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PSPS Backup Battery Rebate

Xcel's Wildfire Backup Battery Rebate: Up to $10,000

For Xcel customers with medical needs in higher wildfire-risk areas, where Public Safety Power Shutoffs can cut power. You must meet all three checks below.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

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Eligibility: you need all three

Meeting one or two is not enough.

  1. 1

    Xcel Colorado residential electric customer

    Your home's electricity comes from Xcel Energy in Colorado.

  2. 2

    Medical program enrollment

    Enrolled in Xcel's Medical Certification Program or Colorado's Medical Exemption Program.

  3. 3

    Tier 2 or Tier 3 wildfire-risk area

    Xcel determines whether your home is in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 area. We can't confirm that from a town name.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

Permanent batteries

Up to $10,000 for permanent whole-home and/or portable batteries. For a permanent battery, a licensed installer submits the application, and we can handle it. We confirm specific equipment with Xcel.

Portable batteries

Portable batteries are also covered under the program. Confirm portable battery details with Xcel.

Renters

Renters need landlord permission.

Funding

Limited funding, first-come, first-served.

Combining with Renewable Battery Connect

You can enroll in both programs, but you can't receive a rebate check from both for the same battery; we'll confirm with Xcel how it applies to your project.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: Renewable Battery Connect (updated 11/02/2026)

Wildfire-area battery pages

Battery storage pages for foothill and mountain towns we serve. Listing a town here does not mean it is in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 area; Xcel determines that address by address.

Coal Creek Canyon

Most of Coal Creek Canyon is served by United Power, so most homes there are not Xcel customers and don't qualify for this rebate.

Lyons

Homes within the Town of Lyons get electricity from the town's municipal electric utility, not Xcel, so they don't qualify for this rebate. Xcel supplies only natural gas in town. Outside town limits, addresses may be served by Poudre Valley REA or Longmont Power & Communications; we check your address.

Batteries we're certified on

  • Enphase
  • Tesla Powerwall
  • Franklin (FranklinWH)
  • EG4

Only Tesla Powerwall and Enphase IQ batteries qualify for Renewable Battery Connect. Franklin (FranklinWH) and EG4 can be a good fit outside Renewable Battery Connect, for example when backup matters more than that program.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: Renewable Battery Connect (updated 11/02/2026)

Not an Xcel customer? These programs don't apply.

Customers of these utilities are not Xcel customers and don't qualify for Xcel's programs:

  • /CORE Electric Cooperative
  • /Mountain View Electric Association (MVEA)
  • /United Power
  • /Poudre Valley REA
  • /Colorado Springs Utilities

We still install batteries in those areas; call (720) 713-7695 and we'll talk through options.

Common Questions

Wildfire battery rebate FAQs

You must meet all three: be an Xcel Colorado residential electric customer, be enrolled in Xcel's Medical Certification Program or Colorado's Medical Exemption Program, and live in a Tier 2 or Tier 3 wildfire-risk area as determined by Xcel. As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

Up to $10,000 for permanent whole-home and/or portable batteries. Funding is limited and first-come, first-served.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

Xcel determines Tier 2 and Tier 3 wildfire-risk areas, so we can't say a town qualifies. Some foothill addresses, including parts of Conifer and Evergreen, are served by CORE Electric Cooperative, and most of Coal Creek Canyon is served by United Power; those are not Xcel customers and are not eligible.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

Renters need landlord permission. For a permanent battery, a licensed installer submits the application.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

You can enroll in both programs, but you can't receive a rebate check from both for the same battery; we'll confirm with Xcel how it applies to your project.

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: PSPS Backup Battery Rebate (updated 10/05/2026)

As of November 2026; confirm current terms with Xcel. Official Xcel source: Renewable Battery Connect (updated 11/02/2026)

Seed Solar Team

Think you meet all three? Let's confirm it with Xcel together.

Local Colorado licensed crew. No sales pressure, just a straight answer on what you qualify for.

Check My EligibilityCall (720) 713-7695