200804012007 WAQC Program Report.pdf

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BARTON L. KLINE
Senior Attorney
An IDACORP Company
April 1, 2008
Ms. Jean D. Jewell
Commission Secretary
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Re: Report of 2007 Weatherization Assistance for
Qualified Customers Program
Filed in Compliance with Order No. 29505 - Case No. IPC-E-03-13
Dear Ms. Jewell:
Enclosed please find eight copies of Idaho Power Company's report on the 2007
activity for the Weatherization Assistance for Qualiied Customers Program. If you have
any questions regarding the content of the report, please direct them to Mr. Pete
Pengilly at 208-388-2281.ve~,~
Barton L. Kline
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Weatherization Assistance
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2007 Annual Report
April 1, 2008
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents ....~......................................................................................................................... i
List of Tables ................................................................................................................................... i
List of Figues .................................................................................................................................. i
Description.......................................................................................................................................1
Background .......................................................................................................................................1
Review of Weatherized Homes and Non-Profit Buildings by County .......,....................................2
Review of Measures Installed..........................................................................................................6
Overall Cost-Effectiveness ..............................................................................................................8
Customer Education, Advocacy, and Satisfaction.........................................................................10
Plans for 2008 ................................ ........................................................................... .................... .11
LIST OF TABLES
Table i
2007 Weatherization Activity-Homes and Non-Profit Buildings ..............................................3
Table 2
Base and Carover Funding.........................................................................................................5
Table 3
2007 kWh Savings and Home/Non-Profit Measure Expenses, Excluding Administration..........6
LIST OF FIGURES
Figure i
SIR Frequency Distribution ..........................................................................................................9
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DESCRIPTION
The Weatherization Assistance for Qualified Customers (WAQC) program provides financial
assistance to regional Idaho Community Action Partership (CAP) agencies in the Idaho Power
Company (IPC) service area. This assistance helps cover weatherization costs of electrcally .
heated homes belonging to qualified customers with limited income. The W AQC program also
provides a limited pool of fuds for weatherization of buildings occupied by non-profit
organizations serving primarily special needs populations, regardless of heating source, with
priority given to buildings with electrc heat. Weatherization improvements enable residents to
maintain a more comfortable, safe, and energy efficient home while reducing their monthly
electrcity bils. Improvements are available at no cost to qualifying applicants who own or rent
their homes. These customers also receive educational materials and efficiency ideas for
reducing energy use in their homes. Program eligibility is determined by the local CAP agencies
according to the same federal and state guidelines that are used to determine eligibility for
energy assistance.
BACKGROUND
IPC began offering weatherization assistance in 1989 in conjunction with the State of Idao
Weatherization Assistance Program. Through the WAQC program, IPC provides supplementary
fuding to state-designated CAP agencies for the weatherization of electrcally heated homes
occupied by qualified customers and buildings occupied by non-profit organizations that serve
special needs populations. Each year, IPC enters into an agreement with each CAP agency that
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specifies the fuding allotment, biling requirements, and program guidelines. Curently, IPC
administers the program in Idaho through five regional CAP agencies, including Canyon County
Organization on Aging, Weatherization, and Human Services (CCOA), Eastern Idaho
Community Action Parership (EICAP), EI-Ada Community Action Partership (EI-Ada),
South Central Community Action Parership (SCCAP), and Southeastern Idaho Community
Action Agency (SEICAA).
This report responds to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission's (IPUC) annual reporting
directive with the following sections:
· Review of Weatherized Homes and Non-Profit Buildings by County
. Review of Measures Installed
. Overall Cost-Effectiveness
· Customer Education, Advocacy, and Satisfaction
. Plans for 2008
REVIEW OF WEATHERIZED HOMES AND NON-PROFIT
BUILDINGS BY COUNTY
In 2007, IPC provided a total of$1,200,341 to Idaho CAP agencies with $1,022,347 directly
fuding energy effcient and health and safety measures for qualified customers' homes
(production costs), $68,873 directly fuding energy effcient measures and health and safety
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measures for non-profit buildings, and $109,122 fuding the administration costs incured by the
CAP agencies. The total number of homes weatherized during the year was 391. Six non-profit
buildings were also weatherized durng 2007. Table 1 reviews the number of homes and
non-profit buildings weatherized, production costs, average cost per home or non-profit building
served, administration payments, and total payments made by IPC per county.
