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Triennial Plan II:
Straw Proposal
Program Descriptions and Issues
Outline
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Business Programs
Residential Programs
Renewable/Alt Energy Programs
Cross-Cutting Programs
 Template:
– Recent Program Results
– Opportunity
– Budget / Revenues
– Delivery / Strategy
– Issues
• Stakeholder Topics, Questions to be added
Business Programs
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Incentive Program – Recent Results
Metric
Results of FY11 Programs
Total Participants
1205
Total Projects
1949
Efficiency Maine Costs
$11,045,371
Participant Costs
$10,145,729
Lifetime kWh Savings
586,638,242
Lifetime $ Savings
$47,315,549
B/C Ratio
1.93 (Evaluated)
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Incentive Program – More Results (1)
Business Incentive Program -- # Measures Installed (FY-11)
Measure
Prescriptive
Custom
Lighting
1562
92
HVAC
62
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Compressed Air
0
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Variable Frequency Drive
22
24
Miscellaneous
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28
Agriculture
10
0
Motors
59
0
Refrigeration
54
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1769
180
Total
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Incentive Program – More Results (2)
 Education and Training
– 175 new Qualified Partners (QPs) among trade allies in the supply chain
– Participated in 15 targeted business trade shows
– Presented Program overview and Energy Management Practices at 30
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business and trade association meetings throughout the State
Tech Support
– Answered +/- 660 incoming calls for customer support
– Established web-based incentive application process and tracking tool
QC
– Inspected 421 projects
• 100% of all projects over $5,000 incentive
• 10% of projects under $5,000
Eligible Measures
– new prescriptive LED incentives (wall pack, outside light, parking garage,
refrigerated case light, screw-in & pin based lamps)
– Discontinued: motors
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Incentive Program – Description (1)
 Opportunity
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Continue EM’s long-running, well-developed program
Broad reach, easy access for customers
Potential to enhance delivery strategy
• Potential to further simplify, streamline delivery strategy
• Pay for Performance (delivery contractor, QP, customer)
Measures
• Refrigeration
• Compressed Air
• LED Conversion
• Lighting design & controls
 Budget / Revenue
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FY-12 $8.7M (electric) + $252,000 (gas) (SBC, RGGI, MPRP)
FY-13 $6.1M (electric) + $252,000 (gas) (SBC, RGGI, MPRP)
Incentive Program – Description (2)
 Delivery / Strategy
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Blend of tech support, education, training, financial incentives, and QC
Financial Incentives for a fraction of the “incremental cost” for eligible
measures on the Prescriptive List approach or Custom approach, vary by
“retrofit” and “new” / “replace on burnout”
Partnership with trade ally network (400 QPs)
Contracted program support competitively bid
Currently Eligible Measures:
• 22 Fluorescent and LED lighting measures
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21 Refrigeration measures
12 Commercial A/C and Heat Pump measures
7 Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) measures
10 Specific Ag measures (fans, vacuum pumps)
Compressed Air measures
Incentive Program -- Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
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Continue to develop and rely on a significant role of the market / trade
allies (QPs), or use more 3rd-party contractors under contract to the
Trust
 Budget / Revenue
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Market demand is growing, budgets shrinking; “foot on the gas, foot
on the brake”
– Continue to direct approx. 30% of RGGI revenues through this
Program?
– Continue to run Natural Gas conservation funds for “Commercial”
customers through this Program?
• Should other gas utilities also pay in to Conservation Fund?
– TriPlan 2 Proposed Budgets
• Baseline -- $6.1M/yr (electric) + $242,000(gas)/yr
• Additional Funding Scenario -- $10M /yr (electric) + $450,000
(gas)/yr
Other
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Small Business Direct Install – Description (1)
 Recent Results
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N/A (Pilot project rolling out in FY12-13)
 Opportunity
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Success in other jurisdictions
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Tens of thousands of potential participants
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confirmation TBD from emerging pilot in Maine
typically slower to adopt new technology, turnover equipment
limited time/resources to investigate options
Ubiquitous use of inefficient lights; uniform “plug and play” solution
 Recent Budget / Revenue
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FY-13: $1.0M, SBC
Small Business Direct Install – Description (2)
 Delivery / Strategy (Current Pilot)
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We bring the program “direct” to the Small Businesses’ door
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No money up-front
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Customer balance may be repaid through utility on-bill financing
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Prescriptive lighting (ubiquitous need, uniform solution, predictable
savings / costs)
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Easy to target geographically
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Pilot is targeting 2 areas (Northern Maine) to start
Small Business Direct Install - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
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Should we plan for a Statewide program (currently piloting in
BHE/MPS)?
