Resources and Incentives — Project Development Process

The Program aims to support customers at each phase in the development of an energy efficiency improvement project. Access to the technical and financial resources that are required is provided in order to identify, investigate and implement your project.

Identification

• Identification of project by customer, engineering consultant, equipment vendor or Manitoba Hydro personnel.
• A facility walkthrough is available as a basic customer service at no extra charge to identify potential efficiency improvements in your facility.
• Customer submits feasibility study incentive application form complete with a study proposal outline that is written as per the Feasibility Study Guide format.
• Manitoba Hydro approves feasibility study incentive application prior to study.
• Feasibility study is completed. Report is written as per Feasibility Study Guide and copy is provided to Manitoba Hydro.
• Manitoba Hydro approves the feasibility study report and releases the feasibility study incentive payment.

Investigate

• In order to further investigate a potential opportunity for improvement and verify savings potential, a study incentive is available to share in the cost of conducting a project feasibility study. The study incentive is calculated as follows:
  • 50 per cent of initial $10,000 of feasibility study cost;
  • 25 per cent of remaining cost;
  • to a maximum study incentive of $15,000.
• Customer submits project incentive application form complete with a feasibility study report or similar project report.
• Manitoba Hydro approves project incentive application prior to project implementation.
• Project is completed within 12 months of project approval. Customer requests incentive payment.
• Manitoba Hydro verifies project installation, project costs and energy savings.
• Manitoba Hydro releases the project incentive payment.

Implementation

Projects that have sufficiently quantified demand and energy savings and project costs are eligible for an implementation incentive that is calculated as the lesser of the following:

• Energy
  • $0.10/kWh annual energy.
• Demand
  • $200/kW winter demand;
  • $200/kW summer demand.
• Limited to:
  • 50 per cent of total project cost; or
  • the amount required to achieve a 1 year payback on incremental cost; or
  • $250,000.