RTF Subcommittee Meeting

RTF Technical Support Needs for Small & Rural Utilities

October 27, 2010

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Agenda

Introductions Review revised project timeline Analysis methodology Analysis findings Next steps Q&A

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Revised Project Timeline

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October 27 Subcommittee meeting to discuss revised schedule and overall approach to analyzing the measure data from the PTR and C&RD.

October 29 All data due to Ecotope (w/ exception of IDEA and maybe PNGC…)

November 19 Ecotope sends draft list of utilities and proposed interview questions to subcommittee for review

December 2/3 Subcommittee meeting – list of utilities finalized; discuss interview questions.

December 6-10

Ecotope to start scheduling interviews

December 10 Final interview questions

December 13 – January 21

Utility interviews

February 11 Draft report due February 18 Subcommittee to provide feedback on draft reportFebruary 21-25

Subcommittee meeting – presentation on draft report

March 1 Presentation on draft report to full RTFMarch 18 Final report due

Interim Analysis Methodology

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Characterize utilities– Clean/prune data (remove misc. “non-utility” entities)– Small (<15 aMW)– Rural (LDD recipients)– Residential (> 60%)

Use 2007-2010 PTR dataset as base – C&RD to be available for next round– PNGC and IDEA pools to be broken out in next round

Develop measure bins based on PTR categories

Develop high-level summaries of measure implementation behavior

Analysis Categories Renewables Measure Bins

– Commercial Envelope– Commercial Equipment– Commercial Lighting– Commercial Third Party– Residential Appliances– Residential Envelope– Residential HVAC– Residential Water Heating– Low Income Weatherization– Agricultural– Industrial – Utility Systems– Traffic Signals

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Utility Breakdowns

Small = 41 Rural = 36 Small or rural = 77 Small/rural = 13 Residential = 36 Small/residential = 12 Rural/residential = 16 Small/rural/residential = 6

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Potential Utility Selection Criteria

Utility characterization breakdowns

Volume of savings

Patterns of measure implementation of various utilities

Residential vs. commercial

Renewables vs. measures

Climate

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Distribution of Utilities by Load & Customer Base (All Utilities)

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Overall Distribution of Measures (All Utilities)

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Overall Distribution of Measures, Not Renewables (All Utilities)

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Distribution of Measures by Small/Rural

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Distribution of Measures vs. Renewables by Small/Rural Utilities

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Next Steps

Incorporate C&RD and individual utilities from PNGC and IDEA

Perform analysis on complete dataset

Take a closer look at individual measures, normalize across utilities for comparative analysis

Refine utility selection criteria

Develop list of recommended utilities

Develop draft survey questions

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Questions & Answers

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Ecotope Contact:Poppy Storm, Project Manager

4056 9th Avenue NE − Seattle, Washington, 98105PH: (206) 322-3753, FAX: (206) 325-7270

www.ecotope.com

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