EXECUTIVE SUMMARY BPA, in partnership with its public power utility partners, acquires savings from many types of energy efficiency programs and offerings, some of which require site-specific savings estimates. This report documents the first comprehensive impact evaluation of the Site-Specific Savings portfolio. Background The Site-Specific Savings portfolio typically accounts for almost half of BPA’s total…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report describes the results of the impact evaluation of Energy Trust of Oregon’s Path to Net Zero (PTNZ) pilot. The primary goal of the pilot was to understand if net zero energy could be achieved and to understand the process required by design teams to make decisions that lead to a net…
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Bonneville Power Administration is developing a Strategic Energy Management (SEM) program for commercial buildings served by its customer utilities. BPA conducted a pilot test of the program, including a test of the program’s savings estimation procedure. We reviewed the program design, the pilot projects’ data and energy savings estimation models, and identified…
