Topic:"BNI Custom Incentive Program" in M12249

those that are mainly electrically heated (i.e., they have a secondary heating system) to update unitary savings for heat pumps and wood/pellet burning equipment. The billing analysis resulted in significantly lower unitary savings for the...

AI summary The 2025 forecast highlights lower unitary savings for electrically heated homes due to billing analysis, increased unit costs in the Custom program driven by New Construction participation, and higher costs in Small Business Energy Solutions from new measures. E1 notes delayed availability of 2024/25 demand response capacity results until mid-2025, affecting the 2025 forecast.

15 5.4 CUSTOM INCENTIVES - 16 The Custom Incentives program provides financial incentives and technical assistance to help non-profit, 17 institutional, commercial, and industrial customers reduce their electrical energy consumption and 18...

AI summary The Custom Incentives program offers tailored financial and technical support to non-profit, institutional, commercial, and industrial customers to reduce energy consumption and peak demand. It includes two components: Custom and Strategic Energy Management (SEM), with E1 collaborating directly on projects not covered by other programs.

IX. General Recommendations SVR24-G-1. The Savings Verification study recommends acceptance of the 2024 evaluation estimates for energy savings and demand reduction except for four programs . These are the Residential Behavior program (6.2...

AI summary The Savings Verification study recommends accepting 2024 energy savings estimates for most programs but excludes four due to evaluation issues. Key concerns include lack of independent evaluation for compressed air projects, insufficient practical significance of savings for residential and demand response programs, and protocol limitations. Recommendations include flagging low-impact programs, improving evaluation transparency, and emphasizing practical significance over statistical significance.

K. BNI Custom Incentives Program (Custom Component) For 2024, the BNI Custom Incentives Program consists of two components, Custom and Strategic Energy Management (SEM). The Custom program is comprised of four parts: Retrofit, New Construc...

AI summary The BNI Custom Incentives Program's Retrofit component in 2024 provides technical and financial support for efficiency improvements. Rooftop solar contributed 10% of savings, while compressed air leak audits accounted for 42%, with two sites contributing 69.6% of total savings. Audit savings increased by 522% compared to 2023, driven by these sites.

B. Program Specific Recommendations There are recommendations for only five of the program evaluations, Residential Behavior, BNI Efficient Product Rebates, the compressed air leak detection part of BNI Custom Incentives, and the two Deman...

AI summary Recommendations are provided for five programs: Residential Behavior, BNI Efficient Product Rebates, BNI Custom Incentives (compressed air leak detection), and two Demand Programs (Residential and BNI). Other programs lack evaluation issues. Key focus areas include program-specific evaluations and demand-side initiatives.

Introduction Econoler was commissioned by EfficiencyOne (E1) to evaluate E1's 2024 DSM program portfolio, including the Custom Incentives program. The 2024 Custom Incentives program evaluation consisted of a comprehensive impact evaluation...

AI summary Econoler evaluated EfficiencyOne's 2024 DSM program, focusing on the Custom Incentives program's energy savings. The program includes Strategic Energy Management (SEM) and Custom components, with the latter offering incentives for compressed air leak audits and repairs. The process involves auditing leaks, repairing them, and tracking progress through an internal platform.

6. Verifier's Recommendations The Peach Report states the following general recommendation regarding the acceptance of 2024 evaluation results for four program components, including compressed air leak projects completed at two sites: [43]...

AI summary The Savings Verification study recommends accepting 2024 evaluation results for most programs but excludes the compressed air part of the BNI Custom Incentive Program due to lack of independent evaluation per the Universal Methods Protocol.

b. Please explain why 2023 actuals are not included in the scaling factors for the Residential Behavior program component. c. For program components in which the actuals are not relatively consistent from 2023 to 2024, please discuss why E...

AI summary The NSUARB requests clarification on scaling factors for the Residential Behavior program, excluding 2023 actuals and using 2023-2024 averages. It also questions methodology for attributing low-income savings in DSM Reporting, focusing on Business Energy Rebates, Custom, and Small Business Energy Solutions programs.