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BPA requires residential measure cost reporting, adds new construction options and caps low‑income repair costs
Summary
BPA will require installation cost reporting for all residential measures effective Oct. 1, 2025; it announced new construction options for certain heat pump water heaters, corrections to several measure values, and a new low‑income repair‑cost cap of 300% of reported measure cost for projects with measure cost ≥ $1,000.
Amy Burke, pinch‑hitting for Jonathan Belmont as the residential sector presenter, summarized April IM corrections and several October‑effective policy changes that will affect residential and income‑qualified programs.
Burke said BPA will require that residential measures include an installation‑cost field beginning Oct. 1, 2025 to better track market costs and keep incentive levels current. She noted corrections to power and distribution peak metrics that affected about a dozen measures and to manufactured‑home attic insulation payments; these corrections will not be retroactive but will be applied by completion date.
The IM will add a new construction option for unitary heat pump water heaters (40‑ and 50‑gallon and above) in most states, though the option will not be available in Oregon or Washington at this time. BPA is also removing the by‑request distribution channel for many measures (retail/online marketplace measures are excluded) and clarifying multifamily income‑qualification rules so a single unit may be served without qualifying an entire building.
For low‑income programs, Burke described a forthcoming Oct. 1 policy that caps related repair costs at 300% of the reported low‑income measure cost for projects with a measure cost of $1,000 or more; exceptions will not receive automatic CAS/COTR review, and BPA said the language will be refined during the review process. Burke provided examples showing how the cap would be applied to clothes washers, ductless heat pumps, and other measures and said direct‑install channels for some low‑income measures will remain available.
She urged implementers to consult the full published IM and to contact energy efficiency representatives with follow‑up questions.
