- Boulder County Energy Smart
- Boulder Small Business Development Center
- Certifiably Green Denver
- Colorado Springs Utilities, Free Commercial and Industrial Energy Audit
- Garfield County Clean Energy Challenge for Business
- Longmont Power and Communications Efficiency Works for Business
- Xcel Energy - Audits and Studies
- Xcel Energy - Recycled Energy Program
- Capital Lease (e.g. customer is equipment owner; must declare equipment as an asset and lease payments as a liability)
- Operating Lease (e.g. lessor owns equipment; customer rents equipment at a fixed monthly payment)
- Commercial Loan (e.g. borrow money directly from banks or lenders to pay for projects)
- OBF/OBR On-Bill Financing or Repayment (e.g. utility or private lender supplies capital; repaid via existing utility bill)
- PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy Financing) (e.g. 10+ year financing with low rates paid back via property tax assessment)
- EPC (Energy Performance Contract) (e.g. $1M+ projects preferred; no upfront cost; ESCO installs equipment and energy savings pay back financers)
- ESA or MESA (Energy Services Agreement) (e.g., $1M+ projects preferred; no upfront cost; ESA provider coordinates capital and equipment; service payments based on savings)
- EZ Investment Tax Credit (State: save up to 3% tax credit for eligible energy resources)
- Property Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Systems (City/County: tax rebates or credits to commercial property owners who install renewable energy systems)
- Sales Tax Exemption for Renewable Energy Systems (City/County: tax rebates or credits to commercial properties who install renewable energy systems)
- Renewable Energy Property Tax Assessment (City/County: required to assign tax liability)
- Business Energy Investment Tax Credit (Federal: up to 30% investment tax credit depending on renewable energy technology)
- Modified Accelerated Cost Recover System (MACRS) (Federal: businesses may recover investments in certain property through depreciation deductions; up to 50%)
- Renewable Electricity Production Tax Credit (PTC) (Federal: inflation-adjusted-per-kilowatt-hour (kWh) tax credit for electricity generated by qualified energy resources and sold to an unrelated person during the taxable year)
- Boulder County - Energy Smart Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program (technical support and energy efficiency rebates available for retrofits to existing buildings)
- Black Hills Energy - Solar Power Program (production-based incentive to cover a portion of solar PV systems)
- Black Hills Energy - Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program (rebates to industrial customers that install or upgrade energy efficient equipment or reduced energy usage)
- Delta-Montrose Electric Association - Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate Program (specialized rebates for lighting, heat pumps, motors, refrigeration and more)
- Efficiency Works Rebate Program (free facility assessment and efficiency rebates offered by the utilities of Estes Park, Fort Collins, Longmont and Loveland)
- Empire Electric Association - Commercial Energy Efficiency Credit Program (matching incentives with Tri-State Generation for efficiency equipment and appliances)
- La Plata Electric Association - Energy Efficiency Equipment Rebate Program (matching incentives with Tri-State Generation for efficiency equipment and appliances)
- Mountain View Electric Association - Energy Efficiency Rebates Program (matching incentives with Tri-State Generation for efficiency equipment and appliances)
- San Miguel Power Association - Energy Efficiency Rebate Program (rebates for lighting appliances, HVAC, audits, motors, renewables and more)
- Source Gas - Excess is Out (free energy assessment; rebates for furnaces, boilers, hot water heaters, programmable thermostats and insulation)
- United Power - Energy Efficiency Rebate Program (audits; matching incentives with Tri-State Generation for efficiency equipment and appliances)
- Xcel Energy - Commercial Energy Efficiency Rebate (audits, equipment and installation rebates; connect customers to third-party financing)
- Xcel Energy - Solar Rewards Program (20 year purchase of Renewable Energy Credits produced by solar PV systems; credit value depends on system size, ~$.05 per kWh)
- Xcel Recycled - Energy Incentive ($500/kW incentive for recycled energy [waste heat recovery] projects)
- Xcel (recycled energy)