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Demystifying New York’s Energy Efficiency
Programs
November 13, 2017
Overview and talking points
Why energy efficiency programs
Regulations & Policies
How Programs are evaluated
Protocols
Other Factors
Developing Programs
Process
Requirements
Q and A
Why?
Promoting customers to use less energy
Helps customers manage costs
Reduces carbon footprint
Improves performance
Energy Efficiency Programs
Most cost effective
Promotes job creation
Demand Reduction
Reduces need for utility investment in system upgrade
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Source ACEEE: Energy Efficiency as a Resource (2015)
Regulations & Policies
Public Service Commission (PSC)
Oversees and authorizes rates, investment decisions, & demand-
side management
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Commission orders drive final energy efficiency
program design, incentive, and funding levels
Orders set goals and objectives
Regulatory approval is required for all programs
Costs are covered through rate-payers
Alphabet Soup
EEPS ETIP
REV SBC
RPS CEF
Road to get There
Evaluation
Programs evaluated to ensure accuracy & prudent use of rate-payer funds
Measurement & Verification
Cost Effectiveness Test – Total Resource Cost (TRC)
screened at individual and customer program level
Measures the energy efficiency resource (incentive, program overhead, etc.) against total cost of program (utility and participant)
Expressed as benefit-cost ratio
Ratio of total benefits to total cost over a period of time
Above one; indicates program or measure is beneficial to utility & rate-payer
Deemed savings – Technical Reference Manual (TRM)
Formulas and input values to calculate savings
Report on first year energy savings
Protocol
Technical Reference Manual (TRM)
Formulas and input values to calculate savings
Consistency in savings methodology
And program reporting – first year annual savings
Deemed savings
ISSUES
Retrofit vs. New Construction definition
Building types
Space use types
Prescribed HVAC interactive effects
Control savings factors
Baseline
Split measure life
Effective useful life
Measure life
Other Factors
Codes and Standards
Federal
ASHRAE 90.1-2013
IECC 2015
DOE – Appliance & Equipment Standards
State
New York State Energy Conservation Code
Environmental
EPA
Clean Air Act – Refrigerant Substitutes (SNAP)
Boiler Emissions
Achieve savings goals
Stay within budget
Meet customers needs
Moving beyond equipment replacement
Market transformation
Behavioral change
Technology advancement
Developing Programs
Typical Programs
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Prescriptive
Fixed incentives paid for installation of specific, predetermined energy efficiency measures and equipment.
Eligible equipment must have specified energy efficiency ratings
Examples: Lighting, Lighting Controls, Air Compressors, EMS, Heating and Insulation
Custom
Includes measures not covered under the prescriptive incentives.
Requires a technical analysis of proposed energy measures and associated energy savings to determine incentive amount. Incentives are generally the lesser of:
Up to 50% of the installed cost which includes labor and equipment
$0.131/kWh saved for lighting and $0.197/kWh saved for other technologies
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Energy Initiative Work Flow
Letter to Customer
For Approval and
Signature
Perform EE
Study if needed
Complete
Tech Review
Customer
Contact
Pre-inspection and
Input Customer Data
Assess Applicable
Incentives and
Advise Customer
Install and/or
Upgrade Equipment
Customer
Documentation for
Completed Work
Post Inspection
Update Appropriate
Data in National Grid
System
Incentive Payment
Approved and Sent
Requirements
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Existing system
Age
Hours of use
Quantity
Type of system(s)
Area system serves
Proposed System
Type – model number(s)
Quantity
Cost – Material & Labor
Qualifications – DLC, Energy Star, AHRI, etc.
Sequence of operation
Additional
Supporting documentation – models, ComCheck, spreadsheet analysis, etc
If addition, renovation, or change of use of building; the existing systems will be code compliant system. Will need incremental costs and savings
Lighting Opportunities
Lighting is the ‘low lying fruit’ in terms of EE spend
visible commodity
necessary cost of doing business
Easy (enough) to calculate savings
relatively + IRR, ROI
Soft values as well (aesthetics, work environment,
corporate friendliness)
Clearinghouses
DLC, Energy Star, CEE, Lighting Design Labs – They’re not the same
Energy Star – EPA
Qualifies lighting products since 1992 – geared toward residential
Rigorous qualification process using industry standards
DLC – The DesignLights Consortium
Drives energy efficiency in the commercial sector
Establishes product quality specifications
Qualified Product List – LED’s and Networked Lighting Controls
Lighting Design Lab - Discontinued
Uses existing specifications – DLC, Energy Star
CEE – Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Fluorescent high efficiency T-8 lamps
What’s next after lighting?
Technology & Codes continue to improve
LED will become standard
OLED?
Crystal Ball
Still time
Still a ways to go according to DOE
Source DOE Report: Energy Savings forecast of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications (2016)
Includes, residential, commercial, industrial and outdoor lighting
Residential lighting has the largest quantity of LED’s installed
Low hours
Commercial and Industrial sectors delivers on the greatest amount of savings achieved with LED installations
High hours of operation and high lumen output
Push the Envelope
More Savings Potential with Controls & LED
Source DOE Report: Energy Savings forecast of Solid-State Lighting in General Illumination Applications (2016)
Connected Lighting – LED based lighting system with integrated sensors and controllers that are networked (wired or wireless) which allows the lighting to communicate with each other and transmit data
Applications with greatest impacts include troffers, low and high bay, and outdoor luminaires.
Tuning, dimming, on/off,
How to Change the Market?
Change the way customers view energy
Energy savings may not be the most important factor
Maintenance
Better productivity
Increased Production
Avoidance of loss
Environmental
Demand Reduction
Doesn’t have to be first costs
Questions?
THANK YOU!
Amy Dickerson
315-428-3117
Please reach out to your local National Grid Rep for assistance in
applying for incentives
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