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D.C. Veritas Week 4: Customers TEAM: Durell Coleman Andrew Harner Diana Lin Pedro Silva “Vertical Axis Wind Turbine”
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Customer Hypothesis: What we thought? User/buyer/payer Owns a home Highly environmentally conscious Lives in CA, TX, CO, IL, WI (wind and people) Pays 15 cents per kWh on average for electricity Has an average electric bill between $100 and $150 Reduce by 10% of their total electric bill They have looked into PV’s The reason they haven't is the expense They would buy a wind turbine from an unknown firm Influenced by neighbors and spouse
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What we ran? House interviews 20 homeowners On-line survey 36 homeowners Industry experience Solar “Proxy” Wind leanings Map of “customers”
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Wind Energy Cost Homeowners Incentives
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Our Customer Map Puerto Rico STATES TO CONSIDER STATES WITH BIGGER POTENTIAL DC
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Industry experience: Main Driver is $/kwh Another driver is to reduce tier (tier 2 is $.14/kwh and tier 3 is $.28/kwh) Target customer bill > $100 In 2010, small turbine sales $82.4 millions Potential market is 13 million of houses
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Customer Responses
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New customer profile User/buyer/payer Owns a home Highly environmentally conscious Lives in CA, TX, CO, IL, WI, NY Pays 15 cents per kWh on average for electricity Has an average electric bill between $100 and $150 Would be interested in saving $10-15 dollars per month Payback period < 5 years Which would be 10% 25% of their total electric bill They have looked into PV’s The reason they haven't is the expense They would buy a wind turbine from an unknown firm Influenced by neighbors and spouse
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Earlyvangelist Archetype (Dennis) Fits the new customer profile In 50s with kids in college PV’s - want to couple with remodeling and is $$. Subscribes to Northern Tool Company Magazine. He would buy a wind turbine from an unknown firm and are interested in beta testing. Has exhausted many of the energy/money saving alternatives. Less concerned about their neighbors than many and compares the turbine to antennas and other such things on people's roof.
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QUESTIONS?
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Index 1: Market Growth US
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Index 2: Market Growth UK
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Index 3: CA tier reduction
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