Appalachian Power Virginia Kicking off Commercial and Industrial Program www.takechargeva.com/business
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Appalachian Power Virginia C&I Program Incentives of 5 per kwh saved for qualifying energy efficiency projects on or before 12/31/2018 Helps businesses offset the costs of making cost-effective improvements: Better ROI Faster payback Lower utility bills for years to come
C&I Program Rules Contingent on project review and acceptance of savings. Submit complete application within 60 days of installation. Or reserve funds for up to 90 days prior to expected completion date. Rebate check paid within 4-6 weeks of final application s verification and approval. The limit per account is $150,000 per program year. The rebate amount may not exceed 50% of project total costs
C&I Program Rules (cont.) The rebate can be assigned by the customer to the contractor. AEP Appalachian Power customers that are not eligible to participate: Customers with a peak demand of more than 10MW Customers served under the Public Authority and Commonwealth of Virginia tariffs Residential Customers
Appalachian Power Service Area Customers of municipal and cooperative electric utilities do not qualify for the program: Danville Bedford (& parts of Bedford Co.) Martinsville Salem Radford Bristol If you are not sure whether a customer qualifies, please call us. TakechargeWV.com/business
ELIGIBLE PROJECTS
Eligible Projects Replacing existing equipment to high energy efficiency models: Lighting Systems VFDs on HVAC Pumps TakechargeWV.com/business
Lighting Rebates Savings depend on business sector, building type, interior or exterior and lighting replacement Free Flipbook (ask us for one!) Example of lighting projects: Existing linear fluorescent fixture retrofits T12 or T8 to LED HID lamp replacements Metal Halide to LED
Interior HID Retrofits
T12 & T8 Retrofits
HID Lamp Retrofits:
CFL Retrofits:
VFD Rebates Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) on cold and hot water pumps: New VFD installed on new or existing equipment Mounted on chilled or hot water systems replacing a primary pump in a single or duplex configuration -- secondary or back-up configurations do not qualify Limited to motors of 200 HP or less Pre-inspected by program staff for any applications involving over 100 HP (on one or multiple motors) For example:
CASE STUDIES
Kroger (VA) 13 fuels centers in VA evaluated for LED upgrades 1 st facility Valley Gateway Blvd, Roanoke: Replaced 36 single lamp metal halide units with 36 LEDs Benefits from 1 st facility: Saves 22,900 kwh annual energy use = $1,832 Reducing maintenance costs $1,145 rebate reduced payback LED lighting upgrades will save us on both energy use and maintenance costs, so we re rolling them out across all Kroger facilities in WV, VA, NC, OH, KY and TN. Plus, Appalachian Power s program team really helped make our participation easy with all the support they gave us filling out forms and more. - Jim Cooper, Kroger, Facility Engineer Energy
Camrett Logistics (VA) Program team evaluated facility and estimated rebate, and helped Camrett s contractors with paperwork Upgrades to warehouse: Replaced over 4,500 8 T12 110W HO fixtures with 546 49W LEDs Benefits: Saves 2,384,143 kwh annual energy use = $178,810 $119,207 rebate with payback of 1.6 years
HOW TO APPLY
How to Apply Applications and required documents are due within 60 days of installation. Final application package must include: Rebate Application Form Rebate Worksheet(s) with project implementation details Project Documentation (as required) itemized invoices, equipment specifications, engineering reports, modeling output, photographs W-9 (LLC, individual, partnership, property management companies)
Rebate Application + Worksheet(s) 1 2
Rebate Application Form
Rebate Worksheet(s)
Additional Information Needed 1. W-9 2. Invoice 3. Data sheet(s) 1 2 3
RESOURCES
Resources online: Fact sheet & FAQs Rebate application & worksheets Brochures e-newsletter Need help? Contact us.
Contact Us Call: 877-428-5427 Visit: E-mail: takecharge-business@clearesult.com Don Nichols, Appalachian Power Program Manager, 540.985.2602 fdnichols@aep.com Todd Ewald, Outreach Specialist, 540.397.8633, todd.ewald@clearesult.com Bill Willis, Program Manager, 877-428-5427, bill.willis@clearesult.com
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