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Energy and Economic Effects of Utility Financial Incentive Programs: The BPA Residential Weatherization Program

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Many electric utilities offer their residential customers substantial financial incentives (low-interest loans or rebates) to install energy-efficient equipment and building retrofit measures (Stern, Berry, and Hirst 1985). For example, the Tennessee Valley Authority gave zero-interest loans to almost 500,000 households between 1977 and 1985; these loans average almost $1000 each for installation of retrofit measures (TVA 1985). Pacific Gas and Electric Company spent almost $100 million on administrative and debt service costs for its residential retrofit loan program, in which about 500,000 households participated (California PLC 1984).

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  • Eric Hirst, 1987. "Energy and Economic Effects of Utility Financial Incentive Programs: The BPA Residential Weatherization Program," The Energy Journal, , vol. 8(2), pages 97-110, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:enejou:v:8:y:1987:i:2:p:97-110
    DOI: 10.5547/ISSN0195-6574-EJ-Vol8-No2-7
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