CenterPoint Energy A/C Distributor Program
If you live in CenterPoint Energy's service area (greater Houston) and need to replace your air conditioner or heat pump in your home, this program offers incentives through local distributors when you choose a high-efficiency system (16+ SEER for A/C or 16+ SEER/8.6 HSPF for heat pumps, 1.5–5 ton capacity). Contact participating HVAC distributors in your area to learn about available rebate amounts and discuss which qualifying systems work for your installation.
This program incentivizes HVAC distributors to stock and promote high-efficiency replacement systems (16+ SEER/12 EER for A/C; 16+ SEER/12 EER/8.6 HSPF for heat pumps, 1.5–5 tons) in single-family homes, multi-family buildings, and small commercial properties within CenterPoint Energy's service territory. Only replacement applications qualify—new construction is excluded. Systems must be AHRI-matched and cannot receive incentives from other CenterPoint programs.
This distributor-focused program reduces CenterPoint Energy's peak demand and annual load growth by incentivizing installation of qualifying high-efficiency A/C and heat pump systems (1.5–5 tons, 16+ SEER minimum) in replacement-only applications across residential and small commercial sectors within the service territory. Distributors serve as program intermediaries to drive equipment sales among HVAC contractors and end customers. The program excludes new construction and prevents double-incentivization with other CenterPoint efficiency offerings.
Program details
- Program ID
- 5745
- Last updated
- 6/2/2025
Eligibility
- Sectors
- commercial industrial installers/contractors
- Technologies
- heat pumps air conditioners
Program summary
Note: This incentive is only available to customers within CenterPoint Energy’s electric service territory (greater Houston area, Texas)
The A/C Distributor Program provides incentives to air-conditioning distributors who agree to facilitate the installation of high-efficiency air-conditioners and heat pumps in single-family homes, multi-family homes, and small commercial businesses within CenterPoint Energy’s electric service territory. The primary purpose of this program is to reduce CenterPoint Energy customers’ demand and energy consumption while reducing the utility’s annual load growth in demand.
The program will accept qualifying 1.5 to 5 ton systems installed in residential and small commercial replacement applications within the CenterPoint Energy electric service territory; new construction applications do not qualify. The program will require AHRI-matched residential and small commercial systems that meet or exceed guidelines of...
A/C systems: 16+ SEER/12 EER, 1.5 to 5 ton systems;
Heat pump systems: 16+ SEER/12 EER/8.6 HSPF, 1.5 to 5 ton systems.
Eligible participants include HVAC distributors who install air conditioning equipment within CenterPoint Energy’s electric service territory. Equipment must not receive incentives from any other CenterPoint Energy energy efficiency program. Units installed in new or existing residential single-family or multi-family dwellings, or in small commercial sites, are eligible.
Contact & resources
- Contact email
- Zachary.Patterson@CenterPointEnergy.com
- Additional resources
Please verify current program details with the administering agency before making any financial decisions.
