Colorado Electric Energy Efficiency
Industrial: Energy-Efficiency Program
Black Hills Energy has a wide variety of industrial end-users. Industrial customers are characterized by complex operations, specialized processes and equipment, and very diverse end-uses. Black Hills Energy wants to reach out to our industrial customers in the following ways:
1. Energy-Efficiency Outreach and Education
Black Hills Energy Industrial customers have the opportunity to participate in training to help customers identify efficiency opportunities in the most common industrial energy end-uses including motors, compressed air, process heating, pumping systems and others.
2. Energy Evaluation/Auditing
One of the most common needs among industrial energy users is objective technical expertise. Very few have access to the kind of information needed to make decisions about energy-efficiency projects. Black Hills Energy will provide customers incentives to partner up with industrial energy specialists in addition to local energy-efficiency experts that can provide auditing services. Energy audits will be provided on a cost-shared basis.
3. Custom Rebates
This program will evaluate the costs and benefits of individual projects against program benchmarks, and rebates will be paid based on the following criteria:
Rebates are calculated as the lesser of the following:
- 50% of the incremental cost
- $0.25 per kWh savings
One customer may submit multiple custom rebate applications for different measures. Each individual measure will be evaluated on its own merits. Similar measures that are proposed in different facilities or buildings will be evaluated separately. A cap may be imposed per facility for the first nine months of each program year cycle.
To apply on line for pre-approval or to download the custom rebate form visit the Custom Rebate page.
