Category: Washington

Cuando hace frío, a los motores diésel les cuesta arrancar por las mañanas. Muchos motores vienen con un calentador de bloque que utiliza electricidad de la red para precalentar el motor y facilitar el arranque. Por costumbre, muchos clientes enchufan el calentador por la tarde y lo dejan en funcionamiento toda la noche para que el motor esté caliente por la mañana. Sin embargo, los calentadores trabajan mucho tiempo de manera innecesaria y cada uno consume varios cientos de watts. Lo ideal es que precalienten el motor, como máximo, durante unas pocas horas.

Luego, se añadieron temporizadores básicos a los calentadores de bloque, que se consideraron una medida de eficiencia energética. Estos temporizadores permitieron que los calentadores se encendieran únicamente antes de que los necesitaran, pero seguían requiriendo intervención manual y planificación.

Desde que hay disponibles varios controles inteligentes nuevos para los calentadores de bloque de motor, muchos clientes nos preguntaron acerca de nuestros incentivos. Seleccione un botón a continuación para obtener más información acerca de los calentadores de bloque de motor y otros incentivos.

Incentivos para otras medidas de eficiencia energética

Incentivos mejorados Wattsmart para pequeñas empresas de Pacific Power no relacionadas con la iluminación (solo retrofit)

A partir del 1 de julio de 2023, Pacific Power ofrece incentivos mejorados no relacionados con la iluminación para los clientes que cumplan los criterios de pequeña empresa, empresa muy pequeña y pequeña empresa comunitaria en el sitio web de Pacific Power.

Incentivos mejorados para pequeñas empresas, empresas muy pequeñas y pequeñas empresas comunitarias, no relacionados con la iluminación (solo retrofit)

Estos controladores inteligentes son superiores debido a que utilizan variables como la temperatura del ambiente. Utilizando la temperatura del ambiente ayuda a reducir el tiempo de funcionamiento del calentador de bloque. Cuando configura los tiempos de precalentado utilizando un temporizador de bloque por su cuenta, se ve obligado a configurarlo teniendo en cuenta el peor de los casos. Los controladores de calentadores de bloque de motor ajustan dinámicamente los cronogramas para ser lo más eficientes posible.

No dude en ponerse en contacto con Marcelino Osorio a través de WattsmartBusiness@evergreen.energy o (509) 930-1562 si usted o sus clientes creen que esta nueva medida les sería útil.

Enlace al Folleto sobre el controlador de calentadores de bloque del motor

2024 Washington Wattsmart Business Vendor Incentives for Installing Lighting Upgrades!

Thanks to your outstanding participation, lighting vendor incentives for 2024 are staying at the higher levels announced in mid-2023 to continue the program’s momentum.

• $0.05 per kWh saved cash vendor incentive for Typical lighting retrofits and Midstream (Lighting Instant Incentive) projects.
• $50 per fixture for Advanced Networked Lighting Controls (ANLC).
• $300 for Small Business Lighting (SBL) projects.
• $500 for Very Small Business or Named Community Small Business Lighting projects.

Typical Lighting Retrofits and Midstream (Lighting Instant Incentive) Projects

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 2024. Each vendor location is eligible to receive $20,000 in total incentives in 2024. Vendor incentives are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline below if allocated funding is exhausted. The program will email the Wattsmart Business Vendor Network if these funds are exhausted. See the table below for examples of vendor incentives.

BONUS Incentives for Installing Advanced Networked Lighting Controls!

How it works

Effective July 1, 2023, the ANLC vendor incentive is $50 per fixture. The maximum vendor incentive is $5,000 per customer location and up to $15,000 ANLC vendor incentives per vendor location for a calendar year.

Why is Pacific Power offering this incentive to vendors? 

Because you have the power to take the next big thing in lighting to Pacific Power customers.

Small Business Lighting (SBL) 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.

Who is eligible

Wattsmart Business approved SBL vendors in good standing.** If you are interested in participating in this program, contact your outreach coordinator.

How it works

• Approved SBL vendors receive a vendor incentive of $300 per customer location for regular SBL projects.
• $500 per customer location for Very Small Business/Named Community SBL projects.
• Vendor incentives for SBL projects are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline below if allocated funding is exhausted.
• The program will communicate with the approved SBL vendors if these funds are exhausted.

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.

In cold weather, diesel motors can struggle to start up in the morning. Many motors come with block heaters that use electricity from the grid to preheat the motor for an easier start. Out of habit, many customers plug in the heaters in the evening and let them run all night so that the motor is warm by the morning. However, the heaters run unnecessarily long, each using several hundred watts. Ideally, heaters only need a few hours, at most, to preheat a motor.

Next, basic timers were added to the block heaters, which were considered an energy efficiency measure. They allowed warmers to run only before they were needed, but they still required manual intervention and planning.

Since several new smart controls have become available for engine block heaters, we’ve had many customers ask about incentives. Select a button below for more details on engine block heater and other incentives.

Pacific Power offers the following:

These smart controllers are superior because they use variables such as ambient temperature. Using ambient temperature helps to reduce block warmer run times. When setting preheat times using a block timer alone, you are forced to plan for the worst-case scenario. Engine block heater controllers dynamically adjust schedules to be the most efficient.

Don’t hesitate to get in touch with Marcelino Osorio at WattsmartBusiness@evergreen.energy or (509) 930-1562 if you or your customers feel you might be a good fit for this new measure.