Category: Commercial

Announcing the 2025 Wattsmart® Award Winners!

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The Pacific Power Wattsmart® Business Vendors Network is a select group of vetted contractors. Not only do they understand current lighting, HVAC and mechanical technologies, but they are also experts at saving their customers’ energy.

Each year, these vendors participate in professional development training. At a recent training event, vendors were honored for being at the top of several categories. We are proud to recognize the following Wattsmart vendors.

Winners

Congratulations to all of the 2025 award winners. We appreciate your contributions to the Wattsmart program.

To find these and any other Wattsmart vendors, use the Find a Vendor tool on the WattsmartIncentives.com website.

How Wattsmart® Business is lighting the way for businesses just like yours!

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Located in Central Washington, Yakama Nation is part of a highly impacted community that Pacific Power serves through its incentive programs. After visiting Yakama Nation facilities and conducting an energy assessment, Pacific Power identified opportunities to improve visibility, safety and comfort through energy-efficient lighting upgrades. 

Working together, Pacific Power, Yakama Nation and their selected Wattsmart® Business Vendor completed lighting improvements across 13 facilities, both indoors and outdoors. These upgrades created brighter, more functional spaces that support daily operations while enhancing security and comfort for the community.

Major facility upgrades:

  • Commodity Food Program
  • Village of Hope

What the energy assessment revealed:

  • The Commodity Food Program warehouse relied on just three lighting panels for the entire space.
  • Existing lights were dim, damaged or deteriorated.
  • Some areas required flashlights to improve visibility.
  • Pathways at the Village of Hope facility had little or inadequate lighting.
  • The Village of Hope facility needed lighting upgrades both inside and outside of the main building.

The energy efficiency upgrades:

  • Five new LED panels were installed in the Commodity Food Program facility to replace older inefficient lighting, delivering brighter, even lighting throughout the facility.
  • New LED floodlights now illuminate the exterior of the main Village of Hope building, improving visibility for residents.
  • Outdoor pathway lighting was added to enhance nighttime safety and peace of mind.

What the community is saying:

“I think lighting is just as important as water,” said Village of Hope Program Manager Jenece Howell. “If you don’t have lighting or power, then you can’t do the day-to-day things that you need lighting or power for.”

Yakama Nation’s estimated annual savings in 2025:

  • 319,734 kWh saved
  • $27,400 on utility bills
  • $141,666 in incentives utilized

Pacific Power is committed to helping businesses reduce energy use while strengthening their bottom line. Explore incentives designed for your business and start saving today.

Want to see how Pacific Power’s Wattsmart Business program is helping other organizations and how it could help yours? Check out these success stories.

More success stories

Wattsmart® Business financing for California & Washington!

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Financing as low as 1.99% for 24 months1

For a limited time, Pacific Power is teaming with Verdant Commercial Capital to offer California and Washington business customers an affordable solution to make paying for energy efficiency upgrades easy with low-cost financing.

Benefits include: 
  • $0 down** on a lighting upgrade with Wattsmart incentive and low-cost financing.
  • Increased safety, productivity and employee morale due to better lighting.
  • Lower monthly payments and reduced interest.
  • Preserved liquid capital for your other business needs.
  • Potentially be cash flow neutral or cash flow positive.
  • Monthly energy savings that help make the payments.

**Combine a Wattsmart Business incentive with low-cost financing to complete your lighting upgrade with $0 down.

California Eligibility
  • Project must be installed and final project submittals sent by November 30, 2026
  • Subject to customer receiving credit approval
  • Terms and conditions apply

 

 

Washington Eligibility
  • Project must be installed and final project submittals sent by November 30, 2026
  • Subject to customer receiving credit approval
  • Terms and conditions apply
  • Project annual kWh savings minimum and maximum: 50,000 – 1,000,000 kWh
  • Project minimum cost before incentives: $25,000
See the tables below

Washington Lighting System Retrofits

California Lighting System Retrofits

Project Example:  

*This is an example and does not reflect actual project, incentive and energy savings amounts for your project. Please contact us for project-specific information.

  • Project Cost (before incentive) = $150,000
  • Incentive Amount = $50,000
  • Amount Financed = $100,000
  • Estimated Annual Project Energy Savings (kWh/yr): 421,000 ($40,200/year or $3,350/month)

For the 48-month term, the estimated monthly energy savings covers the monthly loan repayment.

Financing Flyer for Washington Financing Flyer for California

For Wattsmart Business vendors 

Steps
1

Become a Verdant-approved contractor. Contact Joshua Patton.

2

Refer to the calculator tool for financing estimates. 

3

Offer your customers awesome financing options! 

1Financing application decisions subject to credit parameters. Rates and buy-down amounts subject to change without notice. Neither Verdant Commercial Capital nor Pacific Power is the agent of the other. Verdant Commercial Capital, not being the manufacturer, seller or distributor of the property being financed, makes no representation or warranty concerning it, including any representation or warranty related to energy efficiency, cost savings or positive cash flow related thereto. Financing described herein is available only for Pacific Power customers’ project to purchase qualifying energy-efficient lighting measures. All projects must receive prior approval from Pacific Power. Funding for Pacific Power’s limited time financing offer is subject to availability of funds – funding in 2026 is limited.

