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!
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) **
**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 tocustomer 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.
Measure
Vendor 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.
STEPS TO PARTICIPATE
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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!
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.
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.
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 projectswith 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.
Revised eligibility requirements for Heat Pumps, Air Cooled Heat Pumps, replacement of electric resistance heating (retrofit-only) and Heat Pump Water Heaters.
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.
