Gunnison County Electric Association (GCEA) and Tri-State Generation and Transmission, Inc. offer an LED commercial lighting program to provide an incentive for local cooperative businesses for:
- LED Lamps Only
- LED Fixtures
- LED Agricultural Lighting
- Exit Signs and Occupancy Sensors
- Exterior Pole Mounted LED Lighting
- Refrigerated case LED lighting
LED-to-LED retrofits and LED message/signboards do not qualify.
Incentive
- Rebate amounts are limited at 50% of the material cost, up to the maximum amounts listed below and a maximum rebate amount of $20,000 per member account per year
Product & Application Requirements
- Itemized receipt
- Rebates must be requested within 90 days of installation
- All items must be new
- Provide product specification sheets from contractors or consumers to validate all product requirements
- Use the notes field on the application to reference all individual product numbers included in a lighting category (e.g.if there are 3 different models of 4′ wrap fixtures the application note needs to reference all 3 different model numbers and quantities)
- LEDs must be Design Light Consortium (DLC) certified (https://www.designlights.org)
- Some LEDs are not rated by DLC (e.g. can lights), EnergyStar is acceptable in these cases
- All LEDs must be 500 lumens or greater to qualify
- Tri-State also determines the rebate amount for nontraditional fixtures
Product Guidelines
- Incentives apply to permanent lighting installations at any commercial location
- LED-TO-LED retrofits do not qualify
- LED message/sign boards do not qualify
- battery-powered, emergency-only lighting systems do not qualify
- Motion-activated security lights do not qualify
- Applications will be reviewed after the project is completed and the product verification will be based on the as-built information provided
- A project is considered to apply to all fixtures and lamps contained in the application, excluding pole mounted lighting and refrigerated case lighting, which have their own projects defined below
- Retrofit is defined as lighting changes that do not require moving or adding to the existing electrical circuits and junction box locations
- Lighting that requires new or relocated junction boxes is considered new construction
LED Lights
- 8 foot linear replacement lamp: $6
- 4 foot HO linear replacement lamp: $4
- 3 foot or 4 foot linear replacement lamp: $1.50
- 2 foot linear replacement lamp: $1
- U-bend replacement lamp: $2
- LED rope (per foot): $1
- Screw-in or pin-based lamps: $8
- HID replacement up to 50 watts: $25
- HID replacement 51 to 90 watts: $34
- HID replacement 91 to 125 watts: $55
- HID replacement great than 125 watts: $71
- Wraps: $10 per fixture
- Troffers: $10 for 1 by 4 and 2 by 2, $17 for 2 by 4
- 8 foot fixtures: $21 per fixture
- Can lights: $14 per fixture for 6 inches or smaller, $51 per fixture for 8 inches or larger commercial lights
- Low bay: $45 per fixture for 8 kelvin (K) to 10 K lumens
- High bay: $70 per fixture for greater than 10 K lumens
- Wallpack or sconce lights: $20 per fixture for 1 K to 2 K lumens, $60 per fixture over 2 K lumens
- Bollard lights: $20 per fixture
- Canopy lights: $56 per fixture
- LED exit sings: $7 per sign
- Vacancy/occupancy sensor: $15 per sensor
LED replacements do not qualify.
- Wraps: $4 per fixture
- Troffers: $4 for 1 by 4 and 2 by 2, $6 for 2 by 4
- 8 Foot fixtures: $8 per fixture
- Can lights: $5 per fixture for 6 inches or smaller, $19 per fixture for 8 inches or larger commercial lights
- Low bay: $17 per fixture for 8 K to 10 K lumens
- High bay: $26 per fixture for greater than 10 K lumens
- Wallpack or sconce lights: $7 per fixture for 1 K to 2 K lumens, $23 per fixture over 2 K lumens
- Bollard lights: $8 per fixture
- Canopy lights: $21 per fixture
- LED exit signs: $3 per sign
- Vacancy/occupancy sensors: $8 per sensor
- Grow lighting: $125/LED replacement
The Refrigerated Case Lighting Program has a cap of $3,000 or 50% of total LED fixture cost per project/account (whichever amount is less). Members can receive 50% of the material cost up to the following:
Retrofit:
- $60 per door for reach-in cases
- $10 per linear foot for top lighting of multi-deck open cases
GCEA and Tri-State Generation and Transmission offer an exterior pole mounted LED lighting rebate program for new, retrofit, or non-maintenance replacement of permanent installations that are purchased by the member. The program is for pole-mounted lighting only; it does not apply to lighting directly attached to buildings, parking garages, or off-street pedestrian lighting, bollards, or lamps of less than 2,100 lumen output. Rebates are calculated based on 25 percent of the material cost for each head or retrofit kit, with a maximum rebate of $20,000 per project and member account per calendar year.
General Information:
- The incentive only applies to the permanent installation of a new LED head that is purchased by the member.
- HID screw-in replacement lamps or existing head retrofit kits do not qualify as Pole Mounted Lighting.
- Businesses must be located within GCEA's service area and have a commercial account with GCEA to qualify for the incentive.
- Rebates only apply to permanent installations purchased by the co-op business.
- Invoice or receipt and spec sheets for project materials listing costs required.
- One project per member-owner account per year.
- LED-to-LED retrofits and LED message/signboards do not qualify.
- LED back & edge light design will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.
- Applications will be reviewed after project is completed and verification will be based on the as-built information provided.
Please contact our Energy Use Advisor at (970) 641-3520 for more information.