Build for energy efficiency and earn cash incentives

Superior comfort. Lower energy costs. Reduced carbon footprint. All these benefits come with building an energy-efficient home. Plus, Rocky Mountain Power's New Homes program offers builders and homeowners the opportunity to receive incentives for constructing high quality, energy-efficient single family homes. Builders and homeowners may participate with the program by building a new home and installing one or more qualified stand alone measures, earning incentives for each measure at your discretion. Multiple homeowner benefits and builder incentives: a perfect combination to transform the Wyoming housing market.

• Incentive Application for New Homes
• Hiring a Contractor
• Eligible Customers

Energy Savings Benefits

• Reduce monthly utility costs with advanced construction techniques and high-performance products
• Use less electricity with energy-saving techniques that also drive superior home comfort

Environmental Benefits

• Reduce a home's carbon footprint with advanced building techniques and products that result in less energy use
• Promote clean air and a healthy planet with tried-and-true energy-efficient features that significantly reduce energy use

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Getting Started

Review the Incentive Application to determine eligibility requirements, incentive qualifications and review the list of required documents to submit for an incentive. Incentive Application and required documents must be received within 90 days of the purchase or completed installation. Incentive checks are issued within 45 days of receipt of the completed and approved Incentive Application. Incentives are not to exceed the purchase price of the equipment or service. Equipment and service work may be inspected for compliance. Incentives are subject to tariff approval and may change with 45 days notice. Additional terms and conditions may apply.

Visit our Frequently Asked Questions page for additional information on how to receive your incentive.

Available Incentives

Qualifications

Refrigerator

• Must be ENERGY STAR qualified
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder

Dishwasher

• Must meet the Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) Tier 2 requirements and use a maximum of 295 kWh per year and a maximum of 4.25 gallons per cycle
• Must have an Energy Factor, or EF, of 0.75 or higher
• Available for homes with either electric or gas water heat
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder

Attic Insulation

• Home must have an electric heating system serving at least 80 percent of the floor area
• Install minimum R-60 or greater
• Must be installed by a contractor
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder

Floor Insulation

• Home must have an electric heating system serving at least 80 percent of the floor area
• Install minimum R-30 or greater
• Must be installed by a contractor
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder

Wall Insulation

• Home must have an electric heating system serving at least 80 percent of the floor area
• Install minimum R-26 or greater
• Must be installed by a contractor
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder

Windows

• Home must have an electric heating system serving at least 80 percent of the floor area
• Window must have U-Factor of 0.30 or lower
• Must be installed by a contractor
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder

Heat pump with best practices installation and sizing

• Must be installed by a program qualified contractor
• Equipment must have a minimum efficiency of 9.5+ HSPF, 14.5+ SEER and TXV
• Equipment must be a new, air-source split or packaged unitary heat pump (matching condensing unit and evaporator coil installed) with an Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) Standard Rating Cooling Capacity of 65,000 BTU/hr (5.4 tons) or less. The AHRI directory can be found online at www.ahridirectory.org
• Heat pump must be sized using Manual J or equivalent and selected coil combination has capacity that is within ½ ton of the calculated dominant design load (heating in Wyoming)
• System airflow must have a minimum of  350 CFM per ton
• Refrigerant charge must be within +/- 3 degrees of target sub cooling when checked in either heating or cooling mode
• For winter installations (outdoor temperature below 65 degrees), technician has the option of comparing suction and discharge pressures with manufacture's targets
• Compressor low ambient lock out must be set no higher than 0 degrees
• Single stage systems must have discharge air temperature sensor disabled or not installed
• Multi-stage system discharge air temperature sensor staging temp cannot be above 85 degrees
• Auxiliary heat cannot operate at outdoor temperatures above 35 degrees
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder and the HVAC contractor

Multi-head ductless heat pump

• Must be installed by a contractor
• Equipment must have a minimum efficiency of 9.0+ HSPF and 16+ SEER
• Equipment must be a new Air Conditioning, Heating and Refrigeration Institute (AHRI) rated ductless (mini-split) system listed in the AHRI Certified Directory. The AHRI directory can be found online at www.ahridirectory.org
• Multi-head systems are designed to heat or cool the whole house
• Incentive available for the home owner or builder and the HVAC contractor

Permanently installed evaporative cooler

• Minimum of 3,500 CFM
• Evaporative cooler must be the primary source of cooling for the home
• Incentives are available for existing and new homes
• Unit may be installed by home owner/builder or by a contractor (contractor installation is recommended). If the home owner/builder self-installs the equipment, the home owner/builder will receive only the $150 incentive

Incentive available for the home owner or builder and the HVAC contractor