Incentives and Bonus Kickers

Additional incentives are available to Advanced Home Program participants who increase the energy efficiency of their projects. These ‘bonus’ kickers and incentives apply to design teams, solar projects that reduce peak demand, and residential new construction projects that achieve ENERGY STAR®, Green Home, and Compact Home certification.

Incentives begin when a home is designed to be a minimum of 15% better than the 2008 Title 24 Energy Code.

• The minimum incentive is $1.72/therm, $0.43/kWh and $75/kW saved.
• The incentive levels continue to increase until performance is 45% above code.
• At that level, the incentives would be $5.14/therm, $1.29/kWh and $225/kW.

Baseline financial incentive

The baseline entry level of the program is 15% above the 2008 Title 24 building code with the incentive payments based on the final 2008 T-24 reports created and signed by a Certified Energy Plans Examiners (CEPE) and verified by a third-party HERS Rater. The incentives increase incrementally as the performance of the structure increases.

Here's the  structure of our baseline financial incentives:

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You can find a calculator for the incentives in the Agreement which is based on the Utility calculation forms generated by the input file. You may be required to demonstrate the viability of the project youe are submitting.