Year 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy 

Savings Claim 

October 24, 2007

 

255 South Champlain Street, Suite 7 

Burlington, Vermont 05401-4894 

1-888-921-5990 

www.efficiencyvermont.com 
This report is submitted October 24, 2007, to the Vermont Department of Public Service and the 

Efficiency Vermont Contract Administrator. It is provided both in fulfillment of the contractual 

requirement for the submission of Efficiency Vermont’s annual savings claim and as the Annual 

Report for the Year 2006. 
1. Narratives..........................................................................................................................................1 

1.1.1. Business Energy Services..................................................................................................................................1 

1.1.2. Residential Energy Services..............................................................................................................................9

1.1.3. Efficiency Vermont-Wide Activities..............................................................................................................17 

2. Overall Services and Initiatives Results ........................................................................................22 

2.1.1. Services and Initiatives Summary ..................................................................................................................22 

2.1.2. Services and Initiatives including Customer Credit.......................................................................................23 

2.1.3. Services and Initiatives excluding Customer Credit ......................................................................................24 

2.1.4. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives – End Use Breakdown..................................................................25 

2.1.5. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives – Utility Breakdown.....................................................................26 

2.1.6. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives – County Breakdown...................................................................27 

2.1.7. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives – Total Resource Benefits.............................................................28 

2.1.8. Business Energy Services – Summary ............................................................................................................29 

2.1.9. Business Energy Services – End Use Breakdown ...........................................................................................30 

2.1.10. Business Energy Services – Utility Breakdown.............................................................................................31 

2.1.11. Business Energy Services – County Breakdown...........................................................................................32 

2.1.12. Residential Energy Services – Summary ......................................................................................................33 

2.1.13. Residential Energy Services – End Use Breakdown......................................................................................34 

2.1.14. Residential Energy Services – Utility Breakdown.........................................................................................35 

2.1.15. Residential Energy Services – County Breakdown.......................................................................................36 

2.1.16. Cumulative Distributions by Customer Sector............................................................................................37 

2.1.17. Cumulative Distributions by County ..........................................................................................................38 

2.1.18. Cumulative Distributions by Utility Service Territory.................................................................................39 

2.1.19. 2006-2008 Minimum Performance Requirements......................................................................................40 

3. Detailed Services & Initiatives Results..........................................................................................41 

3.1.1. Business New Construction – Summary .......................................................................................................41 

3.1.2. Business New Construction - End Use Breakdown .......................................................................................42 

3.1.3. Business New Construction – Utility Breakdown..........................................................................................43 

3.1.4. Business New Construction - County Breakdown ........................................................................................44 

3.1.5. Business New Construction – Total Resource Benefits..................................................................................45 

3.1.6. Business Existing Facilities – Summary .........................................................................................................46 

3.1.7. Business Existing Facilities – End Use Breakdown ........................................................................................47 

3.1.8. Business Existing Facilities – Utility Breakdown............................................................................................48 

3.1.9. Business Existing Facilities – County Breakdown..........................................................................................49 

3.1.10. Business Existing Facilities – Total Resource Benefits .................................................................................50 

3.1.11. Business Initiatives – Summary ...................................................................................................................51 

3.1.12. Residential New Construction – Summary..................................................................................................52 

3.1.13. Residential New Construction – End Use Breakdown.................................................................................53 

3.1.14. Residential New Construction – Utility Breakdown....................................................................................54 

3.1.15. Residential New Construction – County Breakdown ..................................................................................55 

3.1.16. Residential New Construction – Total Resource Benefits............................................................................56 

3.1.17. Efficient Products – Summary.....................................................................................................................57 

3.1.18. Efficient Products – End Use Breakdown ....................................................................................................58 

3.1.19. Efficient Products – Utility Breakdown .......................................................................................................59 

3.1.20. Efficient Products – County Breakdown .....................................................................................................60 

3.1.21. Efficient Products – Total Resource Benefits...............................................................................................61 

3.1.22. Existing Homes – Summary ........................................................................................................................62 

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3.1.23. Existing Homes – End Use Breakdown .......................................................................................................63 

3.1.24. Existing Homes - Utility Breakdown ...........................................................................................................64 

3.1.25. Existing Homes - County Breakdown ........................................................................................................65 

3.1.26. Existing Homes - Total Resource Benefits...................................................................................................66 

3.1.27. Residential Initiatives – Summary ...............................................................................................................67 

4. Appendices......................................................................................................................................68 

4.1. Customer Credit Program ..........................................................................................................68 

4.1.1. Narrative........................................................................................................................................................68 

4.1.2. Customer Credit – Summary ........................................................................................................................69 

4.1.3. Customer Credit – End Use Breakdown........................................................................................................70 

4.1.4. Customer Credit – Total Resource Benefits...................................................................................................71 

4.2. Definitions and End Notes .........................................................................................................72 

4.2.1. Annual Report Tables Overview....................................................................................................................72 

4.2.2. Definitions and Report Template ..................................................................................................................73 

4.2.3. Table End Notes ............................................................................................................................................78 

4.2.4. Multifamily Reporting Changes ....................................................................................................................79 
1.1.1. BUSINESS ENERGY SERVICES 

Our strategy for the business market has been to help members of the Vermont business 

community reach their business goals by adding value through energy efficiency to their 

businesses, helping them serve their customers more effectively and efficiently while 

contributing to the Public Service Board’s resource acquisition goals. In 2006, Efficiency 

Vermont helped businesses reduce their annual energy costs by a total of $2,380,000 and 

completed 821 projects, 99 more than in 2005, which represents an increase of 14%. 

These projects will reduce annual energy use by 23,000 megawatt-hours1 (MWh). This fell 

short of our expectations by 15%. A more in-depth discussion of the causes for the lowerthan-anticipated savings is in the Business New Construction section. Annual summer 

peak demand was reduced by 4,500 kilowatts (kW) and annual winter peak demand by 

3,400 kW, representing an increase in reduction of summer peak of 33% and winter peak 

of 1% compared with 2005. Over the lifetime of the measures installed in 2006, these 

businesses are expected to earn, through reduced energy costs, an average of a 42% return 

on their energy efficiency investments. Since Efficiency Vermont’s inception in 2000, 

business-sector resource savings have accumulated a total lifetime economic value of 

$174,000,000. Lifetime economic value is defined as the present value of electricity, fossil 

fuels, and water that is saved over the lifetime of the efficiency measures. 

Savings in the business sector are the result of multiple strategic and operational efforts to 

increase the business community’s understanding of energy efficiency as a valuable way to 

improve their economic performance; help them better manage the energy use of their 

existing facilities; build strong, trusting relationships; and provide the necessary resources 

targeted to customer needs. Efficiency Vermont’s methods to increase the energy 

efficiency of the business sector continue to include a range of technical, financial, 

educational, training, and informational services. All such services are designed to 

increase the adoption of energy-efficient equipment, design, and construction by 

Vermont businesses. To ensure the market can supply energy efficiency products and 

professional services, we provide services directly to business customers and to the many 

suppliers, tradespeople, manufacturers, distributors, and design and energy service 

professionals who serve and support the business community. 

We continue to cultivate important strategic relationships with many trade and business 

associations through a variety of activities, including placement of articles and ads in their 

newsletters, individual meetings, informational presentations, training sessions, 

attendance at association meetings, and participation in trade shows. Underlying this 

personal contact is our commitment to the development of strong relationships and our 

desire to increase our understanding of customers’ needs and the needs of those who 

serve them, so we can increase their participation in reducing energy use. This long-term 

commitment has played an important role in achieving energy savings in the business 

sector. 

We continue to partner with utilities to increase utility referrals for energy efficiency 

projects for their commercial and industrial customers. In addition, we are working in a 

more coordinated way to meet the needs of the state’s largest electric users. As an 

 

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 In 2005, all multifamily projects were recorded as savings in the business sector. Beginning in 2006, savings 

for all multifamily projects are recorded in the residential sector. To accurately compare 2006 and 2005 

energy and cost savings and number of projects, the numbers in 2005 are adjusted in the business sector 

narrative to not include savings or project numbers from the multifamily market. 

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example, Green Mountain Power (GMP) asked Efficiency Vermont to be a partner in 

helping address demand and energy efficiency needs for GMP’s largest customers. 

Efficiency Vermont has also assisted large commercial and industrial customers in 

understanding power factor and the effect of associated utility charges on their monthly 

bills. Beyond the potential for reducing the businesses’ energy costs, this assistance creates 

opportunities to build relationships and leverage the cost savings for energy efficiency 

projects. 

To provide a higher level of specialized technical expertise to the business market, 

Efficiency Vermont has increased its use of subcontractors who perform technical 

analysis, perform walk-through assessments for businesses, and review data. The 

increased use of subcontractors expands our in-house capability and supports existing 

energy efficiency infrastructure in the Vermont business market. In 2006, we engaged 23 

subcontractors, representing a 21% increase in the use of subcontractors to serve 

Vermont businesses compared with use in 2005. 

EXISTING BUSINESS FACILITIES 

Efficiency Vermont worked with businesses that replaced equipment or upgraded their 

processes at 642 sites in 2006. This represents a 12% increase over the number of sites 

served in 2005 in this market. Energy savings in 2006 to existing businesses increased 4%, 

to 19,000 MWh. 

Services to these businesses include prescriptive incentives for businesses, contractors, and 

suppliers, and customized services for special needs. Customized services include 

providing direct services, such as technical analysis, cash-flow analysis, and financial 

incentives, and partnering with other service providers to offer needed services that 

include design assistance and financing packages. 

The number of retrofit projects increased significantly, from 93 in 2005 to 119 in 2006, 

representing 39% of the energy savings in the business market. The average incentive per 

MWh for retrofit projects continued to decrease, from $92 per MWh in 2005 to $57 per 

MWh in 2006, reflecting an increase in the value perceived by customers of the energy 

savings per project and an increase in Efficiency Vermont staff’s understanding of the 

need to reduce other, nonfinancial, barriers that impede projects, such as risk aversion or 

lack of equipment. 

The following are examples of activities and new efforts designed to serve the general 

existing business market in 2006. Highlights for specific target markets and initiatives are 

discussed later. 

• In March, Efficiency Vermont hosted Industrial Efficiency Initiative: Save Energy, 

Maximize Profits, a satellite teleconference developed by the Northwest Food 

Processors Association (NWFPA) for the U.S. Department of Energy, which was 

attended by 15 participants from 12 Vermont companies. 

• We developed and distributed a Reduce Energy Use in Commercial Kitchens 

technical brief to help business customers reduce electricity and other energy costs 

associated with food preparation. 

• We piloted Web-based prescriptive incentive applications to make it easy for 

suppliers serving repeat customers to process prescriptive forms. 

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• When the regional sponsors decided to discontinue their support of the NEEP 

Cool Choice and Motor Up initiative, which promoted energy-efficient HVAC 

and motors, we developed and implemented a plan to provide continuity for 

suppliers and contractors. This included the development of new HVAC and 

motor forms. Now all prescriptive forms distributed in Vermont are identified 

with Efficiency Vermont and have a consistency that makes them easier for 

suppliers and businesses to use. 

• Efficiency Vermont hosted a one-week Certified Energy Manager (CEM) course in 

Burlington in partnership with the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE), which 

was open to others in the energy industry in Vermont. Approximately 20 people 

attended the course and took the CEM exam. 

BUSINESS NEW CONSTRUCTION 

We continue to work closely with Vermont’s commercial design and construction 

community to improve the efficiency and performance of new construction projects. 

Although the number of new construction projects increased slightly in 2006 from the 

previous year, the savings per project decreased from an average of 71 MWh per project 

in 2005 to 49 MWh per project in 2006. This year, 84 projects were completed, for a total 

annual savings of 4,100 MWh, compared with 83 completed in 2005 with 5,900 MWh 

savings. This reflects new construction and renovation projects of reduced size and scope, 

which is likely the result of a downturn in the new construction industry in Vermont. The 

increase in the number of small projects resulted in lowered savings per project, 

accounting for the lower-than-anticipated savings in this market. 

Efficiency Vermont continued to support the Department of Public Service code efforts 

through distribution of the 2005 Vermont Guidelines for Energy Efficient Commercial 

Construction, adopted as the Vermont Commercial Energy Code effective January 1, 2007. 

Approximately 2,700 copies were distributed to the commercial building design and 

construction community in 2006, many as a result of a 3,000-piece mailing to the 

commercial and industrial design and construction community that served as a 

registration form for training and announced the upcoming code change. Efficiency 

Vermont sponsored three training sessions for the new Commercial Energy Code in 

November 2006 to support the Department of Public Service in launching the code. More 

than 200 design and construction professionals attended the “Code and Beyond” 

trainings in Burlington, Rutland, and White River Junction. Evaluation feedback for the 

code training sessions indicated that 100% of attendees found the information useful for 

their work. We also worked closely with the local chapters of AIA and ASHRAE to 

communicate the code change and support other technical seminars at those 

organizations’ monthly meetings. 

In November 2006 we participated at the second semiannual half-day meeting at the 

Vermont Building Professionals Summit with leaders of the top construction 

organizations in the state, including AIA, ASHRAE, the Association of General 

Contractors (AGC), the Association for Facilities Engineering (AFE), Building and 

General Services, and others. The topic of this summit was the roll-out of the new code. 

This was the second summit that Efficiency Vermont was invited to attend because of its 

close work with these organizations. 

 

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TARGETED MARKETS AND INITIATIVES 

Colleges and Universities 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont launched a market initiative to work with colleges and 

universities in the state to engage them at the facility and educational levels to increase 

energy savings. Much of the effort focused on achieving participation by all institutions 

across the state. In 2006, Efficiency Vermont completed 35 projects at 16 Vermont 

colleges and universities, compared with 23 projects completed in 2005. These projects 

resulted in 980 MWh annual savings that will reduce annual energy costs by $114,000. 

To advance participation, in the spring of 2006, Efficiency Vermont supported a 

Middlebury College student group that performed direct installation of 2,300 compact 

fluorescent (CFLs) in student fixtures in dormitory rooms on campus. Direct installation 

in the dormitories reduced the annual facility energy cost by $7,300 and reduced energy 

use by 81,600 kWh, and the impact was increased by expanded energy efficiency 

awareness and excitement on the part of the student participants. Articles about the 

student efforts appeared in the newspapers Seven Days and Addison Eagle and inspired 

our decision to implement a statewide Collegiate Change a Light Challenge later in the 

fall. 

The Collegiate Change a Light Challenge was the first initiative of its kind in the nation. 

The goal of the initiative was to get students at colleges across the state to replace 

incandescent lamps with CFLs in their dorm rooms. Efficiency Vermont worked with the 

Vermont Campus Energy Group to perform outreach to schools and provided them with 

materials, initiated positive media coverage, and encouraged statewide participation. We 

also implemented the first buy-down discounted pricing for an event separate from other 

regional efforts. We selected an in-state supplier to offer CFLs at a reduced cost to 

colleges. Approximately 4,500 CFLs were installed at 16 institutions across the state, and 

Efficiency Vermont was able to engage schools with which it had had few or no previous 

interactions. Efficiency Vermont sponsored a dinner event at the Vermont Campus 

Compact Conference that included recognition for the students who supported the 

Change a Light event. 

 

In support of curriculum and student development efforts, we established internships for 

three college students to work at Efficiency Vermont, providing firsthand experience in 

energy efficiency to students at St. Michael’s College, Vermont Technical College, and the 

University of Vermont. The interns worked on a variety of projects in support of the 

college and university initiative and other technical efforts. Additionally, approximately 

45 college and 32 high school students were able to learn general concepts about energy 

efficiency by attending the Better Buildings by Design Conference with sponsorships from 

the Department of Public Service. 

Farms 

In 2006, we began to see a decline in installations of efficiency measures at dairy farms, 

attributable to the maturity of this market that has benefited from the availability of 

efficiency services for 15-plus years. In response, Efficiency Vermont began to reach out 

to different types of farms to engage a wider segment of the agricultural community in 

Vermont. Projects completed in 2006 will save participating farmers $42,000 and reduce 

energy use by a total of 370 MWh, a decline of 47% compared with savings of 700 MWh 

in 2005. This year, we completed 59 projects at Vermont farms by continuing a strategy of 

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personal contacts, by providing financial assistance including support for a loan program 

and incentives, and by using articles and advertising for outreach to this mature market. 

To make participation easier for all farmers and serve a broader range of farm businesses, 

outreach materials, including the new prescriptive form, have been renamed Agricultural 

Business. The new prescriptive form has been modified to include new, more efficient 

lighting technologies for farm facilities. 

Industrial 

Our approach to the industrial and large commercial electric users is to focus on 

enhancing a company’s competitive edge through energy efficiency improvements. The 

first technical phase of this approach was to identify technologies shared by most of the 

large users and to focus on ways to support the adoption of more energy-efficient 

equipment and design and on ways to influence the upstream market suppliers, 

contractors, and installers. Compressed air was chosen as the technology with the most 

significant use and savings potential. We provided Compressed Air Challenge Level 1 

training in September with 30 participants from 20 large industrial companies. We 

leveraged Department of Energy funds from the Department of Public Service to provide 

12 compressed air assessments at manufacturing facilities. The additional funds made the 

cost of the assessments more reasonable for the businesses, and information from the 

assessments will be used as a baseline for compressed air improvements and upgrades in 

the future. Overall, the savings from compressed air efficiency measures grew from 2,500 

MWh in 2005 to 3,500 MWh in 2006, a 40% increase, indicating the near-term success of 

this strategy. 

In addition to enhancing the technical understanding of the large users, we have 

implemented account management for 13 of the largest users. These businesses have been 

assigned trained account managers with specifically defined management, reporting, and 

monitoring protocols to better serve them. The account managers are assigned to act as 

the primary contact for large customers; they devote their time to learning about these 

customers, including their facilities, their challenges, and their plans for the future. The 

personal relationships and interactions with these industrial clients allow us to get 

involved in the early stages of project planning and to understand internal processes, 

maximizing opportunities to increase savings. Early results of this approach, which was 

launched in the fall, were active energy projects at nine of the 13 facilities by the close of 

2006 and positive responses from the businesses. Additional large businesses will have 

account managers assigned in 2007. 

K–12 Schools 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont completed 51 school projects, 2% more than in 2005, and 

reduced annual energy costs in schools by $190,000, saving 975 MWh annually. In 2006, 

more than 65 schools requested walk-throughs to identify energy efficiency opportunities. 

The School Energy Management Program (SEMP), which is partially funded by Efficiency 

Vermont, provided these walk-throughs, which identified energy savings opportunities 

and calculated cost savings for the schools. Fifteen of these schools had not had any 

previous engagement with Efficiency Vermont. 

