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RTF Small / Rural SubcommitteeQuarterly Meeting

Thursday, July 1010:30 am – 12:00 pm

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Agenda

• Introductions [10:30 – 10:40am]

• Announcements [10:40 – 10:45am]

• Measure Small/Rural Checklists [10:45 – 11:15am]

• Status of Mobile Home Decommissioning Project [11:15 – 11:25am]

• Ideas for Remaining 2014 budget [11:25 – 11:45am]

• Additional Discussion [11:45am – 12:00pm]

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Announcements• Nick O’Neil has left his position as RTF Manager

(and S/R Subcommittee co-chair) to join Energy 350. The Council has hired Jennifer Anziano to take over as the RTF Manager. Jennifer starts July 14, 2014.

• Eugene Rosolie has left his position at Cowlitz PUD and is now working at NEEA, Stakeholder Relations. He remains an RTF member and a co-chair of the S/R Subcommittee.

• Tom Eckman is now the acting Director of the Council’s Power Planning Division. Charlie Grist is acting Manager of Conservation Resources. Eckman remains chair of the RTF at this time.

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Recently Approved UES Measures – S/R Checklists

Please review checklists in advance of the meeting. At the meeting, Ryan will review individual checklists by request.

• March, 2014– Weatherization, Schools (S/R Subcommittee funded!) measure checklist– Slab Insulation, Residential New Construction measure checklist– Energy Star New Construction Single Family ID & MT UES

• Energy Star Homes measure checklist• DHP TCO measure checklist• BOP2 measure checklist

– Commercial Grocery (small savers)• Compressor Head Fan Motor Retrofit to ECM measure checklist• Walk-in Evaporator Fan ECM Motor Controllers measure checklist• ECMs for Walk-ins measure checklist

• April, 2014– Variable Frequency Drives – Potato/Onion Sheds (small saver) measure checklist– Energy Star New Construction Home Oregon UES measures (three BOP1 (Equipment, Ducts Inside, and Envelope) and BOP2

(Zonal)) measure checklist– Residential Lighting – CFLs, Specialty CFLs, LEDs measure checklist

• May, 2014– Residential refrigerator and freezer decommissioning measure checklist

• June, 2014– Commercial Grocery (small savers, approved, awaiting QC for finalization)

• Door Gasket Replacement measure checklist• Floating Head Pressure Controls for Single Compressor Systems measure checklist• Display Case LEDs measure checklist

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Mobile Home Decommissioning• The S/R Subcommittee has contracted Darla Hailey to conduct

scoping research on Mobile Home Decommissioning this summer.– Darla just completed her Masters in Social Work from the University of

Washington, Seattle.– She also has a background in Manufactured Home sales.– She is identifying/contacting public and private agencies that could

potentially partner with energy organizations.• BPA is also doing research on this topic.

– Mark Johnson, Tom Osborn, and Travis Wood (intern) are involved– BPA will focus on quantifying the population of homes and conducting a

survey of occupants to characterize their concerns, motivations, and options.

• Ryan is managing Darla’s work and coordinating efforts of Darla and BPA.

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Ideas for Remaining 2014 Budget

• We have ~$35,000 remaining in our 2014 budget.• Anything else from 2012 Ecotope report*?– See additional slides at end of presentation for

summary of recommendations.– Schools HVAC?– Wind turbine control room measures?

• Research into S/R measures in other regions– Attempt to replenish our mostly dry well of ideas

• Other?

* http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/subcommittees/smallutilities/RTF%20Small_Rural_01-19-12_FINAL.pdf

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Additional Discussion

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Additional Slides:

Conclusions and Recommendations from Small and Rural Utility RTF Technical Support Needs StudyEcotope, January, 2012

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2012 Ecotope S/R Report• Section 4: Conclusions and Recommendations

Measure Report Recommendations Status

PTCS and Heat Pump Measures

Recommendations are focused on contractor and utility training for installation and inspection.

Weatherization >Recommendation to keep measure specifications, savings, and incentives stable.>Develop an air sealing measure

>Air sealing: This is currently an RTF Res Wx measure.

Ductless Heat Pumps

>Res-SF Existing >Res-SF Manufactured House >Res New Construction

>Res-SF DHP is an RTF proven UES.>Res-MH DHP – NEEA/Ecotope is developing a provisional measure.>Res New Construction DHP – Staff discussed. This would require RTF guidance before any research is done.

Manufactured Homes (Existing)

Manufactured Home Decommissioning S/R Subcommittee is currently sponsoring research on this measure.

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2012 Ecotope S/R Report• Section 4: Conclusions and Recommendations

Measure Report Recommendations Status

Commercial Lighting

>Improve user-friendliness of BPA Calculator (BPA has done this)>UES measures for specific applications (S/R Subcommittee funded Schools Lighting study)

>BPA improved the user-friendliness of their Calculator.>The S/R subcommittee sponsored work to develop Schools Lighting UES measures, but chose not to propose measures to the RTF.

Schools Measure Package (Building Type Format)

>Lighting>Weatherization>HVAC

>Lighting – S/R funded>Weatherization – S/R funded, RTF approved>HVAC – wouldn’t qualify as Small Saver under new Guidelines, but we could possibly look at a very specific application (e.g., HP for portable classroom).

Irrigation >UES measures>3rd party implementation

>UES measures – RTF has irrigation hardware and green motor rewind measures. RTF and BPA are addressing SIS.>3rd party implementation – not an RTF role

Distribution Efficiency

Need for in-house engineering staff or BPA engineering support

Not an RTF role

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2012 Ecotope S/R Report• Section 4: Conclusions and Recommendations

Measure Report Recommendations Status

Heat Pump Water Heater

NEEA is currently developing

Wind Turbine Energy Efficiency

Navigation lights, control system power and miscellaneous space loads during turbine idle mode.

Ground Source Heat Pumps

RTF should finish developing the measure.

RTF approved in August 2011, but measure is not categorized under the RTF’s new Guidelines.

TVs (better than Energy Star)

NEEA has taken on this measure.

Water CoziesTimersWindow A/C and Dehumidification

Ecotope thinks these have minimal savings. Wait for evidence to suggest otherwise before pursuing.