The first quarter of 2016 was very busy for the alliance. We kicked off a regional strategic planning process for the consumer products market, completed a 3-unit field test of gas-fired heat pump water heaters, and achieved our highest ever quarterly sales of electric heat pump water heaters. NEEA staff prepared to present three new initiatives, Commercial New Construction, Secondary Window Glazing, and Manufactured Homes to the Regional Portfolio Advisory Committee in May. And, we welcomed a decision by ENERGY STAR to introduce a Most Efficient category to its clothes dryer specification in 2017. NEEA staff have been meeting with ENERGY STAR since October of 2015 to support this inclusion, so we were happy to see these efforts pay off.
