Note: Due to the Thanksgiving holiday, BPA Energy Efficiency will not be distributing announcements Thursday, Nov. 27. Your energy efficiency representative will contact you directly with any necessary communications.

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Last Call for LC6.0 Migration Requests

With the start of the new rate period on Oct. 1, 2025, BPA’s Online Lighting Calculator (OLC) is now the only tool for reporting nonresidential lighting projects.

If you need help migrating projects from LC6.0 to the OLC, BPA staff are available to assist. To request support, email lighting@bpa.gov as soon as possible with “Migration” in the subject line and contact name and phone number in the body of the email. BPA will no longer have access to LC6.0 files after Dec. 1, 2025.

Please visit the OLC Landing Page for the latest information and resources. Energy Efficiency Representatives are available to answer any questions, needs, or concerns related to the OLC. 

Seeking Nominees for Utility Sounding Board

BPA is seeking nominees to serve on the Utility Sounding Board (USB) to fill the positions of three members beginning in January 2026. The USB is a consultative body that provides recommendations to BPA on policy, programs, infrastructure development, and the execution of BPA’s Energy Efficiency program. It also offers members the opportunity to learn from and share best practices with their utility peers...More

Comfort Ready Home Webinar: Optimizing Manufactured Home Energy Programs

Join Comfort Ready Home’s webinar on Dec. 11 from 10-11 a.m. (PST) for a session on how weatherization measures and manufactured home systems work together to maximize the impact of residential energy efficiency programs. Field Specialist Aaron Lazelle will present on the fundamentals of building science principles and energy upgrade opportunities, unique to manufactured homes....More

Events

BPA Webinar: Non-Industrial Custom Evaluation

Join BPA’s program evaluation webinar on Nov. 20 from 10-11 a.m. (PST) to hear about the results of a recently completed impact evaluation of the commercial and agricultural custom portfolio and Energy Smart Reserve Power (ESRP). This webinar is intended for utilities and other stakeholders interested in learning about BPA’s custom and ESRP programs and evaluation results. The study that will be discussed includes site-specific data collection for 32 sites from fiscal year 2023, with results on first-year evaluated savings and cost-effectiveness compared to claimed savings…More

General

Momentum Savings and Market Research: New 2024 Northwest Nonresidential Lighting Sales Data and Report Available 

BPA’s Market Research team published the 2024 Northwest Lighting Distributor Sales Data Report and Spreadsheet. This work is a long-running, annual collaboration between BPA and Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) collecting data to track changes in the Northwest nonresidential lighting market.

Key findings include:

• Light emitting diode (LED) sales as a percentage of total unit sales continue to increase, making up 68 percent of all unit sales in 2024. Screw-in lamps and downlights have the highest presence of LEDs at 91 percent and 78 percent respectively.
• Total unit sales decreased by 12 percent from 2023 to 2024, with LED unit sales declining by 10 percent. This marks the lowest total sales volumes observed since sales data collection began in 2013, which may reflect the growing saturation of LED products and their lower replacement needs.
• Tubular LEDs (TLEDs) continued to steadily gain market share, reaching 44 percent of all LED sales in 2024, up from 41 percent in 2023. While LED unit and indoor fixture sales declined, TLED unit sales remained relatively flat, indicating sustained interest in simple, affordable alternatives to linear fluorescents.

These sales trends aligned with what BPA’s Market Research team heard from lighting manufacturers at the 2025 LightFair trade show. Insights from conversations with 17 lighting manufacturers can be accessed here.

Looking ahead, BPA and NEEA will continue their joint efforts to collect and analyze 2025 sales data.