Wisconsin’s state-wide energy efficiency program, Focus on Energy, helps electric customers achieve cost-savings through
energy conservation measures. Our guests on this episode discuss more about the program, why it was created, what’s in it for customers, costs and benefits, the program’s four-year planning process, and more. We are joined by Lisa Stefanik,
Managing Director, Focus on Energy, and Jolene Sheil, Portfolio Manager for Focus on Energy, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin. Matthew Spencer, Director of Government Relations, Madison Gas and Electric, and Board Member for the Statewide
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Administration (SEERA), co-hosts.
Key Moments
4:43 – What is the Focus on Energy
program?
5:50 – When, how, and why was Focus on
Energy created?
7:15 – More on the roles of the program’s
administrator, APTIM; the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin; and, the Statewide
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Administration
9:55 – How is Focus on Energy funded and
what is the relationship between the state’s electric utilities and Focus on Energy?
14:35 – What does Focus on Energy do for
Wisconsin’s electric customers?
17:30 – How does the program reach out to
customers about available offerings?
18:48 – How are decisions made about what
energy efficiency programs to offer?
22:50 – What are the costs and benefits
of the program?
23:40 – More on the benefits of the
program (bill savings, grid improvements, environmental, and economic benefits)
29:10 – What are the top performing
programs? (Industrial projects; discussion of LED lightbulbs)
39:00 – Related federal funding from the Inflation
Reduction Act
43:50 – The Quadrennial Planning Process
48:30 – Renewable energy funding
50:29 – Issues that arose during COVID-19
pandemic
Links from Episode
Focus on Energyhttps://focusonenergy.com/
Focus on Energy Success Stories
https://focusonenergy.com/success-stories-1
Online Home Assessment Tool Walkthroughhttps://focusonenergy.com/home-assessment
Focus on Energy Annual Reportshttps://focusonenergy.com/evaluation-reports/categories/annual-reports
Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
https://psc.wi.gov/Pages/Home.aspx
APTIM (Focus on Energy Program Administrator)
https://www.aptim.com/
