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Community Pilots~
Efficiency Program Outcomes
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Program Offers
• Residential– Comprehensive Residential program
• Inexpensive audit• Direct install• Building shell• Furnace, boilers, water heaters
– HVAC bonuses
– In-Home Displays
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Program Offers
• Business– Small Business Audit
• Energy Audit• Direct install
– Enhanced Business Incentives• Lighting• LED• PC Network Management• Custom
– Staffing Grant
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Community Target Actual % of Target
Brillion
kWh 276,549.5 877,708 317%
kW 64.68 178.79 276%
Therms 44,050.4 44,006 99%
Allouez
kWh 456,638.34 949,326 214%
kW 68.08 207.83 305%
Therms 57,661.1 152,238 264%
Plover
kWh 249,907.4 1,022,261 412%
kW 58.21 120.27 207%
Therms 51,058.1 57,054 117%
Community PilotFocus on Energy - Energy Savings Targets
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• Community Reward
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Community Reward
• Shared Goal
• Tangible Reward
• Peer pressure to participate
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Community Reward
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• Home Energy Review – Energy Advocate
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Home Energy Review
• Behavior• Direct
Install
Audit
• Shell• Mechanic
al
Install
Option
• Shell• Mechanic
al
Bids
• Options Rewards
• Verification
• Post Test
Completion
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Home Energy Review
• Assessment and Audit – $25 Allouez and Plover– Audit Free and Assessment $150 in Brillion
• Incentives– 60% of project cost– 50-90% in Brillion based on income
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Energy Advocate
Audit
Options
Bids
Rewards
Completion
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Energy Advocate
• Guide customer through process
• People person first– Energy expert second
• Follow up with customers who have stalled on a step
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Energy Advocate
• Rave reviews from customers
• High audit conversion rates
• Creating community advocates
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• Staffing Grant
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Staffing Grant
• Original Design– Up to $80k available per customer– Phase 1 (3 month) - $20k – Phase 2 grant of 2.5x energy saved– iCanConserve could request refund on
phase 1– Staffed person could work on multiple
targets/companies
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Staffing Grant
• Barriers– Unknown targets and energy potential
– Approval of limited term hiring
– No guarantee on funding
– Short time to get projects completed
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Staffing Grant
• Next Steps
– Community leaders were still interested in participating
– Local colleges were interested in offering internship credits
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Staffing Grant
• Solutions– Target School and Government Buildings
– UWSP and NWTC provided internships to students
– Interns were employed by Implementer
– Tasked to create prioritized project plan
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Staffing Grant
• Interns – Completed audits on buildings
– Armed with auditing tools
– Able to complete direct installs
– Could handhold projects through completion
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Staffing Grant
• Brillion High School will save $7,772 and 85,472 kilowatt hours (kWh) per year. The high school will receive $18,437 in Focus on Energy incentives for approved lighting and vending machine efficiency projects.
• Lighting upgrades, low-flow aerators and motor replacement improvements at nine Plover (9) park buildings will save $2,132 and 24,596 kilowatt hours (kWH) per year. Recommended improvements qualified for $3,052 in Focus on Energy incentives.
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Staffing Grant
• Results– New generation of energy managers
– Recommendations and immediate completion of many projects
– Annual savings
• $8.5k in Brillion
• $3,4k in Allouez
• $6.4k in Plover
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• Business Engagement
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Business Engagement
• Barriers to customer project– Capital
– Expertise
– Priorities overrule energy
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Business Engagement
• Looking for a trustworthy source
• Need technical help with recommendations
• Perceived value in custom solutions
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Business Engagement
• Address the expertise– Allocate additional time to the face-
to-face interactions– Build trust by finding the customers’
best interest– Offer everything: direct installs,
audits, and project management
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Business Engagement
• Address the need for capital – Aggressive incentive rate
– Formula rate designed to be Program Administer Cost Test positive
– Present as a custom solution
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Business Engagement
• Make it a priority– Deadline based tiered incentive:
• Tier 3 submitted before June 30
• Tier 2 submitted before September 30
• Tier 1 submitted before December 31
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Business Engagement
$/kWh $/kW $/therm Incentive Cap
Tier 1 4.5¢ 150 45¢ 50% of project
Tier 2 13.5¢ $450 $1.35 50% of project
Tier 3 22.5¢ $750 $2.25 75% of project
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Business Engagement
• Results– Processed $400k in business
incentives for 2012– Increased kW by 1700% from 2011– Increased kWh by 3500% from 2011– Negligible impact on therms
