Three years after participation: electricity savings due to the BPA Residential Weatherization Pilot Program

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6278433

Hirst, E; White, D; Goeltz, R

The Bonneville Power Administration operated a Residential Weatherization Pilot Program from 1980 through 1982. The program provided free home energy audits to 7200 electrically heated homes in the Pacific Northwest and gave zero-interest loans to weatherize 4100 of these homes. The total cost of the program was almost $11 million. This report estimates the net energy-saving effect of the BPA program (i.e., the electricity saving that can be directly attributed to the program) as well as the total energy saving. The data used in this analysis include one year of preprogram and three years of postprogram electricity consumption records. The first stage of our method involves estimation of weather adjusted annual electricity consumption for each household. The second stage uses this weather adjusted consumption as the dependent variable in a pooled time-series/cross-section regression model of electricity use.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6278433
• Report Number(s): ORNL/CON-166; ON: DE85004773
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
320101* -- Energy Conservation
Consumption
& Utilization-- Residential Buildings-- (-1987)
BONNEVILLE POWER ADMINISTRATION
BUILDINGS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ELECTRIC POWER
ENERGY CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLDS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
POWER
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
WEATHER
WEATHERIZATION