Irrigation Pumps

For irrigators, our Energy FinAnswer program provides financial incentives to help you upgrade to the most energy-efficient systems available.

Energy FinAnswer offers high quality engineering services and cash incentives tailored to the needs of your project.

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How it works (program steps)

Call us to get started. Call 1-800-222-4335 or send us an email.
Scoping. We sign a letter of intent (PDF) with you. Then, working with you, we identify potential energy efficiency opportunities. We go over the preliminary numbers with you and discuss your implementation plans and schedule.
Energy Analysis. We provide an energy analysis report for the opportunities with the highest likelihood of implementation. The report contains specific recommendations and refined estimates of costs and savings. It also includes our incentive offer and any commissioning requirements. We pay for the study.
Incentive agreement and W-9 form. We sign an incentive agreement (PDF) with you before you sign purchase orders or make other financial commitments to proceed with implementation. The incentive is estimated based on the energy analysis. You provide a completed W-9 form so we can prepare a 1099-Misc. (if required) following the incentive payment.
Implementation. You complete contracting and installation, then notify us when each is done. You complete any required commissioning and provide commissioning submittals and documentation of your final costs for each energy efficiency measure, with labor and material itemized.
Post-installation inspection and incentive payment. We complete a post-installation inspection report that documents the final project costs and energy savings. We calculate the incentive amount based on the inspection results and provide you with the incentive check.

Call us to get started. Call 1-800-222-4335 or send us an email.

Scoping. We sign a letter of intent (PDF) with you. Then, working with you, we identify potential energy efficiency opportunities. We go over the preliminary numbers with you and discuss your implementation plans and schedule.

Energy Analysis. We provide an energy analysis report for the opportunities with the highest likelihood of implementation. The report contains specific recommendations and refined estimates of costs and savings. It also includes our incentive offer and any commissioning requirements. We pay for the study.

Incentive agreement and W-9 form. We sign an incentive agreement (PDF) with you before you sign purchase orders or make other financial commitments to proceed with implementation. The incentive is estimated based on the energy analysis. You provide a completed W-9 form so we can prepare a 1099-Misc. (if required) following the incentive payment.

Implementation. You complete contracting and installation, then notify us when each is done. You complete any required commissioning and provide commissioning submittals and documentation of your final costs for each energy efficiency measure, with labor and material itemized.

Post-installation inspection and incentive payment. We complete a post-installation inspection report that documents the final project costs and energy savings. We calculate the incentive amount based on the inspection results and provide you with the incentive check.

Who is eligible?

Our customers in Wyoming with electric service on rate schedules 25, 28, 33, 40, 46, 48T, 54, 58, 210 and 212. Commercial retrofit projects must be at facilities at least 20,000 square feet (per electric meter).

How much are the incentives?

Incentive:
$0.15/kilowatt-hour (kwh) + $50/kilowatt (kW) average monthly demand savings

Incentive caps:
Percent of project cost cap: 70% of energy efficiency project cost

Simple payback cap: 1 year (If incentive brings the simple payback below one year, the incentive is reduced so the simple payback equals one year.)

Additional requirements:
Lighting kwh savings limited to 50% of project savings (If lighting kwh savings exceeds the limit, lighting measures are adjusted for purposes of calculating the incentive.)

See an example incentive calculation »

Incentive:
$0.15/kilowatt-hour (kwh) + $50/kilowatt (kW) average monthly demand savings Incentive caps:
Percent of project cost cap: 70% of energy efficiency project cost Simple payback cap: 1 year (If incentive brings the simple payback below one year, the incentive is reduced so the simple payback equals one year.) Additional requirements:
Lighting kwh savings limited to 50% of project savings (If lighting kwh savings exceeds the limit, lighting measures are adjusted for purposes of calculating the incentive.) See an example incentive calculation »

What are the technical services?

We'll provide, at no cost to you, the energy analysis and a post-installation calculation of annual savings for the project as installed and operating. Energy analysis services identify energy efficiency opportunities and quantify savings and costs. The analysis is vendor-neutral and investment-grade, so you'll have information to guide your implementation decision and funding approval process.

What qualifies?

Planned installation of proven technologies that increase electric energy efficiency. We may verify pre-installation conditions, and energy efficiency measures must meet minimum equipment efficiency levels and equipment eligibility requirements in our FinAnswer Express program.

And what does not qualify?

some projects already in progress
projects involving fuel switching

some projects already in progress

projects involving fuel switching

When will you be paid?

For projects with an executed incentive agreement (PDF) the incentive is paid within 45 days after completion of the post-installation inspection report.

Who's in charge?

Once you make a commitment, you remain in control. You choose the technologies and the manufacturers you want to use. You choose the contractors with whom you'll be working. From analysis through installation, we will work within your planning and construction schedules. Think of us as an extension of your own team — there to offer information, confirmation and options for your decision making.

Brochures and other information

PDF Overview of Incentive Programs for Wyoming Businesses

PDF Energy FinAnswer Brochure

PDF Case Study: Albertsons

PDF Case Study: Dairies

PDF Case Study: BD Medical

PDF Case Study: Moroni Feed Company

PDF Wyoming Program Tariff (Schedule 125)

PDF Engineering Firms Under Contract with Rocky Mountain Power to Provide Program Services