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PPCS Energy Sense Rebates:  Air Conditioners
     

Business Lighting

ENERGY STAR Appliances
Central and Room Air Conditioners Heat Pumps
Customized Business Incentives Refrigerator/Freezer Recycling
Electric Thermal Storage (ETS) Units Renewable Energy
Electric Water Heaters Residential Lighting


Central and Room Air Conditioners
Rebate Form (pdf)
Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Information Sheet (pdf)

Central Air Conditioners
Central air conditioning units must be connected to PPCS’ load management system to qualify for rebates. Air conditioning units are cycled under PPCS’
cycled air conditioning program.  Residential unit performance is measured as Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER). Commercial units are rated with an Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER).

Cycled Air Conditioning Rebate: A one-time rebate is available when an existing air conditioning unit not currently under load management is connected to PPCS’ load management system.

Room Air Conditioners
Room air conditioner must be an ENERGY STAR qualified model.  These units are not connected to PPCS’
load management system or cycled under PPCS’ cycled air conditioning program.

 

Type

Requirements

Rebate Amount

Residential Central A/C

SEER 14 or > / Load Management

$60 per ton

Commercial A/C

EER 11 or > / Load Management

$40 per ton

Room A/C

ENERGY STAR

$25 per unit

Cycled A/C Program

Load Management of existing unit

$25 one-time

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Heat Pumps
Rebate Form (pdf)
Air Conditioning and Heat Pumps Information Sheet (pdf)

Air-source or ground-source heat pumps must be connected to PPCS’ load management system to qualify for rebates.

Air-source heat pump performance is measured as Seasonal Energy Efficiency Ratio (SEER). Ground-source units are 300 percent efficient and are rated with an Energy Efficiency Ratio (EER). There is no EER requirement to qualify for this rebate.
 

Type

Requirements

Rebate Amount

Air-Source Heat Pump

SEER 14 or > / Load Management

$120 per ton

Ground-Source Heat Pump

Load Management

$200 per ton


Electric Thermal Storage (ETS) Units
Rebate Form (pdf)
Off-Peak Electric Heating Information Sheet (pdf)

ETS room units or central heating systems are 100 percent efficient. If connected to PPCS’ load management system, these units convert electricity to heat during off-peak hours. The heat is stored and distributed throughout your home as needed all day. This type of system may qualify for off-peak electric rates.
 

Type

Requirements

Rebate Amount

ETS Room Units/Central System

Load Management

$20 per kilowatt

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Electric Water Heaters
Rebate Form (pdf)
Electric Water Heating Information Sheet (pdf)

Electric water heaters under load management may qualify for rebates if the unit is 80 gallons or larger. Water heaters can be purchased from PPCS or any vendor.
 

Brand

Size

Energy Factor
Required

Price

Rebate

Price after Rebate*

Marathon

105 gal.

0.85 or >

$959.00

$420.00

$539.00

Vanguard

120 gal.

0.85 or >

$849.00

$480.00

$369.00

Vanguard

80 gal.

0.90 or >

$649.00

$250.00

$399.00

Vanguard

50 gal.

N/A

$399.00

N/A

N/A

*Price does not include applicable sales tax. 

Electric Water Heater Service: PPCS provides service for electric water heaters during regular business hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.  The current service call rate will apply. 

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Residential Lighting
Rebate Form (pdf)

Residential Lighting Information Sheet (pdf)

PPCS encourages the use of energy efficient compact fluorescent lamps (CFLs) and light emitting diodes (LEDs) in place of standard incandescent lamps.

It’s also important to recycle and properly dispose of CFLs. Refer to the Residential Lighting Information Sheet (pdf) for information about proper clean up of a broken CFL, and details about local recycling and disposal locations.
 

