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Trade Allies

When you partner with Nicor Gas, your customers benefit and so can your business.

What's New

Gas is 3.3 times more affordable than electricity

Check out our latest training!

CHP Webinar 6.26.2025

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Contact Our Team!

If you have any questions about our programs or rebates and incentives, we can help you through it! We are happy to visit you in person or virtually to provide a program overview for you and your team. Click below to request a meeting!

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New Builder Offering

The Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program has enhanced our former Residential New Construction offering to bring you even more incentives for using energy efficient practices. 

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IRA Tax Credits

Share IRA tax credit information with your customers. The IRA offers up to $1,200 annually in federal tax credits for eligible energy efficiency improvements in residential and commercial buildings.

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Natural Gas Facts

It's a fact! Natural gas is 3.3 times more affordable than electricity. Learn more about how natural gas is safe and beneficial, backed by solid facts, for our customers, communities and the state of Illinois.

Trade Ally Documents (apps, checklists, case studies and more!)

Forms and Resource Documents

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Commercial Customer Stories

Commercial Customer Testimonial

Industry Case Studies and Equipment Fact Sheets

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Training, Tech and Industry News

Catch up with our training webinars!

Combined heat and power (CHP) webinar recap

Combined heat and power (CHP), also referred to as cogeneration, can deliver significant advantages for commercial and industrial customers. Watch our recap with Ben Campbell, Senior Research Engineer for the University of Chicago’s Energy Resources Center.

CHP Webinar 6.26.2025

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Trade Ally Contact List

Trade Ally Inquiries

Distributor and Contractor Outreach

Residential Rebates

Janet Sebahar
Trade Ally Outreach Manager
331.262.5290
jsebahar@southernco.com

Scott Gustafson
Residential Outreach Specialist
224.493.3034
sgustafs@southernco.com

Residential Offerings

Residential Rebates

Residential Air Sealing, Insulation and Duct Sealing Rebates

Scott Gustafson
Residential Outreach Specialist
224.493.3034
sgustafs@southernco.com

Rick Hild
Market Engagement Associate
773.827.9053
rhild@resource-innovations.com

Commercial Offerings

Commercial Rebates, Custom Incentives, and Assessments (Public and Private)

Bill Lewis
Outreach Specialist
312.810.6168
william.lewis@clearesult.com

Amy Destache
Outreach Specialist
773.676.3930
amy.destache@clearesult.com

Adela Hasic
Outreach Specialist
312.582.0468
adela.hasic@clearesult.com

Kristen Aarns
Outreach Specialist
815.735.0515 
kristen.aarns1@clearesult.com

Kelly LaFaire
Outreach Manager
815.404.3911
kelly.lafaire1@clearesult.com

 

Multi-Family Offerings

Multi-Family Rebates, Custom Incentives

Multi-Family Assessments

Scott Gustafson
Residential Outreach Specialist
224.493.3034
sgustafs@southernco.com

Chris Peshek
Assessment Outreach Manager
312.940.9562
cpeshek@franklinenergy.com

New Construction

Residential New Construction

Commercial and Industrial New Construction

Affordable Housing New Construction

Mike Resech
Program Manager
651.200.3404
michael.resech@residentialscience.com

Prachi Sharma
Outreach Lead
608.210.7107
psharma@slipstreaminc.org

Dan Moring
Program Manager
608.210.7179
dmoring@slipstreaminc.org

Emerging Technology

Emerging Technology

Mark Szczygiel
Emerging Technology and Market Transformation Manager
224.230.8692
mszczygi@southernco.com

Elizabet Iontcheva
Engineering Analyst, Emerging Technology
224.227.5590 
eiontche@southernco.com

Most Common Ways to Participate

How To Participate

Participation is simple: become familiar with the offerings and start talking to customers about them. Rebates, assessments and business custom incentives are segmented by customer type, making it easier to offer customers targeted solutions for their energy needs.

Join Contractor Circle

Contractor Circle is an exclusive trade ally network, connecting customers to contractors and contractors to suppliers. Our dedicated outreach team is here to help you every step of the way. 

We have a path to membership for any company that supports the Nicor Gas Energy Efficiency Program.

Distributors, Manufacturers and Suppliers

  • Design, manufacture or sell energy efficiency equipment
  • Design, manufacture or sell tools, testing equipment or related equipment that supports the installation of energy efficiency equipment or improvements
  • Provide training for equipment, services or solutions offered by Nicor Gas

Builders and Raters

Retailers

  • Sell energy efficiency equipment and products
  • Sell tools, testing equipment or related equipment that supports the installation of energy efficiency equipment or improvements

Engineering Firms

  • Building optimization services
  • Retrocommissioning