Exergenics approved utility partner

LADWP pays 100% of the cost to optimize your chilled water plant.

LADWP’s Business Offerings for Sustainable Solutions (BOSS) program pays $0.60 for every kWh of measured energy savings, up to the full project cost. Chilled water plants consume so much energy that, for Exergenics projects, the incentive covers the entire cost.

Exergenics forecasts your savings & incentive using historical trend data, prepares the application on your behalf and verifies the savings using IPMVP Option B to ensure you receive your rebate in full.

Approved vendor for LADWP’s Business Offerings for Sustainable Solutions (BOSS) program.

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LADWP BOSS rate, HVAC cooling

Annual kWh your plant saves × $0.60 = your incentive

$0.60 per kWh

Covers 100% of your project cost.

Source: LADWP BOSS fact sheet, May 2026

Your business case, illustrated

Project cost

Plant size

2,750 TR

Exergenics optimization at $24/TR

$66,000

Retro-commissioning, approx.

$7,500

Total project cost

$73,500

Incentive

Savings at 10% of 3,000,000 kWh

300,000 kWh a year

Calculated incentive at $0.60/kWh

$180,000

LADWP pays (100% of cost)

$73,500

Your net cost

The calculated incentive of $180,000 is well above the $73,500 project cost, so LADWP covers all of it. Those 300,000 kWh then come off your bill every year.

Illustrative only. LADWP sets the final incentive from the verified savings.

How the BOSS incentive works

BOSS pays per kWh saved, and controls and retro-commissioning measures qualify, including condenser water temperature reset. You don’t need to buy new equipment to earn it.

Rate

$0.60 per kWh of annualized energy savings, at LADWP’s HVAC cooling rate.

Cap

Up to the full project cost. On Exergenics projects, the incentive covers 100% of it.

Who qualifies

Non-residential LADWP electric customers in good standing, for a site in LADWP’s service territory.

Approval

LADWP verifies your existing plant and pre-approves the project before any change is made.

Deadline

The project must be complete within 12 months of approval.

Payment

Usually 8 to 12 weeks after LADWP’s post-installation verification. RCx projects with an estimated incentive over $150,000 are paid half at installation and half after up to 12 months of verified operation.

Funding

First come, first served while program funds last.

What a typical project delivers

Exergenics builds a calibrated digital twin of your chilled water plant and finds the condenser water, chiller staging, pump and fan settings that use the least energy. Your incumbent controls contractor programs that logic into your existing BAS, where it runs on its own. No new hardware, and no live connection to us.

A 70,240-seat Los Angeles stadium improved its chilled water plant efficiency by 7.2%, measured to IPMVP Option B, with no new hardware.

5–20%

Chilled water plant energy savings

Up to 33.4%

Verified results on published projects

10–15%

Peak demand reduction

About 18 months

Average simple payback before incentives (range 6 to 24 months)

Typically $0

Net cost after the BOSS incentive

None

New hardware

From trend data to incentive check

Typical timing. LADWP’s review runs alongside our modeling, and nothing on your plant changes until LADWP approves the project.

Feasibility

Weeks 1 to 3, Exergenics

You send a standard trend export from your BAS. We estimate savings by strategy and size your BOSS incentive.

Application and modeling

Weeks 3 to 10, you, Exergenics and LADWP

We prepare the BOSS application on your behalf and build a calibrated digital twin of your plant. LADWP verifies your baseline and pre-approves the project.

Programming

About 4 weeks, your controls contractor

Your incumbent controls contractor programs our Functional Description into your existing BAS.

Verification

At go-live, Exergenics and LADWP

We check a trend export to confirm the plant is following the new logic. LADWP completes its post-installation verification.

M&V and payment

Up to 12 months, Exergenics and LADWP

We measure savings to IPMVP Option B against the calibrated baseline, and LADWP pays the incentive.

Data leaves your site as files at four points only: feasibility, modeling, verification and M&V. There is no live connection and nothing for your IT team to review.

Questions LADWP customers ask

Is my site eligible?

Most likely, if you’re a non-residential LADWP electric customer in good standing with a chilled water plant. Plants with two or more chillers and at least 1,000 tons installed see the strongest results.

What counts as project cost?

LADWP approves reasonable, invoiced costs to implement the measures. The incentive can’t exceed 100% of that approved cost, and incentives and grants combined can’t exceed the total project cost.

Who submits the application?

The LADWP customer, or a representative the customer authorizes in writing. Exergenics prepares the application on your behalf: the BOSS workbook, project scope and savings model.

Do we need new equipment?

No. The logic runs on your existing BAS, programmed by the controls contractor you already use. There is no new hardware and no live connection to Exergenics.

What do we commit to?

LADWP asks that the savings stay in place for five years, or the life of the measure if that’s shorter. If the site leaves LADWP service during that time, a prorated share of the incentive is refunded.