What is Xcel Energy’s Mountain Energy Project?
For homes and businesses located in Summit County, Leadville, Grand Lake and Red Cliff, significant incentives are available from Xcel Energy’s Mountain Energy Project.
Demand for natural gas in these Colorado mountain communities is outgrowing the current gas system infrastructure, so Xcel Energy is offering solutions to reduce natural gas use, lower emissions and meet energy needs.
Through Mountain Energy Project, Xcel Energy is offering robust rebates to help lower the cost of energy-efficient home upgrades, including cold climate heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, insulation, air sealing, and other qualifying improvements. Whether you’re just learning about the program or ready to upgrade, Energy Smart’s Partner in your community can help you enroll in an energy assessment, identify available rebates, and connect you with participating contractors.
Eligible customers include those with active natural gas service provided by Xcel Energy and are located in one of the following towns or zip codes: Breckenridge 80424, Dillon 80435, Frisco 80443, Grand Lake 80447, Leadville 80461, Silverthorne 80497 or 80498, or Red Cliff 81649.
Energy Smart Colorado’s local Partners are providing tailored support for residential and small business customers that fall in Mountain Energy Project territory. Click below for more information on the programs available to residents and small businesses, including energy assessments, rebates, financial incentives, and advising on recommendations identified through energy assessment reports.
Program Participants can receive a complimentary home energy assessment. Homes above 2,500 square feet or mechanically complex homes may be asked to pay the analyst 10 cents per square foot over 2,500 square feet.
An assessment is recommended but not required to receive Mountain Energy Project rebates from Xcel Energy, though stackable rebates from Energy Smart Colorado may require a home energy assessment.
The personalized assessment report will provide accurate information to Program Participants on rebates and financial incentives available through the Mountain Energy Project. Following the home energy assessment, Energy Advisors at ESC Partners will provide hands-on support to assist households prioritize improvements, understand qualified Mountain Energy Project residential rebates, identify additional stackable rebates, and connect households to qualified Xcel Trade Partner contractors to complete retrofits.
Businesses and nonprofit organizations in buildings up to 10,000 square feet can receive a complimentary energy assessment. Building owners must request the assessment through Energy Smart’s business enrollment form.
During the building assessment, a certified building analyst will conduct an on-site assessment, customer interviews and
- document envelope characteristics, including insulation and infiltration
- collect information on existing equipment including heating system type, model numbers, age, capacities, and equipment efficiencies
- assess major energy loads, electrical capacity, electrification feasibility and load impacts
- identify opportunities to replace existing equipment with heat pumps, heat pump water heaters, boilers, and furnaces
- identify no-cost or low-cost recommissioning
The analyst will assess the building’s readiness for electrification by reviewing all electric and natural gas-consuming equipment, including its size, type, condition, and estimated energy use. Existing natural gas equipment will be carefully evaluated to help identify practical opportunities for full or partial electrification. The evaluation will also review existing electrical service capacity, panel capacity, available breaker space, and the ability of the building’s electrical infrastructure to accommodate recommended electrification measures without electrical service upgrades.
Following the assessment, Program Participants will receive a personalized report summarizing the above elements and be connected with qualified contractors who can provide accurate information on Xcel Energy Mountain Energy Project commercial rebates and financial incentives.
To receive Xcel Energy rebates, your improvement project must be completed by an Xcel Energy Registered Contractor. Be sure to select a contractor from Xcel Energy’s approved network to ensure the equipment and installed measures qualify for available incentives.
Sign up for an Energy Assessment
Complete one of the enrollment forms below to get started. Once submitted, your local Energy Smart Partner will follow up with you to connect you with an analyst to perform your energy assessment.
Our Partnership
Energy Smart Colorado, and our local Partners, Cloud City Conservation Center, High Country Conservation Center, Sustainable Grand, and Walking Mountains have established a partnership with Xcel Energy to increase access to affordable energy audits, to avoid natural gas infrastructure upgrades, to encourage energy efficiency and electrification-related upgrades for households and small businesses, to reduce peak demand while keeping customer goals in mind, and to increase the pool of clean energy contractors in Xcel Energy’s Mountain Energy Project region.