Incentive Resources

TECH incentives are now available for single-family HVAC projects and multi-family HVAC and HPWH projects throughout the state of California. Single-family HPWH incentives are still available in Southern California Gas territory. Additional statewide HPWH incentives will be available later this year.

If you’re a customer and want to find a TECH Clean California Participating Contractor, visit the Switch Is On contractor directory.

SF HVAC – General Measures Table Flyer & Project Checklist

Find Available Incentives in Your Area Here

TECH Program Flyer

Multifamily HVAC and HPWH Incentives Flyer

TECH Incentive Budget Report

This table summarizes the remaining budgets for TECH Clean California general incentives, which include market-rate single-family incentives as well as multifamily incentives.

TECH incentives are now available for single-family HVAC projects throughout the state of California. HPWH incentives are still available in Southern California Gas territory. Additional statewide HPWH incentives will be available later this year.

Single-family:

HVAC

  • $1,000 per outdoor condensing unit, available statewide.

HPWH

  • In SoCal Gas territory, incentives are available for $3,100 or $1,000 for any HPWH installation —depending on gas or electric replacement, respectively.

Multi-family:

  • Statewide HVAC and HPWH MF incentives are available as of June 13th. To see rates, please see this PDF.

The below programs offer incentives directly through the TECH Application Clearinghouse on the Iris Platform. This means that contractors do not need to apply for rebates in a separate location, streamlining their experience

Programs include:

Program Name: BayREN Heat Pump Water Heater Contractor Incentive Program

Program Description: The BayREN HPWH contractor incentive program pays $1,000 directly to qualifying contractors for the installation of HPWHs to select Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) customers. Enrolled CCAs include East Bay Community Energy (EBCE), MCE, Silicon Valley Power (SVP), and CleanPowerSF (CPSF). Incentives are only available for customers switching from a gas water heater to a HPWH. More information and the contractor enrollment form can be found at the BAYREN Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) Incentive for Participating Contractors website.

Program Name: Central Coast Community Energy (3CE) Electrify Your Home

Program Description: 3CE’s Electrify Your Home program offers rebates for customers switching from a gas appliance to a heat pump appliance to serve their space or water heating needs. Available incentives can be found at the Central Coast Community Energy.

In TECH Clean California’s first program year, funds were allocated based on the gas Investor-Owned Utility (IOU) service territory where the project was located.

The only remaining funds from our first program year are as follows:

Single-Family

  • HPWH: Southern California Gas

Funds for TECH Clean California’s second program year are available for single-family HVAC projects as well as multi-family HVAC and HPWH projects.

In this program year, funds are no longer allocated by IOU territory and are now available statewide.

Additional statewide HPWH incentives will be available Q3-Q4 2023.

TECH Clean California incentives are currently available for the following product types:

TECH Clean California multifamily incentives will be available to contractors installing heat pump HVAC systems and heat pump water heaters for qualifying customers throughout California. Incentives are available for both in-unit and common area applications through the Multi-family Incentive Reservation Form

See the incentive flyer for equipment qualification details. Additional lists will be uploaded here soon. In the meantime, please reach out to TECH.contractor@energy-solution.com if you would like to confirm a project’s eligibility.

GoGreen Financing helps California homeowners and renters access affordable financing for a broad range of home energy efficiency and electrification measures. Be sure to check out GoGreen Home as a way to help customers finance project costs that are not covered by TECH incentives. Learn more at GoGreenFinancing.com/residentialcontractors.

Have additional questions about TECH Clean California? Reach out to our support team at tech.info@energy-solution.com