Salt River Project (SRP) has more ways to support small and mid-size businesses than ever. Rebates and resources on energy efficiency are helping companies across all industries to save money and optimize sustainability initiatives. And, there’s even more good news: Each SRP commercial customer has a dedicated Strategic Energy Manager (SEM) to guide and assist them with their account. 

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Strategic Energy Managers help businesses optimize energy and savings

SRP’s team of SEMs help small and midsize businesses navigate energy-efficiency programs and the rebate process. These experts aid small and midsize businesses in navigating energy-efficiency programs and the rebate process, and answer general questions they have about their accounts and services. 

“If they’re a commercial customer, they have an assigned energy manager and our names and numbers are printed on their bills,” says Bryant Slade, SEM at SRP. “So they should never have any question about who their main point of contact at SRP is.”

Triple-benefit rebates: Cost savings, improved energy efficiency and sustainability

Not only do small businesses qualify for rebates such as lighting upgrades, providing savings for LED upgrades and HVAC tune-ups, SRP has additional rebates tailored to the needs of specific business types. 

“A lot of customers aren’t aware that they can get rebates for replacing lighting for LED options, something that’s more sustainable and more energy efficient,” Slade says. “And not only will SRP help pay for that through the rebate, but then the business will be more energy efficient and will save on their electric bill, and become more environmentally friendly also.”

Industry-specific small business rebates

Slade, who manages SRP’s restaurant and bar customers, explains how his client base also benefits from taking advantage of industry-specific rebates. “A lot of times, my restaurant customers say, ‘We go through gaskets like crazy, and so we have a rebate for that. It’s per linear foot. If they’ve got to replace those, we can get the invoices and information from them and submit it for rebate approval.”

An SEM manager helps their assigned businesses identify the best rebates, find a  Small Business Solutions Alliance contractor, gather the necessary information for each rebate and answer questions along the way. 

“We have rebates for HVAC controls and thermostats,” Slade explains. “There’s a whole slew of available rebates.”

Eligibility for the SRP Small Business Solutions program

Slade explains that SRP bases small-business eligibility on total kilowatt-hour usage — less than or equal to 300,000 kilowatt-hours of total energy usage — over an annual 12-month period. 

Additional requirements are that the business facility must be served by a qualifying SRP nonresidential retail electric price plan and the space must have been occupied by the same account holder for the previous 12 months. 

“We also have rebates for large commercial customers, but we want to make sure we’re helping all customers, especially when dollars get tight,” Slade notes. “We want to spread that love for everybody.”

Slade adds, “Our program managers are always tweaking these rebates and looking for ones that are going to be meaningful to customers.” 

Explore how your small business can save at srpnet.com/energy-savings-rebates/business/rebates/small-businesses