Type

Requirements

Rebate Amount

CFLs

 

$2 per lamp

CFLs

60 watts or >

$5 per lamp

CFL Electronic Ballasts

Hard wired

$5 per ballast

CFL Cold Cathode Lamps

 

$2 per lamp

LED Decorative Light Strings

Limit 12 per account

$2 per string

LED Bulbs

 

$2 per bulb

LED Exit Signs

 

$5 per sign

Business Lighting
Agricultural–Commercial–Industrial

Rebate Form
(pdf)

Rebates offered primarily benefit agricultural, commercial and industrial members who wish to improve efficiency of lighting systems. These rebates are available for new lighting systems or retrofits of existing lighting systems. A minimum combination of any 5 is required to qualify.

Type

Requirements

Rebate Amount

Electronic Fluorescent Ballasts

Hard wired

$ 6.50 per ballast

Metal Halide Fixtures

Hard wired

$10.00 per ballast

Sodium Vapor Fixtures

Hard wired

$10.00 per ballast

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ENERGY STAR Appliances
Rebate Form
(pdf)
Appliance Sales & Service Information Sheet (pdf)

Appliances that carry the ENERGY STAR label are the most efficient on the market. They must meet or exceed strict energy efficiency criteria set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency or the U.S. Department of Energy.

Qualifying ENERGY STAR appliances may be purchased from PPCS or any other vendor.

Type

Requirements

Rebate Amount

Clothes Washer

ENERGY STAR qualified

$50 per appliance

Refrigerator

ENERGY STAR qualified

$25 per appliance

Dishwasher

ENERGY STAR qualified

$25 per appliance

Freezer

ENERGY STAR qualified

$25 per appliance

Dehumidifier

ENERGY STAR qualified

$25 per unit

Refrigerator/Freezer Recycling
Rebate Form
(pdf)
Rebate offers members who want to recycle their old, energy-guzzling refrigerators or freezers an incentive to help them offset the cost of proper disposal.

To qualify, a receipt will be required from the recycling center indicating the unit was in working order and has been recycled in an environmentally safe manner. These requirements will be verified by the cooperative if the member is recycling the unit through Pierce Pepin Appliance.

Type

Requirements

Rebate Amount

Refrigerator/Freezing Recycling

Working unit / Proper disposal

$25 per appliance

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Customized Business Incentives
Agricultural–Commercial–Industrial

Customized incentives are available for energy efficient equipment and/or efficiency upgrades in new and existing facilities.

Incentives are capped at no more than 20 percent of the cost of the equipment, not to exceed $10,000 per member account per year. Eligibility is based on:

  • Efficiency

  • Operating characteristics

  • Ability to reduce on-peak energy and demand

Examples of eligible technologies are listed below. These lists are not all inclusive. Any (electric) energy saving technologies will be considered:

Agricultural        

  • Low pressure irrigation

  • Efficient grain drying

  • Livestock environmental controls

Commercial

  • Variable frequency drives

  • Compressed air upgrades

  • Premium efficiency three-phase motors

  • ENERGY STAR commercial food service equipment

  • Grocery cooler/freezer controls

  • Beverage machine controls

  • Building/lodging lighting/energy management controls

  • Improvements to the envelope of electrically heated buildings

Contact PPCS for information at 800-924-2133 or info@piercepepin.com.

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Renewable Energy
Site Assessment Screening Form
(PDF)

Site Assessments
Commercial & Industrial/Agricultural

Renewable energy site assessments will help eligible agricultural producers and rural commercial and industrial business owners determine whether their location is a feasible site for solar electric, solar thermal or a wind electric system.

Site Assessment Incentive: A 75% discount off the cost of a renewable energy site assessment. The member will be billed for 25% of the total cost.  Cooperative will perform a preliminary survey of the project upon receipt of the Renewable Energy Site Assessment Screening Form. (PDF)

Eligibility Criteria:

  • Rural (urban = population > 50,000 and adjacent areas) C&I and Ag

  • Commercial and industrial accounts must satisfy SBA size eligibility requirements

  • Agricultural producer must be a private entity that receives > 50% of its income from farming

  • Residential, governmental and institutional members are ineligible

More Ways to Save
Wisconsin Focus on Energy Program:
Financial incentives for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects.  www.focusonenergy.com

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