We will regularly update this page with COVID-19 related resources, Xcel Energy program availability, and other Partners in Energy activities - so please check this page often.
Last update: 12/7/2020
We hope that you and your communities are persevering during this unsettling time. As COVID-19 is evolving rapidly and affecting everyone across our communities, Xcel Energy's Partners in Energy team is taking steps to ensure continued support in meeting your community's needs.
We will continue connecting communities to updated and relevant resources to pursue their energy and sustainability goals thoughtfully and relevantly. Though our landscape is changing daily, we will remain resilient and provide participants with tools to stay remotely engaged in advancing important longer-term pursuits.
Xcel Energy is working to keep customers connected. Staffing plans are in place to ensure power plant operators, line workers, customer care representatives, and others will continue delivering reliable service. For more information about Xcel Energy's response to COVID-19, please visit: https://www.xcelenergy.com/covid-19_response.
How is Your Community Adapting and Innovating?
If you have considered a creative new idea or tested an innovative approach to help your community advance its energy goals during this time of uncertainty and need, please share it on the idea wall. We are in this together and we welcome the exchange of ideas!
Xcel Energy is committed to maintaining the health and safety of customers and the team and has been following all recommendations from the CDC as well as closely monitoring the situation around coronavirus and COVID-19.
The following list reflects the current status of several popular Xcel Energy programs and rebates. Please coordinate with your Partners in Energy community facilitator to refine the timing and/or messaging of any planned or upcoming public outreach activities that may be affected by these program adjustments.
Minnesota
All residential and commercial rebate programs remain available.
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Home Energy Squad - no-cost virtual visits available, in-home visits resuming with safety measures in place
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HomeSmart - Active with safety measures in place
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Low-Income Multi-Family Energy Savings - On-site visits delayed
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Multi-Family Building Efficiency - Whole building audits continue, direct install delayed
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One-Stop Shop (small biz lighting, etc.) - Active with safety measures in place
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Refrigerator Recycling - Active with no-touch protocol
Colorado
All residential and commercial rebate programs remain available.
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Home Energy Squad – In-home visits on hold, no-cost virtual visits available through the end of the year, $25 begining in 2021
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Home Energy Audits - Active
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HomeSmart - Active with safety measures in place
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Low-Income Multifamily Buildings - Delivery on-hold
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Multifamily Buildings - Virtual visits available, in-person visits on hold
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Refrigerator Recycling - Active with no-touch protocol
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Business Energy Audits – Free through 2020 for businesses of all sizes, virtual visits available, in-person visits on hold
February Office Hours: Demand Response - What is it and how it could benefit your communities
For this Office Hours, we will discuss what we mean when we talk about Demand Response (e.g. Xcel Energy's Saver's Switch® or A*C Rewards®) and how your community can benefit from promoting these programs and shifting consumption patterns. We’ll hear from Xcel Energy about new developments in demand response programs as well as from community facilitators with examples of how Partners in Energy communities can reduce and shift their energy demand and lower costs. There will be plenty of opportunity to ask questions and share your own experience – we look forward to hearing from you!