New rebates ranging from $200 to $3,000 are available for installing ENERGY STAR commercial kitchen equipment and dishwashers or for installing high efficiency natural gas furnaces. New incentives are also available for commercial insulation measures and refrigeration night curtains. In addition, Avista offers rebates and incentives for site-specific energy efficiency improvements made to commercial operations such as businesses, schools, and public facilities.
Kerry Shroy, Avista’s Oregon manager for energy efficiency programs, said: “Reducing energy use and cutting expenses are important to our commercial customers, and Avista’s energy efficiency rebates and incentives are the best way to accomplish both goals.
“Our new rebate programs are simple and direct which makes it easy for commercial customers to take advantage of them.”
The company said that residential, commercial and industrial Avista customers in Oregon received more than 3,300 rebates and incentives totaling $850,000 in 2008. Through the programs, customers reduced their energy use by over 287,000 therms of natural gas – that’s about the amount of natural gas used by almost 475 residential customers in one year.
Avista is an energy company involved in the production, transmission and distribution of energy as well as other energy-related businesses.
