Section 17 - Commercial Lighting Incentive Program 17-A PROGRAM DESCRIPTION. The Company will conduct a Commercial Lighting Incentive Program by which it will offer fixed financial incentives to designated customer classes for the purchase and installation of designated energy efficient lighting equipment. 17-B PROGRAM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT. A qualified Program Participant must be a customer of the Company taking service under the B-1, D-1, D-2, D-3, or D-4 rate classes, and own, or be a tenant in a commercial or industrial building used for business, governmental, or non-profit activity. The Program has been structured to facilitate the collection of sufficient data to assure the cost-effectiveness of this Program. Thus, evaluation data collection shall also include information on electricity end uses, including lighting efficiency, and the effectiveness of incentives in influencing investment decisions. Program participants shall be required to cooperate with data collection relating to marketing research and program evaluation. This program has been designed to target the retrofit market. New construction and buildings constructed after twelve (12) or fewer months prior to date of application are not eligible. 17-C MISCELLANEOUS The following additional conditions shall apply: 1. The Company reserves the right to inspect any installation financed under this Program. 2. The Company will solicit lighting contractors/vendors, electricians, business service groups and other organizations for assistance in promoting and administering appropriate components of this Program. 3. Incentives will be granted to participants only after the participant has provided sufficient proof that the measure(s) has been purchased and installed including itemized invoices for materials and labor costs. 4. No incentive
will be granted for less than fifty dollars ($50), or if the
amount granted would cause the total program distributions to
exceed twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) for any single business,
governmental or non-profit entity. The entity for school projects
shall be the School Administration District, School Union, or
5. A list of eligible pre-selected lighting measures and a schedule of incentive amounts is included in Section 17-D. The Company expects that it will be necessary to revise the incentive amounts and to revise the list of pre-selected lighting measures periodically based upon changes in market prices, participation levels, available technology and other factors subject to the acceptance of the Maine Public Utilities Commission. Should changes be necessary a copy of any proposed revisions to the terms and conditions will be provided to registered parties described in Subsection 11 below in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the proposed effective date of the revision. 6. Conservation measures which qualify under both this program and the Company's Low Interest Loan Program are eligible for either a loan or an incentive, but not both, at the Participant's option. 7. All incentive applications over five hundred dollars ($500) will be required to be reviewed and receive pre-approval by an authorized Company representative prior to the installation of lighting equipment and/or the submission of an incentive application. This type of review will be completed within forty-five (45) days of receipt of the customer application. All other applications must adhere to program guidelines and use eligible measures. 8. The Company shall approve or disapprove incentive payments within 30 days and make payments within 45 days of receipt of a properly completed application, including any required documentation evidencing purchase or installation. 9. The Company shall file quarterly reports regarding this Program, concurrent with filing of reports regarding other conservation programs. The reports shall contain the information required by Chapter 380. 10. Upon request from a customer, a Company representative will review proposed lighting efficiency improvements and assist the customer in the preparation of the incentive application form.
11. The Company shall require all lighting contractors, electricians, and/or other business entities who wish to provide lighting design or implementation services to participants in this program to register their organization with the Company. These parties will be required to provide their registration number on any incentive application they provide assistance to the customer in completing. These parties are required to abide by the terms and conditions of the Company's program. These parties may submit incentives only for those lighting measures approved by the Company on its applicable technology lists. Failure of any contractor to abide by these conditions may, at the Company's discretion, result in their business being suspended from participating in the CLIP. 12. The Company will not pay more than 100% of the material cost before tax of any measure(s). The material cost will be taken from the appropriate invoice(s) of the project. 17-D ELIGIBLE LIGHTING MEASURES AND INCENTIVE SCHEDULE
Return to Terms and Conditions Index Fifth Revision Proposed Effective Date: August 16, 2000 Docket No. 00-618 Carroll R. Lee SR VP - Chief Operating Officer
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