Topic:"Commercial Industrial Programs" in M12438

3.3 Year-to-Date Expenditures [Figure 1](#page-14-0) presents a breakdown, by category, of E1's expenditures year-to-date. Expenditure results for Q2 2025 are $32.8 million. E1's incentive expenditures, as a percentage of total expenditure...

AI summary E1's year-to-date expenditures in Q2 2025 reached $32.8 million, with a higher proportion allocated to incentive programs compared to 2024. Increased participation in Affordable Single-family Homes, changes in Efficient Product Installation offerings, and adjustments to Business Energy Rebates and Small Business Energy Solutions have influenced the expenditure breakdown.

3 6. DEMAND RESPONSE - 4 E1 launched its Demand Response program in 2023, an initiative outlined in the 2023-2025 Plan - 5 with a Performance Target of 17.9 MW. It is delivered through the Residential and BNI sector - 6 Demand Response pro...

AI summary E1 launched its Demand Response program in 2023 with a 17.9 MW target, delivered through Residential and BNI sectors. The 2024/2025 season includes Commercial/Industrial Aggregator and Residential Eco Shift pathways with specific devices. E1 will not meet its 2023-2025 Plan's capacity target, as highlighted in Table 10.

Existing Residential costs have not dropped proportionally to the energy savings decrease because Residential Behaviour is a low unit cost program component that represents half of Existing Residential's 2025 Plan as Approved energy saving...

AI summary The Residential Behaviour program component contributes only a small portion of the investment but represents a significant portion of energy savings. E1 forecasts that energy savings targets for the 2023-2025 DSM Plan will be met despite the pause in the Residential Behaviour program. A request seeks an explanation for the decrease in energy savings and increase in costs in the Small Business Energy Solutions program.

Request IR-2: Please explain the factors contributing to the decrease in energy savings and the corresponding increase in program costs observed within the Small Business Energy Solutions program.

AI summary The request asks for an explanation of factors leading to reduced energy savings and increased costs in the Small Business Energy Solutions program, focusing on program design, participant engagement, and market conditions.