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RG&E (Gas) - Commercial and Industrial Efficiency Program

Rochester Gas & Electric Corp commercial energy efficiency rebate program

program summary

NYSEG and RG&E offer rebates to non-residential customers installing energy efficiency equipment who pay a natural gas Systems Benefits Charge (SBC). Both prescriptive rebates and custom incentives are available.

Prescriptive rebates are available for qualifying furnaces, boilers, HVAC, heat pumps, and chillers. Project applications must be submitted within 90 days of the purchase and installation. Any measures that are more than $10,000 requires pre-approval. 

Custom incentives are available when energy efficiency improvements require site-specific engineering and cost analysis. Any nonresidential NYSEG or RG&E electricity customer regardless of size is eligible, and customers can select their own contractor to install equipment.

eligible technologies
Boilers, Commercial Cooking Equipment, Commercial Refrigeration Equipment, Custom/Others pending approval, Food Service Equipment, Furnaces, HVAC, Lighting, Motor VFDs, Other EE, Programmable Thermostats
program administrator
RG&E
list of rebates
- Maximum rebate of $3 per MBTUh (Boilers)
- Minimum rebate of $2 per MBTUh (Boilers)
- Flat rebate of $1.5 per therm (Custom/Others pending approval)
- Flat rebate of $2 per MBTUh (Furnaces)
- Flat rebate of $75 per Unit (Programmable Thermostats)
program notes
2024-05-15 15:08:53
Annual review. Updated links, incentives, and technologies
2022-07-15 00:47:28
Updated incentives, new construction rebates now offered.
2019-05-24 14:40:32
Updated incentive information.
2016-03-08 19:29:50
Updated incentive summary. The utility energy efficiency programs in NY were initially designed to meet the New York's Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (EEPS) goal to reduce the statewide energy use by 15% by 2015. The EEPS expired in 2015, however, on June 2015, the Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an order instructing the utilities to continue providing energy efficiency programs post EEPS.