OMA Energy Efficiency & CHP/WER

Working Groups

Purpose of the Energy-Efficiency and CHP/WER Working Groups

Peer learning 10 manufacturers have joined the working group

Connect Electric and gas utilities

State energy office, AQDA

Rural biz – Dep. of Ag.

PACE (property assessed clean energy)

Access to tools and expertise Tool library

Technical expertise, project developers

Advocate At the PUCO

With the utilities

Survey Results – Efficiency Topic Interest

Very little utility attention

Survey Results – CHP/WER Topic Interest

Survey Results

50% want every other month, 50% want every month

Most want to cover efficiency and CHP

1.5 hours most common length

Majority would find a discussion thread/emails useful

Almost all would find a “tool library” useful

Everyone likes the idea of a plant tour, most willing to host

Suggestions

Monthly meetings alternate efficiency & CHP

Allow email discussions , consider a discussion thread if it is hyper-active

Try out a tool library

Future Schedule?

Wednesday, June 19th – Chillers

Wednesday, July 17th – CHP

Wednesday, August 14th – Fans / in conjunction with OMA Energy Resources, Energy Group

Wednesday, September 18th – Site tour / CHP & WER

Wednesday, October 19th – Pumps

8 am – 9:30 am ?

10 am – 11:30 am?

Utility Incentives

Cooper Tire & Rubber Co.

Induction lighting retrofit

Utility Incentives

Question – What projects have you received incentives for?

Utility Incentives

Question – What projects or purchases have you made without incentives? (What broke?)

Motors? Belts? Pumps? Bearings? Drier? Production equipment?

Comparison of Utility Program Manufacturing

Offerings

More than just Prescriptive and Custom measures

Prescriptive – Confident in average savings, reduce costs with streamlined offering

Custom – everything else, have to prove savings

Other – interest from members?

CHP specific program clarifying incentives, offering assistance

Operations & maintenance / low-cost/no-cost

Production oriented programs

Retro-commissioning (low-cost/no-cost for commercial systems)

State Production oriented programs CHP O&M RCx

Vermont

EVT - Energy Efficiency through

Lean Improvements N N N

Arizona

APS None N N N

TEP None N N N

UES None N N N

New York

NYSERDA - Industrial and

Process Efficiency (IPE) Y Y

Iowa

Munis None N N N

Alliant None N N N

Mid-American N N N

Rhode Island None N N N

Ohio

AEP None N Y Y

DP&L None N N N

Duke None N N N

FE None N N N

AMP None N N N

RECs None N N N

Indiana None

Maryland

BG&E None Y Y Y

Delmarva None Y Y Y

FE None N N N

Pepco None Y Y Y

Maine None Y - RFP N N

Wisconsin None N Y Y

Connecticut CL&P - PRIME Y Y Y

Arkansas

SWEPCO None N N N

Empire None N N N

Entergy None N N N

OG&E None N N N

New Mexico

Xcel None N N N

PNM None N N N

El Paso Electric None N N N

Nevada None N N N

North Carolina

EnergyUnited None N N N

Progress None N N N

TVA None N N N

Delaware None N N N

Comparison of Utility Program Prescriptive Manufacturing Offerings

FE AEP-Ohio DP&L Duke AMP DTE

1 None

VSD Air Compress,

<100 HP

VSD Air compressors,

< 100 hp VSD Air comprssor

VSD Air Compressor,

40 hp Engineered nozzles

2

Compressed Air

Storage

VSD load/no-load,

<100 hp

Pellet dryer duct insulation

(multi diameter)

Compressed Air

Storage Barrle wraps IMM

3

Refrigerated Cycling

Dryer Engineered Nozzle

VFD Process Pumping

(multiple sizes)

Refrigerated Cycling

Dryers Insulated pellet dryers

4

No Loss Condensate

Drains Barrel wrap for IMMs Barrel wraps IMM

No Loss Condensate

Drains

High efficiency process

pumps

5

Low Pressure Drop

Filters Engineered Nozzles Engineering Nozzles VFDs on pumps

6

Compressed Air

Engineered Nozzle

All utilities have lighting, VFDs, and HVAC Prescriptive savings based on commercial loads

Audits, Loans, Financing, Assistance

Energy audits 50% of cost up to $5,000 – AEP, First Energy,

Cooperatives, some DP&L

Columbia Gas

Loans

Ohio DSA (Development Services Agency)

AQDA

Grants & Loans

USDA – for rural, small businesses. Can be a manufacturer.

Financing

PACE (Property Assessed Clean Energy) – Toledo Port Authority, coming soon in Cincinnati

Rebate assistance

OMA! – FE and AEP

Shaping Utility Offerings

DP&L and Duke – Filing programs with the PUCO

AEP

Interested from OMA members – information on motor rewinds

Pilot programs

Compressed air leaks

Electric and hybrid IMM

Joint-pilot programs

Very interested in notched V-belt point-of-sales

Open to trying out other pilot ideas

Production-based opportunities

Low-cost/no-cost “track & tune” projects

Combined Heat & Power / Waste-Energy Recovery

Combined Heat & Power / Waste-Energy Recovery

Combined Heat & Power

Small to large power plants on site, use waste-heat for steam, hot-water, absorption chilling

Changes to economics

Low-cost gas (spark spread)

Counts as efficiency

Eligible for net-metering

Potential changes to stand-by rates

Financing

Others…?

Waste Energy Recovery (WER)

Ex., back-pressure steam turbine

Can qualify as an efficiency project, or renewable and receive “renewable energy credits”

Combined Heat & Power – Impact of Efficiency Incentives

Combined Heat & Power / Waste-Energy Recovery

Project screening

Free site screening/qualifier from Midwest CEAC

Intro to CHP from Midwest CEAC?

Boiler MACT

Technical assistance from Midwest CEAC or contractor

An extra year for compliance if CHP chosen

Steam assessment

No funding other than what we’ve already mentioned