Washington – New program changes are coming in 2026

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Effective January 1, 2026, Pacific Power is making changes to the Wattsmart® Business program in Washington for select lighting, motors and other measures.

Lighting retrofits

Incentives for interior lighting controls are increasing for small businesses, very small businesses and small businesses located in Named Communities. Here’s the breakdown:

Small business:

  • The incentive for Advanced Networked Lighting Controls is increasing from $0.46/kWh to $0.48/kWh.

Select very small businesses and Named Community small businesses

  • The incentives for PIR, dual tech, integral sensor or basic controls are increasing from $0.38/kWh to $0.40/kWh.
  • The Advanced Networked Lighting Controls incentive is increasing from $0.46/kWh to $0.50/kWh.

The limited-time bonus offered in 2025 concluded and has been removed from the category.

 

Non-lighting measures

Engine block heater controllers now cover an increased number of vehicle types. The EBHC custom pathway now supports multiple vehicle types, excluding delivery vehicles, mass transit buses, and school buses. Supported vehicle categories include a broad range of commercial, emergency, industrial and specialty fleet vehicles.

The limited-time bonus offered in 2025 concluded and has been removed from the following categories:

  • Motors incentives
  • HVAC equipment incentives
  • HVAC check-up incentives

Potato or onion storage fan VFD now has a lower incentive of $82/HP.

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

Pacific Power Wattsmart® Business Program Changes California

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New program changes coming your way

Effective November 9, 2025, our Pacific Power Wattsmart® Business program in California is making changes to select lighting, motors and other measures.

Lighting

All lighting measures moving forward will fall under the custom category, as deemed interior lighting incentives will be. This change also applies to Listed Incentives and Small Business categories. New deemed horticulture lighting measures will be added for qualifying projects. To help identify your next project, reach out to Josh Girard at 541-301-8555 to perform an on-site walk-through and strategize how you can take advantage of our incentives.

Additional updates

Green motor rewinds and electronically commutated motors incentives will no longer be available In the HVAC category, the air-cooled screw chiller measure will be removed. New measures will include a deemed engine block heater controller, and new incentives for faucet aerators and commercial showerheads.

Pacific Power plans to add an optional financing offer with an interest rate buydown to help increase participation. More info will be coming soon.

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

 

NOTE: Qualified equipment must be used.

Wattsmart® Business ¡Financiamiento en Washington!

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Financiamiento tan bajo como 1.99% por 24 meses.*

Pacific Power está ofreciendo a los clientes comerciales de Washington una solución económica para realizar mejoras de eficiencia energética con financiamiento a un precio bajo al reducir la tasa de interés.

Estamos facilitando el pago de mejoras en eficiencia energética al asociarnos con Verdant Commercial Capital.

Los beneficios incluyen:
  • Puede hacer actualizaciones sin un pago inicial**
  • Mayor seguridad, productividad y moral de los empleados debido a una mejor iluminación
  • Pagos mensuales más bajos e intereses reducidos  
  • Conserve el capital líquido para sus otras necesidades comerciales
  • Potencialmente en flujo de efectivo puede ser neutral o positivo 
  • Los ahorros mensuales de energía ayudan a realizar los pagos

**Combine un incentivo de Wattsmart® Business con el financiamiento a un precio bajo para completar su actualización de iluminación sin un pago inicial.

Elegibilidad
  • El proyecto debe estar instalado y las entregas finales del proyecto deben ser entregadas antes del dia 30 de Noviembre del 2025
  • Sujeto a la aprobación de crédito del cliente  
  • Se aplican términos y condiciones
  • El ahorro anual mínimo y máximo del proyecto en kWh es: 50,000 – 1,000,000 kWh
  • El costo mínimo del proyecto antes de los incentivos es ($): $25,000

Mire la Tabla de Incentivos para Revonaciones de Sistemas de Iluminación

Para el plazo de 48 meses, el ahorro mensual estimado de energía cubre el pago mensual del préstamo.

Ejemplo de un Proyecto:  

  • Precio del Proyecto (antes del incentivo) = $150,000
  • Cantidad del Incentivo = $50,000
  • Cantidad Financiada = $100,000
  • Ahorro Energético Anual Estimado del Proyecto (kWh/año): 421,000 ($28,800/año o $2,400/mes)

Para proveedores de Wattsmart Business

Pasos

1

Conviértase en un contratista aprobado por Verdant.
Contacte a Joshua Patton.

2

Consulte la herramienta calculadora para estimaciones de financiamiento.

3

¡Ofrezca a sus clientes excelentes opciones de financiamiento!

*Las decisiones de solicitud de financiamiento están sujetas a parámetros crediticios. Las tasas y las cantidades de reducción están sujetas a cambios sin previo aviso. Ni Verdant Commercial Capital ni Pacific Power son agentes el uno del otro. Verdant Commercial Capital, al no ser el fabricante, vendedor o distribuidor de la propiedad que se está financiando, no hace ninguna representación o garantía sobre la misma, incluida cualquier representación o garantía relacionada con la eficiencia energética, el ahorro de costos o el flujo de caja positivo relacionado con ella. El financiamiento descrito en este documento está disponible únicamente para el proyecto de los clientes de Pacific Power para comprar medidas de iluminación energéticamente eficientes que califiquen. Todos los proyectos deben recibir la aprobación previa de Pacific Power. La financiación para la oferta de financiamiento por tiempo limitado de Pacific Power está sujeta a la disponibilidad de fondos – la financiación en 2025 es limitada.

Wattsmart® Business financing for Washington!

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Financing as low as 1.99% for 24 months.*

Pacific Power is offering Washington business customers an affordable solution to make energy efficiency upgrades with low-cost financing by buying down the interest rate.  

We’re making it easy to pay for energy efficiency upgrades by teaming up with Verdant Commercial Capital.  

Benefits include: 
  • Can upgrade with $0 down**
  • Increased safety, productivity and employee morale due to better lighting
  • Lower monthly payments and reduced interest  
  • Preserve liquid capital for your other business needs 
  • Potentially be cash flow neutral or positive  
  • Monthly energy savings help make the payments

**Combine a Wattsmart® Business incentive with low-cost financing  to complete your lighting upgrade with $0 down.

Eligibility 
  • Project must be installed and final project submittals sent by November 30th, 2026 
  • Subject to customer receiving credit approval  
  • Terms and conditions apply 
  • Project annual kWh savings minimum and maximum (kWh): 50,000 – 1,000,000
  • Project minimum cost before incentives ($): $25,000

See the Lighting System Retrofits Table.

For the 48 month term, the estimated monthly energy savings covers the monthly loan repayment.

Project Example:  

  • Project Cost (before incentive) = $150,000 
  • Incentive Amount = $50,000 
  • Amount Financed = $100,000 
  • Estimated Annual Project Energy Savings (kWh/yr): 421,000 ($28,800/year or $2,400/month) 

For Wattsmart Business vendors 

Steps

1

Become a Verdant-approved contractor. Contact Joshua Patton.

2

Refer to the calculator tool for financing estimates. 

3

Offer your customers awesome financing options! 

*Financing application decisions subject to credit parameters. Rates and buy-down amounts subject to change without notice. Neither Verdant Commercial Capital nor Pacific Power is the agent of the other. Verdant Commercial Capital, not being the manufacturer, seller or distributor of the property being financed, makes no representation or warranty concerning it, including any representation or warranty related to energy efficiency, cost savings or positive cash flow related thereto. Financing described herein is available only for Pacific Power customers’ project to purchase qualifying energy-efficient lighting measures. All projects must receive prior approval from Pacific Power. Funding for Pacific Power’s limited time financing offer is subject to availability of funds – funding in 2026 is limited.  

Discover Program Benefits and Valuable Resources

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Are you taking advantage of all our program benefits?

As a participating vendor in the Wattsmart® Business program, you have a range of benefits available to help grow your business. You can access new customers, financial incentives and marketing support while contributing to energy efficiency and sustainability. Offering program rebates to your customers helps close more projects and build trust for repeat business.

Your outreach representative is ready to assist you with projects and can even attend customer meetings with you. You are the first to know about program updates and enjoy exclusive vendor incentives. Plus, we offer vendor events, annual awards and other opportunities to recognize your contributions. Being part of a respected energy efficiency program like Wattsmart Business also positions your business as a leader in sustainability, and that helps you stand out in a competitive market. If you have questions about how to leverage the Wattsmart Business program to take your business to the next level, contact your outreach representative today!

Drive more business opportunities with our vendor website

WattsmartIncentives.com is Pacific Power’s Wattsmart Business Vendor website that offers a streamlined platform to access valuable incentives, resources and program updates to support your energy-efficient projects. By using the site, you can:

The website helps you maximize your customers’ savings, simplify project management and drive more business opportunities through energy efficiency solutions.

Take lighting retrofits to the next level with Advanced Networked Lighting Controls

Are you leveraging the benefits of Advanced Networked Lighting Controls for your customers’ projects? If you aren’t familiar with ANLC, these systems connect individual lighting fixtures together through a digital network which enables centralized management and automation to improve energy efficiency.

Key benefits of ANLC:

  1. Increased lifespan of new LED fixtures
  2. Reduced heat stress on LED fixtures
  3. Advanced control and customization
  4. Real-time monitoring and data analytics
  5. Improved energy savings – lowering energy bills

When you propose ANLC to your customers, you offer them an optimal solution to reduce energy consumption and, in most cases, improve their projects’ simple payback.

Let’s take a look at a recent California project where ANLC resulted in a faster return on investment and will provide operational savings to the customer for years to come. While presenting the savings calculations of switching to LEDs to the project’s facility director, the vendor learned that the expensive and timely process of maintenance was another factor that prompted the lighting upgrade. The vendor recognized an opportunity to provide expert guidance and proposed two options to the customer.

Although there were additional upfront costs associated with ANLC, there were also additional incentives . The facility director saw the value in the additional $3,300 annual savings and is extremely pleased with end result.

Proposed without controls
Proposed with controls