Self-Direct Custom Efficiency

Colorado businesses earn increased rebates when you do your own engineering, implementation and commissioning on qualifying projects at your facilities. If your business is investing in energy efficiency measures and long-term sustainability planning, you may qualify for our Self-Direct Custom Efficiency program.

Large business and industrial electricity customers may qualify for increased rebates when they engineer, implement and commission their own projects. The value of these rebates will be based on the energy savings produced.

Call your Xcel Energy account manager to get started. You’ll get program details and energy expertise to help guide you to long-lasting energy savings.

When you take advantage of our Self-Direct Custom Efficiency rebates, you can:

• Earn higher rebates by designing, engineering and verifying project results yourself.
• Put together an energy plan to fit your business needs not utility commission guidelines.
• Receive up to $525/kilowatt (kW) saved or $0.10/kilowatt-hour (kWh) conserved limited to 50% of project incremental costs.

To qualify, you must:

• Be a large business or industrial electricity customers of Xcel Energy in Colorado.
• Have an aggregate peak demand at all meters of at least 2 Megawatts (MW) in any single month.
• Have an aggregate annual energy usage of at least 10 gigawatt-hours (GWh).
• Be the customer of record for all meters that are aggregated.

1. Pre-qualification: Contact your Xcel Energy account manager to receive an application and verify that you meet all requirements to qualify for a rebate.
2. Identification/Application: Identify your energy-efficiency opportunities. Then, send us a detailed report of your business’ energy efficiency improvement plan.
3. Submittal/Preapproval: We will confirm receipt of the application and review your application. Additional information may be requested. Then, you will be notified in writing of your approval, your rebate amount and a monitoring plan will be finalized to verify your results.
4. Implementation/Completion: Pre-installation monitoring is conducted and data is forwarded to Xcel Energy. Once data approval is obtained, the project can begin. Once completed, submit your completion report.
5. Rebate Finalization: Upon approval of your project completion report, a rebate check will be issued.

If you have questions regarding our Self-Direct Custom Efficiency rebates, contact your Xcel Energy account manager or our Business Solutions Center at 1-800-481-4700 for details and assistance.