Inside Passage Electric Cooperative customers, Alaska · Bill credit
Experimental Residential Heat Pump Incentive Rate (Inside Passage Electric Cooperative)
Run by Inside Passage Electric Cooperative, Inc. (IPEC)
Inside Passage Electric Cooperative members in Hoonah, Kake, Angoon, Klukwan and the Chilkat Valley who install a new heat pump can apply for IPEC's heat pump incentive rate, a special residential electric rate under IPEC's tariff.
Amounts
How much you get
Service moves to IPEC's Experimental Residential Heat Pump Incentive Rate (tariff Schedule 56-1 through 56-3) starting the first full billing period after approval and an installation check. The rate itself isn't published on IPEC's website, so the saving isn't stated here.
Eligibility
Do I qualify?
You need to meet all 2 of these.
IPEC residential member; the project must meet IPEC tariff ERHPIR Schedule 56-1 through 56-3.
The heat pump must be installed new (not used or salvaged); IPEC inspects the installation.
Equipment
What equipment counts
Applying
How to apply
You apply by mail.
- Check the tariff.
Review IPEC tariff ERHPIR Schedule 56-1 through 56-3 (ask IPEC for a copy) to confirm the project qualifies.
- Install the heat pump and keep proof of purchase date and price.
- Return the completed application to IPEC.
By mail to PO Box 210149, Auke Bay, AK 99821, or by email as printed on the form.
- Allow IPEC to inspect the installation.
- The incentive rate starts.
From the first full billing period after the application is approved and the installation verified.
Completed Heat Pump Incentive Rate Application
Verification of purchase date and price
Forms and instructions, including for applying by mailIPEC: Documents · Inside Passage Electric Cooperative
Stacking
Use it with
Your address
Next steps
Check that it covers your address. Then, if you want, ask for a contractor quote.
Is it available at your address?
Before anything else
Your quote request is in If a contractor we work with serves your ZIP, they can contact you. We take one request per person; contact us to change it.
Get an email if this program changes
We'll write if its amount, status or deadline changes. Nothing else.
FAQ
Questions
How much does Experimental Residential Heat Pump Incentive Rate (Inside Passage Electric Cooperative) pay?
Service moves to IPEC's Experimental Residential Heat Pump Incentive Rate (tariff Schedule 56-1 through 56-3) starting the first full billing period after approval and an installation check. The rate itself isn't published on IPEC's website, so the saving isn't stated here.
Do I need to be a Inside Passage Electric Cooperative customer?
Yes. It’s only for homes in Inside Passage Electric Cooperative customers, Alaska. See Do I qualify for the details.
Is it still available?
Yes. It was open when we last checked, on October 27, 2026.
Plain words
Words used on this page
References
Sources
This page is built from these official pages, run by the program itself.
- IPEC: Documents
- IPEC Heat Pump Incentive Rate Application (rev 9/30/21)
- Inside Passage Electric Cooperative
When one of these pages changes, we re-check this page against it.
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