Regulatory Improvements 
On-bill Financing
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Establish a “bill neutral” on-bill financing program applicable to investor-owned utilities for energy efficiency and renewable energy equipment.

MEI GRADE
REFERENCE TO 2015 PLAN   |   ACTION TAKEN
 |  SCORE   |   STEPS TO COMPLETION

​REFERENCE POINT 
​ ​IN 2015 PLAN
- NONE PROVIDED FOR NOW - 
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​ACTION TAKEN
Provided best practice information and comments in “Working Case to Consider Policies to Improve Electric Utility Regulation” (EW-2016-0313) and proposed for consideration in Ameren and KCPL/GMO MEEIA Cycle 2 collaboratives. DE recommended, and electric and natural gas utilities investigated, offering on-bill financing programs. Ameren and Empire produced studies of on-bill financing and DE provided an on-bill financing seminar to share insights about successful program designs, as well as to review less successful models and utility RFP constraints.

WHO TOOK ACTION​​

​​MEI GRADE / SCORE 

​​​MEI RATIONALE FOR GRADE
Movement being made. Drafts being considered and tests options in place. 

​​STEPS TO COMPLETION
Further progress steps include supporting the design and filing of on-bill financing program(s) by utilities and assisting in delivering/implementing on-bill financing program(s).

​​WHO IS IN CONTROL OF DESTINY

Investigate methods that would allow municipalities and cooperatives to offer on-bill financing to their customers.
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MEI GRADE
REFERENCE TO 2015 PLAN   |   ACTION TAKEN
 |  SCORE   |   STEPS TO COMPLETION​

REFERENCE POINT 
​ ​IN 2015 PLAN
- NONE PROVIDED FOR NOW - 
​
​ACTION TAKEN
On-bill financing is one area under review by the advisory committee established as part the Energy Investment Partnership (EIP) grant received by US DOE in 2017. See efforts explained above.
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WHO TOOK ACTION​​​

​​MEI GRADE / SCORE 

​​​MEI RATIONALE FOR GRADE
On bill requires stakeholder and regulatory buyin, not done. 

​​STEPS TO COMPLETION
Further progress steps include developing case studies/models (including step-by-step process for cooperatives and municipal utilities), completing a model program pla,n and making those materials available to utility companies and communities

​​WHO IS IN CONTROL OF DESTINY