Energizing the Energy Policy Process

The rapid development of energy program evaluation has broad implications for the policy porcess and policy design. Evaluation plays a far-reaching role in the energy policy process, affecting all segments of the population and the allocation of billions of dollars in public and private expenditure. The authors have selected a variety of energy program evaluations from the hundreds that have been conducted over the past five years to illustrate this development in energy policy. Thus, they inform the policy community in both academia and in government of the impact of evaluation in the energy context. They also enlighten practitioners in energy program evaluation of the policy implications of this work.

Explores the connection between the design of energy policy and the evaluation of policy, and the billion-dollar impact on public and private expenditures.

Tables and FiguresIntroduction: Evaluation and Energy Policy by John G. Heilman and Roberta W. WalshThe Use of Financial Incentives to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Costs and Benefits by Barbara C. Farhar, Rebecca Vories, and Catriona C. MacKirnanPromoting Energy-Efficient Home Construction: The Impacts of Alternative Policy Instruments by Marilyn A. Brown, Pamela Brandis, Bruce Cody, and Philipp DegensCost-Effectiveness Enlightenment: Which Is the Right Test? by Patricia Herman and John H. ChamberlinA Welfare Analysis Framework for Assessing DSM Cost Effectiveness by Steven D. Braithwait and Douglas W. CavesAlternative Roles of Evaluation by Risk Management: Development of an Evaluation Plan for a Nonresidential Demand-Side Resource Acquisition Program by Rick Kunkle and Vince SchuelerUse of Simple Performance Indices to Help Guide Review of DSM Program Performance by Steven NadelThe Implications of Integrated Resource Planning for Evaluators by Cynthia A. MelendyDemand-Side Management Program Evaluation and Public Utility Commissions by Robert M. WirtshafterThe Need for Objective Program Evaluation for Long-Term, Demand-Side Management Success by John W. Hartnett and Michael J. KelleherEvaluation and Implementation: How Long an Arm Is Needed in the "Arms-Length" Relationship? by John H. Reed, Nick Hall, and Robin CalhounEvaluation and the Design and Implementation of Programs for Limited-Income Elderly by Nancy L. Markee, Colleen I. Murray, and Elaine L. PedersenEvaluation of DOE's Resource-Leveraging Partnerships for Low-Income Weatherization by Allen Lee and Jennifer CallawayEvaluating Market Transformation by Ralph Prahl and Jeff SchlegelThe Design and Structure of a Statewide Sales Tracking System for Residential Appliances by Kent D. Van Liere, Rick Winch, Kathleen Standen, Shel Feldman, and Dale BruggerBibliographic Essay by Roberta W. WalshReferencesIndex