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June Member of the Month Washington Gas offers a variety of energy saving programs and solutions designed to help both residential and commercial customers reduce their energy usage and save money.

The energy efficiency programs in Virginia are approved by the State Corporation Commission (VA SCC) in accordance with the VA Conservation & Ratemaking Efficiency (CARE) Act and will run from May 2025 to April 2028 for this cycle.

Washington Gas offers a range of programs designed to help residential and commercial customers reduce their natural gas usage. These initiatives include incentives for high-efficiency equipment and appliances, custom energy saving upgrades, energy conservation kits, weatherization assistance for limited-income households, behavioral energy programs, and customer education efforts. To deliver these services effectively, Washington Gas partners with multiple program implementation vendors. Programs are available to existing residential and business customers, builders, and developers through new construction incentives.

To learn more visit www.wgsmartsavings.com

Key Energy Efficiency Related Work 

Washington Gas offers its Virginia customers a variety of programs to help them reduce their gas usage. In the current cycle, Washington Gas program offerings include:

Residential customers

  • Residential Prescriptive Program: eligible residential customers can receive a free energy conservation kit with do-it-yourself products like spray foam, caulk and weatherstripping. The program also includes rebates on high-efficiency furnaces, water heaters, smart thermostats, and other equipment. As of May 1, 2025, new eligibility measures have been added, including windows, cellular shades, and dual fuel heat pumps.
  • Income Qualifying Program: Washington Gas provides free home energy audits, weatherization (e.g., insulation and air sealing), smart thermostats, and other products and services to eligible customers at or below area income requirements.

Commercial & Industrial customers (Virginia Business Energy Solutions programs)

  • Prescriptive Business Solutions Program: With more than a dozen new measure offerings added as of May 1, 2025, this program offers financial incentives for high-efficiency space heating, water heating, food service, and other energy-saving equipment.
  • Custom Business Solutions Program: NAs of May 1, 2025, the company’s commercial custom program now offers incentives on energy efficient measures and facility upgrades that are not covered by the prescriptive program. Custom projects can include complex or unique technologies (would give an example here), measures, and systems. Eligible projects can earn customers $3 per therm of natural gas saved.

Additional Highlights

  • Continuing to build upon its successful partnership with Loudoun County Public Schools (LCPS) and engineering firm CMTA, the Prescriptive Business Solutions program provided $132,000 in incentives for energy efficient space heating upgrades.   Ten LCPS facilities were impacted in the third year of Washington Gas’s Virginia program cycle ending 4/30/2025.
  • In addition to energy efficiency programs, Washington Gas supports its customers in need of support through bill assistance, budget billing, and other initiatives. Visit washingtongascares.com.

 

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