Comprehensive Mulitfamily Incentive (CoMFI) Program

Energy Efficiency Incentives

The CoMFI Program offers multifamily incentives designed to help alleviate financial barriers that may be holding multifamily properties from their next energy efficiency project. The program incentive received upon completion of a project is based on gross natural gas savings calculated from statewide approved workpapers provided by the California Electronic Technical Reference Manual (CA eTRM). The resulting incentive would be a percentage of the established project cost based on the gross natural gas savings achieved by the project. The minimum natural gas savings percentage a customer must reach to receive an incentive is 10%. All project incentives will be capped at a maximum value of $100,000.

Incentive Tier

Incentives tiers are based on the level of energy efficiency achieved at the property, corresponding to the installation of energy efficiency equipment. Properties with savings that fall within the percentage range seen in the table below will qualify for the corresponding project cost incentive. For example, a project that achieves 19% savings will qualify for the Tier 2 incentive, since that falls within the 15-24% range. The CoMFI Program does not offer prorated incentives for projects whose savings fall between tiers. Projects may qualify for an additional 5% project cost incentive for the respective incentive tier. For example, tier 2 would now provide 45% of the project cost as the final project incentive .

Incentive Tier	Gross Therms Saved¹	Project Cost Incentive²
Tier 1	10-14%	25%
Tier 2	15-24%	40%
Tier 3	25-49%	60%
Tier 4	50-75%	75%
Tier 5	75% and above	100%

¹The incentive amount is based on the simulated natural gas energy savings calculated using approved statewide workpapers.

²Incentives offered by the CoMFI Program are intended to help offset the cost of comprehensive energy efficiency upgrades. The total incentive amount cannot exceed the equipment’s purchase and installation cost.