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National Executive Forum on Public
Property Conference – May 9, 2003
“Saving Energy Today to Meet the Needs of
Tomorrow”
BC Hydro Profile
3rd Largest Electrical Utility in Canada
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2002: 48,000 GWh
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90% of generation from 30 hydro installations
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10% from IPPs
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Load growth over the next ten years approx.
10,000 GWh
Preparing To Meet BC’s
Future Electricity Needs
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Energy demand growing by
two per cent each year.
At this rate, B.C. will increase
its energy demands by 20%
in the next ten years.
Demand will outgrow existing
supply by 2007.
Resource Smart and Power
Smart could fulfill portion of
new supply.
We expect to meet the
voluntary 50 % clean energy
target
GWhs
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Green
CBG
Resource Smart
Power Smart
VIGP
Energy Acquisition Strategy
VIGP (2,100)
Priority 1: Power Smart (3,500)
Priority 2: Resource Smart (1,170)
Priority 3: Customer Generation (800)
Priority 4: Green (1,500)
Priority 5: Additional IPPs (as required)
Power Smart
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Situation: Facing decision to develop large,
expensive hydroelectric project
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Solution: Power Smart
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Power Smart Makes Business Sense:
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Cost Effective - DSM is very competitive
with alternative electricity sources
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Environmentally sound - DSM is the
greenest possible energy
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Customer Value - improved bottom line for
our customers through the smart use of
power.
BC Hydro’s Power Smart Plan
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Targets
 Corporate goal is 3500 GWh savings over next
10 years - enough energy to provide power to
Surrey and Burnaby.
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Key Focus
 Power Smart Partner Program
 Customers commit to improving energy
efficiency by at least 5%, BCH provides
combination of incentives, matching funds,
epoints rewards
Power Smart Partner Program
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Program developed to respond to our
customers challenges
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Open to our top 1,000 business customers
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Provide funding and tools to remove
customer barriers to improve energy
efficiency
Power Smart Partner Vision
Power Smart Partners:
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Achieve continuous energy efficiency
improvement
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Have energy efficiency connect to their core
business values
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Become more environmentally sustainable
Power Smart Partner- What Is The Offer?
BC Hydro Will Provide:
1. Matching funding to identify energy savings
opportunities
2. Competitive Incentive Fund
3. Incentives to enable continuous operational
improvement
(1) Energy Savings
Opportunity Identification
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Matching funding to identify significant and
specific energy savings opportunities
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Respond to challenge of lack of funding or
energy management knowledge
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Our maximum investment is tied to your
annual consumption- which is linked to your
savings potential
(2) Competitive Incentives
Incentives are available to:
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Buy down pay-backs on projects to enable
customers to meet hurdle rates
Why it is a competitive process:
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To maximize energy saved given limited budget
(3) Further Incentives
The “New” e.Points:
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Provide a reward to customers who are great
partners; have become more efficient overall
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Upon achieving your target of 5% or more
energy efficiency improvement you can get
e.Points credits for future projects
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Based on a metric we develop together
Power Smart For Small & Medium
Commercial Customers
BC Hydro has developed a number of tools and
programs to assist this group of customers
e.Review
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an energy analysis tool that
provides breakdown of how customer uses
energy
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compares against similar businesses
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identifies greatest energy savings opportunities
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provides an action plan & report
Power Smart For Small & Medium
Commercial Customers
e.Tools
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designed to enhance energy management
expertise. Includes technical guides on
Lighting, HVAC, & Refrigeration
e.Catalog
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allows contractors, distributors & customers
to interactively search & review information
about energy efficient products available from
multiple manufacturers
Power Smart Alliance
Other Key Power Smart Initiatives:
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Residential Programs – PS New Home, Home
Energy Profile, Home Energy Upgrade,
Refrigerator Buy Back, CFL bulbs, etc.
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Power Smart Communities – Courtney,
Comox Valley and Quesnel initiative
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Vancouver Island Initiative
Power Smart Successes:
Power Smart LED Traffic Light Program
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Targeted audience: Municipalities and Ministry of
Transport
Targeted technology program aimed at every
traffic signal-controlled intersection in BC Hydro
service area
Incentives to replace incandescent bulbs with
LED traffic signal lamps
BC Hydro pays 100% up-front LED cost,
customer repays 50% over 5 years at no interest
charge
85-90% electricity savings plus potential
maintenance cost savings
Power Smart Success
City Of Quesnel
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4 Facility's identified for energy savings
 Twin Rinks,
 Quesnel Recreation Centre
 RCMP Building
 City Hall
There were existing energy studies for 3
Facility’s
Identified energy savings of 450,000 KWh’s
Applied directly for BC Hydro Incentive
Total project cost $280,000
Incentive was $103,000
Power Smart Success
City Of Vancouver
Exits Lights
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Conversion of the city”s 3000 exits signs to
LED technology
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483,000 KWh annual savings
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$26,000 in annual savings
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Significant maintenance savings
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Incandescent lamp life 6 months
LED lamp life 25 years
Power Smart Success
City Of Vancouver
Vancouver Public Library
 BC Hydro identified low cost / no cost
measures to reduce consumption
 213,383 KWh savings or $12,000
 Tighting of controls
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i.e. when library not open to public turning off
lights on study desk; reduced usage by 3 hours a
day
Vancouver Museum
 473,424 KWh
 Fully funded audit
 Incentive approved for $96,300
 Project to be completed summer 2003
Power Smart Success
City Of Vancouver
Works Yards
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Chess Street (new construction)
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BC Hydro Design Assistance
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LEED Silver
Manitoba Work Yard
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400,000 KWh BC Hydro incentive of
$57,000
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Project to be completed summer 2003