Energy Incentive & Project Support for BC Businesses
MOTIRATECH helps customers evaluate energy projects that may interact with utility programs, incentives or other funding mechanisms. The engineering basis comes first; program pathways are screened against current published requirements.
Program eligibility, incentive amounts and final approval are determined by BC Hydro. The information on this page is provided for general guidance and does not constitute a BC Hydro approval or incentive commitment.
Where program pathways may apply
Different measures fall under different utility and public program pathways. Whether a specific project qualifies depends on the applicant, the equipment, the site and the program's current terms.
Battery energy storage
Storage sizing, peak-shaving analysis and the technical basis a storage incentive application requires.
Energy management
Metering, monitoring and control measures that act on measured demand and consumption.
Energy efficiency
Motor, drive and process measures evaluated from duty cycle and measured operating data.
Industrial electrification
Replacing combustion-driven equipment with electric drive, and the electrical capacity work it implies.
Load displacement
Projects that shift or displace load, where the utility may treat the measure under a custom pathway.
Clean-energy projects
Solar, storage and hybrid configurations assessed against the site's interconnection and tariff context.
BC Hydro Energy Storage Incentive
Under the current BC Hydro Energy Storage Incentive, qualifying business customers installing a new energy storage system may receive an incentive in exchange for a demand flexibility commitment. BC Hydro determines eligibility, incentive calculations, technical requirements and final approval.
Explore BC Hydro Energy Storage Incentive
BC Hydro BESS eligibility, the three incentive calculation methods and the demand flexibility requirements, with links to the official program documentation.
Commercial and industrial battery storage
System configuration, peak shaving, engineering scope and project delivery for battery storage in British Columbia.
Links are provided to BC Hydro for reference only. Program documentation is maintained by BC Hydro and may change without notice.
How MOTIRATECH approaches incentive-linked projects
- 01Establish the engineering case first — load profile, duty cycle, electrical capacity and operating constraints.
- 02Identify which utility or public program pathway, if any, could apply to the measure.
- 03Screen the project against the published requirements of that pathway before engineering effort is committed.
- 04Keep any incentive out of the base business case until the applicable program administrator confirms it.
- 05Prepare the technical documentation the applicable application process requires.
- 06Re-verify program terms at the time of commitment, since programs and funding envelopes change.
View the BC Hydro Energy Storage Incentive
Eligibility, calculation methods, demand-flexibility requirements and an incentive estimator for battery energy storage projects.
BC Hydro demand charges and peak shaving
How demand is measured and where storage can reduce measured peak demand.
Energy insights
Background on Canadian industrial energy programs and how to verify them.
Start from the engineering case, then check the program
Share the facility's load data, rate schedule and project objective. An assessment request is not a utility incentive application and does not establish eligibility or approval.