Energy Trust provides cash incentives to Oregon businesses for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. To qualify, you must:
- Be served by Portland General Electric, Pacific Power, NW Natural or Cascade Natural Gas and contribute to the public purpose charge.* Check your bill or contact us if you have questions.
- Have a project site in Oregon.
- Be improving an existing structure.
- Be a commercial, industrial or institutional facility.
- Large electric consumers of over one average megawatt or 8,760,000 kilowatt hours a year are subject to the Energy Trust Self-Direct Policy. Program services are limited and restrictions apply to self-directing consumers. Please refer to the Self-Direction FAQ or contact us for additional details.
Follow these steps to qualify for Standard PC Power Management and Virtualization incentives. Your trade ally may be able to help you complete the forms.
Virtualization:
- Contact us at business@energytrust.org or 1.877.510.6800 to obtain pre-approval for your project.
- Use Capacity Planner (or equivalent) to assess your existing server's loading and energy consumption.
- Virtualize and consolidate your servers. A minimum of 10 servers must be decommissioned and recycled to qualify for incentives.
- Submit the following forms, documents:
a. Form 120D – Data Center Incentive Application (Doc)
b. Contractor Invoice(s)
c. Capacity Planner report (or equivalent; digital copies preferred)
d. "Proof of Recycling" (or equivalent) from electronics recycler or OEM
e. IRS Form W-9 (PDF)
f. Utility bill
- Participate in post-install verification inspection when required
- Receive your incentive check.
PC Power Management:
- Contact us at business@energytrust.org or 1.877.510.6800 to obtain pre-approval for your project.
- A minimum of 20 desktop computers must be licensed and configured to run approved PC Power Management software to qualify for incentives.*
- Submit the following forms, documents:
a. Form 120D – Data Center Incentive Application (Doc). For multiple sites, attach spreadsheet listing address, electric utility account number, and number of end points served at each location.
b. Computer inventory report which shows: i. End points controlled by the software, ii. Power settings, iii. Physical location and, iv. Number of computers known to be labeled ENERGY STAR®
c. Final itemized invoice(s) or relevant purchase orders - see the Equipment Documentation section in the application terms and conditions for details.
d. Utility bill for each site
e. IRS form W-9 (PDF)
- Participate in post-install verification inspection when required
- Receive your check.
*See 195D for list of approved PC Power Management software vendors.
Use the following project enrollment forms to apply for Energy Trust cash incentives. For more information, including incentive application assistance, call us at 1.877.510.6800.
Standard incentives
- Form 120D (PDF | Doc): Data Center Incentive Application
- Data Center Incentives—Program Information Sheet 195D (PDF)
Custom incentives
- Form 100E (PDF | Excel): Energy Assessment Request. Use this form to apply for custom incentives or for an energy survey request.
Other forms
- Substitute Form W-9 (PDF): This request for taxpayer identification number and certification form needs to be submitted with all incentive applications.
- W9 (En Español)