CLEAResult and Encentiv Energy Partner to Transform Utility Incentives for Commercial Customers
CLEAResult, North America’s largest provider of energy efficiency, energy transition, and sustainability services, has announced a strategic partnership with Encentiv Energy, a leading provider of commercial and industrial (C&I) utility incentive data. This collaboration is set to redefine how commercial customers access and utilize energy efficiency rebates, making the process simpler, faster, and far more effective.
In a market where energy costs are rising and sustainability targets are becoming increasingly ambitious, energy efficiency incentives have become a crucial lever for businesses to achieve both financial and environmental goals. However, navigating the complex web of utility incentive programs across regions and sectors can be daunting. That’s where CLEAResult and Encentiv Energy come in — by combining their strengths to remove friction and bring clarity to the incentive application process.
Revolutionizing Access to Incentives
CLEAResult’s decision to integrate Encentiv Energy’s expansive and continuously updated utility incentive database into its rebate aggregation services represents a major step forward in how commercial customers interact with incentive programs. Encentiv’s data platform, which houses real-time insights on thousands of utility programs across North America, will now directly power CLEAResult’s customer-facing tools.
This integration means that commercial clients — from small office buildings to large manufacturing operations — will benefit from a unified, intelligent interface that identifies applicable utility incentives in their location, links them to eligible energy-saving equipment or upgrades, and streamlines the application process with step-by-step guidance and automated workflows.
“For too long, securing utility rebates has been a time-consuming and often confusing endeavor for businesses,” said Rich McBee, President and CEO of CLEAResult. “This partnership is a natural extension of our mission to change the way people use energy. By embedding Encentiv’s robust, nationwide incentive data into our solutions, we’re enabling a smarter, faster path for our clients to fund efficiency upgrades and accelerate their sustainability goals.”
Bridging the Participation Gap
Despite the abundance of utility incentives, industry data shows that many commercial customers either don’t apply for them or fail to secure the full rebate amount available. The reasons are varied — lack of awareness, confusing application requirements, or misaligned internal timelines for capital improvements.
This partnership directly addresses those pain points. By embedding clear, accurate, and actionable incentive data within CLEAResult’s suite of services, customers can now receive tailored recommendations on which projects qualify for rebates, how much they can expect to save, and how to navigate the application process efficiently. The result: less time wasted, fewer missed opportunities, and a significant increase in program participation.
“This collaboration marks a transformative step forward for the industry,” said Stephen Moritz, President and CEO of Encentiv Energy. “Our real-time incentive intelligence combined with CLEAResult’s proven program implementation capabilities simplifies and demystifies the rebate process. We’re not only improving access — we’re actively accelerating the pace of energy efficiency adoption across the commercial sector.”
Data-Driven Energy Strategy
The combined capabilities of CLEAResult and Encentiv Energy also enable a more strategic approach to energy management for commercial clients. With access to detailed, location-specific incentive data, customers can make better-informed decisions about which efficiency upgrades to prioritize and when to implement them based on maximum rebate value and ROI.
For instance, a facility manager planning to upgrade HVAC systems across multiple sites can now use the platform to identify which locations offer the most generous incentives and align project timelines accordingly. Similarly, financial officers evaluating capital expenditures can more accurately forecast returns by factoring in rebate values — making energy efficiency not just an environmental win, but a smart financial investment.
The end-to-end integration offers key advantages:
- Dynamic rebate tracking: Up-to-date visibility into program availability, deadlines, and eligibility criteria across all U.S. and Canadian utilities.
- ROI optimization tools: Forecasting tools that incorporate rebate value into lifecycle cost and savings models.
- Automated application support: Document templates, autofill capabilities, and process tracking to reduce administrative effort.
- Compliance and reporting features: Built-in capabilities to support regulatory reporting and internal ESG disclosures.
Advancing Sustainability Goals
While the operational efficiencies and financial benefits are compelling, this partnership also represents a meaningful step forward in the fight against climate change. Commercial buildings account for nearly 16% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions, and improving their energy performance is essential to meeting both corporate and national climate targets.
The new collaboration helps address this by making efficiency upgrades easier and more attractive. By lowering the administrative hurdles, commercial entities are more likely to invest in technologies such as LED lighting, energy management systems, high-efficiency motors, insulation, and HVAC controls — all of which can significantly reduce energy consumption and emissions.
Moreover, as energy costs fluctuate and regulatory pressure intensifies, rebate-backed projects offer companies a proactive way to control operating expenses while demonstrating commitment to sustainability.
A Win for the Energy Ecosystem
The partnership is also a notable development for utility companies and energy regulators. Higher rebate participation rates mean greater program effectiveness, better alignment with state and provincial energy savings goals, and stronger performance metrics for utility-run demand-side management (DSM) programs.
By helping customers access and utilize existing incentives, CLEAResult and Encentiv Energy contribute to a more efficient and responsive energy ecosystem — one that is capable of adapting to the demands of the energy transition while delivering tangible benefits to both customers and utilities.
