Combined Heat and Power Partnership
Existing Facilities Program
| Date Last Updated | 11/16/2012 |
| Incentive Type | Production Incentive |
| State/Federal | NY |
| Incentive Administrator/Contact Office | NYSERDA |
| Incentive Initiation Date | 6/30/2008 |
| Incentive Expiration Date | 12/31/2015 |
| Incentive Size and Funding Source | Pre-qualified Measures: Incentives for Pre-qualified Measures vary by project, but are limited to $30,000 per facility per year for electric efficiency incentives. Qualifying National Fuel Gas customers are limited to $25,000 per facility per year. Performance-based Incentives: Performance incentives are awarded as one-time payments based on the expected first-year savings offered by a given improvement. Customers of downstate utilities (defined as Consolidated Edison and National Grid) are generally eligible for higher incentives than customers of other utilities. Performance Based Incentive Amount:
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| Eligible Recipient | Electricity customers within the state that pay the System Benefits Charge (SBC), natural gas customers of National Fuel Gas that use less than 12,000 Mcf per year, and energy service companies (ESCOs) that implement efficiency measures for eligible customers are eligible. Projects with a simple payback greater than 18 years, or less than 1 year (or 6 months for manufacturing and data center projects) are not eligible for incentives. |
| Eligible Fuel | Does Not Specify |
| Eligible Project Size (MW) | Does Not Specify |
| Minimum Efficiency Required (%) | Does Not Specify |
| Other Selected Eligibility Criteria | Performance-based Incentives are generally oriented towards large improvement projects. Performance incentives are available for electric efficiency, natural gas efficiency (National Fuel customers only), energy storage, demand response, monitoring-based commissioning and industrial and process efficiency (Industrial and Process Efficiency Program details). The pre-qualified equipment category is designed to support comparatively small electric and natural gas efficiency projects through fixed $/unit equipment rebates. The general technologies covered by the pre-qualified designation are as follows: lighting, HVAC, chillers, motors, variable frequency drives, natural gas equipment, commercial refrigeration, commercial kitchen equipment and commercial washing equipment. |
| Utility | National Fuel Gas, Consolidated Edison and National Grid. |
| Application Form(s) | Application Portal |
| Other Incentive Details | Pre-qualified applications should be sent within 90 days of the invoice for purchase and installation of the equipment. |
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