Fall 2015 Weatherization Assistant Fuel Cost Update

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

$/kWh
Duke: $0.122
I&M: $0.118
IPL: $0.095
Vectren: $0.216
NIPSCO: $0.138

$/Mcf
Vectren: $8.832
NIPSCO: $6.408
Citizens Energy Group: $8.069

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.

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.

AEP Health & Safety Repairs Wrap up

AEP's Health & Safety Repairs program has been completed.  In all, $329,000 was spent on 127 AEP customers' homes.  The program was designed to help pay for health & safety repairs on Weatherized homes.  A few highlights:

• 65 homes received new heating appliances because existing units were operating in an unsafe manner.
• 65 homes received repairs to mitigate existing moisture problems (installation of vapor barriers, roof repairs, sump pump installations, plumbing repairs, etc.)
• 34 damaged or unsafe water heaters were replaced.
• Over 160,000 cfm@50Pa was air sealed in the participating homes
• Over 78,000 square feet of attic insulation was installed
• Over 41,000 square feet of wall insulation was installed
• Just under 1,500 feet of pipe insulation was installed
• Over 22,000 square feet of foundation walls were insulated

AEP's service area is the north east corner of the state, so there were fewer CAPs participating in this program.  The final funding breakdown was as follows:

At this time there is no word about a continuation of this program in the future.