Category: Commercial

Wattsmart® Business Program Changes in Washington 2025

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Effective May 17, 2025, our Pacific Power Wattsmart Business program in Washington is changing to add a limited time additional customer bonus incentives for select lighting and HVAC measures. There are also changes to incentives for thermostats in the HVAC listed incentives, HVAC check-up and small business non-lighting offers.

For more details, please review the summary of changes, incentive tables with marked changes and small business non-lighting incentive tables with marked changes. If you have questions or need more information, please call toll-free 1-855-805-7231 or email us.

Transition Plan

For projects where pre-approval is required (e.g., lighting retrofits and custom non-lighting), the version of the program that applies is based on the incentive offer issue date.  To minimize potential delays to projects, the program may implement special transition arrangements for projects with valid incentive offer issued between the program change notice and effective date. The table below provides more information.

Program Version Determination
Incentive Offer Letter Issue Date Applicable Program Version

Incentive Offer Letter dated prior to 4/2/‎2025

Projects completed prior to 5/17/2025

 Program version in effect when the Incentive Offer Letter was issued
Incentive Offer Letter dated from 4/2/‎2025 – 5/16/2025

Eligible to receive Customer Bonus Incentives

To receive the Customer Bonus Incentive, applicable measures must be installed with final application submitted by November 30th, 2025. Projects completed after November 30th, 2025, will not be eligible for bonus incentives.
Incentive Offer Letter dated 5/17/2025 or after To receive the Customer Bonus Incentive, applicable measures must be installed with final application submitted by November 30th, 2025. Projects completed after November 30th, 2025, will not be eligible for bonus incentives.

 

For projects where pre-approval is not required, the version of the program is based on the equipment purchase order/invoice date for the first item(s) purchased for the project. Should the earliest invoice date be prior to the current program’s effective date, the project may be subject to requirements and incentives from the prior program version. Customer bonus incentives can only be applied to projects completed by November 30th, 2025.

*Projects receiving grant funding are not eligible for limited time customer program bonus incentive offerings.

How Can We Help You?

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Se habla Espanol!  

Running a business is a complex job. At Pacific Power, we want to help Washington businesses save money to grow their success. Your business may be eligible for incentives on a range of items, and we can work together to customize a plan that fits your needs. Click the link below and tell us about your business! 

Ways Pacific Power can help 

We offer great energy- and money-saving opportunities: 

  • Lighting 
  • Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning  
  • Appliances and food service equipment  
  • and more!   

See how Pacific Power can maximize savings to help your business thrive. Check out these success stories here: PacificPower.net/Success-Stories    

We’d like to hear from you! Fill out the form today, and let’s get started on saving your business energy and money! 

Se habla Espanol! 

Call Marcelino Osorio:

(509) 509-0096 

¿Cómo podemos ayudarte?

Dirigir una empresa es un trabajo complejo. En Pacific Power, queremos ayudar a las empresas de Washington a ahorrar dinero para aumentar su éxito. Su empresa puede ser elegible para una serie de opciones, y podemos trabajar juntos para personalizar un plan que se adapte a sus necesidades. Haga clic en el siguiente enlace y cuéntenos de su empresa.

Formas en que Pacific Power puede ayudar

Ofrecemos grandes oportunidades de ahorro de energía y dinero:

  • iluminación
  • calefacción, ventilación y aire acondicionado
  • electrodomésticos y equipos para servicios alimentarios
  • y mucho más

Vea cómo Pacific Power puede maximizar sus ahorros para ayudar a que su negocio prospere. Consulte estas historias de éxito aquí: PacificPower.net/Success-Stories

¡Nos gustaría conocer su opinión! Complete el formulario hoy mismo y empecemos a ahorrar energía y dinero en su empresa.

¡Se habla español!

Llame a Marcelino Osorio:

(509) 509-0096

Small Business Limited Time Offer in Washington

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The Pacific Power Wattsmart® Business program is excited to announce a limited-time opportunity for small businesses to help you unlock savings and improve energy efficiency!

We’re raising the maximum annual savings threshold to qualify for our Small Business Enhanced incentives from 200,000 kilowatt-hours to 300,000 kilowatt-hours annual usage (non-residential facility total) effective March 4 through Nov. 30, 2025. Following Nov. 30, our program will return to the regular 200,000 kWh threshold.

Small business customers may be eligible for incentives up to 90%1 of eligible project costs! Customers must use an approved Wattsmart Business Vendor to be eligible for small business incentives.

How this offer can help you

Greater incentives lower the upfront costs of making energy improvements to your business and help you recover your investment faster.

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to unlock savings and improve your energy efficiency!

Contact us today!

Find out if you qualify at WattsmartIncentives.com/Eligibility or contact us today!

 

1Incentives are up to 100% of eligible project costs for small businesses located in Highly Impacted Communities.

2Non-lighting incentives are also available for small businesses.

 

More incentive information:
Small Business Non-Lighting
Small Business Lighting
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Vendor Incentives for Non-Lighting Upgrades

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2025 Washington Wattsmart Business Vendor Incentives for Non-Lighting Upgrades!

Help Pacific Power Washington business customers save money with qualifying upgrades and receive cash vendor incentives.

  • NEW: Vendor incentives are now available for many HVAC equipment projects!
  • RETURNING: Vendor incentives for Small Business non-lighting projects are back!

Vendor Incentives for HVAC Projects

Wattsmart Business Vendors in good standing are eligible to receive up $10,000 in vendor incentives for projects installed in 2025.

Eligibility timeline: This limited-time vendor incentive offer is for select HVAC projects purchased and submitted to Wattsmart Business by November 30, 2025.

