Natural gas steam boiler rebates
Improve your steam plant’s energy performance and qualify for a rebate of up to $49,000 by installing a new high-efficiency natural gas steam boiler, or when making energy-efficiency upgrades to a new or existing steam boiler system.
Eligibility
- You must be a FortisBC natural gas customer under any rate class except Rate 1.
- You must be a property owner or long-term leaseholder of an existing building
or a builder/developer or property owner of a new construction project. - Steam boilers must be used to meet your site's steam loads, e.g. process load, sanitization or space heating. Steam boilers installed to meet other operational needs (e.g. backup, standby or secondary boilers) are not eligible.
- The steam boilers must use natural gas only.
- Purchase date of products (as shown on the paid invoice) must be after February 1, 2019.
- You must submit an application and supporting documentation no later than 365 days after the purchase date of the product(s) (as shown on the paid invoice).
Rebate details
Rebate amounts are determined by the size of the natural gas steam boiler.
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
| Small steam boiler | Less than 150 hp |
| Medium steam boiler | Greater than 151 hp and less than 300 hp |
| Large steam boiler | Greater than 301 hp |
| Category | Measure | Rebate amount |
|---|---|---|
| Small steam boiler | Economizer non-condensing | $10,000 |
| Economizer condensing | $13,000 | |
| Total dissolved solids blowdown control | $4,000 | |
| Combustion oxygen trim | $16,000 | |
| Parallel positioning | $9,000 | |
| Medium steam boiler | Economizer non-condensing | $16,000 |
| Economizer condensing | $20,000 | |
| Total dissolved solids blowdown control | $4,000 | |
| Combustion oxygen trim | $18,000 | |
| Parallel positioning | $10,000 | |
| Large steam boiler | Economizer non-condensing | $21,000 |
| Economizer condensing | $25,000 | |
| Total dissolved solids blowdown control | $4,000 | |
| Combustion oxygen trim | $18,000 | |
| Parallel positioning | $16,000 | |
| Any size steam boiler (retrofit only)* | Parallel positioning and combustion oxygen trim with controls | $49,000 |
How to apply
- Contact a gas or mechanical contractor, licensed with Technical Safety BC, to install your boiler(s).
- Complete your steam boiler rebate application and email it to industrialrebates@fortisbc.com within 365 days of the purchase date (as shown on the paid invoice). Be sure to provide copies of the fully paid invoice including make and model number of the eligible measures purchased and installed.
- Once approved, you should receive your rebate within six to eight weeks.
Start your rebate application
Thermal energy service providers (TESP)
If thermal energy will be supplied to the site by a thermal energy services provider (TESP)1, you’ll need to complete a TESP declaration, and additional processing fees may apply. Please contact your key account manager for more details.
1A TESP is an individual or organization, other than the participant, who owns thermal energy generating assets such as eligible water heaters for the purpose of selling the thermal energy they generate to the participant.
Point-of-sale rebates
You may be able to claim a rebate at the time of purchase when you buy products through businesses listed below. These businesses may also be able to help you identify which products are rebate-eligible:
| All Pro Services | Port Coquitlam | 604-468-1446 |
| Cannepp | Delta | 604-940-8188 |
| CCI Combustion Control Inc. | Langley | 604-534-0553 |
| Raven Supply | Surrey | 604-543-7977 |
| Spartan Controls | Burnaby | 604-355-2050 |
| Pacific Boiler | Surrey | 604-539-9551 |
We’re here to help
If you have questions, contact your key account manager or email industrialrebates@fortisbc.com