Pre-Weatherization consumption data for EAP clients - spring 2015

Pre-weatherization consumption data was uploaded to the IWAP database this morning.  The upload consists of EAP clients that will be in the 2013-2014 Billing Analysis study's comparison group, but just NIPSCO and Vectren customers at this time.  

There is over 19,000 NACs uploaded for electric usage and over 38,000 NACs for natural gas usage.  Those NACs should be showing up in your waiting lists and when you search for new clients to put on your wait list.


p.s. interim savings results for Weatherization providers with NIPSCO and Vectren customers should be making their way to the providers the next week or so.  As well as requests for additional information that wasn't found in the IWAP database, but is needed for the billing analysis study.  Which would also include lists of clients that will need fuel release forms...

Spring 2015 Wx Assistant fuel cost update

Updated vendor fuel costs for the major investor owned utilities are as follows:

$/kWh
Duke: $0.126
I&M: $0.12
IPL: $0.096
Vectren: $0.216
NIPSCO: $0.138

$/Mcf
Vectren: $8.832
NIPSCO: $8.028
Citizens Energy Group: $9.137

These fuel costs are based on the newest average pre-NAC for local burn homes from the 2012-2013 Billing Analysis report.  The average pre-NAC for natural gas was 1,016 therms.  The average pre-NAC for electricity was 10,382 kWh.  The monthly percentage of fuel consumption assumptions remain the same as they have been.

2012-2013 Billing Analysis Report - Indiana Weatherization Program

The Billing Analysis Report for homes Weatherized between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013 was completed at the end of March.  Here are a few highlights from the full report.

• 2,341 households were weatherized, serving 5,423 people.
• Average net natural gas savings of 264 therms (+/- 10), 22.6% (+/-.8%).
• The state average of 264 therms is the largest average measured since INCAA has been performing billing analysis for the entire state.
• Average gross electric savings for electrically heated homes of 1,571 kWh (+/-294).

The average net natural gas percent savings are shown in Figure 7 from the Billing Analysis report.  Ninety six percent of Indiana's Weatherization providers were able to meet IHCDA's net natural gas savings benchmark of 15 percent. 

Natural gas is approximately $1.00 per therm on average in Indiana.  So each therm saved is another dollar each weatherization household has to spend on something other than their gas bill.  Figure 8 from the report shows how many therms (and roughly dollars) each client saved on average.  $264 per year might not seem like much, but it is more than 1% of the average weatherization client's household income, assuming the household income is at the Federal Poverty threshold for a family of two.  The CAPs at the left hand side of the chart are worth noting.  They made an even bigger fiscal impact on their weatherization client's households.  And these energy savings are persistent for the lifetime of the retrofits, which means they will last for years to come, stretching the savings out into the future for the people living in that home.

The Billing Analysis process has begun again for the 2013-2014 DOE cycle.  So program managers can expect requests from me for additional data and fuel release forms in the near future.