Demand for energy efficiency services related to education in schools also increased in 

2006. The Vermont Energy Education Program (VEEP) visited a total of 67 schools in 

2006, some of them multiple times. VEEP presented the Energy & the Environment 

program, using a bicycle generator, to 153 classes/teachers and 2,647 students. TwentyEfficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 5
three of the schools had not been visited in past years. Although it is difficult to equate 

these educational activities with actual kWh savings, VEEP has been working in concert 

with business development staff and the Retail Efficient Products group to promote CFLs 

to the students, their families, and their communities by distributing more than 600 CFL 

coupons during the presentations that are redeemable at local retailers. Growing 

awareness of energy efficiency led several schools to request Efficiency Vermont’s support 

for fund-raisers using CFLs in part to provide students with real-life experiences that 

support energy and environmental studies in the curriculum. Additional details about 

school fund-raising projects are discussed in the Retail Efficient Products subsection in 

the Residential Energy Services section. 

Efficiency Vermont supported the first performance contract project undertaken by the 

Montpelier school district in 2006. The project included upgrades to lighting, installation 

of controls for HVAC, and insulation and air sealing in all three schools, and replacement 

of a ventilation system in one building. The performance contract will save the district 

$133,000 and 332,000 kWh annually and is paid for through the reduction in operating 

costs of the schools, state support from the Department of Education, and financial 

incentives from Efficiency Vermont. 

Ski Areas 

Efficiency Vermont completed 12 projects at ski areas, which will save them a total of 

$200,000 annually, reduce annual energy use by 510 MWh, and reduce winter peak 

demand by 120 kW. Energy savings in ski areas were down by 87%, in part because far 

fewer efficient snow guns were installed in 2006 than in 2005. Also, the ski areas often 

have other types of large projects that can skew savings from one year to the next 

depending on the closing date, typically between November and February. At the end of 

2006, one new ski area client had several active projects. 

We worked with Jay Peak, Smugglers’ Notch, and Stowe to build and promote ENERGY 

STAR–labeled condominiums, saving their customers $52,000 per year in energy costs. 

This work included assisting the ski areas in meeting the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

(EPACT) tax credit. Savings at all condominiums are recorded in the multifamily 

subsection in the Residential Energy Services section of this report. 

Efficiency Vermont worked to engage nonparticipating ski areas in energy efficiency 

projects in 2006. Efficiency Vermont continues to actively engage the Vermont Ski Areas 

Association by participating as a member and presenter at its annual meetings and by 

contributing to its newsletter highlighting successful projects. 

State Buildings 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont completed 48 projects with the State of Vermont, including 

four new construction and major renovation projects, 12 retrofit projects, and 32 

equipment replacement projects. As a result of these projects, the State of Vermont will 

save $105,000 annually, reduce its annual energy use by 1,000 MWh, and reduce summer 

peak demand by 190 kW and winter peak by 140 kW. These projects resulted in 5% 

greater savings in energy costs than comparable projects in 2005. 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont worked with the Department of Buildings and General 

Services’ purchasing and contract administration and its lighting supply vendor, Wesco 

Distribution, Inc., to increase the number of energy-efficient lighting products purchased 

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under the contract and to reduce the paperwork required for receiving incentives. The 

State of Vermont, Wesco, and Efficiency Vermont reached an agreement, with approval 

from the Department of Public Service, to pay incentives quarterly based on sales reports 

provided by Wesco, significantly reducing the processing time and associated costs for all 

parties. 

Efficiency Vermont provided technical training to Vermont State building staff and 

private practice professionals who provided facility-related services to the State at several 

events in 2006, including a presentation to six Buildings and General Services engineers 

on “Alternatives to Air Conditioning” and training to 24 staff members from the Agency 

of Transportation on “High Performance Envelopes.” In addition, more than 40 State of 

Vermont employees attended Efficiency Vermont’s Better Buildings by Design 

Conference in February. 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont continued to fulfill its commitments to the Vermont State 

Buildings Energy Efficiency Partnership Rebuild America Grant by assisting the circuit 

rider with district courthouse audits and a correctional facility review. A preliminary 

report was released in early 2007. 

Water and Wastewater Facilities 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont completed nine projects at water and wastewater facilities, 

compared with 17 projects completed in 2005. The savings from projects completed in 

2006 will result in municipalities’ saving $50,000 and reducing energy use by 260 MWh 

annually. This represents a decrease in energy savings of 36% compared with 2005, 

primarily due to fewer large projects closing in 2006. 

 

Efficiency Vermont metered results at two water/wastewater treatment facilities to verify 

savings estimates and thus improve the reliability of savings predictions. In addition, 

Efficiency Vermont has conducted a dissolved oxygen pilot study with the town of 

Brighton at its wastewater facility. 

Efficiency Vermont partnered with the Vermont Rural Water Association (VRWA) to 

provide a series of training opportunities to water and wastewater operators around the 

state. Response to these events included 30 attendees at the “Cost Savings through Energy 

Efficiency” training sessions in Williston and Randolph and 29 attendees at the “Electric 

Bill” training sessions in Enosburg and Manchester. These efforts educated participants 

about the value of energy efficiency and provided attendees the opportunity for direct 

communication with and exposure to Efficiency Vermont. Efficiency Vermont engaged in 

other outreach opportunities by contributing articles to the VRWA and Green Mountain 

Water Environment Association newsletters and participating in their events. In addition, 

Efficiency Vermont presented information about its water and wastewater initiative to 50 

Department of Environmental Conservation staff members in the late fall. These outreach 

activities have led to increased referrals for upgrades to equipment, retrofits, and new 

construction projects at water and wastewater facilities. 

Lighting and Daylighting Initiative 

The lighting and daylighting initiative works with manufacturers, suppliers, designers, 

contractors, and end users to obtain energy savings and to realize the aesthetic, 

productivity, and performance improvements associated with high-performance lighting 

and daylighting. 

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Our efforts to engage the entire lighting supply chain continued throughout the year. To 

deepen and broaden our penetration with hard-to-reach distributors and contractors, we 

undertook a statewide commercial lighting tour in the spring of 2006. Efficiency Vermont 

visited and provided training at 26 electrical distributors throughout the state to 

demonstrate the latest in high-performance lighting technologies. This important effort 

reached more than 200 attendees and 100 electrical contractors. 

Efficiency Vermont continues to be a national leader in bringing high-performance T8 

technology to the market. By working with regional and national manufacturers and 

market actors, Efficiency Vermont has brought this technology to regional distribution 

centers in Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, available for 

quick shipment to Vermont. This important effort has brought benefits to Vermont and 

to the Northeast region as a whole. The typical lead time to obtain the technology has 

been reduced from several weeks to just days, thus making it available for most 

construction projects. Thanks to these efforts, the number of high-performance T8 

fixtures installed through Efficiency Vermont programs has increased from 2,400 units in 

2004, to 8,300 units in 2005, to 10,200 units in 2006. Moreover, the success of the effort 

will be replicated on a larger scale through a NEEP high-performance T8 lighting 

initiative, which is based largely on Efficiency Vermont’s prior efforts. This new NEEP 

initiative has obtained federal grant funding and will eventually have dramatic effects on 

supply and demand for high-performance T8 lighting throughout the Northeast. 

These initiatives continue to bring greater lighting savings and participation to Efficiency 

Vermont. Energy savings from commercial lighting projects have increased by 39%, from 

8,900 MWh in 2005 to 12,400 MWh in 2006. 

Facility Operational Efficiency Initiative 

The facility operational efficiency initiative was launched to increase the energy savings of 

facilities by focusing on the operation of equipment and systems to increase energy-saving 

performance and practices. 

To support the new and underutilized process of improving facility operational efficiency, 

we published The Commissioning Guide in February 2006 and distributed it at the Better 

Buildings by Design Conference. A total of 1,350 copies have been distributed to building 

owners, design professionals, and contractors statewide. A commissioning roundtable was 

held in October with commissioning providers from across the state to increase Efficiency 

Vermont’s effectiveness in supporting this approach to reducing businesses’ energy use. 

The first stage of an innovative pilot project with Hallam Engineering and Kilawatt 

Partners designed to obtain energy savings from simple low-cost and no-cost behavioral 

changes met its goal of enrolling 10 facilities in 2006. The contract with Hallam is to 

obtain MWh energy savings by taking the level of energy (electricity and fuel) used during 

the prior three years as the baseline and then addressing such issues as improper use of 

equipment, inadequate controls, schedule inefficiencies, and wasteful practices (e.g., 

leaving lights and equipment on when not in use or running the heating and cooling 

systems simultaneously). The 10 facilities participating are four schools, five state 

buildings, and one college. 

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1.1.2. RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SERVICES 

Efficiency Vermont’s services to the state’s residents in 2006 helped 37,930 Vermont 

households save 29,600 MWh2 of annual electricity use. This represents a 4% increase in 

the number of participants and a decrease in savings of 6% compared with 2005. The 

lower-than-anticipated sale of energy-efficient products is the primary cause of the 

decrease in MWh savings and is explained in more detail in the Retail Efficient Products 

section of the report. Our efforts in 2006 also helped Vermont households reduce 

summer peak demand by 4,300 kW per year, reduce winter peak demand by 4,700 kW 

per year, and save $23,400,000 in lifetime economic value. Since Efficiency Vermont’s 

inception in 2000, residential sector resource savings have accumulated a total lifetime 

economic value of more than $135,000,000. 

We continued to apply our efforts to acquire cost-effective energy savings through 

resource acquisition while supporting market transformation efforts that will advance 

energy savings in the long term. As we have done in the past, we used a range of 

informational, direct-service, and financial incentive strategies to encourage the use of 

energy-efficient lighting, appliances, and heating and cooling systems in new and existing 

homes by helping our customers achieve their goals of living in homes that offer increased 

comfort and quality along with affordability and durability. Our ongoing partnership 

with retailers, manufacturers, contractors, and design professionals is critical to our 

success in serving the Vermont residential market. 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont continued to work closely with Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. 

(VGS) and the Burlington Electric Department (BED) to provide services to households 

in their territories. We also continued to work in coordination with regional and national 

energy efficiency organizations and initiatives, both to have a larger influence on wider 

initiatives that benefit Vermont ratepayers by leveraging their resources and market reach 

and to stay abreast of emerging technologies and approaches. 

RETAIL EFFICIENT PRODUCTS 

Efficiency Vermont continued to promote ENERGY STAR qualified products to assist 

Vermont households and businesses in making energy-efficient choices when purchasing 

new or replacement products. In 2006, we used several approaches to promote efficient 

products, including providing consumer rebates, participating in retailer buy-downs and 

manufacturer markdowns, supporting retailers with promotions, and educating 

consumers. A critical factor in our success was the strong partnerships we have built with 

retailers, suppliers, and manufacturers of ENERGY STAR qualified products. We also 

have continued to participate in regional and national energy efficiency product 

promotion as well as research and testing initiatives that leverage outside resources, help 

 

2

 In 2005, all multifamily projects were recorded as savings in the business sector. Beginning in 2006, savings 

for all multifamily projects were recorded in the residential sector. To accurately compare 2006 and 2005 

energy and cost savings and number of participants, the numbers in 2005 are adjusted in the residential 

sector to include savings from the multifamily market. This adjustment was done only for the discussion of 

the residential market narrative as a whole and does not affect comparisons between 2005 and 2006 in the 

Retail Efficient Products, Single Family Residential New Construction, or Existing Homes sections of the 

narrative. 

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us influence product development and availability, and keep us abreast of industry 

information. 

Savings from CFL sales were higher than initially budgeted amounts but fell significantly 

short of the final savings expectations for several key reasons. Very strong savings in the 

last quarter of 2005 and first quarter of 2006 caused the retail efficient products market 

strategy team to increase participation estimates and reduce coupon values. These actions 

represented attempts to increase the cost-effectiveness of CFL promotion and manage 

participation within budgeted amounts. However, in contrast to the experience of 2005, 

when reduced coupon values did not affect participation, the reduction in 2006 had a 

significant impact, lowering sales of CFLs through a key retail outlet by 79,000 products 

compared with 2005 sales. Additionally, although the overall number of products sold 

increased in 2006, the percentage of lighting products used in commercial applications 

decreased significantly, resulting in a significantly lower per-product savings amount 

relative to 2005. Finally, market demands on manufacturers put significant burdens on 

their staffs that manage buy-downs, causing delays in the negotiation, implementation, 

and placement of efficient lighting products. The delay in making products available to 

consumers also reduced participation. Despite these issues, the market is well positioned 

for 2007, based on the following accomplishments in 2006: 

• Retailer participation in eight negotiated cooperative agreements increased, 

making reasonably priced quality CFLs widely available without the need for 

consumer coupons. Sales of bulbs from retailers engaged in cooperative 

agreements were 59% above comparable sales in 2005. 

• Increase in the availability of a range of sizes and types of CFLs, a result of several 

conditions, including increased product type availability from distributors; 

continued outreach to and education of retailers by Efficiency Vermont retail 

account managers about the range of products available; and increase in consumer 

requests for three-way, dimmable, and encapsulated CFLs. Sales of specialty bulbs, 

tracked as part of the negotiated cooperative agreements, increased by 430% in 

2006 over 2005 sales. 

• CFLs of better overall quality are now available in Vermont stores, especially 

specialty bulbs, such as three-way, dimmable, and encapsulated types. The results 

of quality testing done by third parties were made available to retailers to 

encourage stocking of higher-quality bulbs. 

• Increase in national chain product availability and receptivity to promoting CFLs. 

An example is our outreach to more actively engage Home Depot, which not only 

increased Home Depot efficient product sales by 125% over the previous year’s 

sales but also resulted in opportunities for Efficiency Vermont staff to provide instore home improvement classes and store events encouraging adult and child 

participation in CFL promotional activities and education. 

• Increase in national, regional, and local media focus on CFLs. 

• There is a greater general understanding of the role of energy efficiency in issues 

related to jobs, global warming, energy supply, and security. 

 

Negotiated cooperative promotions were well used by Ace, Aubuchon, and True Value 

hardware stores and the Shaw’s grocery chain to make CFLs widely available to 

Vermonters without their having to use coupons. This approach was well received by the 

retailers, who indicated that it was much easier for them and their customers and was 

preferable to using coupons. Hardware stores in general continued to be strong partners 

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in promoting CFLs with co-op advertising and store promotions, although for some, 

keeping the shelves stocked was challenging because of the increase in demand for CFLs. 

More engaging ENERGY STAR displays that presented lighting products with a hands-on 

meter comparing the energy use of a CFL and an incandescent bulb were very popular 

with the Ace and True Value stores. Efficiency Vermont implemented 18 of these 

ENERGY STAR end-cap displays used in hardware stores across the state. The ENERGY 

STAR end-cap at Martin’s Hardware in Middlebury was used as a backdrop for a WCAX 

“Across the Fence” segment on energy-efficient products. 

 

In 2006 Efficiency Vermont made significant progress toward achieving the performance 

indicator of having increased participation with the large grocery store chains in 

Vermont. Shaw’s participated in a negotiated cooperative agreement in the fall promoting 

“earth-friendly” products, including CFLs. The promotion included freestanding displays 

with Sylvania products, and all the Shaw’s stores in Vermont participated. Hannaford had 

difficulty securing a large enough supply of CFL bulbs from its suppliers to participate in 

the buy-downs. Efficiency Vermont staff worked with Price Chopper and GE to move 

forward with the CFL promotion in Vermont, and, despite some initial setbacks, Price 

Chopper began its CFL promotion at the end of December 2006; it will continue through 

June 2007. 

Along with the other sponsors of the Northeast Appliance and Lighting Initiative, 

Efficiency Vermont was given an “Excellence in ENERGY STAR Promotion” award by the 

Environmental Protection Agency for work in the promoting the sale of CFLs in grocery 

stores. The award specifically recognizes the Shaw’s promotion discussed previously. 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont was approached by eight Vermont schools that wanted to use 

the sale of CFLs as a fund-raiser. Efficiency Vermont facilitated as the schools approached 

local retailers to use a buy-down and waived the “resale” prohibition for this purpose. The 

typical sale was around 200 bulbs, and the project was often undertaken not just for fundraising purposes, but as an extension of the energy efficiency discussions in the school 

curriculum. Approximately 1,000 CFLs were distributed using school fund-raisers, with 

schools such as Marlboro and Mount Anthony in Bennington participating. 

Other energy-efficient products promoted by Efficiency Vermont in 2006 included: 

• A selected group of ENERGY STAR qualified clothes washing machines specified 

as Tier 3a by the Consortium for Energy Efficiency. Providing rebates for only 

these machines emphasized for consumers the most energy-efficient tier of 

machines available and steered them to purchase those. These more energyefficient clothes washers were promoted with a $50 mail-in rebate beginning on 

April 1, 2006. Although the number of models eligible for the rebate was reduced 

by approximately 50%, relative to all ENERGY STAR clothes washers, 

participation since April only dropped by only 10%, indicating a successful 

campaign, with 2,974 Tier 3a clothes washing machines sold in Vermont in 2006. 

• ENERGY STAR qualified air conditioners were promoted through the summer 

with a $25 mail-in rebate, and 2,500 were sold in 2006. The number of room air 

conditioners sold typically tracks closely with weather, so given the cool spring 

and early summer in Vermont, overall room air conditioner sales were down, 

resulting in 44% fewer ENERGY STAR air conditioners sold than in the warmer 

2005 period. 

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• ENERGY STAR qualified lighting fixtures, ceiling fans, torchieres, and floor lamps 

were promoted with $10 instant coupons. Sales of lighting fixtures, torchieres, and 

floor lamps increased approximately 58% in 2006 from 2005, despite the lack of 

eligible product available from the manufacturers. (On October 1, 2005, the 

ENERGY STAR fixtures specification was updated from Version 3.0 to Version 

4.0, resulting in greatly reduced numbers of available ENERGY STAR labeled 

products of all types in stores. It took manufacturers well into 2006 to provide 

adequate eligible product selection to Vermont retailers.) 

RESIDENTIAL SINGLE-FAMILY NEW CONSTRUCTION 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont continued to provide services to builders and buyers of new 

homes in Vermont to support them in building to Vermont ENERGY STAR Homes 

(VESH) criteria, in partnership with VGS. Our services included ENERGY STAR labeling 

for qualified homes, energy code support, plan reviews, technical assistance, site 

inspections, energy ratings, and performance testing. 

Overall total savings from energy-efficient design, construction, appliances, and lighting 

in new homes increased 5% in 2006 over 2005 savings. Thirty-two more ENERGY STAR 

labeled homes were constructed in 2006, for a total of 509 homes built to the ENERGY 

STAR standard. In addition, 28 new builders participated in building to the Vermont 

ENERGY STAR Homes standards, representing a 15% increase over the prior year. 

