Electricity Use and Savings : Final Report.

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:6099990

Hirst, Eric; Goeltz, Richard; Trumble, David

This report discusses methods and results related to actual electricity use and savings produced by the Project. Our approach first analyzes monthly billing data to produce estimates of weather-adjusted (normalized) annual electricity use. The weather-adjustment method used to convert raw electricity bills into useful estimates of annual electricity use is the Princeton Scorekeeping Method (PRISM). PRISM is applied to data from individual households and to aggregate data (all Project participants, and households in Hood River and the two comparison communities - Grants Pass and Pendleton, Oregon). These estimates of annual electricity use are then used as inputs to pooled time-series/cross-sectional models. These multivariate regression models explain variations in annual electricity use and savings across households and years. Models are developed for both program participants and households in the three communities. The primary purposes of these models are to identify the net (as well as total) electricity savings attributable to the Project and to quantify the effects of various factors (including participation in the Project) on electricity use and savings.

• Research Organization: Pacific Power and Light Company
• Sponsoring Organization: US Bonneville Power Administration
• DOE Contract Number: AC79-83BP11287
• OSTI ID: 6099990
• Report Number(s): DOE/BP-11287-16; ON: DE88000010
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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