How it works: A vendor incentive will be paid for each eligible unit installed, as shown in the table below. Other terms and conditions apply.

Measure*Vendor Incentive
Advanced Rooftop Unit Controls (ARC) ≥ 5 ton$500 per rooftop unit
Advanced Rooftop Unit Controls (ARC) < 5 ton$200 per rooftop unit
Heat Pumps replacing Electric Resistance$500 per heat pump
Heat Pumps (Variable Refrigerant Flow [VRF] and unitary) **$200 per heat pump
Unitary Commercial Air Conditioners***$50 per air conditioner
Heat Pump Water Heater$300 per water heater

*For more detail on HVAC equipment eligible for this vendor incentive, visit the HVAC equipment incentives list.

**Not available for Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps (PTHP)

***Not available for Packaged Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC)

Vendor Incentives for Small Business Customer Non-Lighting Projects

Vendor incentive offers are for approved Wattsmart Business Vendors submitting the project and are in addition to customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business.

Eligibility timeline: This limited-time offer is for completed non-lighting projects purchased after January 1, 2025, for eligible small businesses and submitted to Wattsmart Business by November 30, 2025.

How it works:  Once the Small Business project is approved for a customer incentive payment, eligible Wattsmart Business Vendors receive a vendor incentive for each approved measure listed below, per customer location.

MeasureVendor Incentive
Engine Block Heater Control$40 per unit
Ductless Heat Pump$400 per unit
Thermostat$60 per unit*
Anti-sweat Heater Controls (Retrofit only), Low or Med-Temp$16 per linear foot
Electronically Commutated Motor (ECM) for Display Case or Walk-In Refrigerator or Freezer$40 per unit
Heat Pump Water Heater$300 per unit

*For qualifying Thermostat projects, the amount each vendor location is eligible to receive will be up to $10,000 in vendor incentives while funding lasts during 2025.

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Contact your outreach coordinator to verify project eligibility and confirm vendor participation in the promotion. Provide a copy of your company’s W-9 tax information so we can prepare a 1099-MISC. following the vendor incentive payment.

Install qualified measures at eligible customer location.

Submit an application for a completed HVAC or Small Business non-lighting project to Wattsmart Business by November 30, 2025.

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 non-lighting upgrades.

These vendor incentives will only be available for a limited time, so act now!

For additional questions or information, contact your outreach coordinator.

General Terms and Conditions: Wattsmart Business Vendors in good standing are eligible to participate. If you are not currently a Wattsmart Business Vendor, you must be approved at the time of application submission. Only one vendor incentive per qualifying project. This limited-time offer is for completed non-lighting projects purchased after January 1, 2025, for eligible businesses and submitted to Wattsmart Business by November 30, 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.

Don’t wait to earn vendor incentives

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Deadlines for 2024 incentives are almost here!

Jump to California incentives

Washington

As mentioned in a previous newsletter,  Washington lighting vendor incentives for 2024 stayed at the higher levels announced in mid-2023 to continue the program’s momentum. This means:
  • $0.05 per kilowatt-hour saved cash vendor incentive forTypical lighting retrofits and Midstream (Lighting Instant Incentive) projects.
  • $50 per fixture forAdvanced Networked Lighting Controls.
  • $300 for Small Business Lighting projects.
  • $500 for Very Small Business or Named Community Small Business Lighting projects.
Typical Lighting Retrofits and Midstream (Lighting Instant Incentive) Projects

Eligibility Timeline

Typical lighting retrofit projects:

  • Must have an incentive offer issued between January 1, 2024, and November 1, 2024.
  • All projects must be complete, and all project documentation and invoices must be received no later than November 30, 2024.

Post-purchase or Lighting Instant Incentive projects:

  • Vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program by November 30, 2024, to receive the vendor incentive.

BONUS incentives for installing Advanced Networked Lighting Controls

Receive a cash vendor incentive of $50 per fixture for helping Pacific Power business customers save money on their energy improvements with a qualifying ANLC retrofit, including Luminaire Level Lighting Controls or LLLC .* This offer is available for incentive offers issued starting July 1, 2023, and through November 30, 2024. All project documentation and invoices must be received no later than November 30, 2024.

Small Business Lighting or Projects

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 approved Wattsmart SBL vendors submitting the project and is in addition to customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business. Eligibility timeline For SBL projects, vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program between January 1, 2024, and November 30, 2024, to receive the vendor incentive.

California

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 kilowatt-hour saved cash Vendor incentive for Typical lighting retrofit projects.
  • $300 per customer location for Small Business Lighting projects.
 

Typical Lighting Retrofit Projects

  Eligibility timeline An incentive offer must be issued between September 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024. All projects must be completed. For post-purchase projects with invoices dated September 1, 2024, and after, vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program by December 31, 2024, to receive the vendor incentive.  

Small Business Lighting Projects

  Eligibility timeline New projects submitted between September 1, 2024, and December 31, 2024, are eligible to receive the vendor incentive.  Vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program within this timeframe.  All project-related invoice dates must be September 1, 2024, or later. Further details are found here.

California Program changes in effect September 1, 2024

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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

Engine Block Heater Control – QPL – Washington Only

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Qualified Products List

List update 8/13/2024

Brand Model Type
ELEproduct CONTROL-X2 Extension Cord
IPLC M210-15 Wall Mounted
IPLC M210TN Wall Mounted
IPLC M210-20 Wall Mounted
Power Badger 1800US Extension Cord
Zerostart V-Lock Block Heater Engine Mounted
Zerostart Threaded Heater Engine Mounted
Zerostart Cartridge Heater Engine Mounted
Zerostart Plate/Bolt-On Heater Engine Mounted