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Custom project incentives
Business energy management funding
Funding available
Up to 100% of project cost
Deadline
Open continuously
Location
British Columbia, Canada
Who can apply
Industrial customers on a small, medium, or large general service distribution rate or transmission rate.
See full eligibility
Overview
Custom project incentives supports industrial and large commercial customers with funding for energy management upgrades, including incentives up to 100% of capital costs. The program helps improve facility energy systems, manage demand charges, and reduce reliance on fossil-fuel equipment.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Implement environmental initiatives
- Reduce environmental footprint
Eligible Funding
- Up to 100% of project cost
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- British Columbia
Legal structures
- All legal structures
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Availability timeline
2026
Periods: 1
Activities funded
- Energy efficiency improvements, including equipment upgrades and new plant design or expansions to existing facilities.
- Load displacement projects using customer-owned renewable electricity generation equipment to offset energy use.
- Efficient electrification projects that improve energy efficiency and reduce overall demand on the grid.
- Demand response projects that reduce or shift energy use during specified dates and times of peak demand.
Documents Needed
- Detailed feasibility-study report, if a feasibility study was undertaken.
- If no feasibility study is undertaken, a technical requirements document supplied by BC Hydro and completed by your engineer or consultant.
- After installation, copies of paid invoices and completion documents listed in the agreement package.
Official resources
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Industrial customers on a small, medium, or large general service distribution rate or transmission rate.
- Large commercial customers on those distribution rates with company-wide annual electricity consumption of 2 GWh or more.
Eligible expenses
- Design costs
- Equipment costs
- Installation costs
- Disposal of old equipment
- Tax
How to apply
- Gather the information required for your application.
- If you are not pursuing a feasibility study, contact the team to receive a technical requirements document for your engineer or consultant to complete.
- Submit the application through your Key Account Manager or Regional Energy Manager.
Processing and Agreement
- BC Hydro conducts an engineering and financial review and calculates an incentive amount.
- An agreement package with the incentive amount and terms is sent for signature. In the process described by BC Hydro, signature precedes equipment purchase and installation.
- After installation, submit copies of paid invoices and the completion documents listed in the agreement package.
- BC Hydro reviews the documents and then processes the incentive payment.
- Measurement and verification checks on the project’s overall performance may be carried out after completion as needed; these are outlined in the agreement package.
Contacts
Frequently Asked Questions about the Custom project incentives Program
What is the Custom project incentives?
Custom project incentives supports industrial and large commercial customers with funding for energy management upgrades, including incentives up to 100% of capital costs. The program helps improve facility energy systems, manage demand charges, and reduce reliance on fossil-fuel equipment.
How much funding can be received?
Custom project incentives Funds up to 100% of admissible expenses.
What is the deadline to apply?
The program is accepting continuous intake
Who is eligible for the Custom project incentives program?
To be eligible for the Custom project incentives program, you must:
Energy efficiency, load displacement, and efficient electrification projects must save at least 25,000 kWh per year.
Demand-response projects must have at least a 25 kW demand impact.
The site must have been operational for at least six months before applying, be a new facility, or be an expansion that will increase site energy use by more than 10%.
What expenses are eligible under Custom project incentives?
Energy efficiency improvements, including equipment upgrades and new plant design or expansions to existing facilities.
Load displacement projects using customer-owned renewable electricity generation equipment to offset energy use.
Efficient electrification projects that improve energy efficiency and reduce overall demand on the grid.
Demand response projects that reduce or shift energy use during specified dates and times of peak demand.
Who can I contact for more information about the Custom project incentives?
You can contact BC Hydro (BCH) by email at incentives@bchydro.com or by phone at 1 866 522 4713.
Where is the Custom project incentives available?
The Custom project incentives program is available the province of British Columbia.