How to get Xcel and your city to pay for 90% of your warehouse lighting retrofit

Also published on prlog.com

By Matt Versteeg, Updated: Jan 13, 2012​

​Xcel Energy is the company that sells most of us our power here in Metro Denver, and they are giving companies rebates as an incentive to replace or retrofit their inefficient lighting. Most inefficient warehouses these days have one of either three types of lighting: T12 fluorescent(http://www.prlog.org/11528317), 400 watt Metal Halide (MH) high bays, or 400 watt High Pressure Sodium (HPS) high bays. Xcel is offering $110.00 per MH or HPS fixture that you replace with an energy efficient electronic high bay fluorescent light fixture, and if you live in Denver, they are offering an additional $90.00 per fixture. Including installation, fixture, and extra parts, the cost to install each light is between $200-300, depending on the access to the lights and the scope of the job. Generally, a high bay fluorescent lighting retrofit will cut the energy usage in half, depending on the amount of light required for the new application. 

Those rebates that I was talking about are considered prescriptive rebates, which means that Xcel has a system set up to push the rebates through more quickly. If the new efficient application does not have a corresponding prescriptive rebate, then we can set up a custom application. In the world of custom lighting retrofits, Xcel pays rebates according to how much energy will be saved, so the more energy efficient you make your new lights, the less it costs you! We can attach motion sensors to the high bay fluorescent lights ($50.00 rebate per motion sensor), as I will show you in the video.

There are so many new and exciting ways to save electricity on your lighting, and I would love to come check out your warehouse or commercial space and give you a free quote with the Xcel and city rebates included. Give Heritage Electric, an electrician in Denver, a call at: (303)368-1100 http://www.Denver-Electrician.net