A number of changes in 2006 significantly impacted the Vermont building community, 

including comprehensive changes made by the EPA to ENERGY STAR Home 

specifications, National Appliance Energy Conservation Act (NAECA) standards 

primarily focused on residential HVAC, opportunities presented by the federal Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (EPACT), and changes to RESNET (Residential Energy Services 

Network). These changes have presented Efficiency Vermont and the Vermont building 

community with implementation challenges but will ultimately improve the performance 

and energy efficiency of new homes. 

The EPA made comprehensive changes to the requirements for building an ENERGY 

STAR labeled home effective July 1, 2006, with full compliance effective after December 

31, 2006. The changes were implemented after an exhaustive national review process and 

are designed to significantly improve the performance and reduce the energy usage of new 

homes. One of the most significant changes is the requirement for a thermal bypass 

checklist that effectively necessitates a new site visit during the construction phase. The 

additional site visit is a “pre-drywall” inspection provided by Efficiency Vermont. This 

additional inspection created a number of challenges for participating builders and 

Efficiency Vermont. The first challenge was ensuring that this new step did not delay the 

building process and create additional costs for the builder or owner. Most builders in 

Vermont have not worked in locations that require an outside inspection during the 

building process, so scheduling this process was entirely new to most of the building 

community. Builders were initially quite resistant to the new requirements because of 

concerns related to the tight schedules of insulation and drywall subcontractors. During 

the spring and summer, Efficiency Vermont held four well-attended workshops around 

the state to explain the changes and the reasons for the changes and to encourage builders 

to continue participating in the Vermont ENERGY STAR Homes program. These 

workshops included stakeholder meetings in Rutland and Burlington and a presentation 

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at the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont in December 

and the one at the Home Builders and Remodelers Association of Southern Vermont in 

November. In addition, a preview of the changes was given to builders at the Better 

Buildings by Design Conference 2006 in February. 

Efficiency Vermont sent two direct mailings to 2,700 builders and others in the building 

community in the state to reinforce the new standards. Efficiency Vermont also included 

articles about the changes to the ENERGY STAR requirements in the November Builder 

News distributed to 2,800 individuals in the building community. In 2006, of the homes 

that achieved the ENERGY STAR label, very few passed the more stringent pre-drywall 

inspection and bypass checklist. Efficiency Vermont and Vermont Gas Systems will 

continue to engage with and educate builders and to work with building supply chains to 

stock new products that will assist the builders in meeting these newer standards. 

Several significant changes to RESNET’s technical guidelines became effective on July 1, 

2006. These changes had implications for builders and Efficiency Vermont, and included: 

• A new rating system that changed the scoring the builders were accustomed to 

using 

• New verification protocols for insulation quality and duct testing 

• New prescriptive and performance specifications that could potentially increase 

labor costs 

• New Energy Rating software 

• New verification methods 

All of the RESNET-required changes were met by July 1, 2006, including the use of new 

rating scales, protocols, software, and verification methods. 

Partnerships with the Vermont building community and building associations have been 

a significant resource in helping communicate these changes to members. The Home 

Builders and Remodelers Association of Northern Vermont (HBRA-NV) and the Home 

Builders and Remodelers Association of Southern Vermont (HBRA-SV) were essential in 

what became a team approach to communicating the new ENERGY STAR requirements 

and rating system changes to the building community. These two associations provided 

additional support to their members to help them understand the changes in the 

ENERGY STAR requirements; support included posting information on association Web 

sites, running articles in organization newsletters, and giving Efficiency Vermont 

opportunities to communicate the changes at the HBRA Builders Council and the HBRASV general meetings, both in November of 2006. Efficiency Vermont co-presented two 

training programs to builders around the state, with Building for Social Responsibility 

(developers of the Vermont Builds Greener standards), and the U.S. Green Building 

Council (sponsors of LEED for Homes). At the end of the year, Efficiency Vermont was 

honored to be named the 2006 Member of the Year by the Home Builders and 

Remodelers Association of Southern Vermont. 

 

EPACT provided new opportunities for residential builders and owners to build more 

energy-efficient homes. Many in the Vermont building community were well positioned 

to take advantage of this tax credit because of the high level of energy efficiency building 

practices they have developed, supported through their participation in building Vermont 

ENERGY STAR Homes and years of attendance at the Better Buildings by Design 

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Conference. As of the end of 2006, more than 88 Vermont houses have met the EPACT 

requirements. This represents 3.5% of new homes, a level of participation that is very 

strong compared with that of other districts in the Northeast. Efficiency Vermont 

supported this level of participation by offering a tax credit workshop at the 2006 Better 

Buildings by Design Conference, providing information on the Web site, and providing 

ratings and verification support to every VESH-enrolled building that meets the tax credit 

level of energy efficiency. 

EXISTING HOMES 

Efficiency Vermont continued to provide services to acquire energy savings in the existing 

homes market through multiple approaches that include limited and targeted direct 

services, particularly focused on low-income Vermonters; technical assistance and 

information, discussed in depth in the Efficiency Vermont-Wide section; and increasingly 

through supporting other energy product and service providers to reduce the energy use 

of the existing home customer. 

Home Performance with ENERGY STAR 

2006 was a significant year in the development of an economically viable Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR industry in Vermont. At year’s end, 18 individuals 

from 14 companies around the state had completed their certification as Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR contractors, and an additional 12 were in the testing 

process for completing certification. In July 2006, consistent with an overall strategy to 

promote work for certified contractors, Efficiency Vermont stopped providing home 

energy audits, unless warranted by high electric use. All requests for audits are now 

referred to certified contractors by phone or through their listing on the Efficiency 

Vermont Web site “Marketplace” page. A total of 161 Home Performance with ENERGY 

STAR projects were completed in 2006, resulting in savings of 120 MWh. This is an 18% 

increase over the Home Performance with ENERGY STAR projects completed in 2005 

and confirms the successful nurturing and growth of businesses providing highly 

qualified residential energy services. The average Home Performance with ENERGY 

STAR project cost was $4,000. Efficiency Vermont continued to provide multiple support 

strategies to advance the success of this approach. We held four training sessions around 

the state that were attended by approximately 50 contractors. Costs for the training 

sessions are kept minimal to encourage participation. Efficiency Vermont also provides 

free training and mentoring to enable contractors to prepare for their certification exams. 

On November 1, 2006, Efficiency Vermont held a one-day “Building Science 101” course 

at Vermont Technical College that was attended by 25 contractors, two real estate 

professionals, and 45 students and teachers from Stafford (Rutland) and Randolph 

technical centers. The daylong class offered participants the opportunity to learn basic 

building science principles and to learn about becoming a certified Home Performance 

with ENERGY STAR contractor. The class was certified for realtor continuing education 

credits by the Vermont real estate board. In December, introductory sessions were held in 

Brattleboro, Rutland, and Williston to advise interested contractors of the benefits and 

requirements of being a Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractor. Efficiency 

Vermont continued to support contractors once they received certification. Support 

included paying the cost of certification and offering 10% rebates or 0% financing on 

equipment needed to perform home energy audits. Efficiency Vermont also provided free 

mentoring. 

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Efficiency Vermont has promoted the use of Home Performance with ENERGY STAR to 

Vermont homeowners through advertising, placing articles in newspapers, providing 

contractor lists to customers, and providing co-op advertising funds to certified 

contractors. In the fall of 2006, the EPA launched its contractor marketing kit, which 

provides certified contractors with password-protected access to EPA-developed Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR advertising templates that can be downloaded and 

provided directly to media outlets for advertising. The reduced interest rate financing 

agreement was expanded from one bank participating in 2005 to four banks participating 

in 2006, with 16 loans initiated in 2006 for households to finance measures installed by 

Home Performance with ENERGY STAR contractors. The average Home Performance 

with ENERGY STAR loan by participating lenders was about $8,000 in 2006. To provide 

more specific and timely feedback, the survey and process for communicating customers’ 

comments to Home Performance contractors was improved. 

As Efficiency Vermont continues to build an infrastructure of certified contractors and 

develops their capacity to provide comprehensive electric and fossil fuel efficiency 

services, the organization has continued to offer incentives for existing home customers 

to reduce their electric consumption. In many cases, this means providing customers with 

an on-site analysis of their homes and identifying sources of efficiency opportunities. 

Services to these customers include direct installation of lighting and water conservation 

measures and incentives for replacing inefficient refrigerators, electric heat and hot water 

systems and other custom electric efficiency measures. Efficiency Vermont continues to 

partner with Vermont Gas Systems to identify opportunities to replace electric heat and 

hot water with cost-effective natural gas equipment. 

Incentives continue to be offered for the installation of new hot air furnaces equipped 

with ECM (electronically commutated motor) fan motors and for the installation of new 

central air conditioning systems meeting or exceeding ENERGY STAR performance 

standards. In 2006, 29 ECM fan motors and 15 ENERGY STAR central air conditioning 

systems were installed. 

Efficiency Vermont’s Home Performance with ENERGY STAR service received an 

ENERGY STAR award for Excellence in Home Improvement from the U.S. EPA for 2006. 

The award recognizes the work Efficiency Vermont has done to develop a Home 

Performance with ENERGY STAR program in Vermont through recruiting, training, 

mentoring, and supporting marketing efforts for contractors. 

Services for Low-Income Residents 

Although many of Efficiency Vermont’s activities designed to reduce energy use in 

households assist low-income Vermonters, we have also engaged in specific outreach to 

help those households most burdened by high energy costs. A discussion of our services 

aimed at low-income residents living in subsidized multifamily housing follows this 

section. 

Efficiency Vermont continues to work closely with Vermont’s Weatherization Assistance 

Program (WAP) to provide direct installation of energy- and water-saving products and 

cost-effective replacement of inefficient refrigerators and electric heat and hot water 

systems in low-income, single-family households. With Efficiency Vermont providing 

resources for electricity savings, WAP is able to use its funds for thermal improvements to 

homes. In 2006, Efficiency Vermont provided continued training for WAP providers to 

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support the stable and mature partnership between the two organizations. In 2006, 1,138 

low-income households participated, with an average annual electrical energy cost savings 

of $160. The number of households served in 2006 through WAP was approximately the 

same as in 2005, when 1,151 were served. Low-income Vermonters served by WAP will 

save a total of $180,000 on their combined electric bills as a result of the energy efficiency 

installations made in 2006. 

In 2006, in partnership with the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 

(LIHEAP), more than 29,000 summer and winter energy tips were inserted in mailings to 

low-income residents living in single-family and multifamily housing. Efficiency Vermont 

provided 14,000 coupons for free CFLs, redeemable at all participating hardware stores in 

Vermont, to LIHEAP for distribution in its November mailing. 

 

Efficiency Vermont has been exploring additional ways to provide cost-effective energy 

efficiency services to low-income Vermonters through a number of initiatives, including: 

• Food shelf distribution of CFLs pilot. In 2006, Efficiency Vermont piloted the 

distribution of CFLs and energy efficiency information at three food shelves. 

Approximately 150 bulbs were distributed, and the pilots were enthusiastically 

reviewed by the food shelves that participated. Results are being evaluated to 

explore continuation or expansion in 2007. 

• Mobile home park initiative. This effort continues work begun in 2005, done in 

collaboration with VISTA volunteers. In 2006, a Vermont State Housing 

Authority–managed mobile home park in Hinesburg with 50 homes was the focus 

of efficiency efforts. In addition to direct installation of CFLs at 40% of the homes, 

Efficiency Vermont provided information to residents in response to their interest 

in ways to address hard water problems in their hot water tanks. 

MULTIFAMILY HOUSING SERVICES 

Although we continue to be engaged in nearly all subsidized multifamily projects, 

Efficiency Vermont had fewer of these projects close in 2006, completing 49 subsidized 

projects, compared with 69 in 2005. This resulted in a decrease of savings in the 

multifamily housing market of 34% from the previous year’s savings. One significant 

reason for the decrease in savings is that fuel-switch projects have become less 

economically feasible with the increase in fuel oil costs. Energy savings from fuel-switch 

projects in subsidized multifamily housing declined from 1,070 MWh in 2005 to 584 

MWh in 2006. 

We continue to face significant challenges in successfully engaging private market rate 

multifamily housing owners. In 2006, we completed nine market rate projects, compared 

with 19 in 2005. To help address this lower participation, we developed a prescriptive 

form to be used when property improvements are made during tenant turnover. This 

form presents a convenient way for property owners to interact with Efficiency Vermont 

at the times when they most often implement unit upgrades. 

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1.1.3. EFFICIENCY VERMONT–WIDE ACTIVITIES 

Many Efficiency Vermont activities and services serve participants that span the business 

and residential sectors. This section highlights activities that engaged Vermonters across 

multiple markets. 

Community Energy Initiatives 

Vermont communities continue to provide multiple and rich opportunities for energy 

efficiency engagement that reflect the uniqueness and spirit of different towns. Many 

communities have approached Efficiency Vermont for support with energy efficiency 

events and projects. We assist communities in a number of diverse ways depending on 

their specific needs and goals. We have helped local energy committees through financial 

support for SERG and technical assistance to community groups. To support towns’ 

efforts at replicating successful community CFL events, we developed case studies of the 

successful Poultney and Manchester Change a Light Challenge events for community 

organizers to use as a guide. In 2006, we supported many communities by staffing partner 

retail outlets during weekend events, coordinating with Vermont Energy Education 

Program (VEEP) activities, and supplying informational materials and template designs. 

In addition, we have six new comparative meters to loan to groups or businesses that 

provide a hands-on demonstration of the energy use of a compact fluorescent compared 

with that of an incandescent light bulb. 

The Manchester Change a Light Challenge, which had set a goal of replacing 40,000 

incandescent bulbs to CFLs between October 2005 and Town Meeting Day 2006, 

completed its mission on April 2, 2006, with more than 42,000 bulbs sold to Manchesterarea households and businesses. The Manchester event mobilized a wide segment of the 

community and demonstrated the power of grassroots-led community action coupled 

with strong, dedicated leadership and effective partnerships. During the six months of the 

Manchester Challenge, the event received considerable media attention, which drew 

attention to CFLs’ energy-saving features, availability of sizes, increased life, and reduced 

impact on the environment. 

The community approach continues to inspire other towns, such as Bennington, 

Brattleboro, and Pittsford, to create events around CFLs and other ENERGY STAR 

products. The Town of Pittsford, which has no hardware store, approached Efficiency 

Vermont for help in making CFLs available in the town. Efficiency Vermont worked with 

an independent supplier to provide both general stores in Pittsford with CFLs so they 

would be available to residents during the event. Efficiency Vermont also helped the 

stores negotiate the terms of the promotion with the supplier and staffed a booth at the 

“Pittsford Fun Day.” The small town of Pittsford (population 3,140) sold 3,000 bulbs 

during the event. 

Much of the focus of these town events has been on encouraging the use of CFLs and 

engaging local retailers in promoting CFLs and other ENERGY STAR products. Two 

communities, Hardwick and Northfield, were chosen as the two pilot towns to target 

activities for fulfilling the contractual performance indicators for community energy 

initiatives with a goal of 35% participation and, in one town, a reduction in annual energy 

use of 3% from 2005 by December 31, 2008. The intent of the energy initiative is to build 

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grassroots support for energy savings that span the residential and business sectors. This 

effort is intended to go beyond the community events of the past three years, which 

primarily have focused on encouraging the use of CFLs. Activities in 2006 for both 

selected towns were primarily focused on building community support for the energy 

initiative, including forming town energy steering committees: the Hardwick Energy 

Action Resource Team (HEART) and the Northfield Energy Action Team (NEAT). 

Additional activities have included interacting with business groups, schools, and 

environmental organizations to build a town “infrastructure” for the successful launch of 

the initiatives. 

Efficiency Vermont’s Better Buildings by Design Conference 

In 2006, the Better Buildings by Design Conference was attended by 1,197 people, a 19% 

increase from 2005, who came to learn and network at the 44 workshops and other 

conference events. The conference, billed as the region’s premier design and construction 

conference featuring interactive learning about building durability, efficiency, and value, 

drew a record number of total participants, with 61% being first-time participants. We 

were especially pleased with the results of special targeting to increase the attendance of 

particular professionals, including a 100% increase in contractors; a 127% increase in 

manufacturers and suppliers; a 76% increase in institutional, commercial, and industrial 

customers; and a 58% increase in engineers compared with the 2005 attendees. The 

allotted number of vendor spaces, 45, sold out before the end of 2005, indicating 

tremendous interest from energy product and service providers in having the opportunity 

to interact with the design professionals, contractors, and facility engineering staff who 

attend the conference. The 2006 conference was rated “good” to “excellent” by 89% of the 

participants evaluating it. The conference was able to increase the level of sponsorships in 

2006, earning more sponsorship revenues than in previous years, which supports 

Efficiency Vermont’s goal of making the conference more self-supporting in the future 

and indicates the value sponsors place on the conference. 

Efficiency Vermont Web Site 

The Efficiency Vermont Web site is where Vermonters increasingly go to get information 

about energy efficiency and referrals to retailers, contractors, and energy service and 

design professionals. In May 2006, a newly designed Web site was launched based on 

recommendations from Web testing of residential and business users. In 2006, there was a 

44% increase in Web site visits compared with 2005 usage, with approximately 232,000 

site visits, an average of 647 per day, made by 110,000 visitors. The average visitor spent 

more than 11 minutes at the site, which is well above the typical visit for informational 

Web sites. A new feature to the Web site added this year was the “Send link/E-mail this 

page” function, which was heavily used by visitors. The archive of “Ask Rachael” columns 

continues to get significant traffic, especially columns addressing heating and 

insulation/weatherization. Another aspect of the site launched in 2006 was the pilot for 

prescriptive forms. This pilot is intended to make using prescriptive forms easier and less 

time-consuming for trade and supplier partners who process repeat forms for their 

customers. We intend to use the information gained through the pilot to launch a more 

comprehensive Web-based prescriptive form process in 2007. The “Marketplace” section, 

which refers site visitors to retailers, contractors, builders, and designers who have 

qualified as energy-efficient product or service providers, had a 68% increase in traffic 

over the same period in 2005, averaging 17 visits per day for residential services and five 

visits per day for business services. At the end of December 2006, 629 businesses were 

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listed to help Vermonters locate energy-efficient product and service providers 

throughout the state. 

Customer Service 

The telephone call volume to Efficiency Vermont customer service in 2006 was 12,900, 

which is roughly comparable to the number of calls received in 2005. There was more 

than a 100% increase over 2005 in the number of e-mails sent to Efficiency Vermont 

customer service in 2006. Of the more than 900 e-mails received, approximately twothirds, or more than 500 e-mails, were generated in response to an “Ask Rachael” column, 

almost four times as many e-mails as the column generated in 2005. This increase is likely 

a result of the “Ask Rachael” columns’ greater distribution in 2006 and Vermonters’ 

increased use of the Internet to gather information. 

In 2006, more customers knew more about Efficiency Vermont before they called the tollfree number. Approximately 70% of customers calling the toll-free Efficiency Vermont 

number called regarding specific services or rebates. The customer service department 

supplied these customers with rebate or other support material where appropriate, 

answered service questions, or redirected their calls to specific service intake staff 

members. 

 

Approximately 25% of callers either were looking for help deciphering high electric bills 

or had specific technical questions. The actual customer utility data are used as the basis 

for an in-depth discussion about household makeup and behavior with the customer. An 

analysis of the customer’s energy use is performed during the call. The customer is also 

directed to possible Efficiency Vermont services, such as a fuel switch of electric hot water 

or energy-efficient lighting and appliances, which may reduce the customer's energy 

usage. 

 

Demand continued for informational resources that could help Vermonters reduce 

energy use in their homes, including requests for use-assessment energy checklists, 

appliance usage charts, and hot water heater guides. The number of Vermonters wanting 

to take action to reduce their home energy use remains high. In 2006, 75 Vermonters 

participated in completing a home energy survey, which includes obtaining assessment 

results from Efficiency Vermont’s customer service staff. 

For customers with concerns about specific appliances or devices, Efficiency Vermont 

offers a free meter loan service. Customers can use a meter free of charge for two weeks. 

The meter can measure any 120-volt plug-in device and registers kWh usage and 

estimated monthly cost. A total of 216 customers took advantage of the meter loan in 

2006. To meet the increase in requests and reduce the wait time for the loaned electric 

meter, we ordered an additional 14 meters, making 32 meters available for Vermonters to 

borrow. 

Media 

Efficiency Vermont continued to primarily use a public relations strategy in 2006 to 

effectively communicate with Vermonters, using multiple media coverage with a total of 

614 placements. The stories, features, articles, and segments used several approaches to 

stimulate interest in energy efficiency, including featuring homeowners and businesses 

that had made an energy efficiency improvement, giving demonstrations, answering 

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frequently asked questions, offering energy tips, and highlighting new energy-efficient 

technologies. Following are some examples: 

• The “Ask Rachael” column, which offers energy efficiency advice to households, 

appeared in 15 community newspapers and several newsletters, with a total of 220 

placements. At the end of 2006, one of the Vermont daily newspapers began to 

feature the “Ask Rachael” column one day a week. 

• A story featuring Harbour Industries, Inc.’s investment in energy-efficient lighting 

and its annual savings of $45,000 and 510,000 kWh was well received by the press 

and was included in a story in the Burlington Free Press, WCAX-TV coverage, and 

The Boston Globe. 

• Several members of Efficiency Vermont staff appeared on Vermont radio and 

television programs to answer questions about energy efficiency, including 

appearances on “Across the Fence” (WCAX), “The Mark Johnson Show” 

(WDEV), “Switchboard” (WVPR), and Vermont Public Television. There were a 

total of 149 radio and television placements featuring Efficiency Vermont. 

• A total of 28 articles targeted to the interests of member organizations appeared in 

newsletters and publications for design professionals, trade organizations, 

business groups, and utilities customers. 

• A new column designed to reach the business community was developed in 2006 

and will be launched in early 2007. The column “Energy Business with Dan and 

Paul” answers questions frequently asked by small businesses about how to reduce 

their energy use. The column will appear in business journals and magazines 

around the state. 

• We performed targeted outreach to place stories in bordering out-of-state media 

that broadcast into communities in the southeast and southwest portions of 

Vermont and have significant numbers of readers/listeners in those areas. In 2006, 

10 radio stories and nine newspaper stories ran in 11 out-of-state media outlets in 

these locations. These media placements help reach Vermont residents in areas of 

the state not served by in-state media. 

Information Technology 

In late 2006, a major upgrade of Efficiency Vermont’s information technology (IT) 

system was released. The primary goal of this upgrade, called KITT Plus,, was to reduce 

the time staff needed ed to access and use information in support of their work., and to 

improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the software. KITT Plus accomplished this by 

integrating a previously unsupported residential business process into a redesigned user 

interface. Because of this upgrade, used by different parts of the organization, critical 

customer information can easily be shared between customer service, residential, and 

business groups. 

KITT Plus was also built using a new development language created by Microsoft called 

C#. The shift to C#, as well as the creation of an entirely new code base, provides a In 

addition,n KITT Plus was built upon a more modern and stable development platform 

that will improve Efficiency Vermont’s ability to respond more quickly and effectively to 

new functional requirements that may be needed in the delivery of the Efficiency 

Vermont contract. The IT system upgrade included improvements to the development 

structure that would decrease the amount of time needed to make changes and 

improvements. Upgrades to the development platform were made early in 2006 in 

anticipation of the pending sale of Delphi, which had been in use for the past six years. 

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 20
Efficiency Vermont moved to the Microsoft-supported C# development language because 

it is a system designed for rapid development of Windows and internet-based 

applications. 

Regional and National Energy Efficiency Efforts 

In 2006, Efficiency Vermont continued to fully engage with strategically targeted regional 

and national organizations and initiatives that advance energy efficiency efforts in 

Vermont. Our relationships with these larger efforts enable us to leverage regional and 

national resources; strengthen partnerships; and influence and learn about new 

technologies, policies, and approaches that can benefit Vermonters. Following are some 

of the regional and national organizations and initiatives in which we participated in 

2006: 

• The U.S. Department of Energy and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s 

ENERGY STAR program 

• Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP), a regional organization that 

facilitates state and utility energy efficiency efforts in the Northeast through 

information sharing, planning, and coordination of market transformation efforts 

• Consortium for Energy Efficiency, a national nonprofit organization that works 

with North American members of energy efficiency service providers, government 

offices, and utilities to promote the manufacture and purchase of energy efficiency 

products 

• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, a nonprofit organization 

dedicated to advancing energy efficiency as a means of promoting economic 

prosperity and environmental protection 

• New Buildings Institute, a national organization focused on advancing highperformance new commercial building construction 

• Northeast Home Energy Rating System Alliance, a regional advocacy and training 

organization for the home energy rating industry 

• Residential Energy Services Network (RESNET) 

• Program for the Evaluation and Analysis of Residential Lighting, a utility- and 

industry-supported independent testing program for residential lighting products 

• Department of Energy Rebuild America program 

• Department of Energy Industries of the Future program 

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 21
Totals Business Energy Services Other

Services

All Services 

and Initiatives 

Including CC

EVT Services 

and Initiatives

Subtotal 

Business 

Energy 

Services

Subtotal 

Residential 

Energy 

Services

Business New 

Construction

Business 

Existing 

Facilities

Residential 

New 

Construction

Efficient 

Products

Existing 

Homes

Customer 

Credit 

Program

CostsYear to Date Costs $14,234,901 $13,400,386 $6,423,083 $6,977,303 $2,006,836 $4,416,247 $2,654,637 $1,634,475 $2,688,191 $834,515* Annual Budget Estimate $13,676,900 $13,083,900 $6,205,600 $6,878,300 $1,935,000 $4,270,600 $2,325,300 $1,799,700 $2,753,300 $593,000Unspent Annual Budget Estimate ($558,001) ($316,486) ($217,483) ($99,003) ($71,836) ($145,647) ($329,337) $165,225 $65,109 ($241,515)% Annual Budget Estimate Unspent -4% -2% -4% -1% -4% -3% -14% 9% 2% -41%Savings ResultsMWh Year to Date 56,070 52,947 23,314 29,633 4,111 19,202 2,161 23,491 3,981 3,123

MWh cumulative starting 1/1/06 56,070 52,947 23,314 29,633 4,111 19,202 2,161 23,491 3,981 3,123

3-Year MWh Goal nap 270,000 131,000 139,000 21,000 110,000 9,000 106,000 24,000 nap % of 3-Year MWh Goal nap 20% 18% 21% 20% 17% 24% 22% 17% nap ParticipationPartic.w/ installs Year to Date 38,660 38,659 729 37,930 87 642 1,075 34,107 2,748 1

Partic.w/ installs cumulative starting 1/1/06 38,660 38,659 729 37,930 87 642 1,075 34,107 2,748 1

Total Costs for Services and Initiatives (including CC), Administration and I

T

Services Total Administration

Information 

Systems

Services and 

Initiatives 

Costs

CostsYear to Date Costs $14,838,953 $110,385 $493,667 $14,234,901* Annual Budget Estimate $14,418,700 $252,000 $489,800 $13,676,900Unspent Annual Budget Estimate ($420,253) $141,615 ($3,867) ($558,001)% Annual Budget Estimate Unspent -3% 56% -1% -4%

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.Note: The above budgets include the Customer Credit Net Pay Option Incentive Funds.

Residential Energy Services

2.1.1. Services and Initiatives Summary

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 22
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

Cumulative 

starting 

3/1/00

# participants with installations 34,909 38,660 nap 38,660 167,197

# participants with analysis 4,253 3,603 nap 3,603 26,949

# participants with analysis and installations 2,821 2,694 nap 2,694 18,787

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Administration $46,065 $110,385 $252,000 $110,385 $605,826

 Services and Initiatives $2,781,805 $3,249,631 $2,172,793 $3,249,631 $17,318,094

 Program Planning nap nap nap nap $1,006,327

 Marketing/Business Development $2,561,871 $2,528,147 $2,674,776 $2,528,147 $11,972,250

 Information Systems $498,204 $493,667 $489,800 $493,667 $2,528,505

Subtotal Operating Costs $5,887,945 $6,381,831 $5,589,369 $6,381,830 $33,431,003

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $5,899,867 $5,087,823 $5,345,992 $5,087,823 $32,388,707

 Incentives to Trade Allies $34,699 $50,001 $4,623 $50,001 $126,068

Subtotal Incentive Costs $5,934,566 $5,137,824 $5,350,615 $5,137,824 $32,514,775

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $3,119,374 $3,173,265 $3,369,173 $3,173,265 $14,681,435

 Services to Trade Allies $153,679 $146,034 $109,543 $146,034 $1,641,539

Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $3,273,053 $3,319,299 $3,478,716 $3,319,300 $16,322,974

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $15,095,564 $14,838,953 $14,418,700 $14,838,953 $82,268,751

Total Participant Costs $13,984,934 $12,741,724 nav $12,741,724 $61,225,866

Total Third Party Costs $880,562 $906,334 nav $906,334 $4,274,872

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $29,961,060 $28,487,011 $14,418,700 $28,487,011 $147,769,489

Annualized MWh Savings 57,055 56,070 nap 56,070 317,789

Lifetime MWh Savings 657,695 629,300 nap 629,300 4,228,630

TRB Savings (2006 $) $50,116,465 $45,008,787 nap $45,008,787 $323,863,939

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 8,826 8,556 nap 8,556 52,144

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 8,961 9,557 nap 9,557 44,288

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 1.634 1.450 nap 1.450 1.901

Weighted Lifetime 12 11 nap 11 13

Committed Incentives $920,184 $759,080 nap nap nap

Annualized MWh Savings (adjusted for measure life) 309,032

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings (adjusted for measure life) 50,541

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings (adjusted for measure life) 43,072

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

Note: The above budgets include the Customer Credit Net Pay Option Incentive Funds.

2.1.2. Services and Initiatives including Customer Credit

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 23
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

Cumulative 

starting 

3/1/00

# participants with installations 34,908 38,659 nap 38,659 167,196

# participants with analysis 4,253 3,603 nap 3,603 26,766

# participants with analysis and installations 2,821 2,694 nap 2,694 18,787

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Administration $46,065 $110,385 $252,000 $110,385 $605,826

 Services and Initiatives $2,772,529 $3,242,775 $2,172,532 $3,242,775 $17,170,528

 Program Planning nap nap nap nap $977,110

 Marketing/Business Development $2,561,871 $2,528,147 $2,674,776 $2,528,147 $11,972,250

 Information Systems $498,204 $493,667 $489,800 $493,667 $2,528,505

Subtotal Operating Costs $5,878,670 $6,374,975 $5,589,108 $6,374,975 $33,254,220

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $5,532,337 $4,265,543 $4,760,992 $4,265,543 $29,818,862

 Incentives to Trade Allies $34,699 $50,001 $4,623 $50,001 $126,068

Subtotal Incentive Costs $5,567,035 $4,315,544 $4,765,615 $4,315,544 $29,944,930

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $3,116,373 $3,167,886 $3,361,434 $3,167,886 $14,668,093

 Services to Trade Allies $153,679 $146,034 $109,543 $146,034 $1,641,540

Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $3,270,052 $3,313,920 $3,470,977 $3,313,920 $16,309,633

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $14,715,757 $14,004,438 $13,825,700 $14,004,438 $79,508,782

Total Participant Costs $13,842,917 $12,377,150 nav $12,377,150 $60,670,318

Total Third Party Costs $880,562 $906,334 nav $906,334 $4,274,872

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $29,439,237 $27,287,922 $13,825,700 $27,287,922 $144,453,972

Annualized MWh Savings 55,859 52,947 nap 52,947 304,447

Lifetime MWh Savings 641,324 586,948 nap 586,948 4,039,429

TRB Savings (2006 $) $48,814,036 $41,931,047 nap $41,931,047 $311,394,628

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 8,678 8,178 nap 8,178 50,548

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 8,669 8,809 nap 8,809 41,849

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 1.600 1.370 nap 1.370 1.821

Weighted Lifetime 11 11 nap 11 13

Committed Incentives $920,184 $759,080 nap nap nap

Annualized MWh Savings (adjusted for measure life) 295,690

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings (adjusted for measure life) 48,945

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings (adjusted for measure life) 40,633

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

2.1.3. Services and Initiatives excluding Customer Credit

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2.1.4. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$759,267 Air Conditioning Eff. 2,306 1,845 1,672 35,906 53 1,144 -5,086 0 $304,460

$3,306,660 Cooking and Laundry 5,055 1,416 1,059 19,728 279 204 3,715 33,668 $232,290

$199,832 Design Assistance 13 418 373 4,778 75 131 -28 0 $159,061

$376,017 Hot Water Efficiency 1,328 281 244 2,371 60 45 6,031 4,670 $31,330

$297,372 Hot Water Fuel Switch 538 1,675 1,745 50,003 298 192 -5,785 0 $358,585

$1,123,651 Industrial Process Eff. 38 4,297 4,046 53,921 553 621 4,080 2,153 $314,199$2,361,946 Lighting 32,768 36,256 28,023 310,590 5,709 5,757 -20,985 0 $1,671,140

$366,091 Motors 164 2,410 2,200 34,944 329 321 6,765 0 $192,816

$43,540 Other Efficiency 17 224 195 3,281 26 28 -41 0 $28,514

$39,915 Other Fuel Switch 252 170 181 4,483 40 36 -480 2 $17,542

-$106,008 Other Indirect Activity 622 -4 -3 -164 3 -2 0 0 $272,729

$901,598 Refrigeration 2,449 2,053 1,816 22,652 308 167 0 0 $448,254

$1,959,950 Space Heat Efficiency 1,183 455 410 8,231 79 124 36,089 0 $67,395

$414,216 Space Heat Fuel Switch 118 1,096 1,076 32,878 330 0 -3,849 0 $115,725

$321,145 Ventilation 1,103 338 288 3,329 35 36 6,404 0 $51,501

$11,957 Water Conservation 71 17 16 18 3 5 0 13,609 $0

52,947 43,340 586,948 8,178 8,809 26,830 54,102 Totals $4,265,543 $12,377,150

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2.1.5. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$23,580 Barton 170 85 67 874 13 10 -38 126 $14,790

$674 Burlin

gton 25 24 18 112 4 4 -16 0 $974

$4,453,764 CVPS 16,014 22,651 18,002 228,543 3,439 3,697 10,206 16,585 $1,548,680

$39,485 Enosbur

g Falls 212 235 191 3,114 38 31 -237 301 $35,346

$4,646,462 Green Mountain 11,890 17,384 14,441 209,797 2,767 2,985 13,953 12,261 $1,609,392

$72,676 Hardwick 691 483 360 3,189 74 76 -41 375 $31,827$16,121

H

yde Park 202 137 103 949 21 19 -26 67 $9,767

$4,080 Jacksonville 51 14 11 108 2 1 1 34 $1,251

$25,443 Johnson 88 306 263 2,088 49 39 -160 25 $19,469

$92,368 Ludlow 229 285 247 4,131 52 33 558 129 $30,050

$526,869

L

yndonville 711 1,488 1,238 20,409 221 240 -628 1,170 $97,250

$100,959 Morrisville 478 535 412 4,584 81 107 8 13,393 $39,458

$104,290 Northfield 267 478 386 5,272 79 78 281 1,074 $35,606

$82,780 Orleans 51 750 724 10,654 114 148 -21 2,454 $53,269

$1,179 Readsboro 16 22 16 100 3 4 -15 7 $347

$20,301 Rochester 80 74 62 1,144 15 9 -61 35 $4,213

$398,408 Stowe 357 696 683 6,473 117 134 5,209 316 $84,888

$81,656 Swanton 503 579 468 6,053 101 93 115 402 $55,968

$1,422,997

VT Electric Coo

p 4,820 5,551 4,732 70,113 802 923 -3,507 4,130 $497,569

$12,422

VT Marble 83 39 29 300 6 7 -5 61 $1,937

$250,636 Washin

gton Electric 1,721 1,132 887 8,941 179 169 1,253 1,159 $93,492

52,947 43,340 586,948 8,178 8,809 26,830 54,102 Totals 38,659 $4,265,543 $12,377,150

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2.1.6. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$708,862 Addison 2,565 3,082 2,491 34,533 450 443 1,689 2,370 $250,520

$590,987 Bennington 2,487 4,975 3,817 36,791 742 795 -837 2,145 $232,983

$698,332 Caledonia 2,038 2,680 2,152 29,517 405 435 -588 2,458 $192,172

$2,534,224 Chittenden 8,111 11,499 9,591 137,401 1,783 2,061 6,666 9,072 $1,081,303

$46,651 Essex 250 188 149 2,334 38 28 206 277 $22,469

$595,217 Franklin 2,580 3,172 2,617 35,472 500 478 1,984 2,607 $335,794

$385,129 Grand Isle 453 370 316 4,845 68 35 -113 538 $38,159

$763,781 Lamoille 1,686 2,453 2,129 25,476 402 416 5,314 14,197 $234,362

$354,640 Orange 1,515 1,577 1,280 18,344 254 267 297 1,451 $173,084

$519,953 Orleans 1,864 3,518 3,148 48,744 464 717 -4,556 3,524 $288,419

$1,043,439 Rutland 3,890 5,507 4,329 51,148 827 995 -410 3,275 $314,600

$2,157,941 Washington 4,897 6,062 4,965 65,037 962 966 8,697 5,164 $474,326

$824,929 Windham 3,108 3,989 3,281 46,969 646 541 7,306 3,688 $330,069

$1,153,064 Windsor 3,215 3,874 3,075 50,337 636 630 1,176 3,338 $297,283

52,947 43,340 586,948 8,178 8,809 26,830 54,103 Totals 38,659 $4,265,543 $12,377,150

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2006

Lifetime (Present 

Value)

Avoided Cost of Electricity nap $32,984,934

Fossil Fuel Savings (Costs) $352,279 $5,687,224

Water Savings (Costs) $404,195 $3,258,886

Total $756,474 $41,931,047

Savings at Generation

Gross Net Net

Annualized Energy Savings (MWh): Total 43,340 45,238 52,947

 Winter on peak 11,534 12,041 14,434

 Winter off peak 3,472 3,477 3,994

 Summer on peak 16,777 17,657 20,830

 Summer off peak 11,557 12,063 13,693

Coincident Demand Savings (kW)

 Winter 6,862 7,161 8,178

 Shoulder 6,589 6,880 7,761

 Summer 7,441 7,775 8,809

Gross Net Net Lifetime Savings

Annualized Water Savings (ccf) 52,410 54,102 544,279

Annualized fuel savings (increase) MMBtu 30,391 26,830 575,574

 LP 12,506 13,387 276,573

 NG 7,921 9,440 214,439

 Oil/Kerosene 8,211 2,027 145,682

 Wood 1,746 1,555 (61,137)

 Solar 0 0 0

 Other 0 0 0

Annualized savings (increase) in O&M($) $567,672 $580,247 $5,243,845

Net Societal Benefits $24,877,973

Savings at meter

2.1.7. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives - Total Resource Benefits [a]

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 28
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 780 729 nap 729

# participants with analysis 702 645 nap 645

# participants with analysis and installations 500 348 nap 348

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $1,516,489 $1,454,092 $855,339 $1,454,092

 Marketing/Business Development $1,387,077 $1,167,053 $1,182,940 $1,167,053

Subtotal Operating Costs $2,903,565 $2,621,144 $2,038,279 $2,621,144

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $3,231,695 $1,927,667 $2,166,125 $1,927,667

 Incentives to Trade Allies $6,899 $17,694 $0 $17,694

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $3,238,594 $1,945,361 $2,166,125 $1,945,361

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $2,188,924 $1,856,577 $2,001,196 $1,856,577

 Services to Trade Allies $0 $0 $0 $0

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $2,188,924 $1,856,577 $2,001,196 $1,856,577

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $8,331,084 $6,423,083 $6,205,600 $6,423,083

Total Participant Costs $8,055,465 $5,591,207 nav $5,591,207

Total Third Party Costs $429,579 $261,529 nav $261,529

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $16,816,127 $12,275,819 $6,205,600 $12,275,819

Annualized MWh Savings 27,394 23,314 nap 23,314

Lifetime MWh Savings 410,643 318,135 nap 318,135

TRB Savings (2006 $) $30,064,833 $18,495,505 nap $18,495,505

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 4,179 3,440 nap 3,440

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 3,972 4,490 nap 4,490

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 35.121 31.981 nap 31.981

Weighted Lifetime 15 14 nap 14

Committed Incentives $920,184 $759,080 nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

2.1.8. Business Energy Services - Summary

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2.1.9. Business Energy Services - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$309,177 Air Conditioning Eff. 112 1,613 1,472 31,964 53 716 -5,086 0 $227,678

$45,807 Cooking and Laundry 16 31 28 366 6 4 840 2,314 $5,319

$199,832 Design Assistance 13 418 373 4,778 75 131 -28 0 $159,061

$25,365 Hot Water Efficiency 25 57 51 538 17 16 285 226 $11,566

$17,567 Hot Water Fuel Switch 10 42 43 1,004 7 4 -142 0 $7,713

$1,123,651 Industrial Process Eff. 38 4,297 4,046 53,921 553 621 4,080 2,153 $314,199$1,663,117 Lighting 462 12,234 10,189 158,824 2,045 2,519 -11,511 0 $767,971

$356,477 Motors 108 2,375 2,169 34,347 326 315 6,765 0 $182,590

$43,540 Other Efficiency 17 224 195 3,281 26 28 -41 0 $28,514

$24,883 Other Fuel Switch 7 85 80 1,931 14 15 -257 0 $8,430

$260,443 Other Indirect Activity 21 14 12 14 5 0 0 0 $7,858

$197,526 Refrigeration 110 1,377 1,230 16,952 225 88 0 0 $157,695

$1,059,797 Space Heat Efficiency 39 215 205 2,622 18 18 10,324 0 $22,880

$50,739 Space Heat Fuel Switch 6 225 230 6,751 59 0 -851 0 $12,766

$212,928 Ventilation 37 90 82 821 9 9 4,946 0 $13,425

$357 Water Conservation 2 17 16 18 3 5 0 13,034 $0

23,314 20,423 318,135 3,440 4,490 9,325 17,727 Totals $1,927,667 $5,591,207

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2.1.10. Business Energy Services - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$85 Barton 10050000 $242

$1,522,868 CVPS 293 8,855 7,538 117,343 1,278 1,742 6,412 173 $661,314

$10,555 Enosburg Falls 4 58 52 808 9 10 -55 0 $7,377

$2,405,407 Green Mountain 288 8,458 7,338 117,687 1,319 1,629 5,723 444 $814,309

$1,187 Hardwick 4 12 11 145 2 2 -7 0 $1,423

$17,710 Johnson 4 233 206 1,469 38 28 -252 0 $10,241

$7,612 Ludlow 1 27 24 392 4 4 -26 0 $3,579

$471,235 Lyndonville 18 1,104 941 16,245 161 194 -441 710 $67,230

$39,601 Morrisville 9 169 143 2,424 25 45 128 13,030 $22,462$74,629 Northfield 5 257 218 3,573 44 43 464 972 $22,123

$77,120 Orleans 1 726 705 10,345 110 146 0 2,399 $50,073

$1,520 Rochester 1 14 10 208 3 3 -16 0 $766

$248,750 Stowe 13 368 432 3,837 64 47 3,626 0 $43,636

$23,749 Swanton 13 218 191 3,080 44 41 -131 0 $24,874

$678,662 VT Electric Coop 66 2,569 2,394 38,572 299 501 -5,874 0 $185,704

$10,518 Washington Electric 8 247 218 2,004 41 54 -227 0 $12,317

23,314 20,423 318,135 3,440 4,490 9,325 17,727 Totals 729 $1,927,667 $5,591,207

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2.1.11. Business Energy Services - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$272,471 Addison 55 1,218 1,074 17,137 144 187 1,302 4 $118,497$202,498 Bennin

gton 46 1,347 1,148 14,586 177 292 -587 13 $92,698

$503,348 Caledonia 42 1,395 1,182 19,998 206 254 -540 768 $93,490

$914,073 Chittenden 192 5,833 5,025 79,873 892 1,167 -847 31 $573,990

$6,703 Essex 3 44 35 743 7 7 -8 0 $3,738

$229,667 Franklin 53 1,293 1,156 17,327 202 224 -14 6 $117,794

$280,771 Grand Isle 7 106 94 1,291 18 7 -34 0 $12,737

$438,887 Lamoille 36 1,167 1,153 15,471 204 154 3,114 13,030 $116,649

$106,623 Oran

g

e 27 603 537 9,477 100 141 99 158 $69,995

$279,110 Orleans 27 2,424 2,281 35,247 278 569 -5,290 2,399 $146,529

$416,975 Rutland 53 2,291 1,933 29,190 332 461 -61 80 $166,351

$1,395,591 Washin

gton 105 2,686 2,375 36,201 424 474 6,497 1,279 $209,908

$277,909 Windham 43 1,246 1,082 16,159 205 204 6,431 205 $105,011

$266,578 Windsor 40 1,659 1,348 25,434 251 349 -737 -244 $100,281

23,314 20,423 318,135 3,440 4,490 9,325 17,727 Totals 729 $1,927,667 $5,591,207

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Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 34,128 37,930 nap 37,930

# participants with analysis 3,551 2,958 nap 2,958

# participants with analysis and installations 2,321 2,346 nap 2,346

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $1,256,041 $1,788,683 $1,317,193 $1,788,683

 Marketing/Business Development $1,174,794 $1,361,095 $1,491,837 $1,361,095

Subtotal Operating Costs $2,430,835 $3,149,778 $2,809,029 $3,149,778

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $2,300,642 $2,337,876 $2,594,867 $2,337,876

 Incentives to Trade Allies $27,799 $32,307 $4,623 $32,307

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $2,328,442 $2,370,183 $2,599,490 $2,370,183

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $927,449 $1,311,309 $1,360,237 $1,311,309

 Services to Trade Allies $153,679 $146,034 $109,543 $146,034

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $1,081,128 $1,457,343 $1,469,780 $1,457,343

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $5,840,404 $6,977,303 $6,878,300 $6,977,303

Total Participant Costs $5,787,453 $6,785,942 nav $6,785,942

Total Third Party Costs $450,984 $644,805 nav $644,805

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $12,078,841 $14,408,050 $6,878,300 $14,408,050

Annualized MWh Savings 28,465 29,633 nap 29,633

Lifetime MWh Savings 230,681 268,813 nap 268,813

TRB Savings (2006 $) $18,749,203 $23,435,542 nap $23,435,542

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 4,498 4,738 nap 4,738

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 4,697 4,320 nap 4,320

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 0.834 0.781 nap 0.781

Weighted Lifetime 8 9 nap 9

Committed Incentives nap nap nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

2.1.12. Residential Energy Services - Summary

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2.1.13. Residential Energy Services - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$450,090 Air Conditioning Eff. 2,194 232 200 3,941 0 428 0 0 $76,782

$3,260,853 Cooking and Laundry 5,039 1,385 1,030 19,362 273 199 2,874 31,354 $226,971

$350,653 Hot Water Efficiency 1,303 224 193 1,832 43 29 5,746 4,444 $19,764$279,805 Hot Water Fuel Switch 528 1,633 1,702 48,999 290 188 -5,643 0 $350,872

$698,829 Lighting 32,306 24,021 17,834 151,766 3,664 3,238 -9,474 0 $903,169

$9,614 Motors 56 35 30 596 3 6 0 0 $10,226

$15,032 Other Fuel Switch 245 85 101 2,552 26 21 -223 2 $9,112

-$366,451 Other Indirect Activity 601 -18 -15 -178 -2 -2 0 0 $264,872

$704,071 Refrigeration 2,339 676 586 5,700 83 79 0 0 $290,559

$900,152 Space Heat Efficiency 1,144 240 205 5,609 61 106 25,765 0 $44,515

$363,477 Space Heat Fuel Switch 112 871 846 26,127 271 0 -2,999 0 $102,959

$108,218 Ventilation 1,066 248 206 2,507 26 27 1,459 0 $38,076

$11,600 Water Conservation 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 $0

29,633 22,917 268,813 4,738 4,320 17,506 36,376 Totals $2,337,876 $6,785,942

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2.1.14. Residential Energy Services - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$23,495 Barton 169 84 67 869 13 10 -38 126 $14,548

$674 Burlin

gton 25 24 18 112 4 4 -16 0 $974

$2,930,895 CVPS 15,721 13,796 10,464 111,200 2,161 1,955 3,794 16,412 $887,366

$28,929 Enosbur

g Falls 208 176 140 2,306 29 21 -182 301 $27,970

$2,241,055 Green Mountain 11,602 8,926 7,102 92,110 1,448 1,356 8,230 11,817 $795,084

$71,488 Hardwick 687 470 349 3,045 73 74 -34 375 $30,404$16,121

H

yde Park 202 137 103 949 21 19 -26 67 $9,767

$4,080 Jacksonville 51 14 11 108 2 1 1 34 $1,251

$7,733 Johnson 84 73 57 619 11 11 92 25 $9,228

$84,756 Ludlow 228 259 222 3,739 48 29 584 129 $26,472

$55,635

L

yndonville 693 384 297 4,164 60 46 -187 460 $30,019

$61,358 Morrisville 469 366 269 2,160 57 62 -119 363 $16,996

$29,661 Northfield 262 221 167 1,700 35 35 -183 102 $13,483

$5,660 Orleans 50 24 19 309 4 3 -21 56 $3,196$1,179 Readsboro 16 22 16 100 3 4 -15 7 $347

$18,781 Rochester 79 60 52 936 12 6 -46 35 $3,447

$149,658 Stowe 344 327 251 2,636 52 87 1,583 316 $41,252

$57,908 Swanton 490 361 277 2,974 57 52 246 402 $31,094

$744,335

VT Electric Coo

p 4,754 2,981 2,338 31,541 502 422 2,367 4,130 $311,865

$12,422

VT Marble 83 39 29 300 6 7 -5 61 $1,937

$240,118 Washin

gton Electric 1,713 885 668 6,937 138 115 1,480 1,159 $81,176

29,633 22,917 268,813 4,738 4,320 17,506 36,376 Totals 37,930 $2,337,876 $6,785,942

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2.1.15. Residential Energy Services - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$436,391 Addison 2,510 1,864 1,417 17,396 306 256 387 2,366 $132,023

$388,490 Bennington 2,441 3,629 2,669 22,205 565 502 -250 2,132 $140,285

$194,984 Caledonia 1,996 1,285 970 9,519 199 181 -48 1,689 $98,683

$1,620,151 Chittenden 7,919 5,666 4,566 57,528 891 894 7,514 9,041 $507,313

$39,948 Essex 247 144 115 1,591 31 21 215 277 $18,731

$365,550 Franklin 2,527 1,879 1,461 18,145 298 255 1,998 2,601 $217,999

$104,358 Grand Isle 446 264 221 3,553 50 29 -79 538 $25,423

$324,893 Lamoille 1,650 1,286 976 10,006 198 262 2,201 1,167 $117,713

$248,016 Orange 1,488 974 744 8,868 154 126 198 1,293 $103,090

$240,843 Orleans 1,837 1,094 867 13,497 187 148 733 1,125 $141,890

$626,464 Rutland 3,837 3,216 2,396 21,958 495 534 -350 3,196 $148,249

$762,349 Washington 4,792 3,375 2,590 28,836 538 491 2,200 3,886 $264,418

$547,020 Windham 3,065 2,743 2,198 30,809 441 337 875 3,483 $225,058$886,486 Windsor 3,175 2,214 1,727 24,903 385 281 1,913 3,582 $197,002

29,633 22,917 268,813 4,738 4,320 17,506 36,376 Totals 37,930 $2,337,876 $6,785,942

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 36
Year 2006-2008 

PSB Approved 

Budgets

Sector 

Allocation by 

Customer Rate 

Revenue

Total % Total % % %

Business Energy Services $21,573,245 48% 26,436 47% 49% 55%Residential Energy Services $23,435,542 52% 29,633 53% 51% 45%

 Total $45,008,787 100% 56,070 100% 100% 100%Data in this table includes Customer Credit Program results. 

Annualized MWh Energy 

Savings starting 01/01/06

Total Resource Benefits 

starting 01/01/06

2.1.16. Cumulative Distributions by Customer Sector

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Total % Total % Total %

Addison 5.9% 2,565 6.6% $2,244,767 5.0% 3,082 5.5%

Bennington 6.1% 2,487 6.4% $2,559,286 5.7% 4,975 8.9%

Caledonia 4.9% 2,038 5.3% $1,871,276 4.2% 2,680 4.8%

Chittenden 24.1% 8,112 21.0% $13,619,004 30.3% 14,622 26.1%

Essex 1.1% 250 0.6% $191,179 0.4% 188 0.3%

Franklin 7.5% 2,580 6.7% $2,753,443 6.1% 3,172 5.7%

Grand Isle 1.1% 453 1.2% $295,197 0.7% 370 0.7%

Lamoille 3.8% 1,686 4.4% $2,355,716 5.2% 2,453 4.4%

Orange 4.6% 1,515 3.9% $1,253,984 2.8% 1,577 2.8%

Orleans 4.3% 1,864 4.8% $2,586,494 5.7% 3,518 6.3%

Rutland 10.4% 3,890 10.1% $3,502,303 7.8% 5,507 9.8%

Washington 9.5% 4,897 12.7% $5,246,340 11.7% 6,062 10.8%

Windham 7.3% 3,108 8.0% $3,316,998 7.4% 3,989 7.1%

Windsor 9.4% 3,215 8.3% $3,212,799 7.1% 3,874 6.9%

Total 100.0% 38,660 100.0% $45,008,787 100.0% 56,070 100.0%

Data in this table includes Customer Credit Program results. 

Number of Participants 

starting 01/01/06

Total Resource Benefits 

starting 01/01/06

2.1.17. Cumulative Distributions by County

Annualized MWh Energy 

Savings starting 

01/01/06

% of Statewide 

Population County

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Total % Total % Total % Total % Total % Total %

Barton 0.61% 0.27% 170 0.44% 85 0.15% $50,838 0.11% $57,449 0.29% $28,419 0.19%

CVPS 43.68% 40.55% 16,014 41.42% 22,651 40.40% $16,073,402 35.71% $9,181,658 46.03% $5,332,246 35.93%

Enosburg Falls 0.41% 0.41% 212 0.55% 235 0.42% $148,552 0.33% $90,882 0.46% $82,879 0.56%

GMP 26.11% 35.37% 11,891 30.76% 20,506 36.57% $18,555,998 41.23% $6,784,030 34.01% $6,059,454 40.83%

Hardwick 1.20% 0.57% 691 1.79% 483 0.86% $247,817 0.55% $131,344 0.66% $73,947 0.50%

Hyde Park 0.37% 0.21% 202 0.52% 137 0.24% $68,693 0.15% $59,559 0.30% $24,451 0.16%

Jacksonville 0.21% 0.09% 51 0.13% 14 0.03% $9,939 0.02% $23,085 0.12% $3,570 0.02%

Johnson 0.25% 0.27% 88 0.23% 306 0.55% $141,683 0.31% $61,644 0.31% $75,723 0.51%

Ludlow 1.06% 0.90% 229 0.59% 285 0.51% $241,854 0.54% $166,661 0.84% $129,964 0.88%

Lyndonville 1.55% 1.27% 711 1.84% 1,488 2.65% $1,144,403 2.54% $301,858 1.51% $367,193 2.47%

Morrisville 1.08% 0.80% 478 1.24% 535 0.95% $351,743 0.78% $182,828 0.92% $80,546 0.54%

Northfield 0.65% 0.49% 267 0.69% 478 0.85% $395,483 0.88% $108,711 0.55% $147,658 1.00%

Orleans 0.19% 0.25% 51 0.13% 750 1.34% $736,239 1.64% $44,524 0.22% $184,388 1.24%

Readsboro 0.12% 0.04% 16 0.04% 22 0.04% $7,199 0.02% $10,372 0.05% $1,601 0.01%

Rochester 0.24% 0.11% 80 0.21% 74 0.13% $53,033 0.12% $15,879 0.08% $26,122 0.18%

Stowe 1.07% 1.16% 357 0.92% 696 1.24% $1,112,175 2.47% $230,234 1.15% $212,970 1.44%

Swanton 0.99% 0.94% 503 1.30% 579 1.03% $486,043 1.08% $231,754 1.16% $132,415 0.89%

VT Elec Coop 11.33% 8.40% 4,820 12.47% 5,551 9.90% $4,158,385 9.24% $1,784,424 8.95% $1,621,617 10.93%

Vt Marble 0.26% 0.20% 83 0.21% 39 0.07% $24,234 0.05% $39,932 0.20% $3,331 0.02%

WEC 2.89% 1.21% 1,721 4.45% 1,132 2.02% $993,873 2.21% $290,718 1.46% $248,089 1.67%

sub-Total 94.28% 93.51% 38,635 99.94% 56,046 99.96% 45,001,586 99.98% $19,797,546 99.26% $14,836,584 99.98%

BED 5.72% 6.49% 25 0.06% 24 0.04% $7,201 0.02% $148,043 0.74% $2,369 0.02%

Total 100.00% 100.00% 38,660 100.00% 56,070 100.00% $45,008,787 100.00% $19,945,589 100.00% $14,838,953 100.00%

Data in this table includes Customer Credit Program results. EEU Expenditures

EVT program and administration expenditures $14,838,953

Burlington Electric Department (BED) administers its own services & initiatives. Contract Admin., Fiscal Agent, DPS Evaluation $435,026 BED reports its results separately to the Vermont Public Service Board. EVT Performance-based Fee $782,333

Total EEU Expenditures $16,056,313

2.1.18. Cumulative Distributions by Utility Service Territory [a]

EE Charges Paid 

through December 31, 

2006

Utility

Statewide 

Electric 

Customers

Number of 

Participants 

Starting 01/01/06

Total Resource 

Benefits Starting 

01/01/06

Annualized MWh 

Energy Savings 

Starting 01/01/06

EVT Program and 

Administration 

Expenditures Starting 

01/01/06

MWh 

Sales 

Subject 

to EEC

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2.1.19. 2006-2008 Minimum Performance Requirements

Minimum Requirement

Results through 

12/31/06

1 Gross Electric Benefits to Energy Efficiency Utility Cost ratio must be greater than 1.2. 2.152 15% of Efficiency Vermont's total spending must be for Low Income Single Family, Low Income Multifamily Retrofit and Low Income Multifamily New Construction services and initiatives 16.93%

3 40% of total non-residential accounts with savings must be accounts with annual electric usage of 40,000 kWh per year or less 42.91%

4 Cumulative TRB/EEC ratio in every Vermont county greater than 1.3

14 of 14 counties 

achieved ratio 

greater than 1.3

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 40
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 137 87 nap 87

# participants with analysis 191 157 nap 157

# participants with analysis and installations 137 87 nap 87

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $418,689 $472,272 $233,741 $472,272

 Marketing/Business Development $511,024 $365,148 $366,863 $365,148

Subtotal Operating Costs $929,713 $837,419 $600,604 $837,419

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $1,154,879 $554,694 $806,000 $554,694

 Incentives to Trade Allies $304 $504 $0 $504

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $1,155,183 $555,197 $806,000 $555,197

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $614,859 $614,219 $528,396 $614,219

 Services to Trade Allies $0 $0 $0 $0

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $614,859 $614,219 $528,396 $614,219

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $2,699,755 $2,006,836 $1,935,000 $2,006,836

Total Participant Costs $2,621,641 $1,295,371 nav $1,295,371

Total Third Party Costs $308,114 $91,356 nav $91,356

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $5,629,510 $3,393,562 nav $3,393,562

Annualized MWh Savings 7,534 4,111 nap 4,111 

Lifetime MWh Savings 125,026 61,752 nap 61,752 

TRB Savings (2006 $) $11,176,913 $4,251,309 nap $4,251,309

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 1,037 606 nap 606

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 1,425 964 nap 964

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 54.992 47.256 nap 47.256

Weighted Lifetime 17 15 nap 15

Committed Incentives 440,185 $293,097 nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

3.1.1. Business New Construction - Summary

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 41
3.1.2. Business New Construction - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$83,206 Air Conditioning Eff. 40 509 455 9,371 8 207 43 0 $88,990

$5,221 Cooking and Laundry 9 7 6 95 1 1 98 766 $785

$191,088 Design Assistance 5 333 300 4,523 65 121 -28 0 $146,963

$3,452 Hot Water Efficiency 8 1 1 7 9 9 78 114 $0

$1,044 Hot Water Fuel Switch 1 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 $0

$527 Industrial Process Eff. 1 1 1 14 0 0 0 0 $126

$509,713 Lighting 80 2,491 2,205 35,725 421 540 -1,568 0 $228,883

$57,936 Motors 27 315 274 6,411 46 29 0 0 $34,415

$3,780 Other Efficiency 4 25 23 733 3 3 0 0 $4,383

$1,615 Other Fuel Switch 2 5 4 139 1 1 -17 0 $345

$40,126 Refrigeration 18 375 334 3,905 45 39 0 0 $33,052

$202,756 Space Heat Efficiency 30 30 26 719 4 13 3,909 0 $8,722

$194,905 Ventilation 30 19 17 109 3 1 4,460 0 $8,030

$2 Water Conservation 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 $0

4,111 3,646 61,752 606 964 6,989 884 Totals $554,694 $1,295,371

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3.1.3. Business New Construction - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$621,353 CVPS 43 1,923 1,706 27,742 272 423 3,427 147 $202,557

$6,424 Enosbur

g Falls 1 29 25 433 5 7 -26 0 $1,932

$557,642 Green Mountain 32 1,559 1,387 24,799 242 419 3,118 27 $293,195

$2,468

L

yndonville 1 5 4 74 1 1 73 710 $877

$43,221 Northfield 2 183 156 2,688 33 35 170 0 $14,667

$5,527 Stowe 1 41 37 580 6 12 -26 0 $3,798$5,886 Swanton 1 26 22 267 4 2 0 0 $4,378

$51,951

VT Electric Coo

p 5 344 306 5,128 44 64 253 0 $32,836

$900 Washin

gton Electric 1 3 3 40 0 0 0 0 $454

4,111 3,646 61,752 606 964 6,989 884 Totals 87 $554,694 $1,295,371

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3.1.4. Business New Construction - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$174,374 Addison 9 372 331 6,624 30 60 1,546 0 $42,239

$97,161 Bennin

gton 10 278 245 4,025 40 79 394 0 $42,217

$17,554 Caledonia 4 51 44 771 8 8 142 768 $8,836

$406,010 Chittenden 17 1,104 981 15,909 181 319 1,811 11 $235,937

$5,892 Essex 1 20 17 256 4 4 -7 0 $1,960

$79,250 Franklin 8 283 249 4,184 47 55 505 6 $31,894$70,225 Lamoille 3 179 155 2,563 33 35 84 0 $21,699

$32,584 Oran

g

e 4 131 112 1,770 23 26 81 0 $15,259

$26,317 Orleans 1 268 242 4,014 30 54 103 0 $20,727

$148,268 Rutland 9 714 640 8,939 106 166 741 80 $61,643$128,774 Washin

gton 9 444 393 8,817 70 101 1,064 0 $44,489

$41,711 Windham 7 140 123 2,123 17 32 140 19 $15,539

$67,251 Windsor 5 128 113 1,755 18 26 384 0 $12,255

4,111 3,646 61,752 606 964 6,989 884 Totals 87 $554,694 $1,295,371

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 44
2006

Lifetime (Present 

Value)

Avoided Cost of Electricity nap $3,357,500

Fossil Fuel Savings (Costs) $75,926 $818,550

Water Savings (Costs) $6,612 $75,259

Total $82,538 $4,251,309

Savings at Generation

Gross Net Net

Annualized Energy Savings (MWh): Total 3,646 3,516 4,111

 Winter on peak 849 820 984

 Winter off peak 214 208 238

 Summer on peak 1,505 1,450 1,710

 Summer off peak 1,078 1,039 1,179

Coincident Demand Savings (kW)

 Winter 549 530 606

 Shoulder 642 619 699

 Summer 883 851 964

Gross Net Net Lifetime Savings

Annualized Water Savings (ccf) 893 884 11,782

Annualized fuel savings (increase) MMBtu 7,192 6,988 125,564

 LP 2,276 2,224 40,000

 NG 1,835 1,781 39,539

 Oil/Kerosene 3,080 2,984 46,026

 Wood 0 0 0

 Solar 0 0 0

 Other 0 0 0

Annualized savings (increase) in O&M($) $6,616 $6,011 $84,288

Net Societal Benefits $1,873,608

Savings at meter

3.1.5. Business New Construction - Total Resource Benefits

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 45
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 643 642 nap 642

# participants with analysis 511 488 nap 488

# participants with analysis and installations 363 261 nap 261

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $561,086 $981,820 $621,598 $981,820

 Marketing/Business Development $626,933 $801,905 $816,077 $801,905

Subtotal Operating Costs $1,188,020 $1,783,725 $1,437,675 $1,783,725

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $2,076,816 $1,372,974 $1,360,125 $1,372,974

 Incentives to Trade Allies $6,594 $17,190 $0 $17,190

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $2,083,411 $1,390,164 $1,360,125 $1,390,164

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $782,814 $1,242,358 $1,472,800 $1,242,358

 Services to Trade Allies $0 $0 $0 $0

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $782,814 $1,242,358 $1,472,800 $1,242,358

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $4,054,244 $4,416,247 $4,270,600 $4,416,247

Total Participant Costs $5,433,824 $4,295,837 nav $4,295,837

Total Third Party Costs $121,465 $170,173 nav $170,173

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $9,609,533 $8,882,257 $4,270,600 $8,882,257

Annualized MWh Savings 19,860 19,202 nap 19,202 

Lifetime MWh Savings 285,616 256,384 nap 256,384 

TRB Savings (2006 $) $18,887,918 $14,244,196 nap $14,244,196

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 3,143 2,834 nap 2,834

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 2,547 3,526 nap 3,526

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 30.887 29.910 nap 29.910

Weighted Lifetime 14 13 nap 13

Committed Incentives $479,999 $465,983 nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

3.1.6. Business Existing Facilities - Summary

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 46
3.1.7. Business Existing Facilities - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$225,971 Air Conditionin

g Eff. 72 1,104 1,017 22,594 45 509 -5,130 0 $138,689

$40,586 Cookin

g and Laundr

y 7 24 23 271 5 3 743 1,547 $4,534

$8,744 Desi

gn Assistance 8 85 74 255 10 10 0 0 $12,098

$21,913 Hot Water Efficienc

y 17 56 50 532 8 6 207 112 $11,566

$16,523 Hot Water Fuel Switch 9 42 43 1,004 7 4 -156 0 $7,713

$1,123,124 Industrial Process Eff. 37 4,295 4,045 53,908 552 621 4,080 2,153 $314,073$1,153,405 Li

ghtin

g 382 9,744 7,985 123,099 1,624 1,979 -9,943 0 $539,088

$298,542 Motors 81 2,060 1,895 27,936 280 287 6,765 0 $148,175

$39,760 Other Efficienc

y 13 198 172 2,549 23 26 -41 0 $24,132

$23,269 Other Fuel Switch 5 81 76 1,793 13 14 -241 0 $8,085

$260,443 Other Indirect Activit

y 21 14 12 14 5 0 0 0 $7,858

$157,401 Refri

geration 92 1,002 897 13,047 180 49 0 0 $124,643

$857,041

S

pace Heat Efficienc

y 9 185 179 1,903 14 5 6,415 0 $14,158

$50,739

S

pace Heat Fuel Switch 6 225 230 6,751 59 0 -851 0 $12,766

$18,023

Ventilation 7 71 65 712 6 7 486 0 $5,395

$355 Water Conservation 1 16 15 16 3 5 0 13,030 $0

19,202 16,777 256,384 2,834 3,526 2,336 16,843 Totals $1,372,974 $4,295,837

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 47
3.1.8. Business Existing Facilities - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$85 Barton 10050000 $242

$901,515 CVPS 250 6,932 5,832 89,600 1,006 1,319 2,986 25 $458,757

$4,132 Enosbur

g Falls 3 29 27 374 4 3 -29 0 $5,445

$1,847,765 Green Mountain 256 6,899 5,951 92,888 1,077 1,210 2,605 417 $521,114

$1,187 Hardwick 4 12 11 145 2 2 -7 0 $1,423

$17,710 Johnson 4 233 206 1,469 38 28 -252 0 $10,241

$7,612 Ludlow 1 27 24 392 4 4 -26 0 $3,579

$468,767

L

yndonville 17 1,099 936 16,171 160 193 -514 0 $66,354

$39,601 Morrisville 9 169 143 2,424 25 45 128 13,030 $22,462$31,408 Northfield 3 74 62 885 11 7 294 972 $7,456

$77,120 Orleans 1 726 705 10,345 110 146 0 2,399 $50,073

$1,520 Rochester 1 14 10 208 3 3 -16 0 $766

$243,223 Stowe 12 328 396 3,257 59 35 3,652 0 $39,838

$17,863 Swanton 12 192 169 2,813 40 39 -131 0 $20,497

$626,711

VT Electric Coo

p 61 2,226 2,088 33,445 256 437 -6,127 0 $152,867

$9,619 Washin

gton Electric 7 244 216 1,964 41 54 -227 0 $11,863

19,202 16,777 256,384 2,834 3,526 2,336 16,843 Totals 642 $1,372,974 $4,295,837

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 48
3.1.9. Business Existing Facilities - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$98,097 Addison 46 846 743 10,514 114 127 -243 4 $76,258

$105,337 Bennin

gton 36 1,069 903 10,561 137 213 -981 13 $50,481

$485,795 Caledonia 38 1,344 1,137 19,227 198 246 -682 0 $84,653

$508,063 Chittenden 175 4,730 4,043 63,964 711 848 -2,658 20 $338,054

$811 Essex 2 25 18 487 3 3 -1 0 $1,778

$150,417 Franklin 45 1,010 906 13,143 155 169 -520 0 $85,900

$280,771 Grand Isle 7 106 94 1,291 18 7 -34 0 $12,737

$368,662 Lamoille 33 988 998 12,907 171 119 3,029 13,030 $94,950

$74,040 Oran

g

e 23 472 425 7,706 78 115 18 158 $54,736

$252,793 Orleans 26 2,155 2,039 31,233 247 515 -5,393 2,399 $125,802

$268,707 Rutland 44 1,578 1,294 20,251 225 294 -801 0 $104,708

$1,266,818 Washin

gton 96 2,243 1,982 27,384 354 374 5,433 1,279 $165,419

$236,198 Windham 36 1,107 960 14,036 188 171 6,291 186 $89,472

$199,327 Windsor 35 1,531 1,235 23,679 233 323 -1,121 -244 $88,026

19,202 16,777 256,384 2,834 3,526 2,336 16,843 Totals 642 $1,372,974 $4,295,837

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 49
2006

Lifetime (Present 

Value)

Avoided Cost of Electricity nap $14,038,811

Fossil Fuel Savings (Costs) $12,623 ($69,686)

Water Savings (Costs) $125,984 $275,071

Total $138,607 $14,244,196

Savings at Generation

Gross Net Net

Annualized Energy Savings (MWh): Total 16,777 16,406 19,202

 Winter on peak 4,232 4,139 4,962

 Winter off peak 1,561 1,440 1,654

 Summer on peak 6,674 6,641 7,835

 Summer off peak 4,310 4,186 4,752

Coincident Demand Savings (kW)

 Winter 2,524 2,482 2,834

 Shoulder 2,562 2,520 2,843

 Summer 3,128 3,112 3,526

Gross Net Net Lifetime Savings

Annualized Water Savings (ccf) 18,921 16,843 49,203

Annualized fuel savings (increase) MMBtu 7,485 2,336 (62,264)

 LP (298) (361) (9,456)

 NG (172) (180) (3,433)

 Oil/Kerosene 6,265 1,379 12,880

 Wood 1,684 1,499 (62,256)

 Solar 0 0 0

 Other 0 0 0

Annualized savings (increase) in O&M($) $263,887 $238,092 $2,604,959

Net Societal Benefits $10,520,859

Savings at meter

3.1.10. Business Existing Facilities - Total Resource Benefits

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 50
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations

# participants with analysis

# participants with analysis and installations

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives

 Marketing/Business Development

Subtotal Operating Costs

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants

 Incentives to Trade Allies

 Subtotal Incentive Costs

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants

 Services to Trade Allies

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs

Total Participant Costs

Total Third Party Costs

Total Services and Initiatives Costs

Annualized MWh Savings

Lifetime MWh Savings

TRB Savings (2006 $)

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant

Weighted Lifetime

Committed Incentives

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

3.1.11. Business Initiatives - Summary

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 51
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 546 1,075 nap 1,075

# participants with analysis 1,296 1,051 nap 1,051

# participants with analysis and installations 546 586 nap 586

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $408,771 $669,498 $441,282 $669,498

 Marketing/Business Development $362,473 $485,719 $456,090 $485,719

Subtotal Operating Costs $771,244 $1,155,217 $897,371 $1,155,217

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $320,909 $661,290 $646,937 $661,290

 Incentives to Trade Allies $913 $1,360 $0 $1,360

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $321,822 $662,651 $646,937 $662,651

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $470,727 $757,637 $761,667 $757,637

 Services to Trade Allies $24,541 $79,133 $19,325 $79,133

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $495,269 $836,770 $780,992 $836,770

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $1,588,334 $2,654,637 $2,325,300 $2,654,637

Total Participant Costs $299,140 $739,038 nav $739,038

Total Third Party Costs $252,802 $290,440 nav $290,440

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $2,140,276 $3,684,115 $2,325,300 $3,684,115

Annualized MWh Savings 865 2,161 nap 2,161 

Lifetime MWh Savings 15,548 39,186 nap 39,186 

TRB Savings (2006 $) $3,784,360 $8,264,655 nap $8,264,660

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 138 315 nap 315

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 123 444 nap 444

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 1.584 2.011 nap 2.011

Weighted Lifetime 18 18 nap 18

Committed Incentives nap nap nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

3.1.12. Residential New Construction - Summary

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 52
3.1.13. Residential New Construction - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$20,356 Air Conditionin

g Eff. 317 120 103 2,463 0 136 0 0 $15,526

$110,421 Cookin

g and Laundr

y 813 98 77 1,334 20 14 547 2,304 $12,332

$244,654 Hot Water Efficienc

y 652 0 0 0 0 0 5,001 1,684 $0

$5,205 Hot Water Fuel Switch 17 74 63 2,208 25 19 -248 0 $5,033

$143,021 Li

ghtin

g 1,057 1,304 1,180 23,101 184 116 -122 0 $275,358

$9,614 Motors 56 35 30 596 3 6 0 0 $10,226

$14,932 Other Fuel Switch 245 80 97 2,394 19 14 -206 2 $8,406

-$378,100 Other Indirect Activit

y 524 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 $264,872

$14,665 Refri

geration 926 87 80 1,483 11 10 0 0 $16,614

$459,618

S

pace Heat Efficienc

y 886 132 108 3,267 30 104 21,616 0 $21,432

$94,653

Ventilation 932 231 192 2,340 24 25 1,468 0 $31,491

2,161 1,929 39,186 315 444 28,056 3,990 Totals $661,290 $739,038

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 53
3.1.14. Residential New Construction - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$239,938 CVPS 290 709 629 13,154 96 73 7,194 1,250 $188,767

$251,883 Green Mountain 402 984 880 16,987 133 251 12,590 2,181 $314,690

$1,027 Hardwick 2 2 1 30 0 0 64 1 $957

$674 Hyde Park 1 2 2 44 0 0 40 1 $1,110

$0 Jacksonville 9 1 1 4 0 0 0 0 $17

$1,755 Johnson 3 4 3 68 1 0 113 2 $1,921

$20,241 Ludlow 36 48 46 850 7 4 885 0 $14,337

$1,009 Lyndonville 12 10 9 179 2 1 68 8 $2,919

$1,891 Morrisville 2 2 2 43 0 0 81 9 $1,060

$844 Rochester 1 3 3 55 0 0 41 8 $1,019

$100,354 Stowe 132 71 63 1,343 13 36 1,729 30 $33,197

$4,748 Swanton 13 23 20 407 4 2 420 48 $10,087

$111,846 VT Electric Coop 139 247 221 5,014 50 69 3,645 370 $71,355

$2,830 Washington Electric 33 55 48 1,008 9 6 1,186 81 $19,854

2,161 1,929 39,186 315 444 28,056 3,990 Totals 1,075 $661,290 $739,038

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 54
3.1.15. Residential New Construction - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$67,184 Addison 71 121 109 2,199 17 16 1,444 314 $28,871

$28,625 Bennin

gton 27 44 40 796 6 6 583 114 $19,220

$21,996 Caledonia 30 41 37 716 6 5 454 158 $13,735

$145,811 Chittenden 240 657 568 11,323 87 201 9,969 1,279 $215,497

$500 Essex 1 0 0 3 0 0 24 0 $0

$40,292 Franklin 91 166 148 3,034 26 17 2,905 265 $65,412

$3,716 Grand Isle 4 8 7 148 1 2 163 18 $2,394

$136,308 Lamoille 166 151 133 2,879 23 74 2,745 169 $55,384

$7,155 Oran

g

e 16 24 21 438 4 2 509 37 $8,196

$47,111 Orleans 75 110 102 2,480 31 23 1,522 135 $35,145

$20,788 Rutland 25 53 46 953 8 6 945 80 $18,143$35,252 Washin

gton 106 210 196 4,002 32 28 2,605 623 $75,419

$143,719 Windham 154 479 433 8,483 59 52 2,011 678 $81,127

$40,580 Windsor 69 98 89 1,733 15 11 2,179 122 $42,748

2,161 1,929 39,186 315 444 28,056 3,990 Totals 1,075 $661,290 $739,038

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 55
2006

Lifetime (Present 

Value)

Avoided Cost of Electricity nap $2,213,246

Fossil Fuel Savings (Costs) $370,620 $5,729,080

Water Savings (Costs) $29,832 $322,328

Total $400,451 $8,264,655

Savings at Generation

Gross Net Net

Annualized Energy Savings (MWh): Total 1,929 1,850 2,161

 Winter on peak 491 468 561

 Winter off peak 164 159 183

 Summer on peak 687 658 776

 Summer off peak 586 565 641

Coincident Demand Savings (kW)

 Winter 290 276 315

 Shoulder 270 257 290

 Summer 394 392 444

Gross Net Net Lifetime Savings

Annualized Water Savings (ccf) 3,947 3,990 46,834

Annualized fuel savings (increase) MMBtu 26,802 28,056 670,971

 LP 10,958 11,618 282,731

 NG 8,575 8,993 219,146

 Oil/Kerosene 7,269 7,444 169,078

 Wood 0 0 0

 Solar 0 0 0

 Other 0 0 0

Annualized savings (increase) in O&M($) $81,101 $76,921 $1,469,424

Net Societal Benefits $6,136,314

Savings at meter

3.1.16. Residential New Construction - Total Resource Benefits

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 56
Prior Year

Current 

Year 2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 31,807 34,107 nap 34,107

# participants with analysis 0 0 nap 0

# participants with analysis and installations 0 0 nap 0

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $340,180 $371,191 $334,212 $371,191

 Marketing/Business Development $473,168 $393,675 $543,309 $393,675

Subtotal Operating Costs $813,349 $764,866 $877,521 $764,866

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $1,066,697 $788,603 $878,036 $788,603

 Incentives to Trade Allies $14,538 $14,105 $0 $14,105

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $1,081,235 $802,708 $878,036 $802,708

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $0 $0 $0 $0

 Services to Trade Allies $94,087 $66,901 $44,143 $66,901

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $94,087 $66,901 $44,143 $66,901

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $1,988,670 $1,634,475 $1,799,700 $1,634,475

Total Participant Costs $4,963,088 $4,765,491 nav $4,765,491

Total Third Party Costs $62,393 $103,576 nav $103,576

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $7,014,151 $6,503,542 $1,799,700 $6,503,542

Annualized MWh Savings 24,084 23,491 nap 23,491 

Lifetime MWh Savings 145,957 143,627 nap 143,627 

TRB Savings (2006 $) $12,588,388 $11,836,328 nap $11,836,328

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 3,703 3,637 nap 3,637

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 4,225 3,538 nap 3,538

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 0.757 0.689 nap 0.689

Weighted Lifetime 6 6 nap 6

Committed Incentives nap nap nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

3.1.17. Efficient Products - Summary

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 57
3.1.18. Efficient Products - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$427,757 Air Conditioning Eff. 1,864 107 93 1,391 0 280 0 0 $58,838

$3,145,273 Cooking and Laundry 4,064 1,278 945 17,893 251 184 2,100 28,560 $211,575

$520,363 Lighting 29,207 22,039 16,067 123,212 3,378 3,066 -9,353 0 $501,088

$672,097 Refrigeration 670 67 57 1,131 8 8 0 0 $17,102

23,491 17,162 143,627 3,637 3,538 -7,253 28,560 Totals $788,603 $4,765,491

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 58
3.1.19. Efficient Products - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$21,726 Barton 144 49 36 337 8 6 2 116 $2,171

$674 Burlington 24 23 17 107 4 4 -16 0 $511

$2,138,985 CVPS 13,993 11,765 8,604 72,165 1,818 1,772 -3,717 12,532 $386,305

$27,486 Enosburg Falls 178 100 73 671 16 14 -13 218 $4,415

$1,512,052 Green Mountain 10,604 6,506 4,742 39,219 1,009 995 -1,961 9,234 $222,975

$49,763 Hardwick 652 413 301 2,133 63 69 -223 279 $11,273$13,593 Hyde Park 190 116 84 620 18 17 -44 61 $2,988

$4,080 Jacksonville 37 11 8 87 2 1 1 34 $655

$2,486 Johnson 60 54 40 326 8 9 -30 7 $1,598

$20,805 Ludlow 183 137 99 711 21 22 -60 129 $3,906

$51,198 Lyndonville 582 277 205 2,002 43 34 -48 299 $8,534

$57,142 Morrisville 456 347 252 1,827 54 59 -179 354 $10,372

$20,761 Northfield 253 189 136 934 29 32 -104 102 $4,912

$4,584 Orleans 41 10 8 80 2 1 3 34 $563$1,179 Readsboro 16 22 16 100 3 4 -15 7 $347

$5,437 Rochester 59 33 24 189 5 5 -15 27 $753

$45,724 Stowe 199 250 182 1,240 38 47 -164 286 $6,043$51,303 Swanton 457 308 227 1,948 48 48 -112 347 $12,005

$546,660 VT Electric Coop 4,290 2,103 1,539 13,801 328 292 -393 3,373 $76,366

$12,422 VT Marble 80 38 28 295 6 7 -5 61 $1,776

$177,430 Washington Electric 1,609 739 541 4,838 115 100 -159 1,061 $30,137

23,491 17,162 143,627 3,637 3,538 -7,253 28,560 Totals 34,107 $788,603 $4,765,491

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 59
3.1.20. Efficient Products - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$299,820 Addison 2,293 1,477 1,076 8,630 228 223 -490 1,795 $51,455

$286,761 Bennington 2,182 3,462 2,511 19,176 533 487 -1,219 1,598 $97,552

$169,628 Caledonia 1,799 1,082 795 6,767 168 159 -397 1,068 $33,105

$1,234,158 Chittenden 7,310 4,255 3,102 27,191 664 619 -806 7,548 $156,138

$27,160 Essex 210 89 65 614 14 10 -4 156 $3,158

$302,012 Franklin 2,294 1,407 1,033 9,186 218 209 -379 2,122 $53,173

$77,299 Grand Isle 389 159 116 1,115 25 22 0 462 $7,933

$169,262 Lamoille 1,402 1,033 751 5,547 159 174 -515 979 $30,141

$207,844 Orange 1,384 756 551 4,779 118 106 -143 1,251 $30,280

$164,229 Orleans 1,543 638 464 3,873 99 90 -128 843 $23,227

$571,539 Rutland 3,551 3,003 2,200 18,076 461 513 -1,175 2,924 $91,285

$531,958 Washington 4,489 2,756 2,014 16,401 426 429 -1,037 3,223 $94,198

$286,435 Windham 2,454 1,775 1,315 12,162 275 251 -549 2,006 $52,970$437,387 Windsor 2,807 1,599 1,169 10,110 248 245 -411 2,584 $63,988

23,491 17,162 143,627 3,637 3,538 -7,253 28,560 Totals 34,107 $788,603 $4,765,491

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 60
2006

Lifetime (Present 

Value)

Avoided Cost of Electricity nap $9,526,523

Fossil Fuel Savings (Costs) ($66,520) ($26,225)

Water Savings (Costs) $213,150 $2,336,029

Total $146,630 $11,836,328

Savings at Generation

Gross Net Net

Annualized Energy Savings (MWh): Total 17,162 20,067 23,491

 Winter on peak 4,694 5,494 6,586

 Winter off peak 1,097 1,281 1,472

 Summer on peak 6,694 7,828 9,235

 Summer off peak 4,677 5,463 6,201

Coincident Demand Savings (kW)

 Winter 2,721 3,184 3,637

 Shoulder 2,550 2,985 3,367

 Summer 2,702 3,123 3,538

Gross Net Net Lifetime Savings

Annualized Water Savings (ccf) 24,780 28,560 399,000

Annualized fuel savings (increase) MMBtu (6,270) (7,253) (8,648)

 LP 840 840 13,440

 NG 420 420 6,720

 Oil/Kerosene (7,531) (8,933) (28,808)

 Wood 0 0 0

 Solar 0 0 0

 Other 0 0 0

Annualized savings (increase) in O&M($) $222,413 $261,813 $1,475,621

Net Societal Benefits $5,676,570

Savings at meter

3.1.21. Efficient Products - Total Resource Benefits

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 61
Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 1,775 2,748 nap 2,748

# participants with analysis 2,255 1,907 nap 1,907

# participants with analysis and installations 1,775 1,760 nap 1,760

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $507,090 $747,994 $541,700 $747,994

 Marketing/Business Development $339,153 $481,701 $492,438 $481,701

Subtotal Operating Costs $846,243 $1,229,695 $1,034,137 $1,229,695

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $913,036 $887,982 $1,069,894 $887,982

 Incentives to Trade Allies $12,349 $16,842 $4,623 $16,842

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $925,385 $904,824 $1,074,517 $904,824

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $456,722 $553,672 $598,571 $553,672

 Services to Trade Allies $35,050 $0 $46,075 $0

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $491,772 $553,672 $644,646 $553,672

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $2,263,400 $2,688,191 $2,753,300 $2,688,191

Total Participant Costs $525,225 $1,281,413 nav $1,281,413

Total Third Party Costs $135,789 $250,789 nav $250,789

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $2,924,414 $4,220,393 $2,753,300 $4,220,393

Annualized MWh Savings 3,517 3,981 nap 3,981 

Lifetime MWh Savings 69,176 86,000 nap 86,000 

TRB Savings (2006 $) $2,376,455 $3,334,556 nap $3,334,554

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 657 786 nap 786

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 349 337 nap 337

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 1.981 1.449 nap 1.449

Weighted Lifetime 20 22 nap 22

Committed Incentives nap nap nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

3.1.22. Existing Homes - Summary

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3.1.23. Existing Homes - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$1,977 Air Conditioning Eff. 13 5 4 87 0 13 0 0 $2,418

$5,159 Cooking and Laundry 162 10 8 135 2 1 228 490 $3,064

$105,999 Hot Water Efficiency 651 224 193 1,832 43 29 745 2,760 $19,764$274,600 Hot Water Fuel Switch 511 1,560 1,639 46,791 265 169 -5,394 0 $345,839

$35,445 Lighting 2,042 678 587 5,452 103 56 0 0 $126,722

$100 Other Fuel Switch 0 5 4 158 7 7 -17 0 $705

$11,649 Other Indirect Activity 77 -18 -15 -178 -2 -2 0 0 $0

$17,309 Refrigeration 743 522 449 3,086 64 61 0 0 $256,843

$440,535 Space Heat Efficiency 258 108 97 2,342 31 2 4,149 0 $23,083

$363,477 Space Heat Fuel Switch 112 871 846 26,127 271 0 -2,999 0 $102,959

$13,565 Ventilation 134 17 14 167 2 2 -9 0 $6,585

$11,600 Water Conservation 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 576 $0

3,981 3,826 86,000 786 337 -3,298 3,826 Totals $887,982 $1,281,413

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3.1.24. Existing Homes - Utility Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs Utility

$1,769 Barton 25 35 31 532 5 4 -40 11 $12,377

$0 Burlington 11150000 $462

$551,973 CVPS 1,438 1,322 1,230 25,882 248 110 317 2,630 $312,295

$1,443 Enosburg Falls 30 77 66 1,635 13 8 -169 83 $23,555

$477,120 Green Mountain 596 1,436 1,480 35,903 305 110 -2,398 402 $257,419

$20,698 Hardwick 33 55 48 882 9 5 124 95 $18,174

$1,854 Hyde Park 11 19 17 285 3 2 -22 4 $5,669

$0 Jacksonville 5 3 2 17 0 0 0 0 $579

$3,493 Johnson 21 16 14 225 3 2 9 15 $5,710

$43,710 Ludlow 9 73 78 2,178 20 2 -241 0 $8,229

$3,428 Lyndonville 99 97 83 1,984 16 11 -207 153 $18,566

$2,325 Morrisville 11 17 15 290 3 3 -22 0 $5,564$8,900 Northfield 9 33 31 766 7 3 -79 0 $8,571

$1,076 Orleans 9 14 12 229 2 1 -23 22 $2,633

$12,500 Rochester 19 24 25 692 7 1 -72 0 $1,675

$3,581 Stowe 13 7 6 53 1 3 19 0 $2,013

$1,857 Swanton 20 30 30 619 6 2 -63 7 $9,002

$85,829 VT Electric Coop 325 632 578 12,725 125 61 -885 387 $164,143

$0 VT Marble 31150000 $161

$59,858 Washington Electric 71 91 79 1,090 14 9 453 17 $31,184

3,981 3,826 86,000 786 337 -3,298 3,826 Totals 2,748 $887,982 $1,281,413

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3.1.25. Existing Homes - County Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs County

$69,386 Addison 146 267 233 6,567 60 17 -567 257 $51,697

$73,103 Bennington 232 122 118 2,233 26 9 386 420 $23,512

$3,360 Caledonia 167 162 138 2,036 25 17 -105 464 $51,842

$240,182 Chittenden 369 755 896 19,014 141 74 -1,649 214 $135,677

$12,288 Essex 36 54 49 974 17 11 194 120 $15,573

$23,245 Franklin 142 307 280 5,925 54 29 -527 215 $99,414$23,343 Grand Isle 53 97 98 2,290 24 5 -242 57 $15,096

$19,323 Lamoille 82 102 91 1,579 15 14 -29 19 $32,187$33,018 Orange 88 194 172 3,651 32 19 -168 5 $64,614$29,504 Orleans 219 346 301 7,144 56 35 -660 148 $83,518$34,137 Rutland 261 160 150 2,928 26 15 -119 192 $38,821

$195,140 Washington 197 410 381 8,433 80 34 632 40 $94,801

$116,866 Windham 457 489 450 10,164 108 34 -588 800 $90,961

$408,519 Windsor 299 517 469 13,060 122 25 145 876 $90,267

3,981 3,826 86,000 786 337 -3,298 3,826 Totals 2,748 $887,982 $1,281,413

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2006

Lifetime (Present 

Value)

Avoided Cost of Electricity nap $3,848,853

Fossil Fuel Savings (Costs) ($40,370) ($764,495)

Water Savings (Costs) $28,618 $250,198

Total ($11,752) $3,334,556

Savings at Generation

Gross Net Net

Annualized Energy Savings (MWh): Total 3,826 3,398 3,981

 Winter on peak 1,269 1,119 1,341

 Winter off peak 436 389 447

 Summer on peak 1,216 1,080 1,274

 Summer off peak 906 810 920

Coincident Demand Savings (kW)

 Winter 779 688 786

 Shoulder 565 499 563

 Summer 333 298 337

Gross Net Net Lifetime Savings

Annualized Water Savings (ccf) 3,870 3,826 37,460

Annualized fuel savings (increase) MMBtu (4,817) (3,298) (150,049)

 LP (1,270) (934) (50,142)

 NG (2,737) (1,574) (47,533)

 Oil/Kerosene (872) (846) (53,493)

 Wood 62 56 1,118

 Solar 0 0 0

 Other 0 0 0

Annualized savings (increase) in O&M($) ($6,345) ($2,590) ($390,446)

Net Societal Benefits $670,621

Savings at meter

3.1.26. Existing Homes - Total Resource Benefits

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Prior Year

Current Year 

2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations

# participants with analysis

# participants with analysis and installations

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives

 Marketing/Business Development

Subtotal Operating Costs

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants

 Incentives to Trade Allies

 Subtotal Incentive Costs

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants

 Services to Trade Allies

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs

Total Participant Costs

Total Third Party Costs

Total Services and Initiatives Costs

Annualized MWh Savings

Lifetime MWh Savings

TRB Savings (2006 $)

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant

Weighted Lifetime

Committed Incentives

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

3.1.27. Residential Initiatives - Summary

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4.1. CUSTOMER CREDIT PROGRAM 

4.1.1. NARRATIVE 

The Customer Credit program (CCP) provides an alternative program path for large 

businesses that meet program eligibility criteria. The program enables customers with the 

capability and resources to identify, analyze, and undertake efficiency projects and selfimplement energy efficiency measures with financial assistance from Efficiency Vermont 

(EVT). CCP customers can apply for financial incentives for any retrofit or market-driven 

project that saves electrical energy and passes the Vermont societal cost-effectiveness test. 

Once a customer elects to participate in CCP, that customer is no longer eligible to 

participate in other EVT programs. 

All projects must be customer initiated. In addition, the customer or its contractors must 

complete all technical analysis. Customers can receive cash incentives capped at 70% of 

their projected two-year contribution to the statewide energy efficiency fund at any time. 

Customers can draw on contributions from the current year and either the previous or 

ensuing year. Market-driven projects are eligible for incentives equal to 100% of the 

incremental measure cost. For retrofit projects, customers can receive incentives that 

reduce the customer payback time to 18 months. 

Eligible Market 

To be eligible for CCP, customers must: 

• Never have accepted cash incentives from any Vermont utility Demand Side 

Management (DSM) program; 

• Show a corporate commitment to energy efficiency by participation in the United 

States Environmental Protection Agency’s Climate Wise program, or currently active 

similar program as determined by the PSB; and 

• Have ISO 14001 certification. 

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Prior Year

Current 

Year 2006

* Projected 

Year 2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

# participants with installations 1 1 nap 1

# participants with analysis 0 0 nap 0

# participants with analysis and installations 0 0 nap 0

Services and Initiatives Costs

Operating Costs

 Services and Initiatives $9,276 $6,856 $261 $6,856

 Marketing/Business Development $0 $0 $0 $0

Subtotal Operating Costs $9,276 $6,856 $261 $6,856

Incentive Costs

 Incentives to Participants $367,531 $822,280 $585,000 $822,280

 Incentives to Trade Allies $0 $0 $0 $0

 Subtotal Incentive Costs $367,531 $822,280 $585,000 $822,280

Technical Assistance Costs

 Services to Participants $3,001 $5,379 $7,739 $5,379

 Services to Trade Allies $0 $0 $0 $0

 Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs $3,001 $5,379 $7,739 $5,379

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs $379,807 $834,515 $593,000 $834,515

Total Participant Costs $142,016 $364,575 nap $364,575

Total Third Party Costs $0 $0 nap $0

Total Services and Initiatives Costs $521,823 $1,199,089 $593,000 $1,199,089

Annualized MWh Savings 1,195 3,123 nap 3,123

Lifetime MWh Savings 16,371 42,351 nap 42,351

TRB Savings (2006 $) $1,302,429 $3,077,740 nap $3,077,740

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 149 378 nap 378

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 291 748 nap 748

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant 1,195 3,123 nap 3,123

Weighted Lifetime 14 14 nap 14

Committed Incentives nap nap nap nap

* Annual projections are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. 

The Efficiency Vermont contract is based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals.

Note: The above budgets include the Customer Credit Net Pay Option Incentive Funds.

4.1.2. Customer Credit - Summary

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4.1.3. Customer Credit - End Use Breakdown

# of

Participants

Net

MWH

Saved

Gross

 MWH

Saved

Net

Lifetime

 MWH

Saved

Net

Winter

KW

Saved

Net

Summer

KW

 Saved

Net

 Other 

Fuel

 MMBTU

Net

Water

 CCF

 Saved

Participant 

Incentives

Paid

Participant

Costs End Use

$191,912 Air Conditioning Eff. 1 276 238 5,525 1 216 10,746 0 $42,000

$129,235 Lighting 1 1,604 1,374 23,726 200 291 -1,524 0 $315,798

$43,428 Motors 1 1,242 1,053 13,100 177 240 -531 0 $464,482

3,123 2,665 42,351 378 748 8,691 0 Totals $822,280 $364,575

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2006

Lifetime (Present 

Value)

Avoided Cost of Electricity nap $2,296,845

Fossil Fuel Savings (Costs) $68,315 $780,895

Water Savings (Costs) $0 $0

Total $68,315 $3,077,740

Savings at Generation

Gross Net Net

Annualized Energy Savings (MWh): Total 2,665 2,665 3,123

 Winter on peak 615 615 737

 Winter off peak 145 145 166

 Summer on peak 1,268 1,268 1,496

 Summer off peak 637 637 723

Coincident Demand Savings (kW)

 Winter 331 331 378

 Shoulder 417 417 470

 Summer 660 660 748

Gross Net Net Lifetime Savings

Annualized Water Savings (ccf) 0 0 0

Annualized fuel savings (increase) MMBtu 8,691 8,691 187,072

 LP 0 0 0

 NG 8,691 8,691 187,072

 Oil/Kerosene 0 0 0

 Wood 0 0 0

 Solar 0 0 0

 Other 0 0 0

Annualized savings (increase) in O&M($) $4,719 $4,719 $70,783

4.1.4. Customer Credit - Total Resource Benefits

Savings at meter

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4.2. DEFINITIONS AND END NOTES 

4.2.1. ANNUAL REPORT TABLES OVERVIEW 

1 – Section 4.2.2. includes a list of definitions for items in the Annual Report tables. Section 4.2.3. 

includes notes for specific items in the tables. Section 4.2.4. provides a guide to the re-mapping of 

multifamily projects and savings into new markets 

2 - Data items for which data are not available are labeled “nav”. Data items for which data are not 

applicable are labeled “nap”. 

3 - Except where noted, EVT expenditures data in this report were incurred during the period 

January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. Similarly, measure savings are for measures installed 

during the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. 

4 - EVT costs include an operating fee of .75%, as specified in the EVT contract. 

5 - Data for “Incentives to Participants” in Tables 2.1.2., 2.1.3., 2.1.8., 2.1.12., 3.1.1., 3.1.6., 3.1.12., 

3.1.17., 3.1.22., 4.1.2. are based on financial data from Vermont Energy Investment Corporation's 

(VEIC) accounting system, MAS90. “Participant Incentives Paid” and “EVT Incentives” on all other 

tables are based on data entered in EVT’s KITT Plus (Knowledge-based Information Technology 

Tool) tracking system and include the operating fee cited above. 

6 - “Annualized MWh Savings (adjusted for measure life)”, “Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 

(adjusted for measure life)” and “Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings (adjusted for measure life)” 

on Tables 2.1.2. and 2.1.3. are provided for informational purposes only. This data exclude savings 

for measures that have reached the end of their specified lifetime. 

7 - Program Planning costs have been rolled into “Services and Initiatives” for Years 2003-2006. For 

Years 2000-2002, Program Planning costs were reported as a separate line item. In Tables 2.1.2. and 

2.1.3, Program Planning costs under “Cumulative starting 3/1/00” refer to data reported prior to 

2003. 

8 – For Years 2000-2002 and Year 2006, multifamily costs and savings are reported in the 

Residential Energy Services Sector. For 2003-2005, multifamily costs and savings are reported in 

the Business Energy Services Sector. See Section 4.2.4 Multifamily Reporting Changes. 

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4.2.2. DEFINITIONS AND REPORT TEMPLATE 

The table templates that appear in the EVT Annual Report 2006 were developed as a collaborative 

effort between EVT, the Vermont Department of Public Service, the Energy Efficiency Utility 

Contract Administrator and Burlington Electric Department. Note that there are two major table 

formats, one for the markets and services summary and the other for breakdowns of end use, 

county and utility savings. 

The definitions of the data reported in these tables follow. The numbers in parentheses on the 

template correlate to the footnoted definitions that immediately follow. 

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Prior 

Year

Current

Year 

2006

Projected 

Year 

2006

Cumulative 

starting 

1/1/06

Cumulative 

starting 

3/1/00

 (1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

# participants with installations (6) 

# participants with analysis (7) 

# participants with analysis and 

installations (8) 

 

Services and Initiatives Costs 

Operating Costs 

 Administration (9) 

 Services and Initiatives (10) 

 Program Planning (11) 

 Marketing/Business Development (12) 

 Information Systems (13) 

Subtotal Operating Costs (14) 

 

Incentive Costs 

 Incentives to Participants (15) 

 Incentives to Trade Allies (16) 

Subtotal Incentive Costs (17) 

 

Technical Assistance Costs 

 Services to Participants (18) 

 Services to Trade Allies (19) 

Subtotal Technical Assistance Costs (20) 

 

Total Efficiency Vermont Costs (21) 

 

Total Participant Costs (22) 

Total Third Party Costs (23) 

Total Services and Initiatives Costs (24) 

 

Annualized MWh Savings (25) 

Lifetime MWh Savings (26) 

TRB Savings (2006$) (27) 

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings (28) 

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings (29) 

Annualized MWh Savings/Participant (30) 

Weighted Lifetime (31) 

 

Committed Incentives (32) 

 

Annualized MWh Savings (adjusted for 

measure life) (33) 

Winter Coincident Peak kW Savings 

(adjusted for measure life) (34) 

Summer Coincident Peak kW Savings 

(adjusted for measure life) (35) 

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X.X.X. Breakdown Report 

End 

Use or 

Utility 

or 

County 

# of 

Participant 

Net 

MWH 

Saved 

Gross 

MWH 

Saved 

Net 

Lifetime 

MWH 

Saved 

Net 

Winter 

KW 

Saved 

Net 

Summer 

KW 

Saved 

Net 

Other 

Fuel 

MMBTU 

Net 

Water 

CCF 

Saved 

Participant 

Incentives 

Paid 

Participant 

Costs 

 (36) (37) (38) (39) (40) (41) (42) (43) (44) (45)

Footnotes for the report table templates: 

(1) Activity for the prior reporting year. 

(2) Activity for the current reporting year. For savings, the figure reported is estimated savings for measures actually 

implemented for the current report period. Savings are reported in MWh, at generation and net of all approved 

adjustment factors, except as otherwise noted. 

(3) Projected costs for Year 2006 are estimates only and provided for informational purposes. The EVT contract is 

based on three-year cumulative budgets and savings goals. 

(4) Data reported for the contract period starting January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006. 

(5) Data reported for the contract period starting March 1, 2000 through December 31, 2006. 

(6) Number of customers with installed measures. For data reported in the Prior Year column, “# participants with 

installations” is counted by summing unique physical locations (sites) where efficiency measures have been installed for 

the reporting period. For multifamily projects, a physical location is defined as the building itself, not the individual 

units. For data reported in every column except Prior Year, “# participants with installations” is counted by summing 

unique physical locations (sites) where efficiency measures have been installed for the reporting period. For 

multifamily projects the “# of participants with installations” is counted by summing the number of individual units. 

Under “Cumulative starting 1/1/06” and Cumulative starting 3/1/00, customers are counted once, regardless of the 

number of times the customer participates in EVT services during 2000-2006. 

(7) Number of customers with custom analysis during the current report period. This reflects the number of customers 

who initiated a new custom project during the reporting period and where measures may not have been installed. 

(8) Number of customers who had analysis at any time and have installed measures during the reporting period. This 

reflects the number of customers who completed a custom project during the reporting period. Under Cumulative 

starting 1/1/06 and Cumulative starting 3/1/00, customers are counted once, regardless of the number of times the 

customer participates in EVT services during 2000-2006. 

(9) Costs include general management, budgeting, financial management and EVT contract management. These costs 

are not broken out by market. This cost category is included on Tables 2.1.2. and 2.1.3 only. 

(10) Management and other management related costs directly associated with market implementation work. 

(11) Costs related to program design, planning, program screening and other similar functions. Program Planning 

costs refer to data reported prior to 2003. 

(12) Costs related to marketing, outreach, customer service and business development. 

(13) Costs related to Information Systems development and maintenance. These costs are not broken out by market. 

This cost category is included on Tables 2.1.2. and 2.1.3 only. 

(14) Subtotal of all operating costs detailed in the categories above (9) + (10) + (11) + (12) + (13). 

(15) Direct payments to participants to defray the costs of specific efficiency measures. 

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(16) Incentives paid to manufacturers, wholesalers, builders, retailers or other non-customer stakeholders that do not 

defray the costs of specific efficiency measures. 

(17) Subtotal reflecting total incentive costs, (15) + (16). 

(18) Costs related to conducting analyses, preparing the package of efficiency measures, contract management and 

post-project follow-up. 

(19) Costs related to educational or other support services provided to entities other than individual participants, such 

as trade allies, manufacturers, wholesalers, builders, and architects. 

(20) Subtotal reflecting total technical assistance costs, (18) + (19). 

(21) Total costs incurred by Efficiency Vermont. All costs are in nominal dollars, (14) + (17) + (20). 

(22) Total costs incurred by participants and related to EVT or utility activities. This category includes the participant 

contribution to the capital costs of installed measures and to specific demand-side-management (DSM) -related 

services, such as technical assistance or energy ratings. 

(23) Total costs incurred by third parties (i.e., entities other than EVT, utilities and participants) and directly related to 

EVT or utility DSM activities. This category includes contributions by third parties to the capital costs of installed 

measures and to specific DSM-related services, such as technical assistance or energy ratings. 

(24) Total cost of services and initiatives, (21) + (22) + (23). 

(25) Annualized MWh savings at generation, net of all approved adjustment factors (e.g., free riders, spill over, line 

loss) for measures installed during the current reporting period. 

(26) Lifetime estimated MWh savings for measures installed during the current reporting year, at generation and net of 

all approved adjustment factors. (Typically, this value is calculated by taking estimated annualized savings times the life 

of the measure). 

(27) Total Resource Benefits (TRB) savings for measures installed during the current reporting year. TRB includes 

gross electric benefits, fossil fuel savings and water savings. TRB is stated in 2006 dollars throughout the report. Prior 

year data have been adjusted for 2006 dollars by escalating the pre-2003 TRB by 6.8% discount rate for 3 years and 

inflating TRB by 10.76% (% CPI change for the Northeast Urban region from January 2003 to January 2006) to convert 

to 2006 dollars. Whenever Efficiency Vermont works in collaboration with other providers of efficiency services, the 

same savings may be counted and reported by more than one organization. As a result, the total statewide savings may 

be less than the sum of all the organizations reporting savings.

(28) Estimated impact of measures at time of winter system peak, at generation, net of adjustment factors. 

(29) Estimated impact of measures at time of summer system peak, at generation, net of adjustment factors. 

(30) Annualized MWh savings per participant, net at generation, (25) / (6). 

(31) Average lifetime, in years, of measures weighted by savings, (26)/(25). 

(32) Incentives which are not yet paid to a customer but where there is a signed contract as of December 31, 2006 for 

projects which will complete after December 31, 2006. 

(33) Adjusted Annualized MWh savings at generation and net of all approved adjustment factors (e.g., free riders, spill 

over, line loss) for measures installed during the current report period. This data includes savings for measures that 

have not yet expired during the reporting period and excludes savings for measures that have reached the end of their 

specified lifetime. 

(34) Adjusted impact of measures at time of winter system peak, at generation, net of adjustment factors. This data 

includes savings for measures that have not yet expired during the reporting period and excludes savings for measures 

that have reached the end of their specified lifetime. 

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(35) Adjusted impact of measures at time of summer system peak, at generation, net of adjustment factors. This data 

includes savings for measures that have not yet expired during the reporting period and excludes savings for measures 

that have reached the end of their specified lifetime. 

Items 36-45 reflect installed measures for the current reporting period. 

(36) Number of customers with installed measures for the End Use, Utility and County Breakdown. 

(37) Annualized MWh savings at generation, net of all approved adjustment factors (e.g., free riders, spill over, line 

loss) for measures installed during the current reporting period. This is the same number as reported on line (25). 

(38) Annualized MWh savings, gross at the customer meter. 

(39) Lifetime estimated MWh savings for measures installed during the current reporting period, at generation and net 

of all approved adjustment factors. This is the same number as reported on line (26). 

(40) Estimated impact of measures at time of winter system peak, at generation, net of adjustment factors. This is the 

same number as reported on line (28). 

(41) Estimated impact of measures at time of summer system peak, at generation, net of adjustment factors. This is the 

same number as reported on line (29). 

(42) MMBtu estimated to be saved (positive) or used (negative) for alternative fuels as a result of measures installed in 

the end use. 

(43) Water saved (positive) or used (negative) due to measures installed in the end use. 

(44) Incentive paid by EVT to participants for measures installed during the current reporting period. This is the same 

number as reported on line (15). See note 5 in Section 4.2.1. for the different data sources for lines (15) and (44). 

(45) Costs incurred by participants and related to EVT or utility activities. This is the same number as reported on line 

(22). 

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4.2.3. TABLE END NOTES

2.1.7. Efficiency Vermont Services & Initiatives – Total Resource Benefits 

[a] Net lifetime water savings is the net annual measure water savings times the measure lifetime. 

Net lifetime fossil fuel savings is the net annual measure fossil fuel savings times the measure 

lifetime. 

2.1.18. Cumulative Distributions by Utility Service Territory

[a] BED administers its own services and initiatives and reports separately to the Vermont Public 

Service Board. Column ‘EE Charges Paid through October 31, 2006’ for BED represents the BED 

share of EVT market costs and contribution towards EVT Initiatives. 

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4.2.4. MULTIFAMILY REPORTING CHANGES 

Throughout the report, all multifamily projects are reported in the Business Energy Services sector 

in years 2003-2005 and in the Residential Energy Services for years 2006 – 2008. 

Following is a diagram of the 2003-2005 Market Services and Initiatives and the 2006-2008 Market 

Services and Initiatives and the “re-mapping” of multifamily projects and savings under the new 

markets. 

2003-2005 Market Services & Initiatives 2006-2008 Market Services & Initiatives

Business Initiatives Business Initiatives

 

Business Existing Facilities Business Existing Facilities

C&I Retrofit C&I Retrofit

C&I Equipment Replacement C&I Equipment Replacement

Low Income Multifamily Retrofit 

 

Business New Construction Business New Construction

Low Income Multifamily New 

Construction 

C&I New Construction C&I New Construction

Multifamily Market Rate New 

Construction 

Multifamily Market Rate Retrofit 

 

Residential New Construction Residential New Construction 

Single Family homes Single Family homes

 Low Income Multifamily New Construction

 Multifamily Market Rate New Construction 

 

Efficient Products Efficient Products

 

Residential Initiatives Residential Initiatives

Residential Existing Buildings Residential Existing Buildings

Residential Retrofit Residential Retrofit

Low Income Single Family Low Income Single Family

 Low Income Multifamily Retrofit 

 Multifamily Market Rate Retrofit 

Efficiency Vermont 2006 Annual Report and Annual Energy Savings Claim 79