Commercial and Industrial (C&I) Custom Program
The C&I Custom Program is designed to leverage private investment to achieve electrical and thermal energy savings. Funding levels range from a minimum of $10,000 to a maximum of $1 million per customer, or up to 50% of the total project costs. Additional restrictions apply. For further details, please refer to the Custom Program’s project descriptions below.
Examples of customers who have participated in the Custom Program include hospitals, manufacturers, universities, commercial bakeries, food processors, office complexes, and data centers. To learn more about past custom projects, click here.
Efficiency Maine offers free scoping audits to eligible businesses that have the potential to develop a qualifying project under the Custom Program. These scoping audits provide businesses with the opportunity to get a professional consultation on their facility’s specific energy use and identify cost-effective energy efficiency projects that will reduce operating expenses. Click here to find out if you’re eligible for a scoping audit.
Efficiency Maine offers incentives for Technical Assistance Studies to those customers that have already identified a project but need additional outside assistance to move it forward. Learn more here.
Efficiency Maine’s Custom Program is accepting applications for custom thermal energy efficiency projects that reduce the consumption of natural gas, oil, biomass, and other fuels. Learn more here.
Efficiency Maine’s Custom Program is accepting applications for custom electrical energy efficiency projects that reduce the consumption of grid-supplied electricity. Learn more here.
Efficiency Maine’s Custom Program is accepting applications for cost-effective behind-the-meter distributed generation projects such as combined heat and power (CHP). Learn more here.