Pacific Power For Your Home For Your Business

 

California FinAnswer Express New Construction/Major Renovation

Our FinAnswer Express program includes incentives and technical expertise for lighting, motors and HVAC equipment upgrades that increase your electric energy efficiency and exceed code requirements. Both new construction projects and retrofits of existing equipment are eligible.

We help you weigh your technical and financial options. You can choose a Pacific Power Energy Efficiency Alliance vendor or an independent energy consultant for technical expertise. 

How the program works

1)  Contact us or an Energy Efficiency Alliance vendor if you'd like help getting started.
2)  Download a lighting incentive application and/or non-lighting incentive application and catalog.
3)  Purchase and install qualifying equipment at an eligible location.
4)  Submit your incentive application.
5)  Receive your incentive check within 45 days of completion of step 3. 

Pre-approval is recommended but not required for lighting and chiller incentive applications. 

Incentive tables, catalogs and vendor lists
Incentive amounts vary by project. Please refer to the appropriate incentive catalog to help ensure you purchase and install qualifying equipment.

Lighting:
Premium efficiency motors:
HVAC & refrigeration:
Other equipment:

Doing something that's not on the list? 
Call us. Your project may qualify for a custom incentive.


There are even more benefits
Not only do you save money, you can also improve equipment reliability and your work environment. That can increase comfort and worker productivity. According to betterbricks.com,

  • Only 2 percent of the 30-year costs of a building are in its initial construction. Another 6 percent is expended on operations and maintenance and the remaining 92 percent are labor costs.
  • In a typical office building, energy costs run about $2 per square foot while salaries and benefits are $130 per square foot or more. Even slight changes in productivity can have a large effect on the bottom line.

Before you start your project:

Note: We offer incentives and services for more complex projects under our Energy FinAnswer program.

Brochures and other information 
We've included a list of program-related brochures and information.

Overview of incentive programs for California businesses

FinAnswer Express New Construction/Major Renovation brochure
    FinAnswer Express Retrofit Incentives brochure

Case Study: Gear Jammer Travel Plaza
  Case Study: City of Walla Walla
Case Study: Camco Construction, Inc.
     California program tariff
 
Program definitions

Some documents on this page require the free Adobe Reader.