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Lighting accounts for an estimated 20 percent of the total energy used in commercial buildings, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. A lighting upgrade is a great opportunity to save energy and improve the overall performance of your lighting system.

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South River EMC (SREMC) offers a rebate to eligible business customers who wish to upgrade the energy efficiency of lighting systems. The business must upgrade from an older, less efficient system to a high-efficiency system. An incentive of $0.30 per watt saved is available to eligible lighting projects.  For commercial customers switching fron incandescent bulbs to more efficient CFL or LED bulbs, a rebate of $1 per bulb is available.

sremc@sremc.com

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Commercial and industrial members who upgrade to energy-efficient light bulbs which meet EnergyUnited’s standards are eligible for a prescriptive, “per unit” rebate. The cooperative will provide a rebate of $0.30 for each watt saved by the lighting upgrade.

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Commercial and industrial members who upgrade to energy-efficient light bulbs which meet Randolph EMC’s standards are eligible for a prescriptive incentive payment. Fixtures which have had older bulbs replaced by highly efficient ones are eligible for the rebate. Savings and resulting incentives from the new installation are calculated using a baseline energy usage established by the replaced fixtures.

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TVA offers the Energy Right Solutions Program to commercial and industrial facilities. In addition to prescriptive rebates for lighting, motors, HVAC, and kitchen equipment, administrators take a custom baseline of pre-installation demand and compare to post installation measurements to determine the financial incentive amount in kilowatt-hour values.

tvabusinessincentive@tva.gov

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Progress Energy provides rebates for energy efficiency measures in new construction or retrofits, as well as Technical Assistance for feasibility/energy studies to commercial, industrial and government organizations. Incentives are based on prescriptive rebate amounts listed above or custom amounts based on annual kilowatt-hours (kWh) saved.

carolinasBusiness@us.KEMA.com

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Duke Energy’s Smart $aver Incentive program offers rebates to non-residential customers to install energy efficient equipment in their facilities. All Duke Energy North Carolina nonresidential electric customers are eligible, except those that have elected to opt out of the Energy Efficiency Rider. Rebates are available for a wide range of equipment including lighting, heating and cooling equipment, chillers and thermal storage units, motors, pumps, VFDs, process equipment, and food service equipment.

prescrptiveincentives@duke-energy.com

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South River EMC offers a variety of rebates encouragings its members to invest in energy efficient appliances, equipment, and home upgrades.  Incentives are available for clothes washers, refrigerators, freezers, dishwashers and programmable thermostats.

sremc@sremc.com