Help Your Customer Save Money

The Project Development Incentive (PDI) is a limited-time, supplemental incentive designed to offset contractor or customer administrative costs of participating in efficiency programs.

City Light is offering program participants an opportunity to earn more on commercial and industrial HVAC, lighting, and multifamily weatherization retrofit projects. This supplemental incentive means that participants are eligible for an additional $0.025 for every kilowatt-hour of electricity saved on eligible projects that are completed, with all required documentation submitted to City Light, by June 15, 2025.

This supplemental incentive will also allow City Light to fund a project beyond the 70% incentive cap, but not to exceed 100% funding for a project.

The PDI is an on-going offering and any future rate changes for this incentive will be determined prior to the current rate expiration date. City Light reserves the right to change the rate at any time without prior notice.

How to Participate

1. Increased Earnings: Contractors and customers should contact a City Light Energy Advisor to ensure their project meets the energy-saving criteria. Contact SCLEnergyAdvisor@seattle.gov or (206) 684-3800 to get started today!
2. Act Quickly: To maximize earnings, contractors must complete eligible projects prior to June 15, 2025 to be eligible for the largest incentive rate.
3. Submit Documentation: Provide necessary project documentation to City Light for energy savings verification by the specified date to receive the incentive offered during that time period.
4. Receive Payout: Once approved, participants will receive this supplemental incentive on top of other incentives the same project may have already been eligible for. The customer, in conversation with their selected contractor, will determine how the incentive payment is directed.

Our Lighting to Go program offers instant discounts on qualified commercial LED products to help your business enjoy energy savings and high-quality lighting for years to come.

Contractors can receive instant discounts on qualified heat pumps under 5.4 tons, heat pump water heaters less than 120 gallons, and small ECM circulator pumps.

Home Electric Vehicle Equipment

Electric Vehicles (EV) typically come with a portable charger that can be plugged into a standard outlet for Level 1 charging (some portable chargers have an adapter for Level 1 and Level 2 charging). See our EV Charging 101 to learn more about charger levels, and explore which option best meets your needs.

Installing a Level 2 EV charger at your home allows for faster charging than from a standard outlet, reduces power losses, and can provide additional programming controls.

Discount on Level 2 Chargers Installed at Single-Family Homes

The purchase of a qualified Level 2 EV charger from a participating distributor branch is eligible for an instant discount up to a $400 from City Light.

Have your contractor contact a participating distributor branch on your behalf to purchase discounted equipment through the Seattle City Light Residential Midstream EV Charger Program, and ask your contractor to pass those savings on to you in their bid.

This program is not eligible for do-it-yourself installations, but select participating branches allow for direct-to-consumer purchases. In these cases, consumers must provide the name of the electrical contractor that completed the electrical work.

Discount Requirements

• • Purchase equipment through a participating distributor branch.
  • Chargers must be installed at a single-family property (1 – 4 dwellings) within City Light’s service area.
  • Contractor and resident information must be provided. Purchases made by consumer must include the name of the electrical contractor that completed the electrical work.
  • Equipment must be an ENERGY STAR certified Level 2 charger with a maximum Output Power of 12 kW (50 amps) or less. Visit ENERGY STAR to learn more and look up product eligibility.
  • Limit one electric vehicle charger per dwelling unit.
  • The discount cannot exceed 80% of the product’s regular retail cost.
  • Rebate runs through Dec. 31, 2024

Additional Incentive Programs

• Washington state currently offers retail sales tax exemption on purchases of EV fueling equipment.
• Federal Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) funding provides a tax credit of 30% for project costs up to $1,000 on EV charger installations that occur in low-income or rural census tracts. Some customers may be able to take advantage of this. See Internal Revenue Service Instructions for Form 8911.

If you're looking for ways to make your building systems work smarter, Existing Building Commissioning (EBCx) might be right for you. By making improvements to existing equipment and systems, you can save energy and reduce operational costs while creating a better environment for occupants. Incentives are available for Retro-Commissioning (RCx) or Monitoring Based Commissioning (MBCx) efforts.

Review the commissioning fact sheet, program requirements, and FAQ to learn more.

Ready to get started? Submit your commissioning incentive application.