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NEET Workgroup #3 - Residential Subgroup

This report outlines the importance of implementing plug load programs and energy efficiency financing options to reduce residential energy consumption. The report discusses the value add, efficient delivery, and implementation strategies for these programs.

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NEET Workgroup #3 - Residential Subgroup

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  1. NEET Workgroup #3 - Residential Subgroup Snohomish County PUD November 2008

  2. Residential Energy Consumption in the Region – Annual Load

  3. Residential Energy Consumption in the Region – End-Use 2008

  4. Residential Energy Consumption in the Region – End-Use 2020

  5. Residential Energy Consumption in the Region – 2008 – 2020 Growth by End-Use

  6. High Priority Program Concepts • Plug Load Program • Energy Efficiency Financing • Education and Behavioral Modification

  7. Plug Load Program: Program Concept • Encourage efficiency of plug loads through: • Increased manufacturing standards • Improved product labeling • Targeted incentives • Intelligent load control • Consumer education

  8. Plug Load Program: Value Add • What is the value added to the region? Why is it important? • Plug loads are one of the fastest growing residential end-use loads in the region – electronics alone are expected to increase from ~ 800 aMW in 2008 to 1600 aMW in 2020 • Regional coordination is necessary to influence manufacturers and standard bodies

  9. Plug Load Program: Not Occurring but Should • What is not occurring now that we should be doing? • Little information is available about the performance of electronic goods • ENERGY STAR standards do not capture all efficiency potential • Consumers make purchase decisions without considering energy implications • Use of equipment is not optimized

  10. Plug Load Program: Efficient Delivery • Is there a way to do things more efficiently than we are doing today? • Coordinated efforts to influence manufacturers and standards groups (e.g., DOE, EPA) would be more effective • More consistent messaging to consumers about the energy consumption characteristics of electronic equipment is needed • Control technologies, such as occupancy sensor power strips, need more testing and validation

  11. Plug Load Program: Implementation • How would you suggest the recommendation be implemented? • Assign responsibility of negotiating with manufacturers, standards and labeling groups to a regional entity to make more efficient electronic equipment available in the region • Explore establishment of higher standards for the region • Develop regional educational effort to inform consumers about energy consumption of electronics equipment • Test control technologies • Develop regional strategy for adoption of incentives for efficient equipment and controls by local utilities • Partner with California??

  12. Plug Load Program: Workgroup Support • Is there strong support within the workgroup for the recommendation? • Yes

  13. Energy Efficiency Financing: Program Concept • Develop financing options for energy efficiency projects • Encourage more comprehensive investments in energy efficiency • Address barriers faced by low and medium income residents • Develop methods for measuring performance of efficiency investments that create cash flow to service debt • Reduce institutional barriers faced by potential lenders: utilities, agencies, private lenders

  14. Energy Efficiency Financing: Value Add • What is the value added to the region? Why is it important? • Expanded availability of financing would address a significant barrier to comprehensive investment in efficiency • Point-of-sale or retrofit • Availability of financing could allow for rapid deployment of key efficiency technologies • Allows us to address the major residential uses of energy – 5000 aMW for residential space and water heating in 2020

  15. Energy Efficiency Financing: Not Occurring but Should • What is not occurring now that we should be doing? • Financing programs are few and far between • Some customers are unable to secure funding for efficiency investments • Lenders and other related stakeholders do not recognize unique value of efficiency assets

  16. Energy Efficiency Financing: Efficient Delivery • Is there a way to do things more efficiently than we are doing today? • Develop indices to describe performance of efficiency investments • Create revolving loan fund to support rapid deployment of specific technologies

  17. Energy Efficiency Financing: Implementation • How would you suggest the recommendation be implemented? • Establish policies at the state or utility level to facilitate financing • Educate lenders and other stakeholders • Develop project performance metrics to inform purchase or lending decisions • Energy Performance Standard or HERS Index or other tool to give residents a “MPG” for their home • Educate consumers to look for seek home performance information when buying new or existing homes • Develop policies or program offerings to encourage comprehensive efficiency improvements • Encourage adoption of efficiency or savings targets when pursuing retrofits • Provide lower interest rate or other financing benefits for greater percentage energy reduction

  18. Energy Efficiency Financing: Workgroup Support • Is there strong support within the workgroup for the recommendation? • Moderate support – recognition of significant risks, failure of previous attempts

  19. Education and Behavior Change: Program Concept • Create greater awareness and knowledge about energy consumption and savings opportunity through: • Effective messaging • Early education • Communication tools that inform customers on the level and timing of energy consumption • Benchmarking tools that measure the opportunity and effectiveness of behavioral changes in reducing energy consumption

  20. Education and Behavior Change: Value Add • What is the value added to the region? Why is it important? • Technology based energy efficiency provides only a finite amount of efficiency potential • Additional potential can be realized through changes in behavior supported by improved knowledge and information availability

  21. Education and Behavior Change: Not Occurring but Should • What is not occurring now that we should be doing? • Consistent messaging • Recognition of behavior change as efficiency potential and effective measurement of its effects over time – methods need to be developed at the regional level

  22. Education and Behavior Change: Efficient Delivery • Is there a way to do things more efficiently than we are doing today?

  23. Education and Behavior Change: Implementation • How would you suggest the recommendation be implemented? • Develop regional educational messages • Consumer level • Curriculum development • Develop methods for recognizing efficiency potential and measuring effects • Investigate and test technologies and best practices program design to encourage and ensure persistence of behavioral changes

  24. Education and Behavior Change: Workgroup Support • Is there strong support within the workgroup for the recommendation? • Yes, need coordination with Workgroup #4 – Marketing and Communications

  25. questions?

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