Energizing the Energy Policy Process

ROBERTA W. WALSH is Associate Professor in the Division of Public Administration at Florida Gulf Coast University. She received a doctorate from the Heller School, Brandeis University, held positions in federal government (including the U.S. Department of Energy), and served as an energy program evaluation consultant.JOHN G. HEILMAN is Associate Dean of Liberal Arts and Professor of Political Science at Auburn University. A founder of the International Energy Program Evaluation Conference and a member of the editorial boards of two journals in his field, he has also published numerous articles and authored several books, among them The Politics of Redistributing Urban Aid (with Douglas Watson and Robert Montjoy, Praeger Publishers, 1994).

• Tables and Figures Introduction: Evaluation and Energy Policy by John G. Heilman and Roberta W. Walsh The Use of Financial Incentives to Promote Energy Efficiency in Buildings: Costs and Benefits by Barbara C. Farhar, Rebecca Vories, and Catriona C. MacKirnan Promoting Energy-Efficient Home Construction: The Impacts of Alternative Policy Instruments by Marilyn A. Brown, Pamela Brandis, Bruce Cody, and Philipp Degens Cost-Effectiveness Enlightenment: Which Is the Right Test? by Patricia Herman and John H. Chamberlin A Welfare Analysis Framework for Assessing DSM Cost Effectiveness by Steven D. Braithwait and Douglas W. Caves Alternative Roles of Evaluation by Risk Management: Development of an Evaluation Plan for a Nonresidential Demand-Side Resource Acquisition Program by Rick Kunkle and Vince Schueler Use of Simple Performance Indices to Help Guide Review of DSM Program Performance by Steven Nadel The Implications of Integrated Resource Planning for Evaluators by Cynthia A. Melendy Demand-Side Management Program Evaluation and Public Utility Commissions by Robert M. Wirtshafter The Need for Objective Program Evaluation for Long-Term, Demand-Side Management Success by John W. Hartnett and Michael J. Kelleher Evaluation and Implementation: How Long an Arm Is Needed in the "Arms-Length" Relationship? by John H. Reed, Nick Hall, and Robin Calhoun Evaluation and the Design and Implementation of Programs for Limited-Income Elderly by Nancy L. Markee, Colleen I. Murray, and Elaine L. Pedersen Evaluation of DOE's Resource-Leveraging Partnerships for Low-Income Weatherization by Allen Lee and Jennifer Callaway Evaluating Market Transformation by Ralph Prahl and Jeff Schlegel The Design and Structure of a Statewide Sales Tracking System for Residential Appliances by Kent D. Van Liere, Rick Winch, Kathleen Standen, Shel Feldman, and Dale Brugger Bibliographic Essay by Roberta W. Walsh References Index