Duke Energy’s Smart $aver Incentive program offers prescriptive and custom rebates to non-residential customers to install energy-efficient equipment in their facilities. All Duke Energy South Carolina nonresidential electric customers are eligible, except those that have elected to opt-out of the Energy Efficiency Rider. Rebates are available for a wide range of equipment including lighting, heating and cooling equipment, chillers and thermal storage units, and others. All equipment must meet certain energy efficiency standards stated on the program website. To receive the rebates, customers should submit a completed application within 90 days after the equipment is installed and operational. A list of frequently asked questions and the program application forms can be found on the program website.
For more information, visit the program website.
| Implementing Sector: | Utility |
| Category: | Financial Incentive |
| State: | Indiana |
| Incentive Type: | Rebate Program |
| Web Site: | https://www.duke-energy.com/business/products/smartsaver |
| Administrator: | Duke Energy |
| Start Date: | |
| Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies: |
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| Incentive Amount: |
Commercial Equipment Clothes Washer & Dryer: $30 - $88 Cooking Equipment: $240 - $1,320 Dishwasher: $17.50 - $1,025 Controls: $20 - $500 Escalator Motor Efficiency Controller: $22 New High Efficiency Refrigeration Equipment: $10 - $487 Refrigeration Upgrades: $1 - $179 Industrial Equipment Compressed Air Improvements: $2.20 - $200 Production Equipment Improvement: $1.10 - $40 Compressed Air: $82.50/hp Process Pumping: $40 - $440 |
| Maximum Incentive: | Incentive cannot exceed 50% of total project cost |
| Eligible System Size: | Rebate is only available to commercial and industrial customers with a demand of 500 kW or less. |
| Equipment Requirements: |
Ceiling Insulation: R-38 or greater Wall Insulation: R-20 or greater See website for complete lists of required efficiency levels based on equipment type and size. |
| Installation Requirements: | Customers may install the equipment themselves, but installations will have to be inspected by Duke Energy. |
| Technologies: | Clothes Washers |
| Sectors: | Commercial, Industrial |
| Parameters: | The incentive has a maximum of $30.00, The incentive has a minimum of $88.00 |
| Technologies: | Commercial Cooking Equipment |
| Sectors: | Commercial, Industrial |
| Parameters: | The incentive has a maximum of $240.00, The incentive has a minimum of $1320.00 |
| Technologies: | Dishwasher |
| Sectors: | Commercial, Industrial |
| Parameters: | The incentive has a maximum of $17.50, The incentive has a minimum of $1025.00 |
| Technologies: | Commercial Refrigeration Equipment |
| Sectors: | Commercial, Industrial |
| Parameters: | The incentive has a maximum of $1.00, The incentive has a minimum of $487.00 |
| Technologies: | Compressed air |
| Sectors: | Commercial, Industrial |
| Parameters: | The incentive has a maximum of $2.20, The incentive has a minimum of $200.00 |
| Technologies: | Processing and Manufacturing Equipment |
| Sectors: | Commercial, Industrial |
| Parameters: | The incentive has a maximum of $1.10, The incentive has a minimum of $40.00 |
| Name: | Duke Energy Prescriptive Rebates |
| Address: |
NC |
| Phone: | (866) 380-9580 |
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.
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