Otter Tail Power Company - Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program

July 31, 2020

Summary

Otter Tail Power Company offers incentives to commercial customers in South Dakota for installing energy efficient equipment in eligible facilities. Rebates are available for geothermal and air source heat pumps, lighting, and motors as well as multiple high-efficiency electric heating technologies, including hot water heaters and thermal storage technologies.

The Lighting Project provides rebates to commercial and industrial customers that purchase a variety of energy-efficient lighting technologies listed on the program website. Rebates for most hard-wired systems are 20 cents per watt of demand reduction. The Energy-Efficient Motor Rebate Project is designed to encourage customers to purchase higher-efficiency replacement motors. Motor rebates vary depending on motor size. A variety of performance based rebates are offered for electric water heating and thermal storage technologies. These rebates are based upon kW demand reduction. All installments must meet certain energy efficiency standards to qualify. Receipts must be turned in with the program application in order to qualify for the rebate.  Visit the program web site for more information and specific equipment requirements.

Program Overview

Implementing Sector: Utility
Category: Financial Incentive
State: South Dakota
Incentive Type: Rebate Program
Web Site: https://www.otpco.com/ways-to-save/rebates-and-savings/
Administrator: Otter Tail Power Company
Start Date:
Eligible Renewable/Other Technologies:
  • Geothermal Heat Pumps
  • Water Heaters
  • Lighting
  • Lighting Controls/Sensors
  • Heat pumps
  • Motors
  • Other EE
Incentive Amount: Adjustable Speed Drive: $20 - $40/HP
Air Source Heat Pumps: $250/ton
Cold-Climate Heat Pump: $250 - $500/ton
Custom Project: Based on kW and kWh saved. See program website
Geothermal Heat Pumps: $500/ton
Motors: $30 - $9,000/motor
Thermal Storage Heating and Cooling: $40/kw with an additional $20/kW rebate for an additional 1,000 kW installed

Water Heaters
Grid-enabled: $200 - 400
Heavy-duty Electric: $20/kW Standard and Light-duty: $150 - $300

Lighting Retrofit
Controls: $125/connected kW
Exit Lighting Fixtures: $0.30/watt saved
Fluorescent: $0.05/watt installed or $0.30/watt saved
Incandescent: $0.05 - $0.30/watt saved
Mercury Vapor Lamps: $0.05 - $0.30/watt saved
Standard HID: $0.05 - $0.30/watt saved
Maximum Incentive: Adjustable Speed Drive: Not to exceed 75% of your installation costs or annual electric bill amount
Lighting: Over $4,500 must be pre-approved
Thermal Storage Heating and Cooling: Up to 200 kW of storage
Water Heaters: $5,000
Eligible System Size: See program website
Equipment Requirements: See program website
Installation Requirements: See program website

Incentives

This program has 6 incentives
Technologies: Water Heaters
Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Federal Government, Agricultural
Parameters: The incentive has a maximum of 150.00 $/Unit, The incentive has a minimum of 400.00 $/Unit, The incentive is 20.00 $/kW
Technologies: Motors
Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Federal Government, Agricultural
Parameters: The incentive has a maximum of 30.00 $/Unit, The incentive has a minimum of 9000.00 $/Unit
Technologies: Geothermal Heat Pumps, Heat pumps
Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Federal Government, Agricultural
Parameters: The incentive is 500.00 $/ton
Technologies: Heat pumps
Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Federal Government, Agricultural
Parameters: The incentive has a maximum of 250.00 $/ton, The incentive has a minimum of 500.00 $/ton
Technologies: Lighting
Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Federal Government, Agricultural
Parameters: The incentive has a maximum of 0.05 $/kW, The incentive has a minimum of 0.30 $/kW
Technologies: Lighting Controls/Sensors
Sectors: Commercial, Industrial, Federal Government, Agricultural
Parameters: The incentive is 125.00 $/kW

Contact

Name: Customer Service - OTPC
Organization: Otter Tail Power Company
Address: PO Box 496
Fergus Falls MN 56538-0496
Phone: (800) 257-4044

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.