Power Smart Savings, Rebates & Loans
Residential
Power Smart Home Programs
- Energy Efficient Appliances
Looking to replace your appliances? Look for the ENERGY STAR symbol.
- Earth Power Program – Geothermal Heat Pumps (loan is ongoing)
Geothermal heat pumps are an alternative to conventional heating and cooling systems. Look here for information on a fixed interest rate loan.
- ecoENERGY Program
Improve comfort, reduce energy use and save money by evaluating your home's energy use. Book a Power Smart ecoENERGY In-Home Energy Evaluation.
- Heating (no current rebates)
Upgrade to a high efficiency natural gas furnace or boiler.
- Home Comfort & Energy Savings Program – Power Smart Residential Loan (loan is ongoing)
Seek out multiple ways to achieve home energy savings through loans, evaluations and answers to your home energy comfort questions.
- Home Insulation Program (rebates are ongoing)
Upgrade the insulation in your home to Power Smart levels.
- Lighting
Learn about the advantages of energy efficient lighting (rebates end March 31, 2010).
- Lower Income Energy Efficiency Program (rebates and loan are ongoing)
An easy and affordable program that helps qualifying lower income households become more energy efficient.
- New Home Program (ongoing program)
Build energy efficient technologies into your new home to be Power Smart from the start.
- Programmable Thermostat (no current rebates)
Programmable setback thermostats can be one of the least expensive ways to lower your energy bills.
- Solar Water Heating Program
Harness the sun's power and transfer that energy into your home to preheat water for your water tank. Eligible homeowners may qualify for up to $2,450 in rebates.
Financial Loan Programs
- Customer Contribution Time Payment Plan
Manitoba Hydro offers some financing for permanent extensions to existing residential and farm services.
- Energy Finance Plan
A fixed interest finance plan that may be used for renovations including central air, mid-efficient natural gas/electric furnaces and water heaters, direct vent natural gas fireplaces, security lights and fixtures.
- Power Smart Residential Loan
A loan offered at the fixed interest rate of 4.9 per cent to improve energy efficiency your home.
- Residential Earth Power Loan
Homeowners who install a geothermal heat pump may be eligible for a loan of up to $20,000.
Commercial
Power Smart Commercial Programs
- Commercial Building Envelope
Reduce air leaks and reduce heating and cooling loads by upgrading the building envelope, including air barriers, insulation, and windows.
- Commercial Building Optimization
Help return existing commercial buildings to their top intended performance by identifying energy conservation opportunities with short payback periods.
- Commercial Clothes Washers
Save up to 30 per cent on water use and up to 20 per cent on energy use — we offer incentives to help you upgrade to energy efficient, front-loading commercial clothes washers.
- Commercial Custom Measures
Electrical and natural gas savings and measures custom-designed for commercial buildings.
- Commercial HVAC
Reduce maintenance and operating costs through the use of energy efficient heating, ventilation, and cooling systems.
- Commercial Kitchen Appliances
Upgrade your commercial steamers and fryers to save on your annual energy bills and qualify for rebates.
- Commercial Lighting
Tips and incentives for installing the most appropriate energy efficient lighting in new construction and renovation projects.
- Commercial Parking Lot Controllers (incentive ends March 31, 2010)
Reduce your electricity costs by up to 50 per cent by controlling the amount of electricity going to an outdoor plug, depending on outside temperatures.
- Commercial Refrigeration
Check out the more than 20 different rebates offered to retail stores and restaurants that are committed to reduce their energy consumption through energy efficient equipment upgrades.
- Earth Power Program – Geothermal Heat Pumps
Cut your heating, cooling, and water heating costs and increase comfort with energy efficient and environmentally friendly geothermal heat pumps.
- Heat Pad Program
We offer guidance and financial assistance to our agricultural customers to switch from heat lamps to heat pads in farrowing crates.
- Network Energy Management Program
Rebate available for eligible software programs that manage personal computer energy use.
- New Buildings Program
Design, build and operate your new building to Power Smart standards; we offer technical guidance and financial incentives.
- Power Smart Design Standards
Help for owners and engineering/architectural teams to develop building designs that qualify their proposed new or renovated buildings for designation as Power Smart.
- Power Smart Energy Manager (PSEM) Program for Schools
Providing information, training and support for Manitoba school divisions to hire dedicated Energy Managers.
- Power Smart Shops
Helps small business owners reduce energy and water use, and recycle waste responsibly.
- Recreation Facilities
Work towards reducing your facility's operating costs by completing our survey. We'll review and provide you a report that includes potential energy saving measures.
- Religious Buildings Initiative
Through an assessment and financial support, find out how you can reduce your energy costs.
- Rinse and Save
Free energy efficient pre-rinse spray valves available to restaurants and food service companies.
Power Smart Industrial Programs
- Bioenergy Optimization Program
Convert your company's waste streams and by-products into fuel that produces useful heat and power.
- Performance Optimization Program
Increased energy efficiency through the optimization of electro-technology processes and motor-drive systems. Technical support and financial incentives are offered for feasibility studies as well as implementation.
- Natural Gas Optimization Program
This custom program promotes energy efficiency through the optimization of process related natural gas-fired equipment and systems. Technical support and financial incentives are offered for feasibility studies as well as implementation.
- Energy Efficiency Screening Studies
These studies are offered to industrial facilities at no cost to address energy efficiency potential and to identify Power Smart saving opportunities. Power Smart Lean is an additional service offered to companies who have adopted lean manufacturing principles.
- Engineering Studies
Financial Loan Programs
- Energy Finance Plan
A fixed interest finance plan that may be used for renovations including central air, mid-efficient natural gas/electric furnaces and water heaters, direct vent natural gas fireplaces, security lights and fixtures.
