Energy Star New Homes Lighting Fixtures Incentive

On April 25^th the Rocky Mountain Power ENERGY STAR New Homes program sent an email to participating raters and builders announcing a request to change the ENERGY STAR light fixture incentive. This change, which reduces the incentive for an ENERGY STAR light fixture from $50 to $20, has been approved by the Utah Public Service Commission with an effective date of May 21^st, 2011.  The result of this change is that all homes permitted on or after May 21^st, 2011 will be eligible for $20 per ENERGY STAR light fixture in ENERGY STAR qualified homes. Homes permitted prior to May 21^st, 2011 are eligible to receive $50 per ENERGY STAR light fixture.

In a continuing effort to maintain compliance with the program tariff the Rocky Mountain Power ENERGY STAR New Homes program has determined that the ENERGY STAR light fixture incentive can be available only for homes applying for Tier 1 incentives. Payment for additional compact fluorescent light bulbs or Tier 2 homes as well as payment for the fixture in which the bulb is placed is not in compliance with the intent of the program tariff. Incentive requests for homes with light bulb and light fixture incentive requests will have the lesser of the two incentive requests removed from the application.

To verify program compliance, any incentive application which includes a request for $50 per fixture will need to contain the permit date for the home. The permit date will be required for all batch homes as well as test homes requesting one or more fixture incentives. The permit date is required to be included in addition to the certificate of occupancy date, not in place of the certificate of occupancy date.

In addition you are encouraged to verify that the CFLs and lighting you purchase are qualified by the Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR Program. Program and Tariff rules require these products be qualified and as such your HERS rater and/or the program administrator may request qualification documentation for these products.

As partners in the Rocky Mountain Power ENERGY STAR New Homes Program we appreciate your continued support.  We welcome your comments and suggestions as we strive to improve the ENERGY STAR New Homes program. 

Please contact us at (855)269-8386 or e-mail Newhomes@rockymountainpower.net. You may also visit www.rockymountainpower.net/energystar for more information pertaining to the program.

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