One-Stop Efficiency Shop®: Your Resource for Business Lighting Support

Upgrades using LED technology now account for almost 100% of the savings generated by the One-Stop Efficiency Shop® (One-Stop). The soaring popularity of LEDs has led to more choices than ever before. If you would like unbiased assistance do not hesitate to use One-Stop staff as a technical resource to help you sort through those choices.

In addition to technical support, One-Stop offers:
 
• significant rebates up to 60% of the project cost;
• below market-rate financing, including a 0% loan for qualified nonprofits; and
• completion and submittal of all program paperwork.

Following are a few more program benefits:

• One-Stop rebates all types of LEDs, both interior and exterior, including screw-ins, plug-ins, linear replacement lamps, retrofit kits, and new fixtures.
• There are rebates for lighting controls available.
• One-Stop will rebate existing T12s, as long as the replacement system saves more energy than the applicable T8 EISA baseline.
• The program does not require a one-for-one replacement. New lighting systems should fit your customers’ needs and One-Stop gives you that flexibility.

We hope you find these services and rebates valuable, and would like to take this opportunity to remind you that programs like One-Stop are available due to Minnesota’s Conservation Improvement Program (CIP).

If you are unfamiliar with CIP, it provides the framework and utility funding for rebate programs in Minnesota that promote energy efficiency. Many of you take advantage of these programs on a regular basis to help your customers install more efficient equipment. Not only does this help them save money and improve the operation of their buildings, it helps all Minnesota ratepayers by keeping their rates lower and avoiding the cost of constructing new power plants and other utility infrastructure.

Here are just a few benefits that CIP creates for Minnesota businesses and ratepayers:

• Energy efficiency supports almost 50,000 workers in Minnesota.
• In 2015, Minnesota’s electric utilities saved enough electricity to power over 100 thousand homes for a year and our natural gas utilities saved enough natural gas to heat about 44 thousand homes for a year — all thanks to CIP.
• Saving one kWh costs less than 2 cents, buying one kWh costs 8 cents.
• CIP programs have saved Minnesotans $3.5 billion since 2007.
• The Cadmus Group, an independent and well-respected national consulting firm, recently found that every dollar spent on CIP returns 4 dollars in benefits to the state.

Please let your legislators know how valuable CIP is for you and your customers. 

In 2018, One-Stop will facilitate $7 million in rebates to participating businesses. If you would like more information about the program or to find out if your customers are eligible, please contact Cindy Kelly at 612-244-2427 or [email protected].