Evaluation of Minnesota utility home energy audit and retrofit loan programs
Northern States Power (NSP), the largest utility in Minnesota, operates several residential energy conservation programs. This paper describes a detailed quantitative evaluation of two of these programs. The Minnesota Energy Conservation Service (MECS), Minnesota's version of the federal Residential Conservation Service, provides home energy audits and related services to eligible households. Between April 1981 and December 1982, NSP conducted almost 12,000 audits, covering 2% of its 580,000 customers eligible for the program. Loans are available to a portion of NSP's customers for installation of retrofit measures recommended in a MECS audit under NSP's Public Utility Conservation Investment Program (PUCIP). Between late 1981 and June 1982, about 450 PUCIP loans were made. 27 references, 2 figures, 6 tables.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-26
- OSTI ID:
- 5571027
- Journal Information:
- Energy Syst. Policy; (United States), Vol. 9:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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29 ENERGY PLANNING
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ENERGY CONSERVATION
ENERGY AUDITS
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
HOUSEHOLDS
MINNESOTA
RETROFITTING
AUDITS
FEDERAL REGION V
FINANCIAL INCENTIVES
FINANCING
NORTH AMERICA
PUBLIC UTILITIES
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