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Set realistic expectations for launching and scaling up your program

Many program administrators have found that launching and scaling up a program often takes longer than planned for, especially when forming partnerships with contractors and lenders. New energy efficiency programs often need at least 2-3 years to launch and become fully operational. Across programs...

Financial Program Management for Continuous Improvement

Author(s)

U.S. Department of Energy

Publication Date

2011

Organizations or Programs

EnergySmart Colorado,

emPowerSBC

This webcast discussed financial program management.

Program Management and Continuous Improvement for Financing Programs

Author(s)

Chris Lohmann, U.S. Department of Energy

Publication Date

2011

Organizations or Programs

emPowerSBC,

EnergySmart Colorado

Presentation providing an overview of financing programs, a strategy for continuous improvement, tools for program management, a risk management strategy, and common risks associated with financing programs.

Opening Opportunities with Inclusive Financing for Energy Efficiency: Report on the first year of the HELP PAYS® Program at Ouachita Electric

Author(s)

Ouachita Electric Cooperative,

Eetility

Publication Date

2017

Organizations or Programs

HELP PAYS

This report reviews Ouachita Electric Cooperative's transition to its HELP PAYS® tariffed on-bill investment program. This analysis uses data for the first nine months of the program launched in 2016. Some of those benefits are being validated immediately by the market response in the service area compared to the same period of the prior year with HELP, the on-bill financing program that HELP PAYS replaced.