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
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3.4.1.1.2 2008-2009 ENERGY STAR® Heating System
Upgrade Program Results
Table 3-4: 2010 Program Results
Incentive
Expenditure
($000s)
Non-
Incentive
Expenditure
($000s)
2009 Application Processing
Annual
Energy
Savings
(GJ/yr)
NPV
Energy
Savings
(GJ)
Free
Rider
Rate
FEI 4,391 1,098 101 27,882 293,682 43% 1.1
FEVI 83 21 14 527 5,519 43% 0.9
FEI 3,391 848 7 21,532 226,799 43% 1.2
FEVI 65 16 - 413 4,322 43% 1.2
2010 Application Processing
FEI 3,849 962 51 24,346 238,325 43% 1.0
FEVI 106 27 11 671 6,810 43% 0.9
FEI 5,489 1,372 - 34,729 339,960 43% 1.1
FEVI 192 48 - 1,215 12,335 43% 0.9
Total Program Activity
FEI 17,120 4,280 159 108,489 1,098,766 43% 1.1
FEVI 446 112 25 2,826 28,986 43% 1.0
Total 17,566 4,392 184 111,315 1,127,752 43% 1.1
LiveSmart BC Participant Counts based on January 25, 2011 invoice and estimation of final program countsthat are forthcoming from the Minstry
of Energy.
This program was extremely successful with double the anticipated program participation of
8,180 participants outlined in the 2007 EEC Application. Through this program over $4.4 million
in incentives were distributed to customers across the province with downstream benefits of
revenues, job creation, and installation experience to contractors, dealers, and manufacturers.
Table 3-4 provides performance metrics for 2009 and 2010 including number of participants,
incentives to non-incentives spending, net annual energy savings, and the savings over the
lifetime of the measure. The free rider rate suggests that 43 percent of participants may have
upgraded their appliance without the incentive, so this proportion of participants has been
backed out of the energy savings. This free rider rate was obtained from consumer and
contractor feedback as presented in the 2005-2007 Furnace Program Evaluation (Please refer
to Appendix D in the 2009 EEC report).
The positive TRC indicates that despite a relatively high free rider rate there remains substantial
energy savings within a cost-effective program. TRC results were 1.1 for FEI and 1.0 for FEVI.
The FEVI TRC is slightly lower due to lower participant numbers as the program was introduced
over seven months later than the FEI program. Also, natural gas service was first introduced to
Vancouver Island in 1990, so the FEVI opportunity for furnace replacement is lower because
furnace stock is newer.
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