Energy Efficiency Credits
You can receive money back for installing electric water heaters, permanent electric heat and/or energy efficient motors and commerical energy efficiency lighting upgrades. Contact LPEA in Durango at 970.382.3506 or Pagosa at 970.382.7722 for more information.
Water Heaters
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Equipment Requirements for Eligible Credits:
- Minimum 30-gallon capacity and 6-year tank warranty.
- Must meet minimum energy factor rating.
- Installations must be in LPEA’s service area.
- Customer must provide LPEA with proof of purchase.
- LPEA reserves the right to inspect installations
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Permanent Electric Heaters
Air/Ground Source Heat Pump Credits
- Contact LPEA for information
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Program Requirements for Eligible Credits:
- New or replacement installation
- Minimum 1 kiloWatt (1,000 watts) capacity heater.
- Timing device required for use of off-peak hours.
- Installations must be in LPEA’s service area.
- Customer must provide LPEA with proof of purchase.
- LPEA reserves the right to inspect installations.
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Electric Motors
- $9/hp for Premium Efficiency Motors
- $1.50/hp for wiring assistance if replacing a fossil-fueled engine, or is a new installation.
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Program Requirements for Eligible Credits:
- Limited to irrigation motors
- Minimum 10 horsepower motor
- Must operate at a minimum of 15% load factor for a minimum of 3 months each year
- Installations must be in LPEA’s service area.
- Customer must provide LPEA with proof of purchase.
- LPEA reserves the right to inspect installations.
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LED Light Bulb Rebate
- Receive money back for purchasing energy-efficient LED light bulbs.
- LPEA customers will receive up to a $10 rebate, credited to the member's active LPEA account, for each qualifying LED light bulb purchased. (Up to 50% of materials cost.)
- LED Rebate flyer
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Bulb Eligibilty Requirements:
- LED bulb
- Energy Star® rated
- Lumen output of 300 or greater
Application Requirements:
- Must be member/customers of LPEA
- Complete application form
- Submit to LPEA within 180 days of purchase
- Include with application ORIGINAL receipt and bulb packaging
- 50 bulb limit per year
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Commercial Energy Efficiency Lighting
Receive money back for retrofitting overhead fluorescent/area lighting, refrigerated case lighting and street/parking lighting.
Lighting Retrofit Credits
- $250/kW of lighting load reduced, up to the $20,000 total
- Rebate cannot exceed 50 percent of the lamp material costs
Refrigerated Case Lighting Retrofit Credits
- $60 per door
- Limit of 50 doors or $3,000 rebate
Parking Lot/Street Lighting Retrofit Credits
- Lesser of Y4 of the cost of the head or $200 per head
- Per project cap of $20,000
Contact your electrical contractor as well as LPEA before initiating the aforementioned projects for a pre-inspection and inventory of lights, as well as determination of baseline kilowatt usage. LPEA will monitor usage for commercial customers for one year following the retrofit, and provide a cost analysis of the savings.
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