Overview of the New Rebates

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Overview of the New Rebates

• Lighting Efficiency

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New Rebates Include

• Premium efficiency electronic ballast
• Delamping
• T12 ? T8
• T8 ? T8
• Includes delamping to Super T8
• 400w HID ? 5- and 6- lamp T5HO
• 1000w HID ? multi-lamp T8 or T5HO

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Premium Efficiency Electronic Ballast

• 1.50 per ballast
• Replace magnetic or standard electronic ballasts
  to qualify
• Rebate is in addition to the amounts the customer
  receives for retrofitting T12 or T8 systems
• Can be any ballast factor
• Only one rebate per fixture will be paid
• Same ballast requirements as Super T8 systems
• See rebate application for details or go to
  www.cee1.org for the qualifying ballast list.

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Delamping

• 8 per fixture
• Available for T12, T12HO and T8 retrofits only
  (2-, 3- and 4-lamp systems may qualify)
• Rebates are based on the permanent removal of the
  equivalent of at least one 4' lamp from an 8', 4'
  or 2' fixture as a result of a retrofit
• 2-lamp, 8 T12 ? 2-lamp, 4 T8
• 4-lamp, 4 T12 ? 2-lamp, 4 T8
• 3-lamp, 4 T8 ? 2-lamp, 4 T8
• 2-lamp, 4 U-lamp T12 ? 2-lamp, 2 T8
• Permanent removal of existing ballast(s) and
  sockets is required
• T12 or T8 ? T5 systems not covered

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Delamping

• Systems in which more than 50 of the lamps have
  been removed are not eligible
• Customer must sign delamping statement on the new
  application in order to receive rebate (statement
  confirms permanent removal of lamps)
• Rebate for reflectors no longer available
• Verification

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400w HID to 5 6-lamp High-bay T5HO

• 75 per fixture for 4- and 5-lamp systems
• 40 per fixture for 6-lamp
• Similar requirements as the current 4-lamp
  high-bay T5HO rebate
• Performance criteria requirements have been
  changed for both high-bay T8 and T5HO rebates
• 6-lamp Total fluorescent fixture wattage is
  lt360w
• All others Total fluorescent fixture wattage
  changed from lt240w to lt300w
• Fixtures must have reflectors to qualify

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1000w HID to Various High-bay T8/T5HO Combinations

• 125 per equivalent fixture
• Qualifying fixture sizes include
• 4 ft., 8- to 14-lamp high-bay T5HO systems
• 4 ft., 12- to 18-lamp high-bay T8 systems
• New total fixture wattage must be less than the
  existing fixture wattage
• Performance criteria requirements include
• Total fluorescent fixture wattage lt850w
• Initial Lumens gt40,000
• Fixtures must have reflectors to qualify

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Detailed Look at New Rebates

• Lighting Efficiency

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Example Rebate Calculations

• 4 4-lamp T12 ? 4 4-lamp T8 w/ 28w T8s
• and premium efficient ballast
• Retrofit 9.00
• Ballast 1.50
• Lamps 2.00 (4 lamps x 50 cents each)
• Total 12.50

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Example Rebate Calculations

• 4 4-lamp T12 ? 4 2-lamp Super T8
• Retrofit 10.00
• Delamp 8.00
• Total 18.00

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Example Rebate Calculations

• 4 3-lamp T8 ? 4 2-lamp T8 w/ 28w T8s and
• premium efficient ballast
• Retrofit 0
• Delamp 8
• Ballast 1.50
• Lamps 1.00 (2 lamps x 50 cents each)
• Total 10.50

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Example Rebate Calculations

• 8 2-lamp T12 ? (2) 4 T8 lamps end-to-end
• and premium efficient ballast
• Retrofit 5
• Delamp 8
• Ballast 1.50
• Total 14.50

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Recommissioning Changes

• kWh rebate rate has increased from 0.0175/kWh to
  0.525/kWh
• Determined that rebates were not equitable on kW
  vs. kWh basis
• Several projects that had kWh savings but not
  significant demand savings would not get full
  reimbursement of study

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EMS Program

• Offers rebates for installing equipment that
  controls and reduces a buildings energy usage.
• Two part program
• Provides incentives for on-peak and off-peak
  energy conservation
• On-peak rebated at up to 400/kW
• Off-peak rebated at up to 0.525/kWh

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EMS Program

• On-peak savings
• 2-6pm, Monday-Friday, June-September
• Off-Peak
• All other times, including Saturday and Sunday

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EMS Program

• What is covered
• New EMS system where none existed before
• Replacing a non-functioning EMS
• Adding functionality
• What is not covered
• Replacing an obsolete, but functioning system
• Duplicating existing system functionality
• Note Must demonstrate how new system saves over
  existing system

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EMS Program

• Pre-approval required for all projects
• Must pass TRC
• Benefits/Costsgt1.0
• Payback between 1 and 7 years
• Confident about persistence
• Pre and post verification
• Annual verification to monitor program
  performance

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Cooling Program

• Addition of Air Cooled Chillers to program
• Baseline 10 EER when rated at ARI conditions
• Rebates 8/ton and 2/ton per incremental 0.1EER
  above baseline
• Retroactive to 5/1/07
• Working on revising the centrifugal chiller
  rebate so efficiency is calculated at Colorado
  design conditions instead of ARI.