The following form must be completed by the project’s contractor.

Rebate pre-approval is required prior to the installation. After pre-approval, rebate funds will be reserved for your project for six (6) months.

No incentive is available for existing or new ground source heat pumps.

Please contact our energy efficiency department at (888) 883-9879 or rebates@esgroupllc.com with any questions or if a print-out copy of this form is needed.

Current Rebate Amounts

Eligible Residence Types

  • Existing Site Built Homes (up to 4-plex)
  • Existing Manufactured Homes

Minimum Installation Requirements

  • ONLY homes with existing forced air furnace qualify.
  • Existing heat pumps are NOT eligible for this rebate.
  • The New Heat Pump must have minimum ratings of 9.0 HSPF and 14 SEER.
  • Equipment must be tested and certified by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI); manufacturer claims of “equivalent to AHRI certified equipment” will not be accepted.
  • The New Heat Pump must be installed according to the current Performance Tested Comfort Systems (PTCS) standards by a PTCS Certified Installer.
  • Installations must be entered and accepted into the PTCS online site registry.
  • Air Source Heat Pumps are subject to quality assurance inspection by a BPA qualified inspector.
  • PTCS Commissions & Controls is a stand-alone measure and cannot be combined with this rebate.

Rebate Amount

Variable Speed: $1,600*

Non-Variable Speed: $1,400

*Outdoor compressor must be variable speed or inverter-driven and must appear on the BPA’s variable speed heat pump reference list.

Eligible Residence Types

  • Existing Site Built Homes (up to 4-plex)
  • Existing Manufactured Homes

Minimum Installation Requirements

  • Only homes with existing electric forced air furnace qualify. This measure does not apply if the existing heating system is an air source heat pump, ground source heat pump, natural gas furnace, or electric zonal including ductless heat pumps. For these measures, please refer to the PTCS program.
  • The New Heat Pump must have minimum ratings of 9.0 HSPF and 14 SEER.
  • Equipment must be tested and certified by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI); manufacturer claims of “equivalent to AHRI certified equipment” will not be accepted.
  • A PTCS Certified Installer is NOT Required for this rebate measure.
  • May not be claimed along with PTCS Air Source Heat Pump installations for the same equipment.

Rebate Amount

$500

Eligible Residence Types

  • Existing Site Built Homes (up to 4-plex)
  • New Site Built Homes (up to 4-plex)
  • Existing Manufactured Homes

Air-Source Heat Pump Upgrade applies to the following situations:

  • Replacing existing Air-Source Heat Pump. Homes with existing Ground Source Heat Pumps are not eligible.
  • Installing ASHP in single-family new construction.
  • Installing ASHP in existing single-family or existing manufactured home without any previously existing primary heating system.
  • Adding a heat pump to a nonelectric heating system (e.g., gas, oil, propane, or wood).
  • Upgrading from zonal (including zonal hydronic systems that do not utilize a duct system for distribution) to ASHP.
  • Replacing a ductless mini-split heat pump.
  • Replacing a PTCS ASHP that is no longer functioning with a new PTCS-certified heat pump.

Minimum Installation Requirements

  • Available to homes with whole-home centrally ducted systems.
  • The New Heat Pump must have minimum ratings of 9.0 HSPF and 14 SEER.
  • Equipment must be tested and certified by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI); manufacturer claims of “equivalent to AHRI certified equipment” will not be accepted.
  • The New Heat Pump must be installed according to current Performance Tested Comfort Systems (PTCS) standards by a PTCS Certified Installer.
  • Installations must be entered and accepted into the PTCS online site registry.
  • Air Source Heat Pumps are subject to quality assurance inspection by a BPA qualified inspector.
  • PTCS Commissions & Controls is a stand-alone measure and cannot be combined with this rebate.

Rebate Amount

Variable Speed: $700*

Non-Variable Speed: $500

*Outdoor compressor must be variable speed or inverter-driven and must appear on the BPA’s variable speed heat pump reference list.

Eligible Residence Types

  • Existing Site Built Homes (up to 4-plex)
  • New Site Built Homes (up to 4-plex)
  • Existing Manufactured Homes

Minimum Installation Requirements

  • Available to homes with whole-home centrally ducted systems.
  • Equipment must be tested and certified by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI); manufacturer claims of “equivalent to AHRI certified equipment” will not be accepted.
  • The New Heat Pump must have HSPF and SEER ratings that meet the federal minimum standard.
  • This measure cannot be claimed in combination with any other Heat Pump measure.

Rebate Amount

$300

Eligible Residence Types

  • Existing Site Built Homes (up to 4-plex)
  • Existing Manufactured Homes

Minimum Installation Requirements

  • Available to homes with whole-home centrally ducted systems.
  • This measure can be claimed with either an existing centrally ducted Electric Forced-Air Furnace or a Heat Pump.
  • Duct Seal must be installed according to current PTCS standards or BPA Prescriptive standards by a BPA certified installer.
  • Project must be entered and accepted in the PTCS registry.
  • This rebate is for existing heating ducts only. New ducts do not qualify.
  • This rebate can be claimed for both PTCS and non-PTCS installed heat pumps.
  • The Heat Pump is NOT required to be installed by a PTCS certified contractor in order to submit the PTCS or Prescriptive Duct Seal application.

Rebate Amounts

$250 (Site Built Home)

$200 (Manufactured Home)

 

 

Please allow 8 to 10 weeks after receipt of all required documentation for rebate checks to be issued and mailed.

Rebate Terms & Conditions