MN Rebate Program

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency - (17 Municipal Utilities) Commercial & Industrial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program

AI summary · 7/12/2026

This program is not available to homeowners—it covers only commercial, industrial, government, and nonprofit facilities. Contact your local municipal utility (one of SMMPA's 17 members) to learn what energy efficiency rebates they offer for your business or organization.

SMMPA's member utilities offer rebates for commercial and industrial energy efficiency upgrades including HVAC equipment, chillers, heat pumps, motors, compressed air systems, refrigeration, and other custom measures. Incentive amounts and eligibility requirements vary by utility; contact the specific municipal utility serving your customer's location to confirm program details and application procedures.

SMMPA is a wholesale power agency serving 17 non-profit municipal utilities across southern Minnesota with approximately 129,789 customers. Member utilities design and administer their own rebate programs for qualifying commercial, industrial, government, and nonprofit customers; SMMPA provides coordination and support. Specific incentive levels, funding mechanisms, and eligibility criteria are determined by each individual member utility.

Program details

Program ID
2591
Last updated
3/19/2025

Eligibility

Sectors
commercial industrial local government nonprofit state government federal government
Technologies
chillers heat pumps air conditioners compressed air programmable thermostats motors custom/others pending approval other ee food service equipment vending machine controls commercial refrigeration equipment hvac

Program summary

Southern Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (SMMPA) is a joint-action agency which generates and sells reliable electricity at wholesale to its seventeen non-profit, municipally-owned member utilities:

  • Austin Utilities
  • Blooming Prairie Public utilities
  • Fairmont Public Utilities
  • Grand Marais Public Utilities
  • Lake City Utilities
  • Litchfield Public Utilities
  • Mora Municipal Utilities
  • New Prague Municipal Utilities
  • Owatonna Public Utilities
  • Preston Public Utilities
  • Princeton Public Utilities
  • Redwood Falls Public Utilities
  • Rochester Public Utilities
  • Saint Peter Municipal Utilities
  • Spring Valley Public Utilities
  • Waseca Utilities
  • Wells Public Utilities

Incentives vary by utility company. Contact your municipal power provider for more information.

Contact & resources

Contact email
jp.oneil@smmpa.org
Additional resources

Please verify current program details with the administering agency before making any financial decisions.

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