LCE asserts they will comply with Section 399.4(2) (b) (1) requiring that program participants certify compliance with applicable Title 24 permitting requirements. Advances the public interest in maximizing cost-effective electricity savings and related benefits LCE responds that their proposed EE plan complies with cost- effectiveness requirements in 381.1, as the programs have a combined Total Resource Cost test of 1.04 and Program Administrator Cost test of 1.07. Accommodation of Statewide and Regional Programs LCE intends to clearly distinguish their EE plan as unique and offered exclusively to LCE customers. Marketing and branding for the Energy Advisor program will target only LCE customers, but the resulting interactions will include significant communications regarding participation in statewide and regional programs available from SCE, Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and SoCalREN to ensure that customers are able to access the most appropriate EE resources for their needs. LCE claims that when making recommendations to customers about programs to enroll in, they will clearly communicate who the pertinent program implementers are to their customers and will coordinate with other program administrators to provide LCE customers with the most accurate, up-to-date materials on available programs, thus accommodating and supporting regional and statewide programs. Auditing and Reporting When performing annual financial audits, LCE currently uses generally approved auditing practices specific to government entities, which are publically available and will be provided to the Commission on request. They add that once their EE plan is certified and the programs begin, their current auditing procedures will be extended to include EE program administrative data. LCE also claims that they will also complete all regulatory filings and reports as directed by the Commission and that these documents will provide the results of program efforts that can be evaluated against the performance metrics identified by LCE.
LCE asserts they will comply with Section 399.4(2) (b) (1) requiring that program participants certify compliance with applicable Title 24 permitting requirements. Advances the public interest in maximizing cost-effective electricity savings and related benefits LCE responds that their proposed EE plan complies with cost- effectiveness requirements in 381.1, as the programs have a combined Total Resource Cost test of 1.04 and Program Administrator Cost test of 1.07. Accommodation of Statewide and Regional Programs LCE intends to clearly distinguish their EE plan as unique and offered exclusively to LCE customers. Marketing and branding for the Energy Advisor program will target only LCE customers, but the resulting interactions will include significant communications regarding participation in statewide and regional programs available from SCE, Southern California Gas Company (SoCalGas) and SoCalREN to ensure that customers are able to access the most appropriate EE resources for their needs. LCE claims that when making recommendations to customers about programs to enroll in, they will clearly communicate who the pertinent program implementers are to their customers and will coordinate with other program administrators to provide LCE customers with the most accurate, up-to-date materials on available programs, thus accommodating and supporting regional and statewide programs. Auditing and Reporting When performing annual financial audits, LCE currently uses generally approved auditing practices specific to government entities, which are publically available and will be provided to the Commission on request. They add that once their EE plan is certified and the programs begin, their current auditing procedures will be extended to include EE program administrative data. LCE also claims that they will also complete all regulatory filings and reports as directed by the Commission and that these documents will provide the results of program efforts that can be evaluated against the performance metrics identified by LCE.
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