Denver · October 1, 2026Through October 20

Xcel's rebate
went poof.

We caught some of it.

On October 1, Xcel cut its heat pump bonus by 33%, and its program terms let it change or end the rest at any time. For estimates issued and signed by October 20, UniColorado is matching a portion of what disappeared.

Have us over or send us photos

Estimate · sample

3-ton cold climate

Xcel standard rebate−$2,250

Xcel bonus−$2,250

Xcel rebates

−$6,750

Illustration. Your total depends on your system and your match, and the exact number is on your estimate.

A note from the shop

If you were planning a heat pump this fall, the first of October was not the news you wanted. Xcel's cold climate rebate went from $2,250 to $1,500 a heating ton, and the heat pump water heater rebate from $2,250 to $1,500. Plenty of you heard about it halfway through planning, with a quote in hand.

We didn't want to just pass that along. An arrangement with our suppliers on equipment already on our shelves lets us cover part of the cut, for eligible homeowners who sign by the twentieth.

This may not be the last cut.

Xcel made this one to stay inside its approved budget, and its own terms say the rebates can be changed or cancelled at any time, first come, first served, until the money runs out. Nobody outside Xcel knows when that is.

If your furnace or AC is getting up there, this is the window. Between Xcel, the state tax credit and Power Ahead Colorado, a high-end cold climate heat pump still comes in close to what a basic AC and furnace would cost you. Wait for the old one to quit in January, and you may be buying at whatever the rebates are by then.

We've been a family-owned Denver shop since 2014, and we've filed more than 5,000 rebate applications along the way. We know these programs about as well as anyone. We also know a heat pump is one of the bigger checks a household writes, and that a rule change in the middle of it stings. Your trust is what keeps this place running. This is us saying thank you.

UniColorado

Heating & cooling, Denver

October

2026

SMTWTFS

Until the twentieth.

The estimate has to be issued and signed by October 20, and Xcel's rebates themselves have no guaranteed end date in either direction. Visit slots are limited, so start this week and you'll have time to read the numbers and ask us anything before you sign.

Have us over

We look at your ductwork, panel and current system, and build the estimate with you at the kitchen table.

Send us photos

Your furnace, AC, water heater and electrical panel. In most cases we can build the estimate from those, no visit needed.

The fine print,
at a size you can read.

Not sure your home qualifies for the Xcel bonus at all? The Xcel rebate guide has the current amounts, and the October 1 explainer covers exactly what changed.

1
Issued and signed by October 20, 2026.
We issue the estimate and you sign it on or before the 20th. The install itself can land after.
2
The bonus portion only.
The match covers part of the bonus Xcel cut. The standard Xcel rebate, the state tax credit, Power Ahead Colorado and other programs are unchanged and not part of it.
3
Eligible systems, reviewed one by one.
Heat pumps, ductless mini-splits, dual fuel systems and heat pump water heaters that qualify for the Xcel bonus. We look at each estimate, and eligibility is at our discretion.
4
Backed by equipment on our shelves.
It comes from supplier pricing on inventory we already have, so it ends on the 20th.