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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.
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Introduction: Evaluation and Energy Policy by John G. Heilman and Roberta W. Walsh
The Use of Financial Incentives to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Costs and Benefits by Barbara C. Farhar, Rebecca Vories, and Catriona C. MacKirnan
Promoting Energy-Efficient Home Construction: The Impacts of Alternative Policy Instruments by Marilyn A. Brown, Pamela Brandis, Bruce Cody, and Philipp Degens
Cost-Effectiveness Enlightenment: Which Is the Right Test? by Patricia Herman and John H. Chamberlin
A Welfare Analysis Framework for Assessing DSM Cost Effectiveness by Steven D. Braithwait and Douglas W. Caves
Alternative Roles of Evaluation by Risk Management: Development of an Evaluation Plan for a Nonresidential Demand-Side Resource Acquisition Program by Rick Kunkle and Vince Schueler
Use of Simple Performance Indices to Help Guide Review of DSM Program Performance by Steven Nadel
The Implications of Integrated Resource Planning for Evaluators by Cynthia A. Melendy
Demand-Side Management Program Evaluation and Public Utility Commissions by Robert M. Wirtshafter
The Need for Objective Program Evaluation for Long-Term, Demand-Side Management Success by John W. Hartnett and Michael J. Kelleher
Evaluation and Implementation: How Long an Arm Is Needed in the "Arms-Length" Relationship? by John H. Reed, Nick Hall, and Robin Calhoun
Evaluation and the Design and Implementation of Programs for Limited-Income Elderly by Nancy L. Markee, Colleen I. Murray, and Elaine L. Pedersen
Evaluation of DOE's Resource-Leveraging Partnerships for Low-Income Weatherization by Allen Lee and Jennifer Callaway
Evaluating Market Transformation by Ralph Prahl and Jeff Schlegel
The 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 Brugger
Bibliographic Essay by Roberta W. Walsh
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