PGE can connect you to programs that give cash back for making your home more energy efficient. Use these quicklinks to jump to these topics below:

• Incentives for single family and manufactured homes with electric heat
• Install yourself or use a contractor
• Getting started: Instructions and applications

Incentives for single family and manufactured homes with electric heat

• Windows: Windows: $2.25 per sq. ft. (U-value = 0.30 or less) on new energy efficient windows. Window incentives require an additional measure to be installed, excluding an electric water heater, duct insulation and duct/air leakage test.
  
  
• Insulation: Ceiling = $.25 per sq. ft.; Floor = $.45 per sq. ft.; Wall = $.30 per sq. ft.
  
  
• Air sealing: Up to $400 ($1 per CFM reduction); blower door test required
  
  
• Air Leakage Test: $50 (blower door test required)
  
  
• New high-efficiency heat pumps: Up to $200 for minimum efficiency HSPF 8.5 heat pump upgrade or $400 for electric furnace replacement; up to $150 for minimum efficiency HSPF 8.2 heat pump upgrade or $300 for electric furnace replacement. $300 to $430 Oregon Energy Tax Credit also available.
  
  
• Duct insulation: 50 percent of cost, up to $100
  
  
• Duct sealing: Up to $400 ($1 per CFM reduction); $250 Oregon tax credit also available. Duct sealing must be done by an Oregon Department of Energy certified duct contractor (PDF*).
  
  
• Duct leakage test: $50
  
  
• Compact Fluorescent Lightbulbs: Specialty CFLs for as low as $0.97 at participating retailers through Sept. 30, 2008.
  
  
• High-efficiency electric water heaters: $75 incentive for Marathon Storage Type water heaters with an Energy Factor (EF) rating of 0.94 or better; $35 incentive for Conventional Storage Type water heaters with an EF of 0.93 or better.



• Solar Water Heater: Up to $1,500 (average incentive is $500).
  
  
• Solar Electric System: Up to $10,000.
  
  
• Multiple measure bonuses: see Energy Trust Web site for details
  
  

Install yourself or use a contractor
You can qualify for rebates if you do the work yourself. Before you start, be sure to review Energy Trust weatherization guidelines. If you hire a contractor to do the work, the contractor will handle the rebate process. You may use any contractor of your choice.

Getting started: Instructions and applications
Energy Trust’s Home Energy Solutions program Web site provides application forms and instructions. For additional information or assistance, call Energy Trust at 866-368-7878.

*Note: You will need to have the Adobe® Acrobat® Reader to view and print PDF files. Visit the Adobe Web site for downloading instructions.