City of Irvine Programs
- One Irvine Program Green Home Grant: up to $1,500 for sustainability projects for homes or condominiums built on or before 1980.
- One Irvine Program Home Improvement Loan: up to $25,000 for homes or condominiums built on or before 1980. These loans, repaid upon sale or transfer of the property, are designed for projects related to critical repairs or sustainability like solar panels or heat pump upgrades.
- Residential Lawn & Garden Equipment Rebate: up to three $250 rebates, in partnership with South Coast Air Quality Management District.
Orange County Power Authority
Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) is one of Irvine's electricity providers with the following rebates, incentives, or resources:
- Home Energy Audit Training (HEAT) Program: Orange County Power Authority (OCPA) offers the program to help build a local network of Home Energy Score (HES) Assessors. The HEAT program will support 10 individuals in Orange County in receiving training to meet entry-level DOE requirements to become an HES assessor and support future residential energy audits. A $250 reimbursement is included.
Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison (SCE) is one of Irvine's electricity providers with the following rebates, incentives, or resources:
- Go Electric, At No Cost: Southern California Edison’s Building Electrification Program to help eligible homeowners and renters electrify their homes.
- California Alternative Rates for Energy (CARE): Program helps reduce energy bills for eligible customers.
- Family Electric Rate Assistance (FERA): Program helps reduce electric bills for qualified households.
- Energy Savings Assistance Program: The Energy Savings Assistance Program helps income-qualified households conserve energy and reduce their electricity costs.
- Single-Family Home Energy Efficiency Rebate Program: Rebates and Savings for your Home.
- Multifamily Energy Efficiency Rebate Program: The Residential Multifamily Energy Efficiency Rebate Program offers property owners and managers incentives on a broad list of energy efficiency improvements in lighting, HVAC, insulation and window categories.
Southern California Gas Company
Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) is Irvine's natural gas provider with the following rebates, incentives, or resources:
- Rebates for Your Home: This Program offers residential customers of Southern California Gas Company cash rebates on qualifying energy-efficiency upgrades or improvements made to single family homes, multi-family apartments, or attached residential units (maximum of four).
- Rebates for Property Managers and Owners: Rebates for property managers and owners are available through mail-in rebates. Before purchasing energy efficient equipment and/or appliances, make sure they meet rebate specifications listed on application.
State & Regional Programs
- Solar Installers: Database of Solar Installers, Contractors, and Retailers in California
- Air Quality Management District (AQMD) Residential EV Charging Incentive
- California Energy Commission is the state's primary energy policy and planning agency that promotes efficiency and conservation, supporting cutting edge-research, and developing renewable energy resources.
- Energy Upgrade California: statewide resources for energy-efficiency and electrification information and incentives.