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ORDER NO. PSC -2021 -0421 -PAA -EG <br />DOCKET NO. 20210132 -EG <br />PAGE 6 <br />New Construction, Business On Call, CDR, and Business Lighting programs available to Gulf <br />legacy area customers. <br />FPL proposed to modify the Residential Ceiling Insulation program to simplify customer <br />qualifications by removing the requirement that the house be constructed before 1982. FPL also <br />proposed to modify the rebate from multiple tiers with rebate amounts ranging from $95 to $190 <br />to a single tier with a rebate amount of $220. This modification to the rebate amount was <br />proposed by FPL in an effort to simply the program's administration. <br />FPL proposed to modify the Residential Low Income program by continuing Gulf's <br />legacy "Community Energy Saver" branding and creating channels to operate FPL's <br />Weatherization Assistance Program agencies in Gulf legacy areas. FPL also proposed to add <br />light -emitting diode (LED) lighting as a program measure in FPL areas. <br />Gulf Legacy Programs <br />FPL proposed to incorporate Gulf s legacy Curtailable Load (CL) program into the <br />Integrated DSM Plan. The CL program will be closed to new participants and will only remain <br />available to existing CL customers who meet the eligibility requirements. FPL proposed to adopt <br />this program in an effort to maintain the previously established program in Gulf's legacy service <br />territory. FPL did not calculate the cost-effectiveness of this program within the Integrated DSM <br />Plan as the program is closed to new participants. In Gulf's previously approved DSM plan the <br />CL program had a passing RIM score of 1.00. <br />FPL's proposal included the discontinuation of Gulf's legacy Residential Pool Pump and <br />Energy Select programs. FPL proposed to discontinue the Residential Pool Pump due to changes <br />in Department of Energy (DOE) efficiency requirements, effective as of July 1, 2021, which <br />effectively established variable speed pool pumps as the baseline standard for most in ground <br />pool applications. This change results in no incremental savings that can be counted towards the <br />Company's energy and demand savings goals from this program. This standard applies to newly <br />manufactured pumps and allows continued installation of non-compliant pumps that are <br />inventoried through distributors and dealers until the supply is depleted. FPL proposed to <br />continue this program through the end of 2021. This Commission notes that the Residential Pool <br />Pump program was developed when single -speed pool pumps were the baseline standard. We <br />reviewed the DOE resources that apply to pool pumps and agree with FPL's proposal to sunset <br />this program. <br />The proposal to terminate the Energy Select program is attributed to limited equipment <br />availability, decreasing customer interest, and that FPL's combined residential demand goals <br />would be met more cost-effectively by the existing Residential Load Management program. Gulf <br />has offered the Energy Select program in its DSM plan since 2000. When initially launched, the <br />availability of in-home energy management equipment was very limited, and this program <br />offered customers a new technology to help them save energy. As other innovations in home <br />energy management equipment like smart thermostats and voice -controlled appliances became <br />more widely adopted, customer interest in Energy Select has decreased. In order to keep the <br />program viable through other changes, such as reduced use of landline telephones (which were <br />