NextZero - Offered by 21 Utilities through the MMWEC
Chicopee City of residential energy efficiency rebate program
program summary
The Massachusetts Municipal Wholesale Electric Company (MMWEC) provides the NextZero Program to twenty-one municipal utilities in Massachusetts.
NextZero offers a home energy audit, appliance and lighting rebates, air conditioner and heat pump rebates, and other incentives for the implementation of measures recommended in an audit. Participating utilities customize the suite of rebates provided to customers in order to help those customers implement measures recommended in the energy audit. In addition, NextZero offers utilities the opportunity to offer rebates for installing battery storage systems.
The following municipalities offer HELPS rebates: Ashburnham, Belmont, Boylston, Chicopee, Concord, Groton, Hingham, Holyoke, Hull, Ipswich, Mansfield, Marblehead, Paxton, Peabody, Princeton, Reading Municipal Light Department, Russell, Shrewsbury, South Hadley, Sterling, Templeton, Wakefield, and West Boylston. Please check the NextZero list of rebate programs to verify programs and to download each utility's rebate application.
eligible technologies
Clothes Washers, Dishwasher, Refrigerators/Freezers, Dehumidifiers, Water Heaters, Lighting, Furnaces, Boilers, Heat pumps, Air conditioners, Duct/Air sealing, Building Insulation, Other EE, Tankless Water Heater, Lithium-ion
website
program administrator
MMWEC in collaboration with municipal utilities
program notes
- June 19, 2015
- Updated eligible technologies and list of participating municipal utilities
- December 17, 2018
- Updated website information.
- February 14, 2019
- No changes.
- May 6, 2024
- Annual review. Updated eligible munis and links
- October 28, 2025
- Annual review, updated municipalities.
What cities does Chicopee City of cover?
- The following cities are in the Chicopee City of service area. However, this program may not be
available in every city. Check the program website for details.
- Chicopee, Granby, Holyoke, Indian Orchard, Ludlow, South Hadley, Springfield, West Springfield