Efficiency Vermont & VPPSA electric utilities launch exclusive offers for home & business energy projects

Winooski, VT

Residents, businesses, and rental property owners can access thousands of dollars in additional rebates as VPPSA customers 

WINOOSKI, VT—Customers with eleven electric utilities that make up VPPSA—the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority—can now take advantage of unique energy-saving opportunities thanks to a special partnership between VPPSA and Efficiency Vermont.

The exclusive rebates available to VPPSA member utility customers can help residents, business owners, and rental property owners save money when weatherizing and air sealing a building, installing heat pumps for heating and air conditioning, and for switching to energy-saving efficiency appliances.

"Municipally owned electric utilities have been powering Vermont communities for over a century. VPPSA’s partnership with Efficiency Vermont enables these communities to access thousands of additional dollars on energy improvements for their home or business,” said Sarah Braese, VPPSA’s Assistant General Manager.  

The exclusive offers for customers of VPPSA member utilities include:

• Up to $10,000 Home Weatherization Bonus: Income-eligible households can get an additional $500 back, on top of the standard offer of up to $9,500 back, for comprehensive weatherization
• $1,000 heat pump income bonus: An additional $800 back on a new heat pump for income-eligible households, in addition to Efficiency Vermont’s $200 income bonuses and other point-of-sale discounts.
• $200 qualifying appliance coupon: Used toward the purchase of a qualifying clothes washer/dryer, refrigerator, air purifier, air conditioner, or heat pump water heater (on top of existing appliance rebates).
• $200 DIY Weatherization Bonus: An additional $100 back for completing three do-it-yourself (DIY) home weatherization projects, on top of Efficiency Vermont’s standard $100 DIY Weatherization rebate

Special offers available to VPPSA member utility businesses and rental property owners include:

• $1,000 “Do More” Bonus: An additional $800 back, on top of the standard $200 back, when rental property owners install four or more energy-efficient appliances in each unit or property.
• Free virtual business energy consultations: An energy consultant will help identify quick and comprehensive projects that can help cut energy costs and increase savings.
• Low-interest financing for energy projects: Efficiency Vermont’s Business Energy Loan and other financing options can help make cost-effective energy improvements to any business, nonprofit, or farm.

“Our partnership with VPPSA makes efficiency projects and money-saving clean energy upgrades more affordable for homeowners and business owners across Vermont,” said Peter Walke, Efficiency Vermont’s managing director. “We’re proud to help local utilities serve their communities—and help their customers save money with solutions that can reduce their energy bills.”

The exclusive rebates and offers through the Efficiency Vermont-VPPSA partnership are available for a limited time and on a first come, first served basis through 2026.

VPPSA’s eleven member utilities serve over 30,000 customers in 50 communities across Vermont. From the northernmost parts of the state to the Massachusetts border, member utilities include: 

• Northwestern Vermont
  • Swanton Village Electric Department
  • Village of Enosburg Falls Electric Department
• Northeast Kingdom
  • Barton Village Electric Department
  • Hardwick Electric Department
  • Lyndon Electric Department
  • Village of Orleans Electric Department
• Lamoille Valley/Central Vermont
  • Village of Johnson Water and Light
  • Morrisville Water and Light Department
  • Northfield Electric Department
• Southern Vermont
  • Jacksonville Electric Department
  • Ludlow Electric Light Department

About the Vermont Public Power Supply Authority (VPPSA)

#CommunityIsAtTheHeart - From powering homes to powering small towns, VPPSA member utilities have helped keep Vermont running for over 100 years. VPPSA provides services and solutions to municipal and cooperative electric utilities serving over 30,000 customers in 50 Vermont communities. VPPSA's members power thriving local economies and support the move to a cleaner and more distributed electric grid by providing affordable and reliable electric service to all customers. For more information about how Community is at the Heart of VPPSA, visit www.vppsa.com  

About Efficiency Vermont

As the nation’s first Energy Efficiency Utility, Efficiency Vermont has helped Vermont avoid over 13.2 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and has received the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR program Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence award for the last eight consecutive years. Efficiency Vermont works with partners to help our state transition to more affordable, low carbon energy use through education, incentives, and support for our clean energy workforce. Learn more at www.efficiencyvermont.com.

Efficiency Vermont Press Contact
Matthew Smith
Phone: (802) 540-7662
[email protected]