UGI Utilities – Electric Division
Energy Efficiency & Conservation
Collaborative Meeting
June 9, 2010
About UGI Electric Division
Service Territory– Luzerne and Wyoming
counties– Surrounded by PPL Electric
Size– ~55,000 Residential
Customers– ~8,000 Commercial and
Industrial Customers– ~1,000,000 MWh/yr in
Sales
Why we are here
Act 129 – Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program (EE&C)– Applied only to Electric Utilities with greater than
100,000 customers PUC Secretarial Letter requested Electric
Utilities with less than 100,000 customers to file voluntary EE&C Programs
UGI Electric has decided to file a voluntary EE&C Program
Comparison to Act 129
Act 129 EE&C– Base Year: June 1, 2007 to
May 31, 2008– Normalized Load Reduction
Requirements: 1% by May 31, 2011 3% by May 31, 2013
– Peak Demand Reduction Requirement: 4.5% by May 31, 2013
– Government/Municipal class specific reduction requirements
– Fines for not meeting goals
UGI Electric EE&C– Base Year: October 1, 2008
to September 30, 2009– Normalized Load Reduction
Requirement: 1% by May 31, 2012 3% by May 31, 2014
– Peak Demand Reduction Requirement: N/A
– No class specific reduction requirements
– No fines for not meeting goals
– UGI Electric will evaluate all programs based on the TRC Test
UGI Electric EE&C Plan Goals
Reductions to Normalized Load– 1% by tentative date of May 31, 2012– 3% by tentative date of May 31, 2014
Craft a program within a limited budget that meets standard load reduction targets
Minimize costs while maximizing benefits
Proposed Programs
Residential– CFL Lighting– Energy Audits– Appliance Rebates– Appliance Recycling– Water Heater Fuel Switching– Clothes Dryer Fuel Switching– Space Heat Fuel Switching
Low Income Residential– CFL Lighting– Water Heater Fuel Switching– Low Income Usage Reduction Plan (LIURP)
Proposed Programs (cont.)
Commercial and Industrial– CFL Lighting– Appliance Rebates– C&I Custom Incentive– HVAC Tune-Up– Water Heater Fuel Switching– Clothes Dryer Fuel Switching– Space Heat Fuel Switching– C&I Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Fuel Switching
Budget
2% of Fiscal Year 2009 Revenues– $2.0 million per year
Minimize Administration Costs
CSPs
Appliance rebate processing Appliance recycling CFL Program Energy Audits HVAC Tune-Up Program Other CSPs possible for consideration
Timing
Filing Date: Summer 2010 Implementation of the UGI Electric EE&C
Program will follow the PUC approval of the EE&C Plan Proposal
Program duration will be 3 years from the implementation date
Cost Recovery
UGI Electric will propose a cost recovery mechanism
Feedback
For program updates, please visit:– http://eec.ugi.com
For questions or comments please send emails to:– [email protected]
Next tentative collaborative meeting:– July 14, 2010
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