Utility Toolkit

On Aug. 16, 2022, Congress approved the most significant piece of clean energy legislation in the Nation’s history. The Inflation Reduction Act, or IRA, will invest $370 Billion to lower energy costs for families and small businesses while also creating good paying jobs to deliver energy investments. While many rules and guidelines for the IRA are still being developed by the Department of Energy along with state energy departments, households can already start taking advantage of Federal Home Energy Tax Credits. These are separate from BPA incentives but can also be offered at the same time to provide greater savings for your customers.

Incentives from BPA can be combined with Federal Energy Tax Credits to significantly reduce the cost of these energy saving investments and add more value to your program offerings. Tax Credits are available for Air Source and Ductless Heat Pumps, Heat Pump Water Heaters, Insulation, Windows, Doors and Central Air Conditioners.

• Tax credit handout
• Utility-to-end-user custom tax credit handout
  
  

• New Opportunities in the Residential Sector Guide (Update coming soon)
• New Opportunities in the Commercial Sector Guide 
• New Opportunities in the Industrial Sector Guide
• New Opportunities in the Agricultural Sector Guide
• New Opportunities in the Utility Distribution Sector Guide
• Low-Income New Opportunities Guide 

The Conduit Website is no longer active as of September 2022. 

The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) and Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) staff that make up the Conduit Management team would like to thank all users for their engagement over the years. By participating in regional Groups, Communities, Job Postings and more, the Conduit community has helped keep the Northwest engaged and connected to further energy efficiency throughout the region.

Reports and other content previously hosted on Conduit can still be found on NEEA's website. 

• Download the application

• Download EE Maximization Tool
• Download EE Maximization Tool Instructional PDF
• View EE Maximization Tool Video Walkthrough

The research allows BPA and its customer utilities to understand residential customer decision making related to energy efficiency. The research results will facilitate development of appropriate marketing and messaging.

• Find out more about BPA's segmentation research

The goal of Six Going on Seven is to collect regional savings achievements from 2010-2012 to facilitate discussion during the development of the Council's 7th Power Plan. Over the past few months, BPA has collected and analyzed this regional data and we are now excited to share the results of this effort with the region.

• Find out more about BPA's Six Going On Seven Project

Every five years the Northwest Power and Conservation Council updates their regional Power Plan. BPA is engaging with the Council and staff during the development of the Plan by conducting analysis and providing input on energy efficiency conservation potential and targets. This site contains technical analysis, presentations and communications related to BPA’s work on the Power Plan.

• Find out more about the 2021 Power Plan Engagement 

Utility Sounding Board