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 Total

Small 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 report

February 21-25

Subcommittee meeting – presentation on draft report

March 1 Presentation on draft report to full RTF

March 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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