Utility Incentive Strategy

Rundell Engineering’s incentive strategy is grounded in engineering judgment and a detailed understanding of how utilities evaluate energy savings. We focus on projects that already need attention, including aging central plants, building automation systems, and high-energy-use infrastructure, and quantify savings in a manner that aligns with utility technical reference manuals, custom program requirements, and measurement and verification protocols.

In New Jersey, well-structured projects can often achieve 30–75% utility funding for engineering, controls upgrades, repairs, and capital improvements. Achieving this level of funding requires a clear understanding of baseline definitions, operational impacts, and how improvements translate into defensible savings. This is where disciplined engineering matters.

Rundell Engineering works directly with utilities and program administrators to:

• Identify which projects are incentive-eligible and which are not

• Select the appropriate incentive pathway (prescriptive, RCx, or custom)

• Quantify savings at the system level rather than relying on nameplate efficiency

• Integrate incentive requirements into design, controls, and implementation plans

• Support measurement and verification to ensure incentives are fully realized

Our primary focus is on New Jersey utility programs, including PSE&G, JCP&L, and Atlantic City Electric, with additional experience supporting projects in New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Incentive strategy is always paired with sound engineering, clear documentation, and a focus on long-term operability.

Utility incentives are used deliberately to reduce financial risk, accelerate needed upgrades, and enable investment in better-performing systems than would otherwise be possible.