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The Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) provides grants through the Energy Efficiency Industrial (E2I) program to help large-scale energy users make their operations more energy efficient through innovative upgrades.
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The E2I program is designed to encourage non-standard energy efficiency upgrades, available to Delmarva Power and Light customers whose annual consumption is greater than 10,000 MWh and/or 95,000 MMBtu annually. E2I is geared towards a comprehensive full-facility upgrade that maximizes energy savings and cost effectiveness. E2I allows for comprehensive, unique and creative solutions to complex, large-scale projects.
Custom incentives are based on calculated energy and demand savings, as well as cost effectiveness, and are limited by total project cost. This option allows for the greatest flexibility and creativity in design by providing an incentive on a facility-wide scale. The projects qualifying under this program are generally more complex and aggressive measures that permanently raise efficiency levels beyond that of standard equipment.
Subject to the availability of funds, applicants must propose a project that results in annual energy savings. The grant will be paid at a rate of $0.12 per first year annual kilowatt-hour saved and $5 per first year annual MMBtu up to 30 percent of installed energy efficiency related costs, whichever is less. Program funds are limited and must be reserved prior to beginning the project to ensure availability.
Custom Improvements Grants apply to more complex or one-of-a-kind measures that go beyond the equipment funded by Prescriptive Improvement Grants. Custom incentives defray a significant portion of the project costs for high efficiency equipment. They are based on incremental cost, calculated energy and demand savings of retrofit projects, cost effectiveness, and are limited by total project cost. This option allows for the greatest flexibility and creativity in design by providing an incentive on a facility-wide scale or on targeted assessments that save energy. The projects qualifying under this program are generally more complex and include aggressive measures that permanently raise the efficiency levels of standard equipment.
Grant applicants for E2I are required to complete at least 5 measures in their custom project.
All projects require approval prior to purchasing and installing the equipment. Complete eligibility details, terms and conditions, and program requirements, will be found in Program Guidelines and Operational Procedures to be available here starting on November 6. Projects that bring the building up to minimum energy code requirements will not be accepted.
The following projects may be eligible for custom incentives:
Building envelope
Chillers and boilers
Combustion controls
Compressed air systems
Demand control ventilation
Energy management systems
Lighting Improvement Grants must be applied for separately if the applicant is pursuing lighting upgrades as one of the components in their custom project.
Lighting improvement grants must be paired with a full custom application, and is NOT included in the required 5 energy conservation measures of a custom project. Standalone lighting improvement projects will not be considered.
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