Overview
Retrofit, manage, and save. Your way.
The Pay for Performance (P4P) Program offers businesses financial support to help them implement technical improvements in their facilities as they see fit.
This program supports a variety of energy efficiency upgrades so that participants can receive incentives for actual energy savings, rather than individual upgrades. Customized for every retrofit, incentives are based on a building’s energy performance verified at the meter and paid upon verification of a 10% reduction in electrical energy consumption.

- Covers a wide range of participant requirements and a variety of energy efficiency initiatives.
- Offers participants the freedom and flexibility to retrofit their building how they want.
- Reduced administrative burdens to estimate energy savings.
- Supports multiple upgrades in one single transaction and can help achieve energy savings of 15-20%.
- Enhances workspace comfort and productivity, reduces operating costs, and increases the building’s value.
Getting Started
Have a question regarding the Pay for Performance Program?
Contact us by completing the form or call 1-877-999-6035 to talk to an Energy Solutions Advisor.
Eligibility
The P4P program is open to to institutional, not-for-profit, and commercial (including multi-unit residential) customers that have not yet entered a binding agreement to acquire the desired energy efficiency measures or services required to install the measures.
Projects may be eligible for the P4P program if:
- The facility is served directly or indirectly by Nova Scotia Power Inc.
- Target project savings are greater than 10% reduction of annual energy consumption per facility included in the project
- Consume at least 1,000,000 kWh annually*
- Have a minimum of 12 months of interval meter data of typical usage, at hourly resolution or better, from a revenue-grade meter*
*Exceptions may be considered at the discretion of Efficiency Nova Scotia.
For full program eligibility requirements view the P4P Program Guide.
Program Documents
Please download, fill out and reference the applicable forms: