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Commercial Standard Offer Program

This site contains information about Xcel Energy's Commercial Standard Offer Program. To register as a Project Sponsor, click on EnerTrek^® logo on the left menu.

Xcel Energy will review the project applications from potential Project Sponsors on a first-come, first-served basis until all SOP incentive funds have been reserved.

Xcel SOP Applications Accepted

Date: November 15, 2012
Time: 10:00 AM CST

Project applications can be submitted starting November 15, 2012. Click on the EnerTrek logo to start the online application process.

Description

The Commercial Standard Offer Program provides incentives for the retrofit installation of a wide range of measures that reduce customer energy costs, and reduce peak demand and/or save energy in non-residential facilities. Incentives are paid to energy efficiency service providers (EESPs) on the basis of deemed savings, which are standardized savings values or formulas for a wide range of measures in representative building types. If deemed savings have not been established for a particular qualifying energy efficiency measure, then incentives may be paid on the basis of verified peak demand and/or energy savings using the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol.

Program Objectives

The primary objective of this program is to achieve cost-effective reduction in peak summer demand. Additional objectives of the program are to:

• Encourage private sector delivery of energy efficiency products and services
• Achieve customer energy and cost savings
• Significantly reduce barriers to participation by streamlining program procedures and measurement and verification (M&V) requirements