Washington – New program changes are coming in 2026

Posted on December 11, 2025December 11, 2025

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

Posted on October 3, 2025December 11, 2025

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.

California Program changes in effect September 1, 2024

Posted on October 22, 2024April 4, 2025

Pacific Power has recently implemented several program changes for Wattsmart Business in California. For an in-depth look at these program changes, please revi ew th e 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