Utility-run program
BC Hydro: Business energy-saving incentives (BESI)
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What it pays
Funding rates vary by equipment, with past participants receiving an average of 40% of upfront costs. A 30% bonus incentive applies to projects submitted between June 3, 2025 and February 11, 2027.
Deadline: none stated on the source page
Bonus rate: ends 11 Feb 2027 on an otherwise ongoing program.
Prescriptive incentives for one-for-one replacement or add-on upgrades of lighting, HVAC, refrigeration and mechanical equipment at smaller sites. Pre-approval through BC Hydro's CEM Hub is required before work starts.
Who qualifies
Commercial and small industrial BC Hydro sites using less than 500 MWh of electricity a year; some higher-usage customers may also qualify.
Summarized from the official page. This is not advice; the provider decides.
Status note, as recorded
Verified open 2026-08-25: "30% bonus incentive on all business energy-saving incentives projects submitted between June 3, 2025 and February 11, 2027. To be eligible, projects must be completed by March 14, 2028." The small-site counterpart to Self-serve and Custom, under 500 MWh/yr here, over 500 MWh/yr there. An older BC Hydro news item cited a February 12, 2026 bonus date; the program page is the authority and says February 11, 2027, which also explains and supersedes the stale note on the existing compressed-air entry. As with Custom project incentives, February 11, 2027 is the BONUS window and not a program deadline, so it is recorded in its own field.
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