Program ProfilesUTAH POWER
Utah Power offers five programs to businesses that are looking to improve the energy efficiency of their facilities and operations and save on their energy expenses. These programs are targeted to both new construction and retrofit projects completed by commercial, industrial, and irrigation customers. Through Energy FinAnswer, Utah Power offers high-quality engineering services and cash incentives to help businesses build energy efficiency into new construction as well as retrofits of existing equipment. Commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers embarking on any size new construction or major renovation project, any size industrial project, or commercial retrofit projects at facilities larger than 20,000 square feet in size are eligible. Incentives of $0.12 per kilowatt-hour of annual energy savings plus $50 per kilowatt of monthly on-peak demand savings are offered. The FinAnswer Express program offers customers incentives and technical expertise resources for lighting, motors, and HVAC equipment upgrades that increase the electric energy efficiency of a facility and which exceed building energy code requirements. Both new construction and retrofit projects are eligible for this program, which requires customers to purchase and install pre-qualified lighting, motor, and HVAC equipment, for which an incentive check or credit is received, typically after installation has been verified. Utah Power offers a Self-Direction Credit program to its customers with annual usage of more than 5,000,000 kilowatt-hours or 1,000 kilowatts. Large customers who pursue self-investments in energy efficiency and related demand-side management projects can receive credits of up to 80% of eligible costs. Simple payback periods for these projects must be between one and five years. The Self-Direction Credit is applied against 100% of the customer’s monthly Customer Efficiency Services charge on their electric bill, until the entire credit is used. It is recommended that customers pre-qualify any proposed Self-Direction Credit projects, though pre-qualification is not required. A facility “check up” through Utah Power’s Recommissioning program is another great way to save energy. Recommissioning an existing building helps to restore the original intended operating performance of the structure, performance which is likely to degrade over time and thus result in increased energy costs. A free expert building analysis can help lower energy costs by optimizing a building’s energy use. Incentives are available to reduce the implementation costs of recommissioning measures if the simple payback is greater than one year. By working hand-in-hand with energy experts, employees can increase their knowledge of the efficient operation of building systems, and keep a facility up to snuff over time. Load Lightener is a load management program for commercial and industrial customers whose lighting load is typically 70 killowatts or more and have lights on for 16 or more hours each day. Participating customers receive free installation and maintenance of EnergySaver lighting technology, which reduces the active power supplied to the lamps of ballasted lighting systems without abrupt voltage changes or noticeably affecting visible light. The EnergySaver technology will result in steady-state energy savings of 3 percent of the lighting load. In exchange for these savings, participating customers agree to allow Utah Power to reduce the power consumed by the lighting systems to a pre-determined level of approximately 25 percent on select summer afternoons. Call 800/222-4335 or email energy.expert@pacificorp.com to get started with any of these Utah Power programs. In addition to the programs described above, Utah Power has organized several energy efficiency alliances, whose members are vendors, contractors, or distributors who are involved in promoting energy efficiency in Utah. The links below will connect you to Utah Power’s vendor lists on the Utah Power website. These vendor lists are updated on a regular basis. Disclaimer: Utah Power does not warrant or guarantee the work performed by these consultants, and you are solely responsible for any contract with a consultant and the performance of any consultant you have chosen. You are solely responsible for any contract with a participating contractor/vendor and the performance of any contractor/vendor you have chosen. |
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