Energy Efficiency Announcements

April 24, 2025

 

New

BPA Online Lighting Calculator Update

BPA continues to expand the available training and support resources to assist with the launch of the Online Lighting Calculator:

  • Updated Draft User Manual -The changes consist of new screenshots and edits to improve clarity. BPA will continue to refine the user manual in the coming weeks.
  • Updated FAQ - It includes additional guidance on when to transition from LC6.0 to the OLC, which depends on various factors for each utility.    
  • Training and Support Resources - BPA's weekly online training sessions and “office hours" will continue through May. If you have not yet attended the training, we encourage you to join one of the two remaining utility-focused training sessions, scheduled for the weeks of May 5 and May 19.  

Please visit the OLC landing page under the Additional Resources for the latest information. Energy Efficiency Representatives are available to answer your questions.

Momentum Savings and Market Research: May 2025 Quarterly Call

Join the BPA market research team's next quarterly call May 7 from 9 – 10 a.m. (PDT). In this meeting, the team will share updated stock and sales insights on the residential HVAC market and analyze 2023 sales data collected by Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and new federal standards. The discussion will include how new sales are impacting the stock, focusing on changes in the single-family existing home stock…More

Events

Comfort Ready Home: Heat Pump Best Practices Webinar

Please join BPA's Comfort Ready Home program April 24 from 10 - 11 a.m. (PDT) to learn best practices for ensuring heat pumps are commissioned to perform optimally for customers. Field Specialist John Heflin will cover heat pump topics that include decoding AHRI ratings, cold climate heat pump jargon, and the differences, advantages, and disadvantages of each single-stage vs. 2-stage vs. multi/variable-speed type...More

General

Energy Efficiency Incentive Utilization and Savings Update

As customer utilities enter the final five months of the rate period ending Sept. 30, 2025, many are taking stock of their remaining Implementation Budget balances to ensure outstanding projects can be fully funded or to avoid stranding funds that are above their allowable carryover amount. Please contact your Energy Efficiency Representative if you need additional funds, or if you have excess budget to transfer...More

Advance Change Notice UES Measure List Update 

The Advance Change Notice Unit Energy Savings (UES) Measure List posted to the Implementation Manual website has been updated to include incentive payment and savings amounts going into effect Oct. 1, 2025. This workbook gives a summary of UES measure savings and incentives changes, deactivations, and new measures taking effect at the start of the FY 26-28 Rate Period.

Comfort Ready Home: Process Evaluation 

BPA is conducting a process evaluation of the Comfort Ready Home program, after a one-year delay. Consistent with the FY 23-24 Energy Efficiency Evaluation Strategy that was shared in late 2022, this evaluation covers residential projects completed as part of the Comfort Ready Home program between 2020-2024. 

BPA's evaluator, Evergreen Economics, plans to contact utilities in May and invite them to complete an interview about their experience with the program. If your utility did not participate in the Comfort Ready Home program, BPA's evaluator may still contact you and invite you to complete an interview about your awareness of the program.