Topic:"BNI Efficient Product Rebates Program" in M12249

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.

Support for Residential Customers – Efficient Products Rebates

AI summary The document discusses Nova Scotia Power's (NSP) Efficient Products Rebates program, administered by EfficiencyOne (E1), aimed at supporting residential customers through energy-efficient product incentives. The Demand Side Management Advisory Group (DSMAG) recommended the program, which must pass the Total Resource Cost Test (TRC) and Program Administrator Cost Test (PAC) for approval.

EfficiencyOne (E1) Responses to Small Business Advocate (SBA) Information Requests NON-CONFIDENTIAL - 1 resulted in a change to unitary energy savings for LED lighting measures and updated the - 2 free-ridership level for LED lamps and fix...

AI summary EfficiencyOne (E1) applied 2024 evaluation findings to adjust 2025 tracked energy savings, noting a 7.7% decline in BER evaluated savings due to reduced LED Linear Lamp sales. The 2024 Peach Report recommended updating BER baselines to reflect current DesignLights Consortium standards, with no further study deemed necessary.

Response IR-5-b: - The BNI Efficient Products Rebates (BER) evaluation slightly increases the Net to Gross Ratio - (NTGR) from 81% in 2023 to 84% in 2024, but this does not fully offset the decline in savings. - However, this is not relate...

AI summary The BNI Efficient Products Rebates (BER) evaluation slightly increases the Net to Gross Ratio (NTGR) from 81% in 2023 to 84% in 2024, but this does not offset declining savings. Changing BER and IR rebate baselines is unrelated to NTGR and instead reflects market transformation in indoor lighting efficiency, requiring the evaluator to use the market transformation paradigm to explain program changes.

y efficiency programs include: - Efficient Product Rebates - Business Energy Rebates - Custom Incentives - Custom - Strategic Energy Management - Direct Installation - Small Business Energy Solutions [16] The 2026 DSM Extension investment...

AI summary The 2026 DSM Extension investment in energy efficiency programs reflects a shift in focus from lighting to non-lighting measures in residential programs, with BNI sector programs expected to generate a larger share of savings. This change is attributed to the adoption of a residential LED lighting baseline and the closure of the Canada Greener Homes program.

ficiency Project program components do not pass TRC. These are dedicated low-income and equity program components, within the Existing Residential program, which are expected to have lower TRC values. - The Home Energy Assessment program c...

AI summary The analysis evaluates energy efficiency program components under the 2026 DSM Extension, noting that Home Energy Assessment fails TRC due to lower savings and higher costs, while BNI Efficient Product Rebates has the highest TRC and PAC. Other components, like Mi'kmaw Home Energy Efficiency Project, pass TRC. TRC and PAC differences stem from cost inclusion and program design factors.

Request IR-5: Refer to M12249, Exhibit E-2, 2024 Peach Report, Section X, Individual Program Component Review, subsection J. BNI Efficient Products Rebates (BER), pages 58-60, which states, at pages 58-59: Point-of-sale rebate evaluated sa...

AI summary The 2024 Peach Report notes a 7.7% decline in BER program savings, with LED Linear Lamps dropping 41%, but a slight increase in NTGR from 81% to 84% mitigated the decline. The report recommends updating baselines for BER and IR rebates to use DesignLights Consortium-Standard products as the new baseline. Questions are raised about the statistical significance of BER results compared to demand response programs and how the baseline change would address savings decline.

ficiency Project program components do not pass TRC. These are dedicated low-income and equity program components, within the Existing Residential program, which are expected to have lower TRC values. - The Home Energy Assessment program c...

AI summary The 2026 DSM Extension Application evaluates program components based on TRC and PAC. Key findings include Home Energy Assessment failing TRC due to lower savings and higher costs, BNI Efficient Product Rebates having the highest TRC/PAC, and BNI sector showing higher TRC than residential. Differences in TRC/PAC calculations for energy efficiency vs. direct installation measures are noted.