SD Rebate Program

Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebates (Offered by 12 Utilities)

Administered by Bright Energy Solutions/Missouri River Energy Services

AI summary · 7/12/2026

As a commercial customer of a participating South Dakota municipal utility, you can receive cash rebates for energy-efficient equipment upgrades including HVAC systems, LED lighting, commercial refrigeration, food service equipment, and more. Contact your local utility provider (such as Brookings, Pierre, or Watertown Municipal Utilities) to learn about specific rebate amounts and application requirements for your project.

Bright Energy Solutions' program provides your commercial customers access to rebates across a wide range of efficiency measures—from lighting controls and heat pumps to comprehensive whole-building upgrades—through 12 South Dakota municipal utility partners. Verify your customer's utility membership in the program network and work with the utility to ensure equipment meets program requirements and documentation standards.

This rebate program, administered by Bright Energy Solutions, serves commercial customers across 12 South Dakota municipal utilities that are members of Missouri River Energy Services. Participating utilities include Beresford, Big Stone City, Brookings, Burke, Pickstown, Faith, Flandreau, Fort Pierre, Pierre, Vermillion Light & Power, Watertown, and Winner. The program covers commercial refrigeration, compressed air, food service equipment, HVAC, lighting, motors, doors, roofs, and other efficiency measures, with rebate levels varying by utility and technology type.

Program details

Program ID
22561
Last updated
9/26/2025

Eligibility

Sectors
commercial
Technologies
dishwasher refrigerators/freezers lighting controls/sensors chillers heat pumps air conditioners compressed air doors roofs motors motor vfds comprehensive measures/whole building food service equipment led lighting commercial refrigeration equipment hvac electric cooking appliance ductless mini-split heat pump dual fuel air-source heat pump heavy-duty electric vehicles

Program summary

Bright Energy Solutions offers energy efficiency cash incentive programs to commercial customers of municipal utilities that are members of Missouri River Energy Services. In South Dakota, this includes:

  • Beresford Municipal Utilities
  • Big Stone City Municipal Utilities
  • Brookings Municipal Utilities
  • Burke Municipal Utilities
  • City of Pickstown
  • Faith Municipal Utilities
  • Flandreau Municipal Utilities
  • Fort Pierre Municipal Utilities
  • Pierre Municipal Utilities
  • Vermillion Light & Power
  • Watertown Municipal Utilities Dept.
  • Winner Municipal Utilities

For commercial customers, rebates are available for commercial refrigeration, compressed air, food service equipment, heating and cooling, lighting, and more.

Contact & resources

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

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