TEXAS ENERGY POVERTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
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Best Practices: Impacts of Low-Income Services, Programs, and Technologies (in development)
Objective: Evaluate various services (e.g., billing options), programs (e.g., weatherization), and technologies (e.g., programmable thermostats, smart water heaters, etc.) as they relate to home energy costs, energy efficiency, and other beneficial impacts to low-income energy customers.
Value Proposition: Texas providers of electricity, whether public power, retailers or utilities, offer many different forms of low-income services to assist these customers with affordability as well as with energy usage efficiency. Identifying and sharing best practices in this area may provide insights to both providers and customers as they each assess the trade-offs of current and future programs.
TEPRI strives to develop comprehensive and actionable data that energy stakeholders can use to cost-effectively lower home energy costs for the low-income customer segment. Assessing various programs, services and technologies and their impacts on low-income energy consumers may provide stakeholders insights into optimal opportunities to lower deployment costs while increasing efficiency and savings for customers.
Methodology: TEPRI plans to partner with another research institute and energy stakeholder to survey best practices of low-income offerings across the State.
Time Horizon: Winter 2016
Energy Poverty Clearinghouse (in development)
TEPRI wants to develop more comprehensive and actionable data in order to more cost effectively assist low-income customers with their home energy cost burdens. There is no other statewide entity, that TEPRI is aware of, that is consolidating comprehensive information about the energy-poverty nexus in Texas or the nation. This is an important gap that TEPRI seeks to fill. The Energy Poverty Clearinghouse portal is a unique project that will bolster cross-communication of best practices, technologies and unique services across the industry. It will also assist in increasing awareness of current and future opportunities and challenges in this consumer market segment, and contribute to improving the overall health and well-being of low-income households across the state.
Objective: Create a comprehensive and user-friendly portal of information on publications, websites, and other resources that are specific to the topic of energy and poverty in Texas and the nation. TEPRI wants its portal to be a seminal “go-to” site to inform stakeholders and the general public on all the trending issues, technologies and services related to low-income energy burdens in America.
Methodology: TEPRI will partner with an academic institution to research, design and develop the format, interactive capabilities and the content of the Energy Poverty Clearinghouse portal.
Time Horizon: Fall 2016
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TEXAS ENERGY POVERTY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
Board of directorsas of 4/29/2019
Patrick Reinhart
Assistant Vice President - Texas External Affairs, El Paso Electric Company
Term: 2018 - 2020
Maria Garcia
CPS Energy
Margo Weisz
City Lights Group
Stella Rodriguez
Texas Association of Community Action Agencies
Rebecca Klein
Klein Energy LLC
Mike Stockard
Oncor
Board leadership practices
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Board orientation and education
Does the board conduct a formal orientation for new board members and require all board members to sign a written agreement regarding their roles, responsibilities, and expectations? No -
CEO oversight
Has the board conducted a formal, written assessment of the chief executive within the past year ? No -
Ethics and transparency
Have the board and senior staff reviewed the conflict-of-interest policy and completed and signed disclosure statements in the past year? Yes -
Board composition
Does the board ensure an inclusive board member recruitment process that results in diversity of thought and leadership? No -
Board performance
Has the board conducted a formal, written self-assessment of its performance within the past three years? No