COMMERCE seeks to secure professional services to implement two federal grant programs under Sections 50121 and 50122 of the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). These grant programs are known as the Home Efficiency Rebates (HOMES) and Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates (HEAR) programs authorized by the Inflation Reduction Act. The HOMES program provides rebates for whole-house energy-saving retrofits; The HEAR program provides rebates for electric appliances including water and space heating equipment. Washington has been allocated $166million+ for these programs and has budgeted $150,018,400 ($14 million for administrative costs and $136,018,400 million directly for rebate and incentive payments) to implement these programs and provide rebates from 1/1/2025 until 9/30/2031.

The full RFP and associated documents can be found in the BOX Folder: (1) IRA Home Energy Rebates Implementer RFP | Powered by Box