Efficient
Solutions

The incentive should accelerate the work, not create the work.

Efficient Solutions is a Texas project sponsor for utility energy-efficiency programs. Contractors bring the work; we deliver TRM-checked project packages and pay contractors after utility approval.

Small contractors do much of the efficiency work in Texas, and most never enroll in a utility program. Our job is to make the incentive easy to understand and easy to capture, so it becomes part of the sale rather than a second project.


For utility programs

One accountable sponsor between your program and the contractors doing the work.

The utility keeps every approval and payment decision.

  • More participation, fewer agreements Contractors take part through one enrolled sponsor. You don’t have to enroll, train, and pay each of them separately.
  • Checked before you see it Each job is checked against the current Technical Reference Manual before it reaches your desk. That covers service territory, required photos and test readings, eligibility, duplicate premises, and the right program-year version.
  • Payment follows approval No incentive moves until you approve and pay. Every contractor payment is reconciled to a utility payment.
  • Rates set by the outcome you need Measure rates can be set from the cost-effectiveness you need. When the TRM changes, the rates change with it.
  • No separate platform fee For standard offer programs, we are paid at your published sponsor rates. There is no new system for you to buy or staff.
Sponsor package · sample jobIllustration
  • Service territory confirmed by address
  • Before and after photos per measure
  • Equipment nameplate and test readings in range
  • Eligibility and duplicate-premise check clear
  • Savings calculated TRM version for the program year
  • Invoice and customer acknowledgment on file
Ready for utility review

We build and run the software behind all of this: contractor intake portals, a statewide premise database, TRM calculation engines, a QA workflow, and payment rails. Your team spends its time on the program, not the paperwork.

For businesses doing the work

One way into the programs that matter, without building a program-management department.

We keep track of the programs, requirements, measures, and incentives across Texas. You keep doing the work your customers hired you for.

  • Know before you sell Enter an address to see which utility serves it and whether it qualifies, before you quote the job.
  • One submission for every program Upload photos, invoices, and test readings once. We match them to each program’s rules and fix gaps before anything is filed.
  • Measures we work with HVAC tune-ups and replacements · insulation, air sealing, and duct sealing · lighting retrofits and distributor sales · water heating · commercial kitchen equipment.

Background

  • Fifteen years in Texas energy efficiency: field work, program implementation, and utility energy-efficiency planning and compliance leadership.
  • Enrolled project sponsor with Texas utilities.
  • Statewide premise coverage.
  • Council member advising the State Energy Conservation Office on rolling out $690 million in federal home-efficiency rebates.

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