Table 1 .
2007 Weatherization Activity-Homes and Non-Profit Buildings
Weatherization Assistance for Qualified Customers
2007 Weatherization Activities and Expenditures by Agency and County
Number
of Homes or
Non-Profit
Buildings
IPC
Production
Costs
Average
Cost per Home
or Non-Profit
Building Administration
Served Payment
Total Payment
Including
Administration'
Costs
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Table 1
2007 Weatherization Activity-Homes and Non-Profit Buildings (Continued)
Weatherization ASsistance for Qualified Customers
2007 Weatherization Activities and Expenditures by Agency and County
Number
of Homes or
Non-Profit
Buildings
IPC
Production
Costs
Average
Cost per Home
or Non-Profit
Building Administration
Served Payment
Total Payment
Including
Administration
Costs
SCCAP
Blaine $3,767 $3,767 $377 $4,144
Camas 6 $1,274 $212 $127 $1,402
Gooding 7 $22,122 $3,160 $2,212 $24,334
Jerome 8 $28,274 $3,534 $2,827 $31,101
Lincoln 2 $6,033 $3,017 $603 $6,636
Twin Falls 39 $94,738 $2,429 $9,474 $104,212
SCCAPTOTAL 63 $156,209 $2,480 $15,621 $171,830
SEICAA
Bannock 24 $54,378 $2,266 $5,438 $59,815
Bingham 14 $34,068 $2,433 $3,407 $37,475
Power 7 $13,013 $1,859 $1,301 $14,314
SEICAA TOTAL 45 $101,458 $2,255 $10,146 $111,604
Total Homes 391 $1,022,346 $2,615 $102,235 $1,124,581
Bannock 2 $26,522 $13,261 $2,652 $29,174
Bingham $2,224 $2,224 $222 $2,446
Canyon $13,923 $13,923 $1,392 $15,316
Jerome $10,948 $10,948 $1,095 $12,043
Twin Falls $15,256 $15,256 $1,526 $16,781
Total Non-Profit Buildings 6 $68,873 $11,479 $6,887 $75,760
Grand Total 2007 397 $1,091,219 $2,749 $109,122 $1,200,341
Note: Numbers presented in the tables may not sum due to rounding.
In an effort to help the CAP agencies maximize the number of customers served under W AQC,
IPC includes in its annual agreements with the agencies a provision limiting the annual average
cost per home to an amount specified in the agreement. The average cost per home served is
calculated by dividing the total annual IPC production cost of homes weatherized per agency by
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the total number of homes completed durng the year by that agency. The maximum average cost
per home allowed under the 2007 agreement was $2,826. Overall, the CAP agencies in 2007 had
a combined average cost per home served of$2,615. There is no average cost limit for
weatherization of non-profit buildings.
Durng 2007, IPC provided administrative payments totaling $109,122 to CAP agencies to cover
their program administration costs. Administration fees are based on 10% of the IPC production
costs. The average administration cost per home weatherized in 2007 was $261, and the
administration costs for non-profit buildings weatherized averaged $1,148. Additionally, IPC
stafflabor, marketing, and support costs for the WAQC program totaled $89,676 for the year.
In compliance with IPUC's Order No. 29505, weatherization assistance fuds are tracked and
" unspent funds carred over and made available to CAP agencies in the following year. In 2007, a
total of$83,837 was carred forward from 2006. Table 2 details the fuding base amount, any
carrover fuding, and the total amount of anual fuding.
Table 2
Base and Carrover Funding
2007 Year
(1/1/07-12/31/07)
Carryover Total 2007 2007
Agency Base From 2006 Allotment Spending
CCOA $302,259 $53,069 $355,328 $355,071
EICAP $12,788 $0 $12,788 $12,788
EL.ADA $568,479 $0 $568,479 $473,288
SCCAP $167,405 $4,425 $171,830 $171,830
SEICAA $111,603 $0 $111,603 $111,603
Non.Profit Buildings $50,000 $26,343 $76,343 $75,760
Totals $1,212,534 $83,837 $1,296,371 $1,200,340
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In May 2007, IPC and the Community Action Partnership Association of Idaho, Inc. (CAPAI)
fied jointly with the IPUC (Case No. IPC-E-07-09) a request for authority to continue fuding
the WAQC program at the curently approved leveL. On June 25, 2007, the IPUC issued Order
No. 30350, approving the joint request.
REVIEW OF MEASURES INSTALLED
Table 3 details the number of measure counts, the production costs of measures, and the
kilowatt-hour (kWh) savings by measure during 2007. Consistent with the State ofIdaho
Weatherization Assistance Program, IPC offers several measures that have costs but do not save
energy, or savings cannot be measured. Included in this category are such elements as health and
safety, vents, fuace repair, and audits. Health and safety measures are necessary to ensure
weatherization activities do not cause unsafe situations in a client's home or compromise a
household's existing indoor air quality. Other non-energy savings measures are allowed under
this prògram in order to help facilitate the effective performance of those measures yielding
energy savings.
Table 3
2007 kWh Savings and Home/Non-Profit Measure Expenses, Excluding Administration
Weatherization Assistance for Qualified Customers
2007 Measure Cost and kWh Savings
(1/1/07-12/31/07)
rMå~/Çounts Prc:-.diólê~
Windows
Doors
Walls
Ceilings
Vents
263
248
19
146
20
$344,419
$144,457
$8,676
$86,511
$982
1,363,690
579,813
31,670
161,532
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Table'3
2007 kWh Savings and Home/Non-Profit Measure Expenses, Excluding Administration (Continued)
Weatherization Assistance for Qualified Customers
2007 Measure Cost and kWh Savings
(1/1/07-12/31/07)
kWlf"¡(~,;
209,057
336,640
53,167
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10,252
1,547
o
2,022
14,308
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33,112
200,589
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2,997,399
Floors 135 $124,047
I nfiltration 310 $122,495
Ducts 56 $16,408
Health & Safety 20 $4,201
Other 4 $64
Water Heater 47 $3,447
Pipes 37 $2,084
Refrigerator 0 $0
Furnace Tune 2 $378
Furnace Modify 4 $9,333
Furnace Repair 38 $13,630
CFL 245 $5,552
Furnace Replace 65 $104,308
Audit Investment 339 $31,354
Total Home Measures 1,998 $1,022,346
Ì~lbn-Profit'~ildi
M~lJre Pro~âIå~ Cost,i~'¡,,l\easures " ,r ';;';0;;'
Windows 5 $11,123
Doors 3 $2,737
Walls 3 $5,398
Ceilings 4 $9,463
Vents 1 $108
Floors 2 $8,432
Infiltration 4 $5,084
Ducts 2 $2,369
Health & Safety 3 $4,879
Water Heater 2 $778
)Pipes 3 $1,030 '
CFL 2 $437
Furnace Replace 2 $15,441
Audit Investment 4 $1,595
Total Non-Profit Measures 40 $68,873
Total Home and Non-Profit
Buildings 2,038 $1,091,219
107,511
9,911
17,278
57,995
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9,291
10,828
7,473
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664
2,057
75,612
o
298,619
3,296,019
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The total kWh savings in 2007 for weatherized homes was 2,997,399 and the total kWh savings
in 2007 for weatherized non-profit buildings was 298,620. The total energy savings within Idaho
from WAQC durng 2007 was 3,296,019 kWh.
OVERALL COST-EFFECTIVENESS
IPCmonitors overall cost-effectiveness by requiring each CAP agency to ensure that each
effcíency measure as well as each total project has a savings to investment ratio (SIR) of 1.0 or
better. The total project's SIR reflects all the measure costs associated with the project, including
measure costs that have no kWh savings, and compares that total cost to the benefit of the total
kWh savings of the project. Under this standad, projects with an SIR greater than 1.0 are
deemed to be cost-effective by the energy audit program used by the State of Idaho.
Figure 1 shows the frequency distrbution of the 2007 projects fuded through WAQC. The
frequency observations are presented in 0.50 increments and the SIR values have been rounded
to two significant digits. The SIR values for these projects range between 1.00 and 10.54.
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2007 SIR Summary
Minimum SIR = 1.00
Maximum SIR = 10.54
Average SIR = 2.73
Median SIR = 2.55
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Sav;ngs to In\Æstment Ratio Values
Figure 1
SIR Frequency Distribution
The 2007 distrbution indicates a minimum 1.00 SIR value and maximum 10.54 SIR value, as
well as the average 2.73 and the median 2.55 SIR value ofthe distrbution. Given the required
SIR of at least 1.0, the 2007 minimum value of 1.00 in the distrbution and the average of2.73
indicate the projects conducted by the program continue to exceed the cost-effectiveness
threshold.
The total levelizedcost of energy for this program is $0.029/kWh on a utility cost basis and
$0.040/kWh on a total resource cost basis (including CAP agency and private participant costs).
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CUSTOMER EDUCATION, ADVOCACY, AND SATISFACTION
IPC provides materials to each CAP agency to assist in the education of special needs customers
who receive weatherization assistance. Included in this material is the IPC brochure Practical
Ways to Manage Your Electricity Bil, and Energy Saving Tips, which describes energy
conservation tips appropriate for both the heating and cooling seasons. Included in the materials
is a two-sided card describing the energy saving benefits of using CFL bulbs and helpful hints
about using the bulbs. The educational information is available in Spanish and in large print
versions. In addition to the materials provided to the CAP agencies, each fall IPC distrbutes to
all customers Energy Assistance brochures describing the program, including eligibility and
application guidelines. IPC also actively informs customers about this program through energy,
health, and senior fairs.
IPC takes an active role in advocating energy effciency for special needs customers. IPC
periodically sponsors Energy Assistance Resource Symposiums where non-profit agencies are
encouraged to exchange ideas with utilities and CAP agencies on energy assistance available to
customers with limited income. In order to stay curent with new energy assistance programs and
services, the IPC program specialist overseeing W AQC attends state and federal energy
assistance/weatherization meetings and other weatherization-specific conferences such as
"Energy Out West" and "Joint Low Income Energy Conferences." IPC is also active in the
Policy Advisory Council, helping advise and direct Idaho's state weatherization application to
the United States Deparent of Energy, and Idaho State LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy
Assistance Program) Collaborative Workgroup.
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In 2007, the WAQC program was the focus of a satisfaction surey geared toward customers
whose homes had been weatherized through the program. Customers were asked how much they
thought the weatherization had improved the comfort of their home. Seventy-three percent of the
respondents replied that they thought the improvements helped. Fift-one percent of the
respondents also thought that weatherization measures would reduce futue bils, and 93%
reported having tried energy-saving ideas in their home.
PLANS FOR 2008
IPC wil continue working in partership with CAP AI as well as individual CAP agency
personnel to maintain the targets, guidelines, and cost-effectiveness of the W AQC program. In so
doing, IPC wil provide a valuable service to its special needs population.
New in 2008, IPC and the CAP agencies' executive directors signed an umbrella agreement
defining WAQC program details though December 31,2009. Individual dollar allotments were
defined in a cover letter to each agency's executive director.
IPC estimates 401 homes and five non~profit buildings wil be weatherized in 2008. In total, IPC
~xpects to fud $1,308,564 in weatherization measures and administration fees in 2008. IPC
plans to continually evaluate the need for additional program changes. As in years past, a
minimum of 5% of all weatherized homes. submitted for reimbursement wil be audited. In
addition, plans are underway for IPC to sponsor the 2008 Energy Assistance Resource
Symposium this fall in partership with CAPAI, state agencies, and other utilities.
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