Rebates

Kootenai Electric Cooperative offers incentives for residential customers to increase the energy efficiency of participating homes. Rebates are available for the purchase of ENERGY Star qualified clothes washers, certified homes, as well as water heaters, air-source and geothermal heat pumps, and windows. Qualified homes must have a heat pump installed according to ENERGY Star specifications. 

For more information, visit the website listed above or contact Kootenai directly.

Southeastern Electric offers low-interest loan programs to support rural economic development and help members invest in energy-efficient electric heating, cooling, and home improvements. Through its partnership with the Rural Electric Economic Development (REED) Fund, financing is available for new or expanding businesses and community projects in rural areas. Members can also access affordable loans for geothermal and air-to-air heat pumps, electric heat systems, and weatherization upgrades like insulation, windows, and doors. All loans are subject to credit checks, board approval, and require mortgage collateral, with payments made via automatic bank withdrawal. For more information, contact Southeastern Electric at 1-800-333-2859.

Northern Plains Electric Cooperative is a member-owned electric cooperative that serves customers in east-central North Dakota. This EMC offers a low-interest loan program for commercial, industrial, agricultural, and local government customers that wish to undertake energy efficiency projects. Customers should contact Northern Plains, or visit the program website, for more information on how to apply for this loan.

Loans can be made to for-profit businesses, not-for-profit organizations, and local governments. Projects include, but are not limited to:

• Small and medium-sized business and cooperatives engaged in manufacturing, retail, service and tourism industries

• Community projects relating to water/wastewater, healthcare, education, telecommunications, public

Tideland Electric Membership Cooperative (TEMC) is an electric cooperative that serves customers in Craven, Dare, Washington, Pamlico, Beaufort and Hyde counties. Home, farm and business owners are able to take advantage of TEMC's five percent-interest Weatherization Loan Program.

This loan will cover the purchase and installation of energy efficient measures such as caulking, weather-stripping, heat pump systems, storage water heaters, HVAC measures, building insulation measures, water heater insulation, storm/thermal windows and doors, and electric coordinating systems to reduce demand and other major Energy Star projects excluding electronics and small appliances for existing homes. Heat pump systems and central heating or

Columbia Water & Light (CWL) provides residential customers with rebates on energy efficient HVAC equipment. CWL provides rebates on air conditioners and heat pumps as well as reduced electric rates for heat pumps.

Energy Trust of Oregon offers a variety of incentives and services through their Residential incentives program. All equipment eligible for incentives needs to meet the efficiency requirements stated in the program guidelines. Incentive amounts vary by project type with eligible residences including owned or rented single family, manufactured, townhouses, duplex, triplex, or fourplex homes. Customers can see all individual product incentives and eligibility requirements here. Income-qualified households may be provided additional incentives.

Homeowners may use Energy Trust's online Home Assessment Tool to receive personalized recommendations on how to improve energy efficiency. After the new measures have been installed by

Salem Electric residential customers with electric water heating are eligible for a $600 rebate through Salem's Bright Way program. A program brochure with details is available on the program website. In order to receive the rebate, all guidelines and terms must be followed.

Systems must be installed by a tax credit-certified solar technician.

Instead of the rebate, customers can also apply for a low-interest loan. Customers cannot apply for both the rebate and the low-interest loan.

Pacific Power provides an incentive for home builders in Washington to build energy efficient houses through the Energy Star New Homes Program. Single-family and multi-family homes which are built to the specifications of NW BOP Energy Star are eligible to participate. Visit the program website for more information.

Pacific Power offers incentives for residential customers to improve the energy efficiency of homes through the Home Energy Savings Program. Full details are available on the program website.

Rocky Mountain Power provides incentives for residential customers in Idaho to increase the energy efficiency of homes through the Wattsmart Homes Program. Full details are available on the program website.