Commercial Solar Hot Water RFP, Incentives and Financing
The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority offers incentives, through designated participating contractors, to any customer of Connecticut Light & Power or The United Illuminating Company who wishes to install solar hot water systems. Click here for the incentive process guidelines.
CEFIA is providing incentives and financing to support Commercial Solar Hot Water projects through a competitive Request for Proposal (RFP) process. This is the fifth round and final round of solicitations under the current program launched in April 2012. The “funds available” (below) reflect changes in project awards from previous rounds.
See Guidelines / RFP - Commercial Solar Hot Water Incentive Program for details.
Funding Availability
The $906,063 remaining in this program will be made according to the following schedule:
| Table 1 - Funding Available for SHW Projects |
|
| Proposal Due Date |
Funds Available |
| Round 5: March 15, 2013 |
$906,063 |
Funding Available
|
Commercial SHW Program (Total)
|
$2,000,000
|
|
Round 1 - approved
|
$75,247
|
| Round 2 - approved |
$450,380 |
|
Round 3 - approved
|
$89,358
|
| Round 4 - approved |
$576,029 |
Round Four Approved Projects
|
Rank
|
Name
|
Project Size (sq. ft.)
|
Town
|
Installer
|
|
1
|
608 Allen Street (grant)
|
807.6
|
New Britain
|
Energy Systems & Installations, Inc.
|
|
2
|
Jefferson Heights Housing LLC (grant)
|
463.2
|
New Britain
|
Sound Solar Systems, LLC
|
|
3
|
Automatic Rolls of New England (grant)
|
2,638.7
|
Dayville
|
EcoSolar Installations, LLC
|
|
4
|
499 Allen Street (grant)
|
403.8
|
New Britain
|
Energy Systems & Installations, Inc.
|
|
5
|
W. Stafford Springs Elementary School (grant)
|
161.1
|
Stafford Springs
|
C-TEC Solar
|
| 6 |
Two Roads Brewery (grant/loan) |
3,624.6 |
Stratford
|
EcoSolar Installations, LLC |
| 7 |
New Century Gardens, LLC (grant/loan) |
3,624.6 |
Bridgeport |
EcoSolar Installations, LLC |
An Informational Webinar was held on 8/17/2012 to explain the program rules and to answer questions from the audience. The recorded webinar may be viewed by clicking on the icon below:
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