Agricultural Energy Audit

Interested in reducing your energy costs but unsure how to start?

The South Car­oli­na Agri­cul­tur­al Ener­gy Audit Pro­gram pro­vides dis­count­ed ener­gy audits to assess your farm’s ener­gy effi­cien­cy, iden­ti­fy poten­tial con­ser­va­tion projects, and even access fund­ing for equip­ment upgrades. The audit is an unbi­ased third-par­ty eval­u­a­tion of ener­gy effi­cien­cy and demand reduc­tion oppor­tu­ni­ties on your farm along with tech­ni­cal assis­tance and a rank of each project by the peri­od of time it will take to pay for itself. Each ener­gy audit also includes a detailed inven­to­ry of your cur­rent equip­ment and an analy­sis of your ener­gy usage by farm activ­i­ty.

[PDF] South Carolina Agricultural Energy Audit Program Application

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• The pro­gram will cov­er 75% of the cost of your ener­gy audit. Your ener­gy audit can be used to access fund­ing through USDA pro­grams such as the Rur­al Ener­gy for Amer­i­ca Pro­gram (REAP), which pro­vides grants for up to 25% of your project cost and loan guar­an­tees for up to 75% of your project cost.
• There is no oblig­a­tion to move for­ward with projects once you receive your audit report.
• This pro­gram is offered on a first come, first served basis, and fund­ing is lim­it­ed. Call today to reserve your spot.

Note: The ener­gy audits will be pro­vid­ed on a first come, first served basis, so time is of the essence for appli­cants. Farm­ers who wish to apply for equip­ment cost-share fund­ing this year could poten­tial­ly get an audit through this pro­gram and install their projects a year ear­ly; or, instead of apply­ing for ener­gy audit fund­ing this year, farm­ers could apply for equip­ment fund­ing for a lat­er date as long as their audit can be com­plet­ed by the EQIP signup dead­line.

Call EnSave at (800) 732‑1399 today to get start­ed.

[PDF] South Carolina Agricultural Energy Audit Program Application

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After sub­mit­ting your appli­ca­tion, a rep­re­sen­ta­tive from EnSave will call you to ask some addi­tion­al ques­tions and price your audit; in the mean­time, please call EnSave at (800) 732‑1399 if you have any ques­tions.

Your discounted energy audit involves just four easy steps:

1. Speak with your elec­tric coop­er­a­tive, or call EnSave at (800) 732‑1399 with any ques­tions or to request an appli­ca­tion
2. Sign and return the appli­ca­tion, and pro­vide 12 months of ener­gy use his­to­ry (elec­tric­i­ty and heat­ing fuel)
3. Pay for 25% of the cost of your ener­gy audit
4. Receive your assess­ment with­in 10 weeks of send­ing in your mate­ri­als, and use your audit to make busi­ness deci­sions and access fund­ing

About the Program

Cen­tral Elec­tric Pow­er Coop­er­a­tive, on behalf of the 20 South Car­oli­na Elec­tric Coop­er­a­tives, was recent­ly award­ed a USDA Rur­al Devel­op­ment Ener­gy Audit grant to pro­vide these dis­count­ed ener­gy audits to 40 farms in South Car­oli­na.

Cen­tral Elec­tric Pow­er Coop­er­a­tive, Inc. pro­vides whole­sale elec­tric ser­vice to South Carolina’s elec­tric coop­er­a­tive sys­tem.