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LOW-INCOME PROGRAM IMPROVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

► December 5, 2017

2019-2021 Residential Planning Workshop #3

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OVERVIEW

► Lifetime electric savings and associated

spending have implications for future Program participation levels and savings goals.

− Loss of lighting does not eliminate current program model, but puts a great deal of pressure to identify new measures and cost efficient strategies.

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“Centennial Light”, 1901, Livermore, CA

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KEY FACTORS TO CONSIDER

► Braids federal funding weatherization

resources

− Supports a more hands-on customer experience and deeper retrofits, but − May prohibit possible innovations ► Provides energy efficiency services to a

demographic that has distinct needs

− Includes elderly, disabled, and households in which English is not the primary language spoken, but − Also may include populations seeking a differing approaches in measure and service delivery ► Need additional information − Processes and protocols − Eligible participation potential

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OPPORTUNITIES

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IDENTIFY NEW AND EXPAND CURRENT SAVING MEASURES

► New measure examples − Multi-zone air-source heat pumps − Phase change material − Integrated energy controls ► Expand current measure examples − Early retirement clothes washers − Individual air-source heat pumps ► Identify opportunities to integrate

active demand management measures

► Search for opportunities to co-fund

projects with other industries/ sectors

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PROVIDE MORE SPECIFIC DETAILS ON PROGRAM PROCESSES

► Low-Income rate

registration process

► Single family (2-4 units)

protocol when all units do not meet 50% threshold

► Multi-family roadmap ► Quality control inspections ► Describing federal

requirements/standards throughout the entire process description

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PARTICIPATION POTENTIAL

► Show and verify data collection

and management system and tools (e.g., GIS “hot-spotting”) available for reporting to EEAC to support assessment of participation potential and equitable program participation and planning strategies

► Consider a low-income

participation study

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MULTI-FAMILY REFINANCING

► Bolster work with multi-

family stakeholders

► Ensure full advantage is

taken of refinancing cycle

• pportunities

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MARKET RATE INNOVATIONS

► Ensure regular

communications between the market rate program innovation process and the Low-Income Program

− Identify opportunities to leverage and to avoid potential confusion for Low- Income Program participants

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RECOMMENDATIONS

► Identify and support new and enhanced electric

and gas measures and innovative strategies to make up for lost lighting savings

► Identify opportunities for achieving additional

cost efficiencies as the ability to claim savings for a key low-cost measure-lighting-decreases

► Include information in 2019-2021 Plan regarding

key program processes and protocols to support assessment of performance and identification of continuous improvement opportunities

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RECOMMENDATIONS

► Assess gaps in participation and demonstrate

plans achieving equivalent and proportional services regardless of geography as necessary

► Develop and demonstrate alternative measure

packages and service delivery models to serve a wider and diverse range of customer needs and interests

► Ensure communication between the market rate

and Low-Income Programs to identify and coordinate program innovations when applicable

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