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Lighting Efficiency - NM
Lighting Efficiency
New Mexico businesses save money, earn rebates and improve lighting quality
Overview
New Mexico businesses can save money, earn rebates and improve lighting quality with our Lighting Efficiency rebates. For most businesses, lighting is a main driver of energy costs accounting for up to 44% of monthly energy bills.
Installing energy-efficient lighting and controls can help you significantly lower energy bills, earn substantial rebates and improve lighting quality.
We offer rebates on a wide variety of lighting projects and applications including retrofits of existing systems, reductions in the number of lamps (delamping), upgrades as part of a renovation, installations in a new building, small business lighting projects and custom applications.
Benefits
When you take advantage of our Lighting Efficiency rebates, you:
- Save on lighting costs and your monthly energy bill for your business.
- Lower upfront costs and shorten your payback period - typically three years or less - with our rebates.
- Improve the lighting quality in your facility.
Details
Choose from four ways to lower your lighting costs and earn rebates:
- Lighting retrofit rebates – Available for existing facilities of any size, our one-to-one retrofit rebates help offset the cost of installing new lighting that’s more efficient than your current lighting.
- New construction lighting rebates – Available for new facilities or those going through major renovations, we reward you for choosing lighting options that are more efficient than standard options.
- Custom Efficiency lighting rebates – Custom Efficiency lighting rebates are available for energy-saving lighting projects not currently included in our prescriptive rebate program. Requires preapproval before equipment purchase and installation. See our Custom Efficiency page for more information.
- Small Business Lighting – Available for existing facilities with peak demand of 400 kW or less. Lighting consultant Franklin Energy will conduct a free lighting audit of your facility, recommend efficient lighting choices, and assist with rebate paperwork. Call 1-877-287-2250 to schedule a free audit or visit our Small Business Lighting page for more details. See link below under Additional Information.
We are now offering prescriptive rebates for LED Lighting including:
- ENERGY STAR® qualified interior, screw-in or pin-based LED lamps – up to 20 watts
- ENERGY STAR qualified interior LED luminaires/downlights – up to 50 watts
- Visit www.energystar.gov/sslpartners to find qualifying equipment
- Exterior LED canopy and soffit fixtures – 25 to 150 watts1
- Refrigerated LED case lighting for doors of five and six feet1
1 ENERGY STAR qualification not required.
Other energy-saving LED lighting projects not listed above can still be evaluated through our Custom Efficiency program.
Who Qualifies
To qualify, you:
- Must be a business electricity customer of Xcel Energy in New Mexico.
- Have an existing or new construction facility where you install qualified, energy-efficient lighting (see Qualifying equipment for more details).
Qualifying Equipment
Qualified equipment and applications for prescriptive rebates include:
- High efficiency fluorescent T8 fixtures – retrofits and lamp reduction (delamping)
- Fluorescent T5 retrofits
- Installing CFL lamps or fixtures
- High-bay fluorescent fixtures
- LED exit signs and
- Occupancy sensors, to name a few
Now, LED Lighting equipment is also eligible including:
- ENERGY STAR qualified interior, screw-in or pin-based LED lamps – up to 20 watts
- ENERGY STAR qualified interior LED luminaires/downlights – up to 50 watts
- Visit www.energystar.gov/sslpartners to find qualifying equipment
- Exterior LED canopy and soffit fixtures – 25 to 150 watts1
- Refrigerated LED case lighting for doors of five and six feet1
1 ENERGY STAR qualification not required.
Note: Applications and equipment that are not qualified for prescriptive rebates may be eligible for a Custom Efficiency rebate (preapproval is required).
How to Get Started
To earn cash rebates, customers should complete and submit a rebate application for 2011 lighting improvement projects invoiced on or after March 15, 2011.
Rebates are still available for projects completed before March 15, 2011 as long as a rebate application is completed and submitted within 12 months of the invoice date.
See the appropriate application for more details.
Additional Information
If you have any questions regarding our lighting rebates, please contact your Xcel Energy representative or the Business Solutions Center at 1-800-481-4700.
