Atlantic City Electric Commercial HVAC Rebates
Atlantic City Electric serves the southern end of the state, including the largest concentration of hotel rooms in New Jersey. That shapes what the retrofit work looks like here more than anything else.
Typical incentive
50–80%
of total project cost
Counties served
Atlantic · Cape May · Cumberland · Salem · Gloucester · Burlington · Camden
Why is hospitality such a large category here?
Because Atlantic City and the surrounding shore hold an enormous number of hotel rooms, and hotel rooms mean PTAC units — hundreds per property, most heating with electric resistance.
Electric resistance heating is the most expensive way to produce heat, and a property running hundreds of those units around the clock has one of the clearest efficiency cases available anywhere in the state.
Swapping to packaged terminal heat pumps in the existing wall sleeves changes the heating economics of the whole property without touching the building fabric.
What about coastal corrosion?
It is the defining local factor. Salt exposure across Atlantic and Cape May counties corrodes sleeves, coils and cabinets far faster than inland, and equipment specification has to reflect that.
On coastal properties, sleeve replacement is more often part of a PTAC changeout scope than it is inland, and corrosion-resistant equipment is specified as standard rather than as an upgrade.
Is there work outside hospitality here?
Yes — agricultural and food processing through Cumberland and Salem, plus distribution along the Route 55 and Route 42 corridors.
Official program source
Atlantic City Electric business programs →Program schedules change by program year. We confirm current figures against the utility at survey rather than quoting from a table that may be out of date.
Common questions
Is my building in ACE territory?
Check your electric bill. ACE covers most of the south, though PSE&G reaches into parts of Camden, Gloucester and Burlington.
Does seasonal occupancy hurt the application?
No. It is a factor in the energy model, not a disqualifier.
What about gas incentives?
Gas across most of this territory is South Jersey Gas, which runs its own programs.
Find out what your building qualifies for
A survey and an energy model tell you the real number. That is a phone call, not a commitment.
Rebates by equipment
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ACE counties
- Atlantic CountyWhole-property PTAC and PTHP changeouts, scheduled around seasonal occupancy, specified for coastal corrosion
- Burlington CountyHigh-bay warehouse heating and destratification, with rooftop packages over the attached office space
- Camden CountyInstitutional and multifamily boiler plant in the city, rooftop and chiller work in the suburban office and medical stock
- Cape May CountyOff-season PTAC changeouts with corrosion-resistant specification, and sleeve replacement as standard scope rather than an extra
- Cumberland CountyIndustrial and process facilities where comfort HVAC is assessed separately from the refrigeration load
- Gloucester CountyWarehouse heating, campus and institutional plant, and rooftop packages across suburban retail
- Salem CountyIndustrial and institutional plant, with comfort HVAC assessed separately from process loads
Other programs
- NJ Clean Energy ProgramThe statewide framework every utility program runs through
- PSE&GNorthern and central New Jersey, plus parts of the south
- JCP&LShore, northwest and parts of central New Jersey
- New Jersey Natural GasMonmouth, Ocean, Morris and parts of Burlington
- South Jersey GasAtlantic, Cape May, Cumberland, Salem, Gloucester and parts of Camden and Burlington
- Elizabethtown GasUnion, Warren, Hunterdon, Sussex and parts of Middlesex and Mercer