Northern Municipal Power Agency - Residential Energy Efficiency Rebate Program

May 29, 2019

Summary

Northern Municipal Power Agency, in association with the Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., offers a variety of rebates for the purchase of qualifying energy efficient equipment. Rebates are provided for the purchase of efficient clothes washers, CFL bulbs, water heaters, furnaces, air source heat pumps and geothermal heat pumps. All equipment and purchase requirements must be met in order to receive rebates. Equipment requirements and applications may be found on the program web site listed above.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector:	Utility
Category:	Financial Incentive
State:	Minnesota
Incentive Type:	Rebate Program
Web Site:	http://www.minnkota.com/Conservation/
Administrator:	Wild Rice Electric
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:	Geothermal Heat Pumps Clothes Washers Refrigerators/Freezers Water Heaters Lighting Furnaces Heat pumps Programmable Thermostats Duct/Air sealing Insulation LED Lighting
Incentive Amount:	Compact Fluorescent Lights: $2/bulb LED bulbs: $4/bulb - $8/bulb LED fixtures: $8/fixture - $40/fixture Clothes Washers: $50 Clothes Dryer: $50 Refrigerator/Freezer: $25 Recycling: $25 Engine Block Heater Timer: $10 Electric Water Heater: $150 Programmable Thermostat: $25 Heat Pumps: $400 - $500 Furnaces: $100 Geothermal Heat Pumps: $200/ton - $400/ton Air sealing: up to $300 Attic and Wall insulation: up to $500
Maximum Incentive:	$10,000 per customer per year
Equipment Requirements:	Clothes Washers: must be Energy Star rated Water Heater: EF greater than or equal to 0.91 and be controlled under load management program Furnace: Must include ECM Motor on indoor blower Air-source Heat Pump: 14.0 SEER, 8.2 HSPF Mini-Split/Ductless Air-Source Heat Pumps: 15 SEER Geothermal Heat Pumps: 16.2 EER and 3.6 COP (open loop); 14.1 EER and 3.3 COP (closed loop)

Incentives

This program has 11 incentives

Technologies:	LED Lighting
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive has a maximum of 8.00 $/fixture, The incentive has a minimum of 40.00 $/fixture

Technologies:	Water Heaters
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive is 150.00 $/Unit

Technologies:	Programmable Thermostats
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive is 25.00 $

Technologies:	Heat pumps
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive has a maximum of 400.00 $/Unit, The incentive has a minimum of 500.00 $/Unit

Technologies:	Duct/Air sealing
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive has a minimum of $300.00

Technologies:	Insulation
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive has a minimum of $500.00

Technologies:	Geothermal Heat Pumps
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive has a maximum of 200.00 $/ton, The incentive has a minimum of 400.00 $/ton

Technologies:	Clothes Washers
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive is 50.00 $/Unit

Technologies:	Furnaces
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive is 100.00 $/Unit

Technologies:	Programmable Thermostats
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive is 25.00 $/Unit

Technologies:	Refrigerators/Freezers
Sectors:	Residential
Parameters:	The incentive is 25.00 $/Unit

Contact

Name:	Lisa Severson
Organization:	Minnkota Power Cooperative
Address:	1822 Mill Road Grand Forks MN 58208
Phone:	(701) 795-4218
Email:	lseverson@minnkota.com

This information is sourced from DSIRE; the most comprehensive source of information on incentives and policies that support renewables and energy efficiency in the United States. Established in 1995, DSIRE is operated by the N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center at N.C. State University.