Schools LED retrofits in Texas.
K-12 districts and university campuses. LED retrofits for classrooms, gyms, athletic fields, parking lots, and exterior walkways. Built around tight install windows, rebate capture, and broadcast-quality sports lighting when it matters.
What schools operators in Texas should know.
Texas is a core Energie market with a dedicated office. Commercial rates average ~$0.085/kWh across deregulated territories, but demand charges and burn-hour patterns mean LED + controls still pay back in 2-4 years on most exterior projects. Dallas-Fort Worth CRE and Houston industrial drive the bulk of project demand. Portfolio-scale owners appreciate the single-vendor nationwide execution model.
Average commercial rate: $0.085/kWh (deregulated)
Texas incentive navigation
Oncor covers Dallas-Fort Worth and much of north Texas. Prescriptive and custom pathways for commercial lighting and controls retrofits. Strong incentives for interior fluorescent-to-LED conversions.
CenterPoint covers the Houston metro. Commercial and industrial incentive programs cover lighting, HVAC, and controls upgrades with typical caps around 50% of project cost.
AEP Texas territory covers the Rio Grande Valley, Corpus Christi, and west Texas. Commercial retrofit incentives through EM&V-verified savings.
What schools operators tell us is broken.
Budget cycles don't match the problem
Schools need retrofits that pay back inside a funding cycle. We structure projects around capital timelines and incentive deadlines.
Install windows are tiny
Summer break is your only real window for interior work. Night install for athletic fields. We schedule around the school calendar, not ours.
Athletic lighting has broadcast standards
Game film, televised games, and night practices all require IES RP-6-22 foot-candle minimums. Old HID doesn't hit the numbers anymore.
TVA rebates on the table
TVA EnergyRight covers districts across AL, TN, MS, KY. The rebate can cover 20-40% of a project but the application windows matter.
We've retrofitted Alabama A&M Stadium, Hunter Street Baseball Complex, Tallassee City Schools, Lawrence County Schools, and Russellville City Schools. Every school project is different — but they all need the same thing: a partner who understands the calendar, the budget cycle, and the rebate programs.
Classroom + athletic + parking — stacked rebates.
Education retrofits stack the best of three sources: TVA EnergyRight rebates for interior, Section 179D deductions for districts with nonprofit partners, and project financing via the district's capital plan. Most school projects land under 4 years payback including the athletic component.
- TVA EnergyRight: $0.13/kWh standard + 15% bonus on qualifying retrofits through 2026
- Athletic field LED delivers 50-70% energy reduction vs metal halide + instant restrike
- Classroom LED with CRI 90+ improves measurable student focus per PNNL research
- Alabama A&M Stadium: $162K TVA rebate secured before install, broadcast-quality delivered
School audit, no disruption.
Walk-throughs scheduled around the school calendar. Proposal broken out by classroom, athletic, and exterior. Rebate applications included.