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EEUP for Heat Pump Water Heaters

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Is a hybrid heat pump water heater right for my home?

Visit Hot Water Solutions NW and use their simple, online tool to determine whether this unit will work efficiently in your home.

How does a hybrid heat pump water heater work?

Heat pump water heaters use electricity to move heat from one place to another instead of generating heat directly. Therefore, they can be two to three times more energy efficient than conventional electric resistance water heaters. To move the heat, heat pumps work like a refrigerator in reverse.

While a refrigerator pulls heat from inside a box and dumps it into the surrounding room, a stand-alone air-source heat pump water heater pulls heat from the surrounding air and dumps it — at a higher temperature — into a tank to heat water.

Heat pump water heaters require installation in locations that remain in the 40º–90ºF range year-round and provide at least 1,000 cubic feet of air space around the water heater. Cool exhaust air can be exhausted to the room or outdoors. Install them in a space with excess heat, such as a furnace room. Heat pump water heaters will not operate as efficiently in a cold space. They tend to cool the spaces they are in.

The unit eligible in this EEUP is a stand-alone heat pump water heating system with an integrated heat pump unit enclosed in a built-in water storage tank with back-up resistance heating elements.

The following Traditional EEUP rebates are available for the purchase and installation of a qualifying HPWH by NWCPUD customers within our service territory:

Tier III or Tier IV 40 or 50 Gallon Heat Pump Water Heater: $800

The following IQEEUP for Tenants and Landlords offers double rebates for the purchase and installation of a qualifying HPWH by NWCPUD customers within our service territory:

Tier III or Tier IV 40 or 50 Gallon Heat Pump Water Heater: Up to $1,600

**** Please see BPA’s HPWH Qualified Products List (QPL) to determine which heat pump water heaters qualify for this EEUP ****

Receipts or invoices must show purchase date or installation date within 90 days of rebate inspection request.

Residential EEUP for HPWH Rebate Application

Residential EEUP Rebate Inspection Request & Assign Payment Form

Please return all rebate project documents, project information forms, and invoices to:

NWCPUD Energy Management Department, 2345 River Rd., The Dalles, OR 97058

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energy-management@nwascopud.org

Please return all rebate forms and invoices to:

Energy Management Department, 2345 River Rd., The Dalles, OR 97058

-or-

energy-management@nwascopud.org

Please click below to view, download and/or print the most current version of our measure checklist. This document is helpful for homeowners and installers to keep track of what actions are required per measure while also outlining what paperwork needs to be submitted prior to receiving rebates.