• How to address On Bill Financing if utilities not interested?
Should we plan for an expansion beyond lighting to include HVAC
and/or Refrigeration?
 Budget / Revenue
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How do answers to above questions differ if we assume (a) Baseline
Funding or (b) Increased Electric Budget Scenario?
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TriPlan 2 Proposed Budgets
• Baseline: $1M/yr
• Additional Funding Scenario: $2M/yr
 Other
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Multi-Family Weatherization Project -Description (1)
 Recent Results
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N/A – Program commenced June, 2012
 Opportunity
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Maintain momentum from federal grant-funded pilot project
Efficiencies of addressing multiple units at once
• lower transaction costs
• All fuels synergies (electric, heating/cooling)
Address “Landlord-Tenant Market Barrier”
Address traditionally underserved market: Significant # of business
owners, serving middle-class renters, where other subsidies (WAP)
don’t apply or are insufficient
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Current Funding ($6.5M) relies on $4.5M federal grant which ends
9/30/2013
Big thermal opportunity, questionable fit for electric funds
M-F Weatherization Project - Description (2)
 Delivery / Strategy
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Targets
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1,800 units (from 5-20 unit buildings )
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20% Energy Savings
Delivery Contractor provides:
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Outreach
– Partner with, work through local banks
– Apartment associations, housing authorities, etc.
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Baseline energy assessment/analysis
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+/- $1,500/unit financial incentive
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Loan loss reserve to ease financing
M-F Weatherization Project - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
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Potential to limit eligibility to electrically heated/cooled units
• Market potential unknown
 Budget / Revenue
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Project funding ends 9/30/2013
• How do we address the statutory targets re: weatherizing,
reducing heating fuel consumption with little or no heating oil
funds?
• Should we attempt to continue M-F efforts using electric SBC
funds?
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TriPlan 2 Proposed Budgets
• Baseline: $0/yr
• Additional Funding Scenario: $___/yr
– Source: SBC? Other?
 Other:
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Large Customer Program –
Recent Results (Electric only)
Metric
Total Participants
Results of FY11 Programs
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Efficiency Maine Costs
$ 4,717,139
Participant Costs
$ 8,461,453
Lifetime kWh Savings
423,281,776
Lifetime $ Savings
B/C Ratio
$ 28,533,872*
6.8 (per Evaluation)
* Subsequent 3rd party analysis determined actual savings to
be higher than reported in the Annual Report, which explains
the higher B/C ratio found in the Evaluation.
Large Customer Program –
Recent Results (GHG savings only)
Metric
Total Participants
Efficiency Maine Costs
Participant Costs
Lifetime GHG Savings
Lifetime $ Savings
B/C Ratio
Results of FY11 Programs
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$ 3,434,218
$ 15,894,752
620,008 (tons CO2e)
$ 197,588,241*
11.1 (per Evaluation)
* Subsequent 3rd party analysis determined actual savings to
be higher than reported in the Annual Report, which explains
the higher B/C ratio found in the Evaluation.
Large Customer Program - Description
 Opportunity
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Very favorable B/C ratio
Market survey suggest large market potential, unmet demand
Successful results in other states
Reach some of the biggest energy consumers and largest employers in the state to
help them lower energy costs and improve competitiveness
Address market barrier – secure approval for capital projects in Maine facilities by
buying down upfront project cost to meet large companies’ capital budgeting process
(e.g., payback, IRR)
 Budget / Revenue
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FY-12 $6.7M (RGGI, ARRA-federal, MPRP)
FY-13 $2.5M (RGGI, MPRP)
Electric projects straightforward for EM to bid into FCM, generate additional revenues
to EM
Enhanced Financing could unlock new opportunities by removing the upfront cost
barrier and enabling projects to be funded through operating budgets rather than
limited capital budgets.
Large Customer Program - Description
 Delivery / Strategy
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Competitive Bidding approach
• Low administrative and marketing costs for EM
• Technical project screening / analysis
• Objective selection process
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Complements Business Incentive Program
• Large Program >$100,000
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Introducing limited Account Management approach
• Strategic, deeper savings
• Less risk for customer
• Marginally more labor and cost for EM
Large Customer Program - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
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What strategies exist to reward/capture collateral energy saving
opportunities (i.e., to address cream skimming and loss of future
cost-effective opportunities)?
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Should marketing/selection rely exclusively on competitive bidding?
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Pros – low delivery costs, objective selection process, high
leverage
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Cons – timing in capital planning process, uncertainty for
bidders, recent experience of low uptake
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If budgets increases, should strategy increase use of Account
Management approach and reflect this in budget/results?
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Whether to focus 100% of RGGI funds on electric customers
(whence they come), or continue 85-15 split electric-GHG/thermal,
or other.
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Large Customer Program – Issues (2)
 Budget / Revenue
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Should Staff pursue Enhanced Financing through the PUC during
TriPlan 2?
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TriPlan 2 Proposed Budgets
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Baseline: $2.1M/year (RGGI, MPRP)
Additional Funding Scenario: $10M (RGGI, MPRP, Enhanced
Financing)
 Other:
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Business Sector Training (1)
 Recent Results
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Building Operator Certification (BOC) trained 36 facility operators
Converted lessons into savings of more than 5 million kWh per year
Other targeted training for facility managers
 Opportunity
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Closer coordination of program design and implementation between
the training courses and the Business Program needs
More targeted, simplified training for QPs to help their customers
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FY-11: $83,000/ Yr
Business Sector Training (2)
 Delivery / Strategy
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Turn-key delivered by contractor
Series of classes training facility managers to lower energy costs
and maintenance costs, while enhancing building occupant comfort
and safety, through energy efficiency
• instruct students in the use of advanced building equipment and
controls
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Whether the proprietary BOC course is still in high demand after
several years in Maine
Whether BOC should be complemented or replaced by something
less intensive, less costly
TriPlan 2 Budget Proposal:
• Baseline: $100,000
• Additional Funding Scenario: $200,000
Business Programs – To Be Discontinued
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High Performance Schools
– Rolled into the New Construction Program
Commercial Grant Program
– Funding from federal ARRA grant exhausted
– Electric opportunities available through Business Incentive
Program
Municipal Grant Program
– Funding from federal ARRA grant exhausted
New Construction – Maine Advanced Building
Retro-Commissioning
Small Business Audits and Loan Program (?)
– Lost revenue stream
– Very limited uptake
– Focus on DI pathway
– Limit to available capital
• from existing loan repayments
Residential Program
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Retail Products Program – Recent Results
Metric
Results of FY11 Programs
Total Participants
1.9 million CFLs
Efficiency Maine Costs
$ 4,039,443
Participant Costs
$ 6,534,669
Lifetime kWh Savings
614,388,191*
Lifetime $ Savings
$ 46,745,171
B/C Ratio
6.0 †
* Subsequent 3rd party analysis determined actual savings to
be higher than reported in the Annual Report, which explains
the higher B/C ratio found in the Evaluation.
† Factoring in both Lighting and Appliance Program results.
Lighting results alone achieved 7.4 B/C.
Retail Products Program – Description (1)
 Opportunity
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Lighting
• >30M sockets state-wide (550k homes * 60 ea)
• 14M prospective sockets for CFLs per evaluation (2M/yr)
• EISA regulation reduces savings credit for CFL’s
• LEDs emerging as cost-effective
Electronics
• Smart Strips, TVs, PCs, monitors
Appliances
• 33,000 fridges, clothes washer & dehumidifiers promoted in FY-12
• Additional opportunities for cost-effective products
– but lower B/C than other residential retail products
Retail Products Program – Description (2)
 Budget / Revenue
– FY-12: $3.8M (SBC, RGGI, MPRP)
– FY-13: $4.5M (SBC, RGGI, MPRP)
• Includes low income-dedicated funding
 Delivery / Strategy
– Retail store MOUs
• 347 stores participating
– Incentive Delivery
• Upstream discounting
• In-Store Coupons
– In-store marketing
• Staff saved $500,000/yr in marketing and re-deployed to
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customer incentives
Alternative Channels (e.g. Good Shepherd Food Bank, other
program cross selling)
Evaluation Lessons:
• 19% of Lighting participants meet definition of “Low
Income”
Retail Products Program – Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
– Measures
• