an evolution of ACEEE 2012 Taming the Wild

(an evolution of ACEEE 2012 Taming the Wild (North)West) Boldly Going… The RTF’s Guidelines March 20, 2013 Lauren Gage, Bonneville Power Administration Special contributors: Tom Eckman, Northwest Power and Conservation Council Charlie Grist, Northwest Power and Conservation Council Michael Baker, SBW Consulting, Inc.

RTF…. . Boldly Going Where No Regional Body Has Gone Before…. . 2

Captain Kirk (Tom Eckman) 3

Spock (Charlie Grist) 4

The Crew 5

RTF: Nerds…. but no costumes 6

RTF History 7

Boldly Going Where No Regional Body has Gone Before § … or at least going where this regional body never went…. 8

Why develop the Guidelines? Historic deemed focus Couldn’t keep up Document practices Based on earlier research Research budgets slashed = little new data Consistency and transparency Reduced evaluation cost and regulatory risk Large ramp in efficiency goals -> more transparency Transition to new generation 9

Dr. Mc. Coy (Mike Baker, aka Mr Guidelines) 10

Savings Estimation Method Guidelines Unit Energy Savings Standard Protocols Custom Protocols Program Impact Evaluation 11

UES and Standard Protocol Categories Small Savers Planning* Provisional Proven Under Review Low Reliability High Reliability Refine, adjust, re-propose measure Deactivate 12 * Only for UES

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Issues Decided… 14

Savings are King 15

RTF no longer uses the term “deemed” 16

One size doesn’t fit all… UES Custom Protocols 17 Standard Protocols

Guidelines are independent of program design 18

Baselines N ot Pre-existing gr os s Current Practices 19

RTF Approval is the standard of reliability 20

Measures have unique life spans 21

Measure categories and statuses help manage tradeoffs… 22

Known Outcomes 23

Brings Stakeholders Together 24

Consistent requirements and Improved transparency 25

Focuses Resources 26

Regional Research Strategy Needed 27

Standard Protocols will be used more 28

Evolution takes time…. 29

Any Questions? § Lauren Gage • lsmgage@bpa. gov § Tom Eckman • teckman@nwcouncil. org § Charlie Grist • cgrist@nwcouncil. org § Michael Baker • MBaker@sbwconsulting. com 30