Redwood Falls Public Utilities - Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program
Redwood Falls Public Util Comm 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, Redwood Falls Public Utilities 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, Dishwasher, Dual Fuel Air-Source Heat Pump, Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls, Food Service Equipment, Geothermal Heat Pumps, HVAC, Lighting, Motor VFDs, Motors, Other EE, Pool Pumps, Programmable Thermostats, Refrigerators/Freezers, Roofs
program administrator
Redwood Falls Public Utilities
list of rebates
- Flat rebate of $50 per ton (Air conditioners)
- Maximum rebate of $5 per ton (Chillers)
- Minimum rebate of $3 per ton (Chillers)
- Maximum rebate of $300 per Unit (Commercial Refrigeration Equipment)
- Minimum rebate of $25 per Unit (Commercial Refrigeration Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $30 per horsepower (Compressed air)
- Flat rebate of $0.045 per kWh (1 year) (Custom/Others pending approval)
- Maximum rebate of $1000 (Dishwasher)
- Minimum rebate of $300 (Dishwasher)
- Flat rebate of $50 per ton (Dual Fuel Air-Source Heat Pump)
- Maximum rebate of $2200 (Dual Fuel Air-Source Heat Pump)
- Minimum rebate of $100 (Dual Fuel Air-Source Heat Pump)
- Maximum rebate of $65 (Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls)
- Minimum rebate of $25 (Energy Mgmt. Systems/Building Controls)
- Maximum rebate of $1000 (Food Service Equipment)
- Minimum rebate of $50 (Food Service Equipment)
- Flat rebate of $200 per ton (Geothermal Heat Pumps)
- Flat rebate of $50 per ton (HVAC)
- Maximum rebate of $400 per horsepower (Motor VFDs)
- Minimum rebate of $200 per horsepower (Motor VFDs)
- Flat rebate of $50 per Unit (Motors)
- Maximum rebate of $50 (Programmable Thermostats)
- Maximum rebate of 50% of cost (Programmable Thermostats)
- Maximum rebate of $125 (Refrigerators/Freezers)
- Minimum rebate of $100 (Refrigerators/Freezers)
- Flat rebate of $50 per ton (Roofs)
program notes
- 2025-10-07 15:58:31
- Annual review, updated to 2025.
- 2024-06-10 13:44:27
- Annual review, incentive amounts and eligible technologies have been updated.
- 2022-07-13 17:45:29
- Annual Review, updated eligible incentives
- 2019-05-30 16:09:38
- Annual review, updates to incentives.
- 2017-04-18 17:33:48
- Incentive amounts have changed slightly for 2017.
- 2015-03-20 19:59:55
- Rebate incentives have changed for 2015.