Energy Trust’s EPS New Construction program will launch its 2025 offers early next year, using the 2023 Oregon Residential Specialty Code (ORSC) as baseline. Changes in 2025 will include updated incentive amounts and new bonus offers.
The EPS team has finalized incentives, but they will not be official until Energy Trust’s board of directors approves the 2025 budget, which is expected to happen in mid-December 2024.
Whole-home energy use incentives will range from $1,000 for homes that are 5% more efficient than code to $3,350 for homes that are 20% more efficient than code.
Solar Incentives
Builders will be able to receive bonus incentives for solar + storage (S+S) installed in model homes and for net-zero model homes in 2025. Incentives will increase for S+S in non-model homes and for net-zero non-model homes. Solar ready, S+S ready and solar EDA bonus incentives will remain the same in 2025 as in 2024. See the table below for more details on the new and updated incentives.
| Solar bonus incentive | Per-home incentive |
|---|---|
| S+S installed model home | $7,000 |
| S+S installed non-model home | $5,000 |
| Net-zero model home | $5,000 |
| Net-zero (non-model home) | $3,000 |
| Solar EDA | $500 |
| Solar ready home | $200 |
| S+S ready home | $200 |
EPS New Construction reminders for 2024 – 2025:
- The last date to submit homes for review under the 2021 ORSC is December 6, 2024.
- The entry threshold will decrease from 10% above code in 2024 to 5% above code in 2025.
- Homes will still be eligible for bonus incentives for solar ready, net zero, EV ready/charger install, solar + storage ready in 2025.
- Bonuses will still be available in 2025 for homes that qualify as affordable, rural, and/or Tribal.
Builders can learn more about exceeding the 2023 ORSC by attending the BuildRight Conference, which takes place April 29 – May 1, 2025. Watch Insider for details and how to register.