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| Project | Client | When |
|---|---|---|
| Development of Enhanced Inspection Plans for Southern California Edison | Southern California Edison | 2010 |
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Project: Development of Enhanced Inspection Plans for Southern California Edison
Southern California Edison
In 2010, Research Into Action developed enhanced inspection plans for seven of Southern California Edison’s demand-side-management programs: two new commissioning programs, two non-resource audit programs, and three workforce education and training programs for schools and universities. The purposes of the inspection plans were to: minimize the risk of overstated savings and other performance claims; provide quality assurance functions in program delivery; and collect data to assist in program monitoring and management, including program modification and redesig, if indicated. Implementation of these plans provided more timely feedback to program and implementation staff about program performance than typically provided by process and impact evaluations. Research for plan development included interviews with program and evaluation staff; and reviews of program theory and logic models, program implementation plans, program contracts, and prior process and impact evaluations. The final inspection plans delineated quantifiable program metrics for program managers to monitor, balanced the burden of conducting enhanced inspections against the risks arising from non-inspection of those metrics, and recommended a schedule for the frequency of the enhanced inspections.