistance heating (retrofit-only) and Heat Pump Water Heaters.

Incentive calculator tools will be updated to reflect the revised offerings. The tools are available to all approved Wattsmart Business Vendors on the Wattsmart Business Vendor Portal.

Important Dates to Remember

To guarantee lighting project incentives under the current offerings, complete applications must be received by the program no later than August 15, 2024. Projects received after August 15th may be eligible for the current incentive if the Incentive Offer can be issued prior to September 1, 2024. Valid applications will be issued Incentive Offers on a first-come, first-served basis. Incentive Offer letters issued on or after September 1, 2024, will be based on the new incentive structure.

For all other lighting and non-lighting equipment purchases that do not require pre-approval, the program updates apply to all equipment purchased on or after September 1, 2024. Equipment purchased before September 1, 2024, may qualify for incentives that were available under the previous incentive structure, and applications with accompanying invoices must be submitted within six months of the purchase date.

If you have any questions, please reach out to your local outreach coordinator.