Residential and Small Commercial Overview

RETRO-FIT PROGRAM TO REDUCE PEAK DEMAND

The Residential and Small Commercial Standard Offer Program (Res/Com SOP) provides incentives for the retrofit installation of a wide range of measures that reduce energy costs, reduce peak demand and save energy in residential and small commercial facilities. This program complies with the PUCT-approved Residential/Small Commercial Program Template, that was revised on August 21, 2003. A copy of the template is available in the Resources section.

OBJECTIVES

This program is designed to achieve a high level of energy and demand savings in the residential and small commercial sector. The program does not prescribe technologies or end uses, but provides a framework through which energy efficiency service providers can receive incentives for implementing and installing a wide range of measures at customer sites. The primary objective of this program is to achieve cost-effective reduction in peak summer demand. Additionally, the Res/Com SOP is designed to:

Encourage private sector delivery of energy efficiency products and services;
Achieve customer energy and cost savings;
Significantly reduce barriers to participation by streamlining program procedures and measurement and verification (M&V) requirements;
Encourage participation by a wide range of Project Sponsors; and
Produce demand, energy and bill savings in new single-family "affordable housing" projects and in new multi-family projects.

ELIGIBLE PROJECT SPONSORS

Any entity meeting the application requirements is eligible to participate in the program as a project sponsor. Eligible project sponsors include:

National or local energy service companies (ESCOs);
National or local companies that provide energy-related services (e.g., contracting) or products (e.g., lighting, HVAC equipment);
Retail Electricity Providers (REPs); and
Retailers that install the particular energy efficiency products sold as part of this program.

Entergy can not provide incentives directly to residential or small commercial customers. Entergy will only provide incentives to a qualified project sponsor that provides energy efficiency services.

ELIGIBLE HOST CUSTOMER

A participating Residential/Small Commercial customer must receive distribution and transmission service from Entergy and be located in Texas. Small Commercial customers must have an electric demand of less than 100kw at the project site and an aggregated electric demand of less than 250kw at all sites under common ownership.

INCENTIVE BASIS

Deemed Savings

Incentives are paid on the basis of deemed savings, which are standardized savings values or simple formulas for a wide range of measures in representative building types.

Measured Savings

If deemed savings have not been established for a qualifying energy efficiency measure, then incentives may be paid on the basis of verified peak demand and energy savings using the International Performance Measurement and Verification Protocol.

OTHER NOTES

Entergy will not directly market any energy efficiency-related product or service to its customers. Entering into an agreement with Entergy does not imply Entergy's endorsement or approval of any Project Sponsor's company, product, or service. Entergy makes no representation of the benefits of any particular technology or energy efficiency measure eligible for incentives under this program. The selection of an energy efficiency measure is at the discretion of the individual customers and their energy efficiency service provider.

The Project Sponsor shall not use Entergy's corporate name, trademark, trade name, logo, identity or any affiliation for any reason, including to solicit customers for participation in its project, without Entergy's prior written consent.