Welcome to Huntsville Utilities, Energy Services. We have been serving the Huntsville Utilities community with valuable information and ways to reduce your energy usage since 1996. Our goal is to help you, our customer, increase your energy efficiency and reduce your overall energy consumption. We can provide you with valuable resources as well as provide information about renewable energy and the latest technology in accessing your home's overall consumption.
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As department has grown to better serve our community. In 2019 we began to work with Project Share to include energy efficient retro-fits. This program has allowed our low-income or disabled members of the community to reduce their energy consumption and help them to avoid the high usage bills caused by inefficient appliances or climate control systems. 

 

The Huntsville Utilities New Homes Program provides a means by which a plan for energy efficiency may be developed before construction even begins.  The program certifies new construction for compliance to the State of Alabama Energy Code.

Includes: Home Energy Rating System (HERS) Index, blower door testing, duct blaster testing, thermal bypass inspections, and energy usage estimates.


Timeline of Energy Services department for Huntsville Utilities

• 1977 - Energy Department began and Load Management switches installed
  
• 1979 -OPEC Oil Embargo Prompts President Carter To Introduce Energy Bill.  
• 1996 - HU begins home Energy Right inspections
• 2005 - Energy Star Program - Incentives begin 
• 2010 - Energy Star requirement increase. Energy Right Certified Platinum program begins and roughly 75% of builders in HU service area participate. 
• 2014 - State of Alabama adopts the 2009 IECC with amendments. HU program approved as above code.
• 2016 - State of Alabama adopts the 2015 IECC with amendments. HU adopts E.R.I. method of code compliance.