10.2190/N99E-DW49-9LAK-XL0U N99EDW499LAKXL0U 1 Comparisons Among Participants and Nonparticipants in the Bonneville Power Administration Residential Weatherization Pilot Program 103 114 20020509 20020509 20020509 20020509 N99EDW499LAKXL0U.pdf http://baywood.metapress.com/link.asp?target=contribution&id=N99EDW499LAKXL0U 2 Eric Hirst Richard Goeltz Benson Bronfman Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee Evaluation Research Corporation, Portland, Oregon Between 1980 and 1982, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) operated a Residential Weatherization Pilot Program. The program offered free home energy audits and zero-interest loans to encourage installation of retrofit measures in electrically heated homes. The households that participated in the BPA program differed considerably from households eligible for the program that did not participate. Generally, participants had larger families, more education, higher incomes, and had fewer retrofit measures in place before the program started than did the nonparticipants. U. S. Congress, <i>National Energy Conservation Policy Act</i>, Public Law 95-619, November 9, 1978. Bonneville Power Administration, <i>Residential Weatherization Pilot Program</i>, 1980. E. Hirst, et al., <i>Evaluation of the BPA Residential Weatherization Pilot Program</i>, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/CON-124, June 1983. E. Hirst and R. Goeltz, <i>Estimating Energy Savings Due to Conservation Programs: The BPA Residential Weatherization Pilot Program</i>, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, October 1983. T. D. Dukich, Testimony before the Idaho Public Utilities Commission, Case No. P-300-24, Washington Water Power Company, June 1982. T. Burnett, Measuring Weatherization Effectiveness: Portland General Electric Company's Experience, <i>Proceedings of the EPRI Workshop on Measuring the Effects of Utility Conservation Programs</i>, Electric Power Research Institute, EPRI EA-2496, July 1982. T. Burnett, <i>Weatherization Within Single-Family Residences, Report III — Estimation of Savings Through Weatherization</i>, Portland General Electric Company, Load Planning Department, September 1982. S. Grady and E. Hirst, <i>Evaluation of Utility Home Energy Audit Programs: A Wisconsin Example</i>, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/CON-88, March 1982. C. S. Weiss and T. M. Newcomb, <i>Evaluation of the Home Energy Check Program</i>, Seattle City Light, October 1981. M. G. Kushler and J. A. Saul, <i>Fuel Consumption Impacts of the Michigan RCS Program: First Year Results</i>, Michigan Energy Administration, January 1983. L. Berry, J. Soderstrom, and E. Hirst, <i>Review of Evaluations of Utility Home Energy Audit Programs</i>, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, ORNL/CON-58, March 1981. M. G. Kushler and J. A. Saul, <i>The Results of a Survey Evaluation of the Michigan RCS Program</i>, Michigan Energy Administration, July 1982. L. McCutcheon, <i>Characteristics of Participants in Puget Power's Conservation Program, Single-Family Residential Homes</i>, Interim Report No. 1, Puget Sound Power & Light Company, February 1983. K. Kozloff, <i>The Effectiveness of Residential Energy Audits in Minnesota — A Process Evaluation</i>, Minnesota Department of Energy, Planning and Development, August 1982. J. Ainsworth and K. Griffin, <i>Preliminary Highlights of the RCS Follow-Up Survey</i>, California Energy Commission, Conservation Division, July 1982. A. T. Hagood, <i>Trends in Low-Income Participation in the Home Insulation Program, Single-Family Homes</i>, Tennessee Valley Authority, July 1983.