Columbia Water & Light: Home Performance with Energy Star Rebates

Columbia Water and Light, a municipal utility, offers rebates to its residential customers who make certain energy efficient improvements to the home. Under the Home Performance with Energy Star program, prescriptive rebates are available for windows, doors, air conditioners, heat pumps and building insulation while rebates for air duct sealing are based on performance tests.

In order to participate in the program, customers must first have a Comprehensive Home Assessment performed by an approved contractor. Only improvements recommended by the assessment report are eligible for rebates. Actual rebate levels are based on percentage of recommended measures adopted by the customer and the maximum rebate for that particular type of improvement. Building insulation additions are calculated in a similar way while air duct sealing rebates are based on improvements in the number of air changes per hour (ACH). Please see the program web site for additional details and application information.