Washington Wattsmart Business Vendor Newsletter June 2024

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

Receive a cash vendor incentive at a rate of $0.05 per kWh saved for helping Pacific Power business customers in Washington save money with qualifying lighting upgrades.

This vendor incentive offer is for the Wattsmart Business Vendor submitting the project (yes, this is for you!) and is in addition to customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business. Pacific Power offers significant cash customer incentives up to 70% of eligible costs to help with the up-front expenses of your customer’s project. Get more details on our website.

Eligibility Timeline

Typical lighting retrofit projects:

  • Must have an incentive offer issued between January 1, 20241, 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.
[1] Incentive Offers written between November 15, 2023 and December 31, 2023, that qualify for the best-deal offering may also qualify for the vendor inventive above.

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 2024Each 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!

Receive a cash vendor incentive of $50 per fixture for helping Pacific Power business customers save money on their energy improvements with a qualifying Advanced Networked Lighting Controls (ANLC) retrofit, including Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLCs).* 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. 

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.