The new year is shaping up to be a great one for Washington Wattsmart® Business Vendors!
You can learn all about the vendor incentives and how they work below, but here’s a quick look at the incentives by type:
- $0.05 per kilowatt-hour saved cash vendor incentive for Calculated Lighting retrofits and Midstream (Lighting Instant Incentive) projects.
- $50 per fixture for Advanced Networked Lighting Controls (ANLC).
- $300 for Small Business Lighting (SBL) projects.
- $500 for very small business or Named Community SBL projects.
We appreciated your outstanding participation in 2025. Let’s continue the program’s momentum with these great incentives:
Calculated Lighting retrofits and Midstream
Wattsmart Business Vendors receive the vendor incentive at a rate of $0.05 per kilowatt-hour saved for helping Pacific Power® business customers in Washington save money with qualifying lighting upgrades. This vendor incentive offer is for the approved vendor and is in addition to the customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business. Pacific Power offers significant cash customer incentives up to 70% of eligible costs to help with the up-front expenses of your customer’s project. Get more details on our website.
How it works
For qualifying lighting projects, vendors receive the vendor incentive of $0.05 per kilowatt-hour annual energy savings, with a maximum vendor incentive of $5,000 per customer location in 2026. Each vendor location is eligible to receive $35,000 in total incentives in 2026. Vendor incentives are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline listed below if allocated funding is exhausted. The program will email the Wattsmart Business Vendor Network if the funds are exhausted.
Here are some examples of vendor incentives.
| Project kWh | Vendor incentive |
| 25,000 | $1,250 |
| 50,000 | $2,500 |
| 75,000 | $3,750 |
Eligibility timeline
Calculated Lighting retrofit projects: The incentive offer must be issued between January 1, 2026, and November 1, 2026. All projects must be complete, and all project documentation and invoices must be received no later than November 30, 2026.
Post-purchase or Lighting Instant Incentive projects: Vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program by November 30, 2026 to receive the vendor incentive.**
Advanced Networked Lighting Controls
Wattsmart Business Vendors can receive a cash vendor incentive of $50 per fixture for helping Pacific Power business customers save money on their energy improvements with a qualifying ANLC retrofit, including Luminaire Level Lighting Controls (LLLCs)*. This offer is available for incentive offers issued starting July 1, 2023, and through November 30, 2026. All project documentation and invoices must be received no later than November 30, 2026.
How it works
Effective July 1, 2023, the ANLC vendor incentive (including Luminaire Level Lighting Controls) is $50 per fixture. There will be no cap per vendor location for 2026 ANLC vendor incentives, while funding lasts.
Why is Pacific Power offering this incentive to vendors?
Wattsmart Business Vendors have the power to take the next big thing in lighting to Pacific Power customers. The incentive is designed to help you embrace new technology and help cover the additional costs to sell, install and configure ANLC retrofit projects. Only Wattsmart Business Vendors in good standing are eligible to participate.**
*Project requires pre-approval. The system must be DLC-listed and meet program performance requirements. The vendor may receive both the ANLC vendor incentive and the lighting retrofit vendor incentive for a project with ANLC.
Small Business Lighting projects
Wattsmart Business approved SBL vendors in good standing can receive a cash incentive of $300 for regular SBL projects and $500 for very small business/Named Community SBL projects. This vendor incentive offer is for the approved Wattsmart SBL vendors submitting the project and is in addition to customer incentives available through Wattsmart Business.
How it works
Approved SBL vendors receive a vendor incentive of $300 per customer location for regular SBL projects and $500 per customer location for very small business/Named Community SBL projects. Vendor incentives for SBL projects are first come, first served, and the vendor incentive offer may terminate earlier than the eligibility timeline below if allocated funding is exhausted. The program will communicate with the approved SBL vendors if these funds are exhausted.
Eligibility timeline
For SBL projects, vendors must submit all project documentation and invoices to the program between January 1, 2026, and November 30, 2026, to receive the vendor incentive.**
**You must be a Wattsmart Business Approved Vendor prior to project closeout in order to receive these lighting upgrade vendor incentives. Not a Wattsmart Business Vendor? Contact your outreach coordinator or call 1-509-210-5011.
STEPS TO PARTICIPATE
1
Follow required processes for participating in the various lighting offerings, including project pre-approval and the incentive offer as required. Purchase and install energy-efficient lighting at your Pacific Power customer location in Washington and submit all required project documentation to the program. Participate in any required post-installation inspections.
2
Contact your outreach coordinator and provide a copy of your company’s W-9 tax information so we can prepare a 1099-Misc. following the vendor incentive payment.
3
Receive a vendor incentive check in the mail. Incentive checks will be issued to the Wattsmart Business Vendor and mailed to the primary contact.
Visit the Pacific Power website for more details on energy-efficient upgrades. These vendor incentives will only be available for a limited time, so act now! For additional questions or information, contact your outreach coordinator.
Get ready to make 2026 a prosperous year!
