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Energy Efficiency at BPA

Energy Efficiency at BPA. Northwest Clean & Affordable Energy Conference Josh Warner May 31, 2013. Federal Columbia River Power System Columbia River Basin & BPA Service Area. Columbia Basin. BPA Service Area. Mica. BPA Transmission Grid. Federal Dams:. Revelstroke.

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Energy Efficiency at BPA

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  1. Energy Efficiency at BPA Northwest Clean & Affordable Energy Conference Josh Warner May 31, 2013

  2. Federal Columbia River Power System Columbia River Basin & BPA Service Area Columbia Basin BPA Service Area Mica BPA Transmission Grid Federal Dams: Revelstroke Corps of Engineers Bureau of Reclamation Non-Federal Dams Duncan Canadian Dams Canada Keenleyside U.S.A. Libby Washington Hungry Horse Albeni Falls Chief Joseph Wells Grand Coulee Montana Rocky Reach Rock Island Lower Granite Lower Monumental Wanapum Rosa Priest Rapids Dworshak Little Goose Chandler Ice Harbor The Dalles McNary John Day Bonneville Hells Canyon Big Cliff Oxbow Brownlee Idaho Detroit Oregon Foster Green Peter Black Canyon Cougar Dexter Palisades Lookout Point Boise Diversion Hills Creek American Falls Anderson Ranch Swan Falls Minidoka Lost Creek C J Strike Bliss Upper Salmon Falls Green Springs Wyoming Utah California Nevada BPA’s Service Territory

  3. BPA EE adds value to the region • Regional Programs: develop and implement programs that offer economies of scale for BPA’s customer utilities • Technical Assistance:provides engineering and other assistance for acquiring energy efficiency • Regional Technical Forum (RTF):coordinates with the RTF to determine conservation measure cost, energy savings and specifications • Fills the EE pipeline:new technologies, products and services to meet the savings targets

  4. Efforts to Assist Small/Rural Utilities • BPA offers increased allowance for performance payments (30% as opposed to 20%) for our small and/or rural customers • BPA participates in two groups that identify specific areas where BPA and other regional stakeholders can improve support of S/R customers • RTF’s Small/Rural Subcommittee, which has a technical focus, e.g., school measures • BPA Small/Rural Workgroup, which has a non-technical, implementation focus

  5. BPA’s Small/Rural Workgroup • Members include: • BPA staff; Public Power Council; Northwest Requirements Utilities; Council staff; NEEA staff • Communication pieces: • Aimed at clarifying the roles and responsibilities of the various NW energy efficiency organizations • Tools: • Excel-based tools to help an S/R utility to figure out where to focus efforts and achieved savings • Case for Conservation: • An effort by BPA to build the business case and value proposition of conservation from a utility's perspective

  6. Tools • BPA has collaborated with utilities, NEEA and other stakeholders to develop some tools to help utilities acquire energy efficiency savings • Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) • Utility Potential Calculator (UPC) • Energy Efficiency Maximizer (Maximizer) • These can be used together or separately

  7. Residential Building Stock Assessment • A comprehensive research study of energy efficiency in Pacific Northwest residential buildings • Data are in 30 sub-regions, not at the territory level • Allows utilities without their own data to “get in the ballpark” • Data, available through BPA, can be used as inputs in the Utility Potential Calculator

  8. Utility Potential Calculator (UPC) • Tool developed by BPA to estimate efficiency potential in a utility’s territory • More granular than the Council’s 6th Plan target calculator but not as comprehensive as a full potential assessment • Based on the 6th Plan’s supply curves, but more options for customizing to a specific service area than the Council calculator • Can adjust population, square footage, saturation rates

  9. EE Maximizer • Provides customer utilities with a portfolio planning tool to enable the maximization of BPA funding and/or self-funding • Can be effectively partnered with the UPC • Tool is an outcome of BPA’s regional collaboration to help small and/or rural utilities

  10. How it all fits together • RBSA  UPC • Input data feeds residential tab • Calculates the residential potential in a service territory, by measure • UPC  Maximizer • Top Measures in UPC are input into the Maximizer • Allows a utility to change the number of units and amounts for incentives

  11. Thank you! Josh Warner jpwarner@bpa.gov 503-230-5857

  12. Appendix Slides

  13. Get the RBSA data sheet

  14. UPC Residential Inputs Tab

  15. UPC – Output Savings

  16. UPC – Top Measures Measures available are only those found in the 6th Plan’s supply curves; working on aligning the ‘Top Measures’ list with the BPA measure list

  17. Select Top Measures in the Maximizer • Choose your utility and set the budget • Then select the top measures based on UPC outputs

  18. Set units and incentives • Input number of units, incentive amounts and admin costs to calculate total EE expenses • Result: estimated kWh savings, BPA reimbursements, total benefit/cost to the utility, impact on remaining budget DISCLAIMER: This tool is being offered by BPA to its customer utilities for assistance purposes only; it is not meant to be exact nor does it offer any guarantees, e.g., of reimbursements, savings, etc.

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