Electric heating rebates

Electric heating: Safe, comfortable, and efficient

Rebates are available for several electric-heating technologies installed on qualified off-peak rates when you install a minimum of 9 kilowatts (kW).

2024 electric heating rebate form

Electric heating rebates

Install an efficient electric-heating system to qualify for the following rebates:

• Receive a $40-per-kW rebate when you install an electric plenum heater, electric boiler, ducted electric furnace, or an efficiency rebate-qualified cold-climate or geothermal heat pump on our Dual Fuel or RDC Rate.
• Receive a $40-per-kW rebate when you install an electric cable or panel storage heating system on our Dual Fuel Rate. (For RDC Rate installations see our thermal-storage rebate below.)
• Receive a $20-per-kW rebate when you install baseboard, cove heat, a garage unit heater, or radiant electric heating (including ceiling and non-storage floor warming installed beneath flooring material) on our Dual Fuel or RDC Rate.

Electric heating offers heating efficiency of 100% or more! Learn more about eligible electric-heating technologies, including:

• Plenum heaters.
• Electric boilers.
• Electric cable or panel storage systems.
• Other electric heating and cooling options.

Heat-storage systems

Get a rebate of $75-per-kW for qualified systems when you install a minimum of 9 kW on our Deferred Load, RDC, or Fixed Time of Delivery Rate. A typical home system is about 28 kW and would qualify for a rebate of about $2,100!

Eligible electric applications include:

• Central storage furnaces.
• Thermal-storage room units.
• Underfloor cable or panel systems.
• Electric boilers installed to serve underfloor hydronic storage systems.
• Ice storage applications for commercial space cooling.

A maximum of 500 kW applies for rebates in North Dakota and South Dakota.

Heat pump rebates

Additional generous rebates are available for heat pump installations when you install qualified cold-climate, air-to-water, or geothermal heat pumps. Rebates vary by state. 

Electric water heating

Electric water heaters operate at up to 96% efficiency and qualify for the following rebates when installed on off-peak services. 

• Get a $400 rebate when you install an 80-gallon or larger water heater new to off-peak control.
• Get a $200 rebate for a replacement.
• Get a $200 rebate when you install a 50-gallon water heater new to off-peak control.
• Get a $100 rebate for a replacement.
• Get a $50-per-kW rebate for installing a heavy duty commercial water heating system when you install at least 12 kW and 120 gallons of storage. A $5,000 maximum rebate applies.

Water heaters must be rated with a minimum .90 UEF (Uniform Energy Factor) to qualify.

You’ll save every month with one of our discounted off-peak rates! Install your water heater on our Dual Fuel, Deferred Load, RDC, or Controlled Water Heating Rate and take advantage of a lower rate. Or simply let us install a radio receiver on your residential or general service meter to receive a monthly bill credit of $8 to $10 (varies by state).