Energy Efficiency for your Business
HG&E Programs and Incentives
Commercial Energy Assistance Program
HG&E’s Commercial Energy Assistance Program provides businesses with the capital they need to make energy-saving improvements. This program provides assistance at 0% interest for the implementation of approved energy efficiency, electrification and renewable energy projects.
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Commercial Energy Audits
Commercial Energy Audits can help you gain insight into ways to reduce your building's energy use.
New! Free Energy Audits for Small Businesses and Multi-Family Buildings!
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Commercial Demand Response Program
G&E’s Commercial Demand Response Program incentivizes commercial and industrial customers who reduce power usage, or electric ‘demand’, during certain times each month when demand for electricity is highest across the entire New England grid, including locally in Holyoke.
carbon-free electric program
For commercial and industrial customers electing to purchase all of their electricity from 100% carbon-free sources, HG&E will procure the supplemental carbon-free electricity required by purchasing and retiring MA Class I or Class II Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs).
Electric Vehicles
Click here for more information on electric vehicles, including the various types of chargers available, incentives available for commercial properties and fleets, information on local dealerships, and more!
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renewable energy
Would you like to learn more about installing renewable energy generation at your business? HG&E can answer your questions related to your home energy system such as general feasibility, system potential developers/installers and available incentives, and even provide a free technical review of projected system revenues provided by developers to ensure that their projections are realistic.
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rebates for commercial customers
For commercial customers, rebates are available for qualifying electric lawn equipment as well as qualifying air source heat pump systems (installed in small businesses and office spaces only).
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Rental Neighborhood Improvement Program
OneHolyoke CDC’s Rental Neighborhood Improvement Program provides low-interest loans for multi-family rental properties in Holyoke for various building improvements (up to $21,500 per unit). Click here for more information. Contact OneHolyoke CDC for more information at 413-533-7101.
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Low & Moderate Income Housing Decarbonization Grant Program (DOER)
The Low & Moderate Income Housing Decarbonization Grant Program provides grant funding for decarbonization retrofits of existing low- or moderate-income residential buildings. Projects must seek to implement energy efficiency measures and decarbonize heating, cooling, and/or hot water systems. Additionally, projects must demonstrate a long-term commitment to providing affordable housing to low- or moderate-income residents, as further provided herein. The goal of this Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Decarbonization Grant Program (this Program) is to provide grants to projects that result in housing that:
(i) is highly energy efficient;
(ii) uses non-combustion clean heating, hot water and/or cooking technologies; and
(iii) includes on-site renewable energy generating sources, when possible.
Get a Free Tree Planted on Your Property through the Greening the Gateway Cities Program
Residents and business owners can order free trees to be planted on their properties in Holyoke as well as in other Gateway Cities across Massachusetts. Because trees create shade, they can reduce the amount of energy needed to cool your home or business! They can also provide air filtration, increase property values, reduce noise and increase animal habitats.
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Alternative Portfolio Standard
Through the Massachusetts Alternative Portfolio Standard, the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) provides the owners of qualifying alternative energy systems with Alternative Energy Certificates (AECs), which can be sold in to the market to receive a financial incentive. System types include qualifying air source heat pumps, ground source heat pumps, solar hot water systems, biomass heating systems, waste-to-energy systems, CHP, fuel cells and flywheel storage. The DOER encourages system owners to take advantage Aggregators who can manage the qualification process through the DOER, as well as the marketing and sale of the system owner's AECs. Please click here for a list of aggregators on the DOER's website.
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Pace Program
The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program is now available to finance the costs of energy efficiency and renewable energy projects for commercial & industrial buildings, non-profits, and multi-family buildings (with 5 or more units). Long-term financing of up to 20 years is available, and the repayment term is based on the project's projected energy cost savings. Through PACE, loans are tied to the property and collected through the property's municipal tax bill. PACE is administered by the Massachusetts Development Finance Agency (MassDevelopment). Please contact Karen Carswell at MassDevelopment for more information (Phone: 413-237-2493, Email: kcarswell@massdevelopment.com).
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Masscec's beta commercial buildings pilot
The Building Electrification and Transformation Accelerator (BETA): Commercial Buildings Pilot is a new program offered through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center (MassCEC). The Program will develop and pilot a decarbonization assessment process for commercial buildings approximately 20,000 square feet in size and larger and multifamily residential buildings with 15 or more units. The Program will provide free in-depth building audits to support commercial building owners in planning electrification and decarbonization retrofits.