FEI-FEVI 2010 EEC Report filed March 31, 2011 - FortisBC

FORTISBC ENERGY INC. AND FORTISBC ENERGY (VANCOUVER ISLAND) INC.
2010 ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND CONSERVATION ANNUAL REPORT
3 RESIDENTIAL ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM AREA
3.1 Overview
The Residential Energy Efficiency Program Area provides value to customers by encouraging
households to reduce their overall consumption of natural gas and manage their energy bills.
Residential programs serve over 850,000 households in the FEI and FEVI territories for both
retrofit and new construction applications. For EEC purposes, these customers include end-use
customers living in a residential single-family home, row house, townhouse or mobile home.
Programs for Multifamily Dwellings are included in the Commercial Energy Efficiency Program
Area under development for 2011 (please refer to Section 4).
Residential programs, in combination with the Companies’ education and outreach activities,
are an important component in driving the culture of conservation in the province. A recent
survey 8 of BC customers emphasizes the utility’s role in providing information on conservation.
Three in five (62 percent) respondents would look for information on energy efficiency programs
on the Internet, followed by half (50 percent) asking their utility, and about a third asking the
provincial government (38 percent) and the federal government (32 percent). The ultimate goal
of residential programs is to shift the overall natural gas consumption curve whereby a greater
proportion of customers use natural gas more efficiently, as presented in Figure 3-1.
Figure 3-1: FEI Residential Customers Distribution of Normalized Annual Consumption – 2003
and 2010
40,000
35,000
30,000
25,000
20,000
15,000
10,000
5,000
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TGI Residential Customers
Distribution of Normalized Annual Consumption - 2003 and 2010
0 to 5
11 to 15
21 to 25
31 to 35
41 to 45
51 to 55
61 to 65
71 to 75
81 to 85
91 to 95
101 to 105
111 to 115
121 to 125
131 to 135
141 to 145
151 to 155
161 to 165
171 to 175
181 to 185
191 to 195
201 to 205
211 to 215
221 to 225
231 to 235
241 to 245
251 to 255
261 to 265
271 to 275
281 to 285
291 to 295
301 to 305
311 to 315
321 to 325
331 to 335
341 to 345
351 to 355
361 to 365
371 to 375
381 to 385
391 to 395
AnnualConsumption (GJ's)
2003 2010
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Residential Retrofit Market Evaluation by Angus Reid Strategies, commissioned by the Companies in January
2010.
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