Download program applications and incentive forms.

The Greater the Savings, the Greater Your Incentives

Take a comprehensive, whole-building approach to saving energy in your existing facilities and earn incentives that are directly linked to your savings. Pay for Performance relies on a network of Program Partners who provide technical services under direct contract to you. Acting as your energy expert, your Partner will develop an Energy Reduction Plan for each project with a whole-building technical component of a traditional energy audit, a financial plan for funding the energy efficient measures and a construction schedule for installation.

Eligibility

Existing commercial, industrial and institutional buildings with a peak demand over 200 kW for any of the preceding twelve months are eligible to participate including hotels and casinos, large office buildings, multi-family buildings, supermarkets, manufacturing facilities, schools, shopping malls and restaurants. Buildings that fall into the following five customer classes are not required to meet the 200kW demand in order to participate in the Program: hospitals, public colleges and universities, non-profits, affordable multifamily housing, and local governmental entities not receiving Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants. Your Energy Reduction Plan must define a comprehensive package of measures capable of reducing the existing energy consumption of your building by 15% or more.

Combined Heat & Power (CHP) projects are eligible for incentives up to $1,000,000 as part of Pay for Performance. Download the CHP Application Package that includes instructions, forms and technical worksheets.

ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager

Pay for Performance takes advantage of the ENERGY STAR Program with Portfolio Manager, EPA's interactive tool that allows facility managers to track and evaluate energy and water consumption across all of their buildings. The tool provides the opportunity to load in the characteristics and energy usage of your buildings and determine an energy performance benchmark score. You can then assess energy management goals over time, identify strategic opportunities for savings, and receive EPA recognition for superior energy performance.

Incentives

Pay for Performance incentives are awarded upon the satisfactory completion of three program milestones:

• Incentive #1 - Submittal of complete Energy Reduction Plan prepared by an approved Program Partner - Contingent on moving forward, incentives will be between $5,000 and $50,000 based on approximately $.10 per square foot, not to exceed 50% of the facility's annual energy expense.
• Incentive #2 - Installation of recommended measures - Incentives are based on the projected level of electricity and gas savings, which will be "trued-up" after one year based on actual savings.
• Incentive #3 - Completion of Post-Construction Benchmarking Report - A completed report verifying energy reductions based on one year of post-implementation results is required. Incentives for electricity savings and natural gas savings will be paid based on actual savings, provided that the minimum performance threshold of 15% savings has been achieved.

A detailed Incentive Structure document is available.

The Incentive Structure document also describes additional incentives for five customer classes: hospital,s public colleges and universities, non-profits, affordable multifamily housing, and local governmental entities not receiving Direct Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants.

Steps to Participation

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