2010 Commercial & Industrial Standard Offer Program

Status

Applications can be submitted starting March 15, 2010 at 11:00 AM CST. Project applications will be evaluated on a first-come, first-served basis. This site will be the main source of additional information about the program.

Description

The Commercial and Industrial Standard Offer Program provides incentives for the retrofit installation of a wide range of measures that reduce customer energy costs, and reduce peak demand and/or save energy in non-residential facilities. Incentives are paid to energy efficiency service providers (EESPs) on the basis of deemed savings (which are standardized savings values or formulas for a wide range of measures in representative building types) or measured savings, using either a simplified measurement and verification procedure or a full M&V procedure consistent with the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocols (IPMVP).

Program Objectives

The primary objective of this program is to achieve cost-effective reduction in peak summer demand. Additional objectives of the program are to:

• Encourage private sector delivery of energy efficiency products and services
• Achieve customer energy and cost savings
• Significantly reduce barriers to participation by streamlining program procedures and measurement and verification (M&V) requirements

Program Pricing

The following standard incentives rates are applied to the applicable deemed or measured energy and peak demand savings: