New Turn-Key Lighting DSM Program for Industrial Customers

Are you interested in exploring the development of a demand-side management (DSM) program to target your industrial customers?

The US Department of Energy’s Industrial Technologies Program (DOE/ITP) has just announced the launch of exciting new resources to help you!

DOE/ITP’s new Turn-Key DSM Lighting Website and Cost Benefit Analysis Tool provide utilities with a straightforward approach and supporting tools to create a successful lighting DSM program from scratch.

What do these resources offer?

Step-by-Step Program Design
The DSM Lighting website can guide you through the entire process of developing a DSM program focused on saving your utility and your customer’s money by upgrading lighting technologies.

The Website walks you through seven steps for program development:

• Determining a budget and demand reduction goals.
• Hiring energy services manager.
• Determining rebate structures.
• Creating marketing resources to promote the program.
• Partnering with trade allies.
• Delivering the program.
• And, monitoring program success.

In addition to step-by-step instructions, the website offers helpful examples and pre-made forms to help you create a successful lighting DSM program.

A Tool to Estimate Program Impacts
As a companion to the website, the Cost Benefit Analysis Tool will allow you to assess the demand, energy, and cost savings resulting from the implementation of a DSM program. This tool can provide the information you and your managers need to make a go/no-go decision about the program you have designed. If the DSM program is the right fit for your utility, the Cost Benefit Analysis Tool will also assist you in setting demand reduction goals and setting program budgets.

To learn more about these great resources, visit the Turn-Key DSM Lighting Website and Cost Benefit Analysis Tool Website.