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Single Family Home Energy
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A program that pays incentives directly to contractors for delivering energy savings or electrification to residents of the Tri-County Region
Program OverviewThe Single Family Home Energy Saving (HES) Program offers incentives directly to contractors for energy efficiency or electrification projects completed at single family homes (1-4 units) in Ventura, San Luis Obispo, and Santa Barbara Counties.
Contractors can earn incentives for projects that save electricity, save gas, or replace natural gas equipment with electric equipment (electrification). Extra incentives are paid for projects completed by contractors local to the Tri-County Region, and for projects that serve residents that fall into the Hard-to-Reach category (i.e. location-based, English-as-a-second language, mobile/manufactured homes). Why should you participate in the Single Family HES Program?Lucrative incentives. Because payments are based on actual savings, you can earn $1,000s more than traditional rebate programs.
Upfront payment. 50% of your forecasted incentive is paid upfront for projects installed. Measure agnostic. You decide what to install and we'll estimate your incentive at enrollment. Locally oriented. Additional incentives are set aside for local contractors and businesses based in the tri-county area. |
Serving Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Ventura counties.
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Eligibility
WHAT TYPES OF PROJECTS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR INCENTIVES?
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Site Eligibility
In order to earn incentive for electric savings, residents must receive electric service from:
In order to earn incentives for gas savings, residents must receive gas service from:
In order to earn incentives for electrification projects, residents must receive electric service and gas service from one of the entities listed above. |
Project Eligibility
Rather than having a restrictive list of measures that are qualify for incentives, almost any measure that saves electricity or gas, or electrifies can qualify. Common Examples of eligible project types include (but are not limited to):
Note - Beginning June 1st, 2024, the Program will no longer allow new natural gas equipment to be submitted into the program as a primary or secondary measure. |
Incentives
overview
Each project that gets submitted into the program will generate energy savings that are unique to the specific home where work was completed. The program has been designed to provide variable incentive amounts that are based on the unique specifications of each project.
Incentives through the program are broken into two distinct parts, a guaranteed upfront incentive, and a performance-based incentive that is based on actual measured energy savings at the home. All incentives are paid directly to contractors. 100% of the guaranteed upfront incentive must be passed along to customers.
The incentive for each project is capped at 150% of project costs. Since the guaranteed up-front incentive is equal to 50% of the total incentive, up-front incentives are capped at 75% of project costs.
Incentives through the program are broken into two distinct parts, a guaranteed upfront incentive, and a performance-based incentive that is based on actual measured energy savings at the home. All incentives are paid directly to contractors. 100% of the guaranteed upfront incentive must be passed along to customers.
The incentive for each project is capped at 150% of project costs. Since the guaranteed up-front incentive is equal to 50% of the total incentive, up-front incentives are capped at 75% of project costs.
Guaranteed upfront incentives
When a project is submitted for pre-approval, an energy savings forecast must be submitted. The energy savings forecast will be translated into a forecasted total incentive amount.
Contractors will receive a pre-approval form to share with customers that validates the upfront incentive amount for a project. This upfront incentive amount will be equal to 50% of the total forecasted incentive. Once the completed project is enrolled, the contractor must demonstrate that 100% of the upfront incentive was passed along to the customer. The contractor will be paid the upfront incentive a few weeks after the project is submitted and approved.
Contractors will receive a pre-approval form to share with customers that validates the upfront incentive amount for a project. This upfront incentive amount will be equal to 50% of the total forecasted incentive. Once the completed project is enrolled, the contractor must demonstrate that 100% of the upfront incentive was passed along to the customer. The contractor will be paid the upfront incentive a few weeks after the project is submitted and approved.
Performance-Based incentives
After a project has been installed, the program will measure the energy savings (both gas and electric) that a project delivers. This will be done using the utility meters that are already present at the home. No additional work will need to be done by contractors or homeowners. Energy savings will be measured for a full year after the project has been installed so that the energy savings impact can be measured for all four seasons of the year to capture seasonal variability of energy savings. The measured energy savings will be translated into the performance-based portion of the incentive associated with the project. These performance-based incentives are paid quarterly; a project's performance must overcome the upfront payment amount before it is eligible for the performance payment.
Incentive Multipliers
In addition to energy efficiency and electrification, the program also has goals to support the local workforce and help hard to reach customers. Therefore, the program has incentive multipliers in place to drive these initiatives. Hard-to-Reach and Priority Ventura County Customer Projects are eligible for a 5.0x multiplier, while Market-Rate project are eligible for a 2.0x multiplier.
In Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, a hard to reach customer is defined as meeting one of the following criteria:
Beginning March 1st, 2024, projects that do not meet the "Hard-to-Reach" (HTR) criteria but serve “Priority Ventura County Customers" (PVCC) will be offered an incentive multiplier. PVCC will be defined as Ventura County customers meeting two of the following criteria:
In Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties, a hard to reach customer is defined as meeting one of the following criteria:
- Qualify for CARE or FERA utility rates
- Live in a mobile/manufactured home
- English is not the primary language spoken
Beginning March 1st, 2024, projects that do not meet the "Hard-to-Reach" (HTR) criteria but serve “Priority Ventura County Customers" (PVCC) will be offered an incentive multiplier. PVCC will be defined as Ventura County customers meeting two of the following criteria:
- Qualify for CARE or FERA utility rates
- Live in a mobile/manufactured home
- English is not the primary language spoken
- Home is in a designated Disadvantaged Community (DAC)
Gas Water heater loaner incentive
When natural gas water heaters fail, homeowners need hot water back ASAP—they don’t have time to wait for the additional permitting and electrical work associated with heat pumps.
3C-REN's Gas Water Heater Loaner Offering pays participating contractors $1,000 per project to use a loaner natural gas water heater while helping customers upgrade to a heat pump water heater.
To take advantage of this offering, your project will have to be submitted through the single family program. Simply indicate that you will be using a gas loaner water heater when you submit your project for pre-approval, and you will be given one additional form to complete. This will be submitted along with a few additional photos during your final project submission.
3C-REN's Gas Water Heater Loaner Offering pays participating contractors $1,000 per project to use a loaner natural gas water heater while helping customers upgrade to a heat pump water heater.
To take advantage of this offering, your project will have to be submitted through the single family program. Simply indicate that you will be using a gas loaner water heater when you submit your project for pre-approval, and you will be given one additional form to complete. This will be submitted along with a few additional photos during your final project submission.
Can I Combine (Stack) 3C-REN's Incentives with Other Incentives?
Yes, 3C-REN’s program can be “stacked” with programs that have a different funding source. These programs include:Please note that incentives that are funded by California ratepayers are not eligible to be stacked with each other. Below are examples of incentives that cannot be stacked with 3C-REN's incentives:
Important: 3C-REN's Program is a CPUC-sanctioned, rate-payer-funded energy efficiency program, therefore participants are not eligible for incentives through another such program for the next 12 months. Interested participants who were enrolled in another rate-payer-funded energy efficiency program in the previous 12 months are also not eligible for incentives through the 3C-REN Program.
For more specific information regarding your eligibility to stack incentives, please reach out to [email protected].
- Golden State Rebates
- Comfortably CA
- CA Energy Smart Homes
- Incentives & Rebates provided by Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E)
- Incentives & Rebates provided by Southern California Edison (SCE)
- Incentives & Rebates provided by Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas)
Important: 3C-REN's Program is a CPUC-sanctioned, rate-payer-funded energy efficiency program, therefore participants are not eligible for incentives through another such program for the next 12 months. Interested participants who were enrolled in another rate-payer-funded energy efficiency program in the previous 12 months are also not eligible for incentives through the 3C-REN Program.
For more specific information regarding your eligibility to stack incentives, please reach out to [email protected].
Payments
How do i get paid?
Once your pre-approved project is submitted for final enrollment, you will receive a project completion letter. About 3-6 weeks after receiving your letter, you will receive your upfront incentive payment.
The energy savings that your project generates will be measured using the utility meter on the building for a full year. As savings are measured, your project will accumulate additional incentives based on measured performance.
Since 50% of the forecasted incentive is paid up front in advance of any real savings being measured, your project will need to accumulate enough incentive value to “break even” before you will be paid additional performance-based incentives. Projects will be evaluated at the end of every calendar quarter, and any project that has earned measured incentive value beyond the up-front incentive payment will be paid out.
If a project fails to earn enough measured incentive value to cover the upfront incentive, the project will be paid no additional performance-based incentives. However, you will never have to “pay back” any of the up-front incentive - that money is guaranteed. If your projects perform better than your energy savings forecast predicted, you will earn even more performance-based incentive (up to 150% of project costs)!
The energy savings that your project generates will be measured using the utility meter on the building for a full year. As savings are measured, your project will accumulate additional incentives based on measured performance.
Since 50% of the forecasted incentive is paid up front in advance of any real savings being measured, your project will need to accumulate enough incentive value to “break even” before you will be paid additional performance-based incentives. Projects will be evaluated at the end of every calendar quarter, and any project that has earned measured incentive value beyond the up-front incentive payment will be paid out.
If a project fails to earn enough measured incentive value to cover the upfront incentive, the project will be paid no additional performance-based incentives. However, you will never have to “pay back” any of the up-front incentive - that money is guaranteed. If your projects perform better than your energy savings forecast predicted, you will earn even more performance-based incentive (up to 150% of project costs)!
How to Participate in 3C-REN's
Home Savings Program
Home Savings Program
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Sign Up Here!
Sign up to become a registered provider of the program by signing some basic Terms and Conditions
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Project Pre-Approval
This optional step allows you to share basic information about your project and you'll receive an estimated incentive based on your inputs
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Final Project Enrollment
This required step is the formal submission of your project into the SF HES program. Basic project information and several documents will be collected.
Learn more about Project Enrollment |
