Topic:"Innovative Financing" in M03669

Enabling Strategies The 2012 DSM Plan includes investments in a number of enabling strategies. Investment continues in Education and Outreach, and Development and Research, two strategies that have been in place since 2008. Enabling strate...

AI summary The 2012 DSM Plan includes enabling strategies like Education, Outreach, Research, and Innovative Financing to support ENSC's programs and promote energy efficiency. Strategies aim to drive market transformation through codes, training, and local government collaboration.

effectiveness of all DSM programs. The DSM tracking system, public opinion polling 1 · a dynamic ENSC website, launched in January 2011, with a customer 27 ENSC will continue to explore opportunities for DSM programming. Although electrica...

AI summary ENSC will continue to explore opportunities for DSM programming, focusing on emerging energy-efficiency strategies and technologies. Innovative financing options are being evaluated to increase participation in DSM programs, with initial emphasis on residential and smaller commercial markets.

FINANCING POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT OVERVIEW: Providing attractive financing for efficiency projects is an important tool for overcoming the barrier of access to capital for major investments. Ideally, financing payments are lower than monthl...

AI summary The document discusses the importance of financing policy and development in promoting energy efficiency. It highlights the benefits of on-bill and transferable financing, such as enabling positive cash flow and reducing risks for building owners. PACE financing is mentioned as a potential tool, and ENSC is encouraged to explore various financing mechanisms, including green mortgages and PACE-like initiatives.

FINANCING Ideally, the pilot program would offer low-interest, five-year term financing to further reduce the access to capital barrier for participants. ENSC will need to work further with NSPI and/or Conserve Nova Scotia to develop a fin...

AI summary The document discusses financing options for a pilot program, including low-interest, five-year term financing and on-bill financing for residential participants. It also mentions a zero-interest loan offered by Conserve Nova Scotia for fuel substitution measures under the Energuide for Existing Homes program.

9 Enabling Strategy Budget ($ million) Education and Outreach 2.0 Development and Research 1.5 Innovative Financing 0.3 Codes and Standards 0.4 Building Energy Labelling 0.2 Training and Quality Assurance 0.2 Renewable Heating 0.2 Local Go...

AI summary The text outlines budget allocations for various enabling strategies, including education and outreach, development and research, and innovative financing. It also includes responses to requests about funding sectors and efforts to attract participants to low-income programs in the 2012 DSM Plan.

14 Please refer to CA IR-38. 1 Request IR-42: 2 3 Please provide a breakout of the participants in the 2009 and 2010 programs by 4 5 a) at least three bands of income, 6 7 b) whether tenant or homeowner who pays the relevant energy bills,...

AI summary The text discusses requests and responses related to energy efficiency programs in Nova Scotia. It addresses the need for a breakdown of program participants by income, tenancy status, and debt capacity, and confirms that the innovative financing strategy aims to increase customer choice in energy efficiency measures.

Illustrative Alternative Funding Paths Year Incremental Achievable Potential Energy Savings (GWh) Total Demand (NSR GWh) Non-ELI Demand (GWh) Savings (% eligible demand) 20 This list indicates of the types of factors that may limit partici...

AI summary The text outlines a request for information on transferable financing programs considered by Dunsky in its report and asks whether furnace installation in electric-baseboard-heated homes could be a candidate for such financing. It also references other requests and responses within the proceeding.

iciencynb.ca/enb/1609/Existing-Multi-Unit-Residential-Building-Upgrades-Program . & lt;sup>64 Comments of Nancy Brockway (19 November 2010) at PDWG Low Income Subcommittee Meeting. Deferring payment through a Pay as You Save (PAYS) Program...

AI summary The text discusses the Pay as You Save (PAYS) Program as an alternative for deferring payment of energy-efficient technology investments. The program uses seed funding and repays through energy bill savings, potentially benefiting low-income renters. However, implementation is complex and may require legislative intervention to ensure balance between repayments and savings.

Next Steps to Identify Low-Income-Renter Barriers The purpose of the discussion in this part of the paper has been to outline the scope of barriers and policy options that should be considered in the development of responsive and effective...

AI summary The text outlines the need to address barriers faced by low-income renters in energy efficiency programs. It emphasizes the importance of cooperative efforts among government departments and NGOs, and suggests policy approaches such as energy market reforms and third-party investment mechanisms like PAYS. The goal is to develop effective DSM programming that alleviates energy poverty.

The corrected figure is 1.9%. 1 Program New Components 2 of The 2012 DSM Plan introduces a number new program components. These include: 3 4 • program components for renters and multi-unit residential buildings 5 • a Home Energy Report pro...

AI summary The 2012 DSM Plan introduces new program components, including initiatives for renters and multi-unit buildings, a Home Energy Report program, and strategies to increase access for low-income households. The plan also proposes innovative financing options and enhanced outreach to commercial and industrial customers. ENSC requests the application of the Total Resource Cost (TRC) screening test at the program level to meet long-term goals.

Request IR-43: - With respect to Appendix A, Section 4.3, is it fair to say that objective of the innovative financing strategy is not merely to develop innovative financing that will increase participation in DSM programs, but also to dev...

AI summary Request IR-43 questions whether the innovative financing strategy's objective includes expanding customer choice in energy efficiency measures beyond current markets. Request IR-44 seeks spreadsheet data from the Dunsky report's Appendix C for illustrative funding paths. The proceeding involves ENSC's 2012 DSM plan approval.

4.1 Proposed Plan [43] In its direct evidence, ENSC described the programs proposed for the 2012 DSM Plan: Programs for the proposed 2012 DSM Plan are separated into three categories: - Residential Programs, which include four components:...

AI summary ENSC outlined the proposed 2012 DSM Plan, which includes residential, commercial/industrial, and enabling strategy programs. The plan includes new components such as programs for renters, multi-unit buildings, and low-income households, as well as innovative financing and enhanced outreach strategies. ENSC also stated that the plan aligns with energy saving targets set in the 2007 and 2009 IRPs.