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• Research 2026

  Illinois statewide TRM: measure 6.3.1, Efficient Choice Tool

  Since version 11.0 (2023), Illinois' Technical Reference Manual has included a measure for the Efficient Choice Tool: a non-incented online platform designed to eliminate market, cognitive and psychological barriers to efficient purchases. The platform is implemented by Enervee for Illinois utilities. Version 15.0 (effective 2027) retains it, in Volume 4, section 6.3.1.

  Illinois Stakeholder Advisory Group / IL-TRM · PDF · IL-TRM v15.0, Vol. 4, §6.3.1 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Research 2025

  Pathways to Commercial Liftoff: Virtual Power Plants, 2025 update

  The U.S. Department of Energy's VPP report, which shows a utility marketplace cart applying an instant rebate and a demand-response pre-enrollment incentive together before payment.

  U.S. Department of Energy · PDF · 7.7 MB Download
• Independent evaluation 2024

  GoGreen Home financing: final impact evaluation

  CPUC Group B evaluation of the statewide residential financing program, including the Enervee-operated marketplace channel and its reach into underserved borrowers.

  CPUC / Opinion Dynamics · PDF · 4.0 MB Download
• Independent evaluation 2024

  New York marketplace: innovative market strategies project report

  NYSERDA-commissioned report on the Enervee-run New York marketplace, its financing uptake and the share of purchases reaching Disadvantaged Communities.

  NYSERDA · PDF · 4.3 MB Download
• Enervee paper 2024

  Marketplace platform: access to energy transition programs

  How a utility marketplace delivers rebates, financing and enrollment at checkout across 40+ categories.

  Enervee · PDF · 0.2 MB Download
• Enervee paper 2024

  Equity programming: supporting income-qualified customers

  Incentives stacked by customer segment, no-cost fulfillment and financing for households on the tightest budgets.

  Enervee · PDF · 0.1 MB Download
• Research 2024

  System for providing quantitative energy efficiency metrics (US Patent 11,977,106)

  The patent behind the Enervee Score: a quantitative, relative efficiency metric computed across every model on the market. Granted to Enervee Corporation on 7 May 2024; filed July 2021.

  U.S. Patent and Trademark Office · Patent · granted May 2024 · Google Patents Read (opens in a new tab)
• Independent evaluation 2024

  Ameren Illinois Efficient Choice Tool: 2023 impact evaluation

  Opinion Dynamics verified net savings from Ameren Illinois' Efficient Choice Tool, a non-incented online channel implemented by Enervee, under the Illinois Technical Reference Manual: Verified net savings in 2023: 374 MWh and 29,321 therms, from about 29,000 active shoppers. Verified gross savings in 2022: 1.45 GWh and 90,188 therms. The channel ran from 2020 to 2023.

  Opinion Dynamics / Ameren Illinois (Illinois SAG) · PDF · Efficient Choice Tool channel, pp. 32–35 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Enervee paper 2023

  Beyond lighting: at-scale kWh savings without lighting

  Where portfolio savings come from once LED measures are exhausted, and what a behavioral marketplace claim looks like.

  Enervee · PDF · 0.3 MB Download
• Research 2023

  Toward more equitable energy efficiency programs for underserved households

  ACEEE's 2023 report profiles the Enervee platform: whole-market choice with daily prices and the Enervee Score, and more product choice than typical utility stores and direct-install programs for low-income customers. It cites independent evaluations at ComEd and Ameren Illinois that found significant savings without rebates.

  ACEEE · PDF · Report B2301, pp. 26–29 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Independent evaluation 2022

  ComEd Efficient Choice pilot: CY2021 impact evaluation

  Guidehouse's evaluation of the ComEd pilot (evaluated as the Online Choice Engine): 509 MWh of claimable savings net of free ridership at 90/25 confidence and precision, with no product rebates. ComEd adopted the program as an ongoing offering on that basis.

  Guidehouse / Illinois Stakeholder Advisory Group · PDF · 1.1 MB · Illinois SAG Read (opens in a new tab)
• Press 2022

  APS empowers customers

  Kerri Carnes of APS on the Cool Rewards program: 97% of roughly 40,000 marketplace thermostats pre-enrolled in demand response at purchase, and nearly 80 MW shed at the summer peak.

  Public Utilities Fortnightly · Article · January 2022 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Press 2022

  Kerogen Capital, with senior lender J.P. Morgan, leads $35M financing in Enervee

  Series B announcement: $35 million from Kerogen Capital and J.P. Morgan to grow Enervee's energy-efficient shopping network and data platform for utilities.

  Business Wire · Press release · April 2022 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Press 2021

  Enervee launches Eco Financing

  The rollout of Eco Financing: monthly payments for energy-efficient appliances offered at checkout, launched with partners including SoCalGas and the State of California's GoGreen Financing program.

  Business Wire · Press release · September 2021 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Research 2020

  Behavioural insights for demand-side energy policy and programmes

  The IEA and Users TCP's international review names utility-branded marketplaces as a full-scale programme model, citing Opinion Dynamics' AEP Ohio assessment: about 150,000 active shoppers, 42,000+ purchases and 92,000+ MWh of gross lifetime savings, with about half of buyers saying the marketplace affected their choice.

  Users TCP & IEA · PDF · pp. 35–36 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Independent evaluation 2019

  Con Edison Marketplace: online marketplace assessment

  Opinion Dynamics' impact assessment of the Con Edison Marketplace, July 2016 to December 2018: 958,605 active shopper visits and 221,417 influenced purchases. 60% of net lifetime electricity savings, 75% of gas and 53% of demand came from the marketplace alone, without incentives. Con Edison made it an ongoing energy efficiency program in 2020.

  Opinion Dynamics / Con Edison (NY DPS filing) · PDF · REV Connected Homes closeout report, Appendix C Read (opens in a new tab)
• Research 2019

  Emerging energy solutions for residential customers: case studies

  The Edison Electric Institute's case studies of utility online marketplaces, including PG&E, SDG&E and Con Edison. For the PG&E Marketplace: about 200,000 customers a year, and 46% of visitors reporting a more favorable view of PG&E.

  Edison Electric Institute · PDF · Online energy marketplaces chapter Read (opens in a new tab)
• Research 2018

  Nudging the consumer to buy energy-efficient appliances

  Peer-reviewed, open-access article by Enervee researchers: four studies, including three randomized controlled trials, on how the Enervee Score changes the product chosen at the point of purchase.

  Energy Efficiency (Springer) · Open access · publisher site Read (opens in a new tab)
• Press 2018

  Utilities target marketplace for customer interaction, energy savings

  Utility Dive on utility marketplaces as a customer channel, and the assessment of PG&E's marketplace: savings without incentives at roughly a tenth of the cost for electricity and a fortieth for gas.

  Utility Dive · Article · June 2018 Read (opens in a new tab)
• Independent evaluation 2018

  Assessment of PG&E's Online Marketplace

  Research Into Action's assessment of the marketplace's first three years (March 2015 to December 2017): purchases nudged with no incentive are projected to save 120–328 GWh gross lifetime electricity and 7–20 million therms; 77% of gross electric and 88% of gas savings are attributed to the marketplace experience.

  ETCC / Research Into Action · Report page · PDF via ETCC (project ET14PGE1731) Read (opens in a new tab)
• Press 2015

  From provider to adviser: Opower launches suite of tools for utilities

  Utility Dive on Opower's Marketplace Suite, built in partnership with Enervee, bringing model-level efficiency information and offers into utility customer engagement.

  Utility Dive · Article · November 2015 Read (opens in a new tab)

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