Energy Efficiency Rebates

North Branch Municipal Water & Light - Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program

North Branch Water & Light Comm commercial energy efficiency rebate program

program summary

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) is a joint-action agency that 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, North Branch Municipal Water & Light provides incentives for its commercial and industrial customers to improve the energy efficiency of 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, Custom/Others pending approval, 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
North Branch Municipal Water & Light
list of rebates
- Flat rebate of $25 per Unit (Commercial Refrigeration Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $300 per Unit (Commercial Refrigeration Equipment)
- Maximum rebate of $100 per Unit (Compressed air)
- Minimum rebate of $2 per Unit (Compressed air)
- Flat rebate of $0.045 per kWh (Custom/Others pending approval)
- Flat rebate of $25 per Unit (Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls)
- Flat rebate of $65 per Unit (Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls)
- Maximum rebate of $1000 per Unit (Food Service Equipment)
- Minimum rebate of $ per Unit (Food Service Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $200 per ton (Geothermal Heat Pumps)
- Flat rebate of $50 per Unit (HVAC)
- Maximum rebate of $400 per Unit (HVAC)
- Minimum rebate of $15 per Unit (HVAC)
- Flat rebate of $50 per Unit (Vending Machine Controls)
program notes
2024-06-10 13:01:47
Annual review, incentive amounts and eligible technologies have been updated.
2022-07-13 17:59:27
Annual Review, updated program description, updated contact, updated eligible incentives
2019-05-30 15:04:15
Annual review, updates to incentives.
2017-03-02 19:20:55
Updated Program Details and Incentive Amounts. 
2016-05-23 14:40:01
Updated incentives and contact information.