So you're considering upgrading or enhancing your home with some energy-efficient features? Great news! For customers with electrically heated homes, the PUD offers options to help you pay for eligible energy-saving home improvements.
Customers who have electric heat and want to install 1) insulation in their floor, ceiling, or walls, 2) insulated windows, 3) a heat pump, and 4) duct sealing & insulation have two options from the PUD*: incentives or loans. Work must be completed by a PUD Registered Contractor or by the homeowner to PUD specifications. Most work must be authorized by the PUD before any work is started.
*Alternate financing is also available from other sources like Snohomish County or third-party financial institutions and can be combined with PUD incentives. See "Other Credits & Incentives Available" below.
Cash Incentives
Each incentive payment is a one-time-per-measure offer, and the amount depends on the measure installed (see below). All work must be pre-authorized.
| Eligible Measures |
PUD Maximum Incentive |
| Attic insulation |
50% of job cost up to $1,200 |
| Floor insulation |
50% of job cost up to $1,800 |
| Wall insulation |
50% of job cost up to $1,000 |
| Duct sealing & insulation |
$5 per l.f. up to $800 |
| Glass double metal frame to double-pane (U<=.30) |
$6.00 / sq. ft. |
| Glass single-pane to double-pane (U<=.30) |
$8.00 / sq. ft. |
| Heat pumps, ducted – air source conversion |
8.5 HSPF – $2,000; 9.0 HSPF – $2,500 |
| Heat pumps, ducted – air source upgrade |
$600 |
| Heat pumps - geothermal |
50% of job cost up to $2,000 |
| Heat pumps - geothermal with dedicated hot water line |
50% of job cost up to $2,500 |
Loans
With no administrative fee and no appraisal, the loan term is up to 10 years. The interest rate is a low 2.9 percent. The minimum loan is $1,000, and the minimum monthly payment is $50. Loans are subject to approval of credit. All work must be pre-authorized.
| Eligible Measures |
PUD Maximum Loan |
| Attic insulation |
100% of job cost
|
| Floor insulation |
100% of job cost
|
| Wall insulation |
100% of job cost
|
| Duct sealing & insulation |
100% of job cost
|
| Glass metal frame to double-pane vinyl |
$25.00 / sq. ft.
|
| Heat pumps, ducted – air source |
100% of job cost up to $12,000 |
| Heat pumps - geothermal |
100% of job cost up to $20,000 |
| Heat pumps - geothermal with dedicated hot water line |
100% of job cost up to $25,000 |
Snohomish County Public Utility District No. 1