Missouri River Energy Services is a joint-action agency that supplies electricity and a range of energy-related programs and services to public power communities in the states of Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. One of these services is the Bright Energy Solutions program, which offers cash rebates for energy efficiency improvements to commercial, industrial, and government customers of participating member utilities. Below is a list of Iowa municipal utilities that participate in one or more of the programs.

Alton Municipal Utilities

City of Pella
Denison Municipal Utilities
Hartley Municipal Utilities
Hawarden Municipal Utilities

Kimballton Municipal Utilities

Lake Park Municipal Utilities
Manilla Municipal Utilities
Orange City Municipal Utilities
Paullina Municipal Utilities
Primghar Municipal Utilities

Remsen Municipal Utilities
Rock Rapids Municipal Utilities
Sanborn Municipal Utilities

Shelby Municipal Utilities
Sioux Center Municipal Utilities
Woodbine Municipal Utilities

Rebates are offered for improvements in several different categories: Lighting in New Construction; Lighting Retrofits; Cooling/Chillers; Motors, Pumps, and Variable Frequency Drives; Food Service Equipment; and Custom Measures. Prescriptive rebates are available for many types of equipment and custom rebates are based on the average demand reduction from June-September. Equipment requirements and rebate levels vary by the technology employed and are available on the rebate applications. Certain equipment which is available to some communities may not be offered by all of the participating utilities.

All equipment must be new and rebates may not be honored for equipment ordered, purchased, or installed prior to the receipt of rebate approval. Custom rebates are limited to $100,000 per customer per calendar year and have minimum application value of $500. Payments for rebates larger than $100,000 may be paid out over the course of multiple years. Prescriptive rebates in each of the first 4 categories that are larger than $10,000 must be pre-approved by the utility.
All applicants should contact their utility to confirm customer eligibility and the availability of funds prior to applying under any program. For further information, please consult the program web site listed at the top of this page or contact utility representatives.