Central Coast Community Energy is offering substantial incentives to their customers looking to convert from gas fired appliances to heat pumps. The available incentives, and key qualification details are shown here. 


All TECH enrolled contractors are automatically eligible and claims are submitted through the TECH application, which can be found at www.catechincentives.com. Please reach out to TECH.contractor@energy-solution.com if you need any support.


 

Unitary HPWH 

 

Previous WH Fuel Type 

HPWH Capacity 

CCCE Incentive per Unit (Market Rate) 

CCCE Incentive per Unit (Low-Income) 

Natural Gas/Propane 

 

< 55 Gallons 

$2,100 

 

$2,800 

> 55 Gallons 

$3,150 

 

$1,400 

 

Central HPWH 

 

Previous WH Fuel Type 

HPWH Capacity 

CCCE Incentive per Apartment Served (Market Rate) 

CCCE Incentive per Apartment Served (Low-Income) 

Natural Gas/Propane 

 

< 17 Gallons per bedroom 

$1,800 

 

$2,400 

>= 17 Gallons per bedroom 

$2,700 

 

$3,600 

 

Heat Pump HVAC (Individual Apartment) 

 

Equipment Type 

Equipment Subcategory 

CCCE Incentive per Unit (Market Rate) 

CCCE Incentive per Unit (Low-Income) 

Split and Rooftop HP 

 

All 

$3,000 

 

$4,000 

PTHP, SPVHP and Unitary through the wall HP 

1-stage and 2-stage 

$750 

$1,000 

Variable capacity/Inverter driven 

$1,500 

$2,000 

 

 

Heat Pump HVAC (Serving Multiple Apartments) 

 

Equipment Type 

Equipment Subcategory 

CCCE Incentive per Apartment Served (Market Rate) 

CCCE Incentive per Apartment Served (Low-Income) 

All HP HVAC 

 

All 

$1,500 

 

$2,000 

 

 

Heat Pump HVAC (Common Area) 

 

Equipment Type 

Equipment Subcategory 

CCCE Incentive per Unit (Market Rate) 

CCCE Incentive per Unit (Low-Income) 

Split and Rooftop HP 

 

All 

$2,700 

 

$3,600 

PTHP, SPVHP and Unitary through the wall HP 

1-stage and 2-stage 

$450 

$600 

Variable capacity/Inverter driven 

$1,200 

$1,600 

 

 

Qualification Criteria 

TECH 

Central Coast 

Customer 

  • All within TECH eligible zip code 

  • Must confirm to be a Central Coast Customer 

Low-Income Customers 

  • No difference in incentive rates 

  • $1,000 kicker for both HVAC and WH 

 

  • MF incentives increased by 50% 

Appliance 

  • HVAC: code minimum 

  • WH: NEEA Tier 3 and above 

  • HVAC: code minimum, with adders for increased efficiency 

 

  • WH: NEEA Tier 3 and above 

Installation Characteristic  

  • All non-HP to HP conversion 

 

  • Must have existing WH/space heating 

 

  • No need to have existing AC 

  • Gas/Propane to HP appliance conversions only 

 

  • No electric resistance to HP conversion 

 

 

  • No need to have existing AC 

 


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