%0 Report
%K Energy Markets and Policy Department
%K Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division
%A Florentin Krause
%A Edward L Vine
%A Sunita Gandhi
%C Berkeley
%D 1989
%I LBNL
%P 74
%T Program Experience and Its Regulatory Implications: A Case Study of Utility Lighting Efficiency Programs
%2 LBL-28268
%8 10/1989
%X <p>In this report, we review the experience of utilities with a variety of lighting efficiency program designs, as illustrated by a dozen recent utility programs for residential, commercial, and industrial customers. This experience is then examined in terms of regulatory implications in the context of least-cost utility planning. The key questions explored in our report are as follows:</p><ul><li>How effectively are current utility programs mobilizing the technical potential of lighting efficiency resources?</li><li>How does the program-based cost of lighting efficiency differ from the technology-based costs used in technical potential studies?</li><li>What program designs appear to be most effective in reaching participants?</li><li>What are the trade-offs between maximizing participation rates and per-customer savings and minimizing program costs?</li></ul><p>In addition to these program evaluation questions, we also explore regulatory implications of lighting program experience:</p><ul><li>Could lighting program offer resources substantial enough to defer the construction of power plants?</li><li>What measures could be taken by regulatory commissions to ensure and facilitate further utility program improvements?</li></ul>