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Efficiency - supply and load-side actions aimed at energy reduction while accomplishing the same work.
Energy Efficiency:
- Best Practices for Evaluation of Efficiency Programs for New
Mexico - 2011-01 - 32 Pages - In 2009, the New Mexico Public
Regulation Commission (“NMPRC” or “Commission”) Energy-Efficiency Evaluation
Committee (“Committee”) selected an independent evaluator to provide
evaluation, measurement and verification (EM&V or evaluation) services for
New Mexico’s investor owned utility companies’ efficiency and load
management programs. The EM&V services cover the 2008, 2009 and 2010 program
years. The utilities whose programs have and will be evaluated are:
Southwestern Public Service (“SPS”), El Paso Electric (“EPE”), Public
Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”), and New Mexico Gas Company (“NMGCO”).
The scope of services provided by the independent evaluator are: design a
comprehensive and cost-effective EM&V strategy for each utility’s electric
or gas program portfolio; implement the EM&V strategy statewide; provide
annual reports of findings to each utility and the Public Regulation
Commission; and provide all data, analyses, and information to each utility.
ADM Associates, Inc. was hired as the independent evaluator. In addition,
KEMA, Inc., as a carry over from prior EM&V work, conducted evaluations of
some of PNM’s electricity programs for 2008 and 2009. In March of 2010 and
June of 2010 KEMA and ADM, respectively, turned in their 2009 program year
evaluations to the utilities and the Commission -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/States/New-Mexico/Best-Practices-EE.pdf
- California - Evaluation Measurement and Verification (EM&V) for
energy efficiency - webpage of resources -
http://www.cpuc.ca.gov/PUC/energy/Energy+Efficiency/EM+and+V
- California Energy Efficiency Evaluation Protocols: Technical,
Methodological, and Reporting Requirements for Evaluation Professionals -
2006-04-01 - The CA EM&V Protocols provide guidance and requirements for
planning and conducting evaluations of California’s energy efficiency
programs and program portfolios launched after December 31, 2005. These
protocols are significantly grounded in the California Evaluation Framework.
Types of Energy Efficiency Programs: Energy efficiency and resource
acquisition programs; market transformation programs; information and
education programs -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/States/California/California-Energy-Efficiency.pdf
- Energy Efficiency: Collaborative Outcomes for Mississippi -
2011-01 - 65 Pages - In 2008-9 the Mississippi Public Service Commission
(Commission) considered the adoption of “Integrated Resource Planning, Rate
Design Modifications to Promote Energy Efficiently Investments, Consider of
Smart Grid Investments and Smart Grid Information Standards” enumerated in
16 U.S.C. § 2621(d) as required by the Energy Independence and Security Act
of 2007 (EISA). In December 2009, the Commission denied the federal
standards but acknowledged the importance of energy efficiency and stated
that it believed Mississippi ratepayers would be better served by energy
efficiency standards tailored to fit the needs of Mississippi. On January
15, 2010 the Commission opened the docket “Order Establishing Docket to
Investigate the Development and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Programs
and Standards (Docket No: 2010-AD-2) (Docket). See Appendix A for the
complete order. Based, in part, on input from its jurisdictional electric
utilities, the Commission agreed that a collaborative process, likely
entailing multiple meetings, would be an effective way to develop energy
efficiency standards, and it invited interested parties, jurisdictional
electric and natural gas utilities, and the electric power associations in
Mississippi to become parties (intervenors) in the Docket and, hence, the
collaborative process. Seventeen intervention requests were received and
considered by the Commission between January and September, 2009. All were
accepted -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/States/Mississippi/EE-Colaborative-Outcomes.pdf
- Evaluating Energy-Efficiency Programs In a Restructured Industry
Environment, A Handbook for PUC Staff - 1997-04-01 - The purpose of
this handbook is to assist state regulators and staff in their oversight and
review of energy-efficiency program evaluation activities and reports. In
addition, the handbook is designed to assist regulators in planning for
evaluation of energy-efficiency programs in an environment of ongoing
utility industry restructuring. Table of Contents and Chapters 1 and 2
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http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-1.pdf
Chapter 3 -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-2.pdf
Chapter 4 -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-3.pdf
Chapter 5 -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-4.pdf
Chapter 6 -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-5.pdf
Chapter 7 -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-6.pdf
References -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-7.pdf
Appendix A -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Evaluating-EE-Programs-8.pdf
- How to Induce Customers to Consume Energy Efficiently: Rate Design
Options and Methods - by NRRI - 64 pages - 2010-01-01 - Utilities
and their regulators view a different world than the one their customers
perceive. In the world seen by most electricity customers, electricity costs
the same amount regardless of how much is used or when. In contrast,
utilities and their regulators see a world where electricity costs vary by
the hour, infrastructure investments loom, and new or upcoming legislation
requires reductions in electricity consumption or carbon emissions.
“Efficiency-inducing rates (EIRs)”—defined here as rates that vary by time,
condition, or customer behavior in order to induce efficient electricity
consumption—bridge this perception gap. By aligning rates with electricity
costs, they encourage customers to use electricity when it is least costly
and lower their overall consumption. This report seeks to empower regulators
to evaluate and propose EIRs or effectively scrutinize utility proposals. It
examines EIR options including inclining block rates, seasonal rates,
time-of-use rates, critical peak pricing programs, and real-time pricing. On
October 27, 2009 the federal government provided $3.4 billion of grants to
100 “smart grid” projects. Most smart grid projects include deployment of
advanced meters, which facilitate certain EIRs. Regulators should evaluate
rate options to maximize smart grid benefits -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/How-To-Induce.pdf
- Market Effects and Market Transformation: their Role in Energy
Efficiency Program Design and Evaluation - 157 pages - 2009-03-01 -
This report is intended to serve as a resource book of concepts, strategies,
and practical solutions for challenges that typically arise in programs
whose objectives include market transformation. The focus is on the use of
evaluation and other types of research to guide program development and
delivery and to assess progress and results. The white paper also offers a
number of specific recommendations for consideration by the CPUC and the
California utilities as they move forward to design and implement the 2009 –
2011 energy efficiency programs.
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Market-Effects-Market.pdf
- Models for Administering Ratepayer Funded Energy Efficiency
Programs - 27 pages -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/Energy-Efficiency/Models-Administering-Ratepayer.pdf
- Third Party Provision of Energy Efficiency Programs - Introductory
Analysis - 2011-01 - 49 pages - To provide support to the Colorado
Public Utilities Commission (COPUC) in assessing the potential for
developing alternatives to utility-administered demand-side management (DSM)
in Colorado, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
(NARUC) contracted with Keith Hay (the consultant). The consultant conducted
interviews with 17 of the state’s largest gas and electric utilities as well
as with the Colorado Rural Electric Association and Tri-State Generation and
Transmission to determine this potential (See Appendix I for a complete list
of the utilities interviewed). This report integrates the information
provided in these interviews with findings from research conducted by the
consultant and the Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) into the
characteristics that make a DSM administrative model successful -
http://www.EnergyCollection.us/States/Colorado/Third-Party-Provision.pdf