Xcel Energy - Home Performance with ENERGY STAR

July 19, 2022

Summary

The Home Performance with ENERGY STAR program pays incentives for existing homes receiving gas and electric service from Xcel to take a whole-house approach to energy savings. Customers must complete all improvements before they are eligible to receive rebates. After a Home Energy Audit, participating contractors install the customer's recommended improvements, collect receipts, and submit rebate paperwork. 

To take advantage of these rebates, you must complete a Home Energy Audit first, and then perform a total of three improvements from the table above. If your auditor recommends attic insulation and bypass sealing or air sealing and weather stripping these specific improvements are required. If your auditor recommends home energy squad, LED bulbs, and/or water saving showerheads/aerators, at least one of these improvements is required.

Note that the rebates listed above differ for natural gas and electrically heated homes.

Customers are not eligible to receive rebates from Home Performance with ENERGY STAR as well as other Xcel Energy incentives for the same improvement. More program details and requirements are available on the program website.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector: Utility
Category: Financial Incentive
State: Colorado
Incentive Type: Rebate Program
Web Site: https://co.my.xcelenergy.com/s/residential/home-services
Administrator: Xcel Energy
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:
  • Geothermal Heat Pumps
  • Clothes Washers
  • Refrigerators/Freezers
  • Water Heaters
  • Lighting
  • Furnaces
  • Heat pumps
  • Air conditioners
  • Programmable Thermostats
  • Caulking/Weather-stripping
  • Duct/Air sealing
  • Building Insulation
  • Motors
  • Other EE
  • LED Lighting
  • Tankless Water Heater
Incentive Amount: Attic Insulation: $400-$700
Air Sealing/Bypass Sealing/Weather-Stripping: $250-$550
High Efficiency Lighting: 30% of cost
Wall Insulation: $450-$700
Evaporative Cooling System: $325-$1200
Central Air Conditioner (New): $400 - $700
Central Air Conditioner (Trade In): $550
Ground Source/Geothermal Heat Pump: $300 per ton
Electric Heat Pump Water Heater: $550
Programmable Thermostat: $25
High Efficiency Furnace: $400
Electrically Commuted Motor: $125
Tankless Water Heater: $200
Standard Tank Water Heater: $100
ENERGY STAR Refrigerator: $15
ENERGY STAR Clothes Washer: $30
Installation Requirements: Must use participating contractor to install recommended improvements based on Home Energy Audit

Incentives

This program has 11 incentives
Technologies: Building Insulation
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive has a minimum of $700.00, The incentive has a maximum of $400.00
Technologies: Caulking/Weather-stripping, Duct/Air sealing
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive has a minimum of $550.00, The incentive has a maximum of $250.00
Technologies: Air conditioners
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive has a maximum of $400.00, The incentive has a minimum of $700.00
Technologies: Geothermal Heat Pumps
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive is 300.00 $/ton
Technologies: Programmable Thermostats
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive is 25.00 $
Technologies: Furnaces
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive is 400.00 $
Technologies: Motors
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive is 125.00 $
Technologies: Tankless Water Heater
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive is 200.00 $
Technologies: Water Heaters
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive has a maximum of $100.00, The incentive has a minimum of $550.00
Technologies: Refrigerators/Freezers
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive is 15.00 $
Technologies: Clothes Washers
Sectors: Residential
Parameters: The incentive is 30.00 $

Contact

Name: Xcel Energy Customer Contact Center
Organization: Xcel Energy
Address: 414 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis MN 55401
Phone: (800) 895-4999
Email: Inquire@xcelenergy.com

This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.