Rebate and Incentive Tips, Part Two

Verify accurate input by third parties: Several years ago, a national retailer needed to file hundreds of incentive applications in the context of a planned portfolio-wide lighting retrofit campaign. The utilities granting the incentives required plenty of project data, including the exact lighting equipment proposed, the resulting lighting power density, etc. Several of the lighting contractors didn't understand the data request and submitted Title 24 compliance documentation rather than what was required for the utility to sign off on the incentive. Once the error was discovered, the client managed to retrieve the correct data and salvage the incentive.  The moral of the story is clear: you have to take the time to clarify the data needed from third parties to qualify for an incentive, and you have to verify that the data they provided is, in fact, what you requested.