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• BPC-covered building of at least 50,000 sq ft; non-covered status is ineligible.
• Current benchmarking and fee obligations must be in good standing.
• Select the greenhouse-gas-intensity pathway and complete the required Emissions Reduction Assessment before applying.
• Public buildings have additional qualifying-renovation conditions: after October 15, 2023, at least $500,000, at least 25% of floor area, and the applicable executive-order requirements.

Before work: Review Round 2 RFA and eligible-cost timing before committing funds. A listed building is not an award.

Timing: Round 2 extended to October 23, 2026. The dedicated program page supersedes older October 2 announcements.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Must receive commercial electricity from one of the four partner utilities. A city mailing address alone does not establish service.
• Equipment and project limits vary by measure. Water-only rebates are handled by the cities.

Before work: Preapproval for incentives over $10,000 and all VFD, custom, study, EV infrastructure, Building Tune-Up and operator-certification projects.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Nonprofit community service provider or income-qualified multifamily property.
• Meet the underlying Efficiency Works measure requirements.

Before work: Contact an advisor before work and satisfy the underlying rebate preapproval rules.

Timing: Projects must be completed before November 15, 2026; this is a completion deadline, not an application deadline.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Qualifying Colorado business account and eligible fuel/service for the selected measure.
• Use the Colorado schedule; other states have different incentives.

Before work: Custom and study projects need program review before purchase or installation; check the selected prescriptive measure rules.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Colorado commercial or industrial electric customer.
• Small-business direct install targets facilities below 50,000 sq ft.
• Indoor-agriculture project categories include HVAC, insulation, fans, pumps and dehumidification.

Before work: Contact the program before starting a custom, direct-install or indoor-agriculture project.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Business or industrial natural-gas account with Atmos Energy.
• Prescriptive incentives exclude new construction.
• Submit prescriptive rebate applications within 60 days of installation or service.

Before work: Follow the measure-specific application rules; custom projects have a separate advance-application process.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Savings calculations and eligible equipment must pass program review.
• Buildings of at least 20,000 sq ft have specific labor-standard and payment arrangements in the application.

Before work: Application must be submitted before efficiency measures are installed.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Eligible business service and a qualifying efficiency improvement.
• Potential measures include compressed air, process equipment, chillers, refrigeration and heat-pump water heating.

Before work: Submit the preapproval request before purchasing equipment.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Qualified commercial customers; residential rental and multifamily housing are excluded.
• Utility assessment determines eligible retrofits and repairs.

Before work: Apply for the utility assessment before arranging work independently.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Business electric or natural-gas account.
• Attic and air sealing: lesser of 50% or $1.25/sq ft; wall insulation: lesser of 50% or $0.75/sq ft.

Before work: Review qualifying insulation and documentation requirements before installation.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Member in good standing; installation must be in HCE territory.
• Apply within 90 days of invoice date.
• Emerging-technology awards and new-construction incentives have separate rules.

Before work: Request a written preapproval and confirm required energy-savings documentation.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: The shared application also routes to local Energy Smart Colorado partners; do not assume two independent awards for the same underlying funding.

• Commercial or industrial membership and qualifying equipment.
• Most requests must arrive within 90 days of installation; some require inspection.

Before work: Review project details with the key accounts advisor before purchase.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• PVREA business member.
• Review the specific equipment application and restrictions; membership is not determined by city name.

Before work: Confirm the current schedule and any preapproval with PVREA before ordering.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Local cooperative must confirm current participation.
• Industrial/agricultural audits target process-intensive operations with annual energy bills above $100,000 and capacity to implement measures.

Before work: Obtain confirmation from your local cooperative before purchasing or applying; do not apply directly as a Tri-State retail customer.

Timing: Confirm retail co-op participation and its current award schedule.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Physical project location in Boulder County; confirm parcels for cities spanning counties.
• Equity-priority status requires advisor review; corresponding annual caps are $80,000/building and $160,000/owner.

Before work: Contact a PACE advisor before purchasing or starting work.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: PACE can coordinate utility incentives, but its payback and project-cost limits apply. PACE rebates are distinct from Colorado C-PACE financing.

• Eligible commercial, industrial, agricultural, nonprofit or multifamily property (5+ units).
• County must participate; financing and mortgage-holder requirements need project-specific review.
• Can support existing buildings and new construction.

Before work: Arrange eligibility, underwriting and required lender consent before closing.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: May finance costs remaining after incentives. This is debt secured by a property assessment, not a rebate or grant.

• Energy efficiency must be a primary measure.
• C-PACE property, county and financing requirements apply.

Before work: Confirm underwriting, lender consent and current financing terms before proceeding.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Existing building in a participating DRCOG jurisdiction.
• Use a contractor bearing the Power Ahead Colorado badge; a general directory listing is insufficient.
• Equipment must satisfy the qualified-products or cold-climate criteria.

Before work: Contractor submits the project before work begins and obtains preapproval.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: May combine with utility or municipal incentives where both administrators permit. Cannot combine with Colorado HEAR/HER rebates. Do not assume retroactive eligibility.

• Eligible equipment and registered installing contractor.
• Space-conditioning heat pumps must meet the program heating-load and efficiency requirements.
• For nonresidential systems, credits are capacity-based: the published rule uses each 4 tons; confirm the calculation with the contractor.

Before work: Confirm equipment qualification and an itemized State of Colorado Heat Pump Discount before installation.

Timing: 2026 installation schedule. Credit and required customer discount are different amounts.

Combining funding: Coordinate utility and local incentives with the installer. The customer does not claim the contractor’s full credit on their tax return.

• Qualifying industrial applicant and measurable emissions-reduction project.
• Manufacturing, eligible agricultural producers and certain energy-as-a-service or carbon-management applicants may qualify.
• Formal tax-credit reservation, agreement and certification are required.

Before work: Credits cannot be reserved for projects or studies completed before the application and approval process ends.

Timing: Currently not accepting applications; next announced cycle November 1–December 31, 2026.

Combining funding: CEO states that CITCO and Clean Air Program funding cannot be combined. Review other cost and funding interactions.

• Applicant and equipment must meet the next RFA.
• The forthcoming round combines implementation-ready and decarbonization-technology scopes.

Before work: Wait for the new RFA and confirm cost-eligibility dates before committing.

Timing: CEO anticipates an additional round in late October or early November 2026; exact dates are not yet confirmed.

Combining funding: CAP may not be combined with CITCO funding.

• Covered-building owners; maintain required enterprise fee payments.
• Board approval of budgets does not mean applications are open.

Before work: Await final program offerings and eligible-cost rules.

Timing: Initial offerings approved by the board; CEO is finalizing details and vendors. Not yet an open customer rebate.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Qualifying development or thermal network project; this is not a general rebate for every ground-source heat pump.
• Building owners, campuses, developers and eligible public or private entities can apply.

Before work: Obtain project-specific eligibility and tax-credit agreement; review new-cycle materials.

Timing: Next announced cycle November 1–December 31, 2026; current applications closed.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Applicant owns and operates requested chargers.
• Ordinary minimum match 20%; qualifying entities may use 10%.
• Single-family and primarily fleet charging are excluded.

Before work: Do not complete the project before applying and receiving an executed grant agreement.

Timing: Standard and multifamily portfolio round: September 14–October 16, 2026, 5 p.m. MT. Rolling L2/outlet requests of $50,000 or less are year-round.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Only Level 2 charging and/or charging outlets qualify for this lane.
• Meet Charge Ahead ownership, site and match requirements.

Before work: Execute the grant agreement before eligible spending and work.

Timing: Rolling application lane; administrator confirms remaining funds.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Qualifying fleet use and ownership/operation structure.
• Ordinary match 20%, or 10% for qualifying entities.
• Personal-use charging and electric transit vehicles are excluded.

Before work: Costs and work must fall within the executed grant agreement.

Timing: Rolling lane is stated as year-round. Official page conflicts on the next standard round: overview says Nov 16–Jan 15, 2027; Key Dates says Oct 12–Dec 11, 2026. Confirm with CEO.

Combining funding: Cannot combine with other state grant funding for the same charging ports. Other incentives require administrator review.

• Local partner must confirm service geography, budget and project eligibility.
• Community coverage and utility territory do not necessarily coincide.

Before work: Contact the local partner before work; confirm each program’s application timing.

Timing: Program listed; confirm remaining budget and current application terms.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Colorado 501(c)(3) in good standing, primarily delivering in-person services to income-qualified residents.
• Must pay the utility bill and be an Xcel, Atmos or Black Hills gas customer.
• Leased sites need at least three years remaining, renewal option and owner support; other exclusions apply.

Before work: Apply for assessment and funding review before contracting.

Timing: Applications submitted April–December 2026 are scheduled for January 2027 review.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Meet USDA applicant and rural-location requirements; agricultural producer rules differ.
• Technical merit, energy assessment/audit and environmental review may be required.

Before work: Contact the Colorado Rural Development office before construction or purchase.

Timing: Official Colorado page says REAP grant applications are not currently being accepted. Guaranteed loans are separate.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• USDA applicant, location, technical and environmental conditions apply.

Before work: Coordinate lender and USDA review before construction.

Timing: USDA states guaranteed-loan applications may be submitted while the grant lane is closed.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Not allowed for property whose construction begins after June 30, 2026.
• Earlier-started projects require tax-professional review and certification.

Before work: Document qualifying construction commencement and all tax conditions.

Timing: Restricted to qualifying earlier-started projects; do not budget it for a new project starting now.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Eligible Denver project with engineering design deliverables supporting implementation.
• Application is scored; city approval and available budget control the award.

Before work: Confirm eligibility and design-cost timing before commissioning work.

Timing: Applications through September 30, 2026, subject to funds and scoring.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Commercial or multifamily building, campus, or qualifying thermal-network development in Denver.
• Both existing buildings and new construction can qualify.
• Owner must submit the application and receive payment directly.

Before work: Preapproval is required before implementation.

Timing: Applications through September 30, 2026, subject to remaining funds.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• Building at least 25,000 sq ft and subject to Energize Denver performance requirements.
• Audit must meet the city’s Level II or higher minimum requirements.

Before work: Preapproval deadline December 15, 2026; qualifying past audits from November 17, 2022 may be considered under the retroactive rules.

Timing: Deadline to obtain preapproval: December 15, 2026. Allow for application processing.

Combining funding: Ask each administrator to approve the combined funding plan; total awards and eligible costs may be capped.

• At least 25,000 sq ft and subject to Energize Denver.
• Approved Equity Priority Building designation before applying.
• Document project readiness and complete financial coaching.
• Fossil-fuel equipment is excluded; lighting and envelope measures must be paired with electrification.

Before work: Obtain designation and funding approval before relying on an award.

Timing: Application window closes by September 30, 2026.

Combining funding: Maximize other eligible incentives first; financial review must establish the remaining gap.

• Use the Colorado commercial natural-gas application for the actual utility account.
• Qualifying equipment includes efficient boilers, furnaces, controls, commercial cooking and insulation.
• New-construction assistance has its own design and project requirements.

Before work: Contact the program before equipment purchase; obtain custom-project approval before installation.

Timing: Confirm current budget and application terms with the administrator.

Combining funding: Disclose all other project funding and confirm the combined financing structure in writing.

• Borrower, collateral and project must meet the lender’s credit requirements.
• Eligible improvements reduce energy costs or emissions or support electrification.

Before work: Obtain lender approval and signed financing terms before relying on proceeds.

Timing: Confirm current budget and application terms with the administrator.

Combining funding: Disclose all other project funding and confirm the combined financing structure in writing.

• Requires an acceptable grant, rebate or incentive receivable and lender underwriting.
• Reassignment of incentive payments and additional collateral may be required.

Before work: Confirm the underlying incentive award and obtain lender approval; this loan does not create rebate eligibility.

Timing: Confirm current budget and application terms with the administrator.

Combining funding: Disclose all other project funding and confirm the combined financing structure in writing.

• An eligible Colorado Natural Gas account and qualifying gas savings are required.
• Potential projects include steam traps, pipe insulation, boiler controls, process equipment and waste-heat recovery.
• Complete the participation agreement, audit, savings review and post-installation inspection.

Before work: Work with the administrator to reserve incentives before implementing the project.

Timing: Subject to available funds and the current utility application.

Combining funding: Disclose other incentives and confirm combined cost caps with the utility.

• Small or large commercial LPEA member.
• Replacement of existing lighting controls is excluded.
• Submit invoices, specification sheets, photos and the workbook within 90 days of installation.

Before work: Ask LPEA to confirm current program year, eligible controls and reservation requirements before purchase.

Timing: The live page retains a past 2025 LED deadline alongside its lighting-controls terms. Confirm current-year acceptance before committing.

Combining funding: Disclose other incentives and confirm combined cost caps with the utility.

• Public chargers must support the required data and fee collection.
• Non-public/non-fee chargers must avoid charging during 4–9 pm peak hours.
• Non-public applications are due within 90 days of installation using the utility’s specified application.

Before work: Contact LPEA before any work to confirm eligibility and the correct application route.

Timing: Subject to available funds and the current utility application.

Combining funding: Disclose other incentives and confirm combined cost caps with the utility.