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Mass Save small-business programs offer assessments and incentives, including up to 70% sponsor coverage and enhanced 100% offers for leased/nonprofit sites
Summary
Eversource's Laura Carey outlined two small-business pathways — turnkey and a Customer Directed Option — described eligibility thresholds (electric <1,500,000 kWh; natural gas <40,000 therms) and incentives (sponsors cover up to 70% of costs; up to 100% for certain leased facilities and nonprofits).
Laura Carey, an energy efficiency consultant at Eversource speaking on behalf of Mass Save program sponsors, defined small-business customers by energy use and explained program pathways. "So on the electric side, a small business customer is a commercially metered customer using less than 1,500,000 kWh annually," Carey said, noting Unitil customers have a lower electric threshold (1,000,000 kWh) and small-business natural gas customers use less than 40,000 therms per year.
Carey described two participation pathways: a turnkey service with no-cost energy assessments and turnkey installation, and a Customer Directed Option (CDO) that allows customers to use independent installers while still accessing incentives. She said standard sponsor incentives can cover "up to 70% of project costs," and that enhanced offerings can cover up to 100% for leased facilities and eligible nonprofits (with specified landlord and nonprofit eligibility requirements).
