Businesses

With all of this talk about tightening up your home, it’s easy to forget about some of the biggest energy hogs around – businesses. There are plenty of ways businesses can tighten up and become more energy efficient. And the best part is that all of your coworkers can chip in!

Arkansas Oklahoma Gas Energy Efficiency

Commercial-Industrial Boiler Equipment Rebate Programs:
This program is designed to encourage the installation of high efficiency natural gas boiler equipment. AOG will provide a financial incentive in the form of a rebate to customers who purchase and install qualifying equipment.

Commercial/Industrial Solutions Program:
This program is designed to encourage our commercial and industrial customers to implement energy efficiency improvements that will reduce natural gas consumption.  The program will provide cash and non-cash incentives for a variety direct install, prescriptive, or custom natural gas energy efficiency projects.

The direct-install measures are most appropriate for restaurants, food service organizations, and small-businesses.  Proposed direct install measures may include but are not limited to:

• Pre-rinse spray valves
• Programmable thermostats
• Water-heater wraps
• Aerators

Prescriptive measures offer a standard menu of qualifying energy savings opportunities .  Proposed measures include but are not limited to:

• ENERGY STAR Steam Cooker
• ENERGY STAR Gas Griddle
• ENERGY STAR Dishwasher

To qualify for custom incentives under the Commercial/Industrial Solutions Program, program participants will be required to follow an established documentation, reporting, and inspection procedure.  Actual incentive dollars the participant will receive through the program will be calculated from approved pre- and post-inspections by the engineering team. The Commercial/Industrial Solutions program will offer custom incentives for measures in the following categories:

• HVAC Systems
• Controls
• Process Efficiency Improvements
• Building Thermal Improvements
• Water Heating Improvements

Conservation Kit Program:
Save water – save energy with a FREE conservation kit. The kit includes:

• One 1.5 GPM Chrome Showerhead – Conserves 40% more water and energy
• One 1.5 GPM Kitchen Faucet Aerator – Saves 30% more water and energy
• Two 1 GPM Bath Aerators – Saves 55% more water and energy
• One Hot Water Temperature Card – measures the hot water to see if you can save energy by lowering your water temperature setting
• One roll of Teflon tape

To learn more, click here.

Southwestern Electric Power Company

Commercial & Industrial Standard Offer Program (C&I SOP)
The C&I SOP targets commercial and industrial customers with incentives paid to the customer or project sponsors for certain eligible measures installed in both new and retrofit applications, based upon verified demand and energy savings. Any eligible project sponsor or customer may submit an application for a project that meets minimum requirements.

Learn more here, or contact SWEPCO EE/Consumer Program Coordinator Greg Perkins at 479-973-2435, gaperkins@aep.com.

Load Management Standard Offer Program (LM SOP)
The LM SOP targets commercial and industrial customers with a minimum peak demand of 250 kW. Customers must be able to demonstrate the ability to reduce summer peak demand by at least 250 kW. Incentives are paid to customers that provide curtailment of peak load on short notice. Incentive payments are based upon metered peak demand reduction as called for by SWEPCO.

Learn more here, or contact SWEPCO EE/Consumer Program Coordinator Greg Perkins at 479-973-2435, gaperkins@aep.com.

Commercial Solutions Market Transformation Program
Targets SWEPCO commercial customers that do not have the in-house capacity or expertise to:

1. identify, evaluate, and undertake efficiency improvements;
2. properly evaluate energy efficiency proposals from vendors; and/or
3. understand how to leverage their energy savings to finance projects.

Incentives are paid for eligible energy efficiency measures that are installed in new or existing applications. CLEAResult manages this program on behalf of SWEPCO. Contact SWEPCO EE/Consumer Program Coordinator Greg Perkins at 479-973-2435, gaperkins@aep.com.

Small Business Direct Install
The Small Business Direct Install (SBDI) Program is designed to reach historically hard-to-reach small business customers (50 kW of maximum billing demand and 200,000 kWh in annual energy consumption) to install and implement cost-effective energy-efficient measures, including high-efficiency lighting, while also addressing HVAC, refrigeration and other measures. The direct install concept is a “turnkey” approach in which marketing, energy education, site-specific energy analyses, financial incentives, equipment procurement and installation are provided. The customer can be involved every step of the way or can simply sign an approval form and pay their portion of the cost when the installation is complete.