Workgroup #3High Impact Energy Efficiency Initiatives

John SavageStan Price

Two Central Areas of Focus

Where are the new or partially mined end use efficiencies to focus program efforts

How are we currently constrained in going deeper and faster in current end use efficiency markets

Key Attributes Magnitude of savings potential is large

(scale issue) 2. Comprehensive to customer needs 3. Leverages funding, capabilities, and/or

interest of others (partnership potential) 4. Acceptable level of risk balanced with

savings opportunity and innovation 5. Replicability of idea across markets and

regional geography 6. Benefits for regional collaboration and

cooperation

Common Themes

1. A means for making customer financing available for projects

2. Regional consistency in program offerings 3. Fuel blind programs 4. Long term development of market

relationships 5. Energy savings credit for education and

technical assistance 6. Sufficient commitment to funding for energy

efficiency

Residential

Plug loads New construction (path to net zero) Education and behavioral programs New financing approaches Low income households

Commercial Data centers/server rooms/info

technology New construction (path to net zero) Tenant improvements in CRE Target market programs Code and standard development E&T Organizational business practices

Industrial

Education and behavior change programs

Tailored industry programs New financing programs

Additional Considerations Ongoing regional forum for practitioners to

discuss program design and delivery Closely monitor public policy process and

use utility influence to support and affect direction

Research the reason for the gap between technically available conservation and that which is “achievable”

Explore opportunities for distribution system efficiency

Next Steps

Refinement of ideas Prioritization and recommendation