Grand Marais PUC - Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program
City of Grand Marais commercial energy efficiency rebate program
program summary
Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) is a joint-action agency which generates and sells reliable electricity at wholesale to its seventeen non-profit, municipally-owned member utilities, and develops innovative products and services to help them deliver value to customers. With help from SMMPA, Grand Marais Public Utilities provides incentives for its commercial and industrial customers to improve the energy efficiency of participating facilities. Rebates are available for a variety of energy-efficient equipment including lighting, HVAC, replacement motors, variable speed drives, anti-sweat heater controls for cooler/freezer doors, food service equipment, and custom measures. Each type of equipment has minimum efficiency and performance ratings which must be met in order to qualify for the rebate. These requirements can be found in the forms provided on the program's website.
eligible technologies
Air conditioners, Chillers, Commercial Refrigeration Equipment, Compressed air, Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls, Food Service Equipment, Geothermal Heat Pumps, HVAC, Heat pumps, LED Lighting, Lighting, Lighting Controls/Sensors, Motor VFDs, Motors, Other EE, Programmable Thermostats, Vending Machine Controls
program administrator
Grand Marais PUC
list of rebates
- Maximum rebate of $300 (Commercial Refrigeration Equipment)
- Minimum rebate of $25 (Commercial Refrigeration Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $2 per Unit (Compressed air)
- Flat rebate of $100 per Unit (Compressed air)
- Minimum rebate of $25 (Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls)
- Flat rebate of $50 (Food Service Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $1000 (Food Service Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $200 per ton (Geothermal Heat Pumps)
- Flat rebate of $50 (HVAC)
- Maximum rebate of $400 per horsepower (HVAC)
- Flat rebate of $120 per horsepower (Motors)
- Flat rebate of $50 per Unit (Vending Machine Controls)
program notes
- 2024-06-07 12:59:02
- Annual review, eligible technologies and incentive amounts have been updated.
- 2022-07-13 18:06:06
- Annual Review, updated eligible incentives and contacts
- 2019-05-30 14:22:17
- Annual review, updates to incentives.
- 2017-04-24 19:39:15
- Rebate amounts for 2017 have changed slightly.
- 2015-03-18 18:22:28
- Rebate incentive amounts have changed slightly.