How it Works

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To be eligible for the Product Incentive Program, you must be:

• a BC Hydro business customer or
• a BC Hydro residential strata applying for a project in its common areas*

Your project must:

• meet the minimum criteria of $50 total financial incentives per application
• only use approved products identified in BC Hydro's e.Catalog
• be installed by qualified installers

Installations in new construction projects are not eligible for incentives under this program.

4 easy steps

1. Review your facility and make a list of current and eligible technologies.
   • Consult BC Hydro's lists of eligible retrofits [PDF, 356 Kb] and products before purchasing
2. Purchase and install products.
   • Follow BC Hydro's Installation Standards [PDF, 52 Kb].
   • Products can be installed by:
     • Power Smart Alliance members.
     • Qualified in-house staff—internal staff can complete screw-in applications however a certified staff electrician with a permit is required for all hardwired projects.
     • Your preferred contractor—if your contractor is not a Power Smart Alliance member, he or she must complete and submit the application form [PDF, 40 Kb] for approval before you purchase the product.
3. Complete installation and online application within 120 days of invoice date and mail all invoices and permits to:
   Product Incentive Program
   BC Hydro Power Smart
   Suite 900, 4555 Kingsway
   Burnaby, B.C. V5H 4T8
4. Receive incentive – it will be mailed once your paperwork has been processed.

See our Getting Started Checklist [PDF, 113 Kb].

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*Common areas of a residential strata are areas billed on the strata's BC Hydro accounts, not areas billed to individual suites or units.