RTF Subcommittee Meeting RTF Technical Support Needs for Small & Rural Utilities December 3, 2010 1
Feb 23, 2016
RTF Subcommittee Meeting
RTF Technical Support Needs for Small & Rural Utilities
December 3, 2010
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Agenda
Introductions Analysis process List of recommended utilities Draft interview guide Questions and subcommittee feedback Review project timeline and next steps
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Analysis process
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Identify Utilities of interest– Clean/prune data (remove misc. “non-utility” entities)– Small (<15 aMW)– Rural (LDD recipients)– Residential (> 60%)
Location of Utilities of interest (pools and small rural residential)All these utilities fall within 150 aMW and 40,000 total customers
Utility Breakdowns
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Utility Category Pools PTR TotalSmall 13 30 43
Rural 21 35 56
Small/rural 5 13 18
Residential 10 26 36
Small/residential 4 9 13
Rural/residential 9 3 12
Small/rural/residential 4 5 9
All Small Rural or Residential
26 56 82
Breakdown of Implemented Measures
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Use of Lighting measures is a major source of savings in residential and commercial sectors.
Also see significant savings in irrigation measures.
Utility Selection Criteria
Small, rural, residential status
Volume of savings
Patterns of measure implementation of various utilities
Climate
Availability of adjacent conservation infrastructure
Residential vs. commercial
Renewables vs. measures
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List of Proposed Utilities
City of McCleary
Wahkiakum
Okanogan County Electric Coop
City of Bonners Ferry
Burley
City of Milton Freewater
Lincoln
Blachly-Lane
Ravalli
Glacier
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Harney
Lane
Fall River
Mission Valley
Kootenai
Big Bend
Mason PUD #3
Central
Umatilla
Raft River
Utility List Matrix
See Excel file: Draft Utility List_Small-Rural Utils.xlsx
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Recommended Washington Utilities
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City of McCleary
Wahkiakum
Okanogan County Electric Coop
Lincoln
Kootenai
Big Bend
Mason PUD #3
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Recommended Oregon Utilities
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City of Milton Freewater
Blachly-Lane
Harney
Lane
Central
Umatilla
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Recommended Idaho Utilities
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City of Bonners Ferry
Burley
Fall River
Raft River
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Recommended Montana Utilities
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Lincoln
Ravalli
Glacier
Mission Valley
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Draft Interview Guide Objectives Focus on technical characteristics of conservation efforts:
– Development of deemed measures– Technical specifications– Simplified M&V protocols
Help identify program barriers faced by small/rural utilities (for RTF approved measures/protocols)
Review measures implemented by the utility
Discuss staff resources, incentives paid, and measures not reported to the PTR
Develop list of measures the utility is interested in implementing
Assess available conservation infrastructure
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Draft Interview Guide
See Word doc: Draft Interview Guide_Small-Rural Utilities.docx
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Questions and Subcommittee Feedback
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Project Timeline & Next Steps
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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
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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