Energy Extension Service Pilot Program: evaluation report after two years. Volume I. Evaluation summary

• Main Author: None
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION; CONSUMPTION; AND UTILIZATION; 29 ENERGY PLANNING; POLICY AND ECONOMY; ALABAMA; DATA COMPILATION; ENERGY EXTENSION SERVICE; EVALUATION; CONNECTICUT; MICHIGAN; NEW MEXICO; PENNSYLVANIA; TENNESSEE; TEXAS; WASHINGTON; WISCONSIN; WYOMING; ATTITUDES; BUDGETS; COST; ENERGY CONSERVATION; PUBLIC OPINION; REVIEWS; CENTRAL REGION; DATA; DOCUMENT TYPES; GREAT LAKES REGION; INFORMATION; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH ATLANTIC REGION; NUMERICAL DATA; PACIFIC NORTHWEST REGION; ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION; SOUTHEAST REGION; SOUTHWEST REGION; US DOE; US ORGANIZATIONS; USA; Pacific; Alabama; North Atlantic
• Online Access: http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5080271; https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5080271; https://doi.org/10.2172/5080271

The EES pilot program was initiated in August 1977, when 10 states were selected on a competitive basis for participation. The pilot states (Alabama, Connecticut, Michigan, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming) devoted the first 6 months to start-up activities. This document is a follow-up report to the three volume Evaluation Summary of the first year of the pilot EES program published in September 1979. The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of the impacts and costs of the two years of the pilot program, and to check the consistency of findings over the two year period. The analysis addresses the following: (1) were the impact findings of Year I and Year II consistent, or did Year I and Year II attitudes and behavior vary. If variation existed, could it be attributed to program changes as the EES progressed from a start-up phase (Year I) to more normal service delivery (Year II); and (2) did costs of service delivery change (again reflecting start-up and normal service delivery costs). Did cost changes affect conclusions about the relative cost effectiveness of delivering services to different target audiences.