Lighting and Lighting Controls
Lighting upgrades are often the best—and easiest—way to make energy-efficient improvements to your property and can pay back your investment through energy savings in as little as two years.
Energy Trust offers incentives for a wide range of efficient lighting and lighting controls options. We also offer technical assistance and can connect you with a lighting professional to meet your goals. For a free lighting assessment contact an energy advisor at 1.877.510.2130 or at multifamily@energytrust.org.

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Establish your eligibility.
Read More >- Property’s electricity must be provided by Portland General Electric or Pacific Power.
- Cash incentives are available to all Oregon multifamily attached residential properties with two or more units including: duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes; side-by-side units; and stacked structures with five or more units. For specific incentives based on your building type see the “Details” tab for further eligibility requirements.
- Energy-saving improvements must meet program requirements.
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Find a trade ally contractor.
Use our online tool to find a lighting contractor near you.
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Review program specification and requirements
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Get pre-approval and enroll your project.
For more detailed information about the lighting process review Form 172L.
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Have equipment installed.
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Submit your final project. Your trade ally contractor can help.
Submit documentation to multifamily@energytrust.org. If you have questions please contact 1.800.326.2917.
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Get your incentive.
Note: A post-installation verification may apply.
Energy Trust offers incentives for a wide range of lighting applications.
The solutions below are those most frequently installed at multifamily properties. View full list of incentives or read our Multifamily Lighting Guide for more lighting solutions.
Standard Lighting and Lighting Controls | Incentive | Requirements |
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LED Retrofit Lamps | $2-$13 per lamp | Required to replace incandescent or compact fluorescent |
HID to LED Screw-in Replacement Lamps | $20-$60 per lamp | Remove ballast |
TLED removing or replacing ballast | $2-$8 per lamp | Remove or replace ballast Read our TLED fact sheet |
Interior LED | $15-$40 per fixture | Retrofit and new fixtures, existing ballast and lamp sockets removed, non TLED |
High-bay/Low-bay LED | $80-$220 per fixture | Non screw-in |
Exterior LED | $40-$320 per fixture | Wall-mounted, pole-mounted, parking garage, fuel pump canopy, architectural flood/spot lighting Read our Exterior Lighting fact sheet. |
TLED Relamp of Existing Linear Fluorescent Fixture | $1-$4 per lamp | No ballast change required |
Exit Signs | $20 per fixture | LED replacing incandescent |
Lighting Controls | $30-$70 per fixture/sensor | Interior/exterior, controlling 30W or more |
Custom Lighting and Lighting Controls | Incentive | Requirements |
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Custom lighting controls and upgrades | Maximum 50% of total eligible measure cost. Not to exceed $0.19-$0.25 per annual kWh saved. | To be eligible, each custom lighting measure must be reviewed and pre-qualified by Energy Trust. Contact your lighting contractor or an Energy Trust lighting specialist to get started. |
Incentives are subject to funding availability and may change.
Need Help? Contact Us.
We’re here to explain the process and benefits. Give us a call at 1.877.510.2130 or send us an email at multifamily@energytrust.org.