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<br />New Brighton Energy Action Plan 9 <br /> Residential Commercial & Industrial <br />Subscription Programs - Windsource® & <br />Renewable*Connect® <br /> <br />Subscriber Count 539 8 <br />Total Annual Electricity Subscribed (kWh) 1,940,000 770,000 <br />Percent of Sector Xcel Energy Electricity Use 2.8% 0.7% <br />Community Solar Gardens - Solar*Rewards® <br />Community <br />Subscriber Count 42 3 <br />Total Annual Electricity Subscribed (kWh) 306,300 1,509,300 <br />Percent of Sector Xcel Energy Electricity Use 0.4% 1.5% <br />On-site Solar - Solar*Rewards® and Net-Metering <br />Participant Count 112 36 <br />Total Electricity Capacity (kW) 866 1,412 <br />Total Xcel Energy Renewable Energy Support4 <br />Subscriber Count 581 11 <br />Total Annual Electricity Subscribed (kWh) 2,246,300 2,279,300 <br /> <br />Energy Efficiency Program Participation & Savings <br />Both residents and commercial/industrial premises participate in Xcel Energy’s efficiency programs <br />where they can receive rebates for upgrading equipment, receive a building audit to understand their <br />efficiency opportunities or manage their demand through rate savings programs. Participation in these <br />programs result in energy savings for participants. New Brighton’s residents and commercial/industrial <br />premises saved an annual average of 1.7 million kWh and 82,700 therms during the baseline period <br />(Table 3) by participating in Xcel Energy’s efficiency programs. <br />Program Sector Average Annual <br />Participation <br />Average Electricity <br />Savings (kWh) <br />Average Natural Gas Savings <br />(therms) <br />Residential 824 267,119 45,028 <br />Commercial & Industrial 90 1,399,368 37,634 <br />Total 914 1,666,487 82,662 <br />New Brighton residents and businesses rely on a few key programs from Xcel Energy to help them <br />improve efficiency (Table 4). The Residential Heating and Cooling rebate program, where residents <br />receive rebates for upgrading to more efficient equipment, had the most participants and results in the <br />most savings, but programs like Home Energy Squad, a home energy audit program, and the <br />Refrigerator Recycling, a recycling rebate program, also resulted in significant savings. In the commercial <br />and industrial sector, the Lighting Efficiency and Small Business Lighting programs that offer audits and <br />rebates for businesses to upgrade to more energy efficient lighting had the most participants and <br /> <br /> <br />4 Excludes on-site solar due to behind the meter electricity generation. <br />Table 2. Xcel Energy renewable energy program support, 2021. <br />Table 3. Average annual program participation and energy savings, 2019–2021.