West Penn Power AMENDED Program Year 3 Final Annual Report

Verifying the savings from this program requires telephone verification, with the final sample
encompassing a range of participants entering the program at various times throughout the year. The
verification survey was designed to identify whether a refrigerator or freezer was recycled without
replacement or if it was replaced with a standard or Energy Star unit. The survey alsp.verifies that the
room AG, refrigerator, or freezer was operational at the time of retirement. A final step is necessary to
avoid double-counting of savings in the case that a refrigerator is replaced with an Energy Star unit and
rebated under the Efficient Products program. ADM conducted a database lookup to identify customers
that recycled a refrigerator or freezer, and also received rebated for EnergyStar refrigerators or freezers
were then subtracted from the gross verified savings for the program.
In PY3, there is a significant decrease in the average per-unit savings achieved by this program. This
decrease is not due to poor program execution, but rather is due to the fact that the ex-ante per-unit
savings estimations for the tracking database were developed with PY2 TRM protocols. The gross
realization rate is essentially a reflection of the savings reduction associated with the PY3 TRM update.
The desk review determined program level realization rates of 0.740 and 0.774 for kWh and kW
respectively.
In April 2012, Tetra Tech conducted a residential participant survey with customers to develop the
Program Year three (PY3} program realization rates. The survey sample consisted of PY3 quarters one
and two participants receiving rebates for recycling qualified refrigerators, freezers, and room air
conditioners through the appliance recycling program (now referred to as the Residential Appliance
Turn-In Program). Through PY3 quarter two, over 1,400 working appliances had been recycled by the
program's implementer, JACO Environmental.
The impact evaluation for the appliance recycling program component included verification of
installation through web surveys and was designed to verify that the room AC, refrigerator, or freezer
was operational at the time of retirement as well as the age, location, and estimated use during the year
prior to retirement of recycled unit.
The combined realization rates for the program are 0.740 for kWh and 0.774 for kW.
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