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Wednesday January 16 th , 2019 1

Community Action Agencies in New Hampshire… Community Action Program Belknap-Merrimack Counties Community Action Partnership of Strafford County Southern New Hampshire Services Southwestern Community Services Tri-County Community Action Program

Population By County Tri County Community Action: Belknap- Merrimack Counties Coos 31,634 INC: Grafton 89,386 Belknap 60,785 Carroll 48064 Merrimack 149,216 Total 169,084 Total 210,001 Southwestern Community Action: Southern New Hampshire Sullivan 43,077 Services INC: Cheshire 75,960 Hillsborough 409,697 Total 119,037 Rockingham 149,216 Total 558,913 Community Action Partnership of Strafford County: Strafford 128,613 3

Energy Programs at SNHS  Our Larger Energy Programs are:  Fuel Assistance Program (FAP) Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)   Electric Assistance Program (EAP) System Benefit Charge (SBC)   Weatherization Assistance Program (WAP) Department of Energy (DOE)  Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP)  Home Energy Assistance Program (HEA)   System Benefit Charge (SBC),  Local Delivery Adjustment Charge (LDAC)  Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) 4

Weatherization Program  Works in conjunction with the Fuel Assistance Program  Available to clients at or below 200% of FPG  Funded by the Department of Energy  Free Energy Audits and retrofits  Must Achieve Savings to Investment ratio of 1 or greater  Addresses Health and Safety concerns  All measures must be completed prior to job being complete  Must hold QCI certification 5

Weatherization Funding DOE Weatherizaiton funds $2,533,628 $3,000,000 $2,500,000 $1,682,864 $1,523,657 $1,438,061 $2,000,000 $1,186,108 $1,193,071 $1,184,592 $1,155,605 $1,040,392 $1,500,000 $530,923 $1,000,000 $500,000 $0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 DOE Weatherizaiton funds 6

Home Energy Assistance (HEA) Program  Weatherize homes occupied by low income customers  Reduce energy costs (more efficient)  Make homes more comfortable and safer  Heating System Replacements  No cost to customer: 100% of weatherization and heating systems are paid for by NH EE Programs (or WAP funding)  Eligibility:  Qualify for Fuel Assistance (starts at 200% of Federal poverty, can increase to 60% State Median Income0  Qualify for Electric Assistance  Section 8 Housing  Multifamily, 4 units and under – 50% of residents must qualify  Multifamily, 5 units and more – 60% of residents must qualify 7

HEA Funding $12,519,811 HEA low Income Weatherization Funds $14,000,000 $9,698,342 $12,000,000 $7,782,714 $10,000,000 $5,912,529 $5,304,479 $5,302,186 $4,980,043 $4,985,789 $8,000,000 $4,232,378 $3,770,210 $6,000,000 $2,641,742 $2,744,928 $2,441,032 $2,222,887 $2,202,250 $2,079,287 $4,000,000 $2,000,000 $0 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 HEA low Income Weatherization Funds 8

Funding Sources  HEA – Cost effectiveness based on a Benefit to Cost calculation using Utility Avoided Costs. Projects are screened based on the combined B/C ratio of a package of measures.  HEA - Typically pays for majority of measures which provide energy savings, in order to obtain the biggest B/C  HEA - also absorbs some of the necessary Health and Safety associated with installation of measures. Auditor maintains a package B/C above 1.  HEA - also assisting with replacement of Energy Star heating systems 9

Funding Sources  DOE – Cost effectiveness based on a Savings to Investment Ratio. Projects are screened on a measure by measure SIR with some H&S measures counted separately.  DOE - Pays for some measures HEA can’t absorb, such as Health and Safety/Repairs when they pulldown the B/C too much for HEA but there are enough energy saving measures to stay above an SIR of 1.  DOE funds are also used for any job not in a CORE Utility territory (municipal electric) that cannot be leveraged with HEA funds. 10

$10,000,000 $12,000,000 $14,000,000 $2,000,000 $4,000,000 $6,000,000 $8,000,000 $0 $2,641,742 2009 $2,533,628 $2,744,928 2010 HEA / DOE Funding $1,193,071 $3,770,210 2011 HEA Weatherization Funds $1,155,605 $4,232,378 2012 $530,923 $5,304,479 2013 $1,186,108 $5,302,186 2014 $1,184,592 DOE Weatherization Funds $4,980,043 2015 $1,040,392 $4,985,789 2016 $1,438,061 $5,912,529 2017 $1,523,657 $7,782,714 2018 $1,682,864 $9,698,342 2019 $12,519,811 2020 11

HEA / DOE Units Weatherized 1600 1357 1349 1400 1238 1175 1175 1200 1036 984 967 1000 705 692 800 493 600 328 328 331 235 400 244 209 217 237 200 98 0 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 HEA Weatherization Funds DOE Weatherization Funds 12

How we increased collaboration?  Intervene and stay at all tables  Successful outcomes for all parties involved  Educate and lead by example  Don’t overpromise 13

Challenges…….  Rules and regulations  Dual Audit  SIR vs B/C  For profit vs Non profit  Education  Support costs 14

HEA Spending over the past 10 years (Electric & Gas) 140% 128% 120% 113% 109% 103% 99.00% 98% 97% 97% 97% 100% 95% 94% 85% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total Percent to Plan 15

HEA Jobs completed over past 10 years Number of Jobs 200% 173% 180% 160% 136% 140% 126% 124% 123% 122% 120% 120% 111% 111% 100% 97% 100% 80% 60% 40% 20% 0% Percent to Plan 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Total 16