Open to all  business electric customers of RPU with an electric account. Grant will be paid to the electric customer-of-record, or to the designated project leader identified on the grant application. The customer needs to submit a project proposal with an energy savings estimate. When a customer project is selected, RPU will enter into an agreement with the customer to establish that the system demonstrates the proposed savings.

Completion and submission of an application does not obligate the City to allocate Program funds to your project. Feasibility study funds to determine the effectiveness of the proposed projects are available up to $5,000 per project per calendar year. All General Program Guidelines apply.

• The level of incentive is up to 100% of the project cost with no matching funds or repayment requirements associated with this program.
• All projects or uses of grant funds must comply with the relevant portions of the California Public Utilities Code Section 385 related to the use of public benefits funds.
• Proposals must meet one of the following categories to be eligible for consideration:
  • Building end-use efficiency
  • Environmentally preferred advanced generation
  • Renewable generation
  • Energy-related environmental research
  • Strategic energy research
  • Electric transportation
• The following types of research and activities are not eligible for funding: planning and policy studies, marketing and promotion activities, market or technology assessments/surveys, electric distribution or transmission research normally funded by the electric utility, gas research with little or no connection to electric generation or end-use, research that does not propose a clear solution to an existing energy problem, project with no focus on proving feasibility of a specific solution, software development with no research or validation component.
• Completion and submission of an application does not obligate RPU to allocate grant funds.
• All projects must show how they add value to an organization's operation, along with an energy savings estimate. Retrofit strategies must show measurable energy savings and overall electricity demand reduction. Construction projects must demonstrate innovative energy-efficient technology, using systems and equipment beyond traditional methods where energy savings are measurable. Research and development projects must result in the demonstration of a marketable electric-savings product or process.
• Feasibility study funds are available up to $5,000 per project per calendar year to determine the effectiveness of the proposed project.
• Grant recipients will be required to enter into an agreement with RPU to establish that the project demonstrates the proposed savings.
• Applicant's project must be initiated within 30 days of the effective date of the agreement and must be completed one year from the effective date of the agreement.
• For good cause and upon proper notification, an extension of the project deadline may be approved by the Director of Public Utilities.
• Copyrightable material and all patent rights for inventions conceived or first actually reduced to practice in the course of the grant project will be the property of the recipient subject to RPU retaining certain limited use rights.
• Grant participants will be required to cooperate with RPU in publicity activities regarding awarding of the grant.
• All General Program Guidelines apply.