Programs & Rebates

Keep your home efficient, and save money.

Enjoy the rewards of energy efficiency. This list of utility incentives is updated throughout the year; however, utility incentive programs can change at any time. For more information, contact your local OTEC office.

Appliance Programs

If you are interested in receiving a rebate for one of the below appliances, please contact OTEC's energy efficiency experts.

• Energy Star clothes washer

• Energy Star clothes dryers

• Energy Star dishwashers

• Energy Star refrigerators

• Energy Star freezers

• Electric stoves, ranges, ovens

• Electric water heaters (heat pump water heaters fall under a different category, please contact OTEC for more information).

Buy Local

Buy your product, that qualifies for an OTEC rebate, from a local vendor and receive an additional credit on your electric bill for our Buy Local Program

Heat Pump Program

OTEC offers various rebates for heat pumps installed by a participating heating contractor. Rebates range from $500 on up.

We also offer incentives for web-enabled thermostats. 

Manufactured Home Program

OTEC offers an incentive towards an all-electric manufactured home that is constructed to the National Energy Efficiency Manufactured (NEEM) home standards, also known as the ENERGY STAR® Manufactured Home Program.

Window Program

OTEC offers rebates based on window type, heating, and cooling and how many square feet of windows you are replacing.

Install a new all-electric heat pump (indoor and outdoor units both operate on electric) and receive a coupon good for $200 off a water heater from one of OTEC’s local participating vendors.

Thermostatically Controlled Outlet Program

Do you have a pump house or a separate utility building that you keep heated with an electric space heater to keep the pipes from freezing? Purchase a thermostatically controlled outlet that turns the heater on at 35 and off at 45. Bring the box and the receipt to your local OTEC office for a credit on your electric bill.

Insulation

Do you have permanently installed electric heat and a home with zero insulation (either in the walls, floor or ceiling)? Contact OTEC for rebate options

Contact your local OTEC office to learn more.

Agriculture Program Rebates

Did you know that OTEC also offers incentives to farmers and ranchers who upgrade their irrigation hardware? By upgrading your irrigation needs, you can save water, electricity and therefore, money!

The cooperative’s Agricultural Energy Efficiency Utility Rebate Program is for energy-efficient improvements to equipment, including irrigation pump motors and other irrigation equipment.  OTEC offers incentives for members who purchase the following upgrades that can save you money, increase the lifetime of your equipment and increase irrigation efficiency.

Here are just a few types of agricultural incentives OTEC offers:

1. Adding a variable frequency drive (VFD) to irrigation pumps.

Save energy and extend the life of your equipment when you install a new Variable Frequency Drive. Designed to match all of your changing irrigation needs, a Variable Frequency Drive can help you save up to 20% off your annual energy costs.

2. Replacing leaking irrigation hardware including nozzles, sprinklers, and gaskets.

Nozzles, sprinklers, and gaskets are just a few of the small changes that add up to BIG savings in water and energy. OTEC now offers additional incentives when you replace older equipment with more efficient components.

3. Upgrading to a new Low Elevation Precision Application (LEPA) system.

Improve the quality of your crops and increase your yield with Low Elevation Precision Application, designed to reduce water and save energy with lower pressure and higher efficiency irrigation.

4. Working on a custom project?

Are you working on an agricultural project and trying to save money and energy? Contact OTEC to inquire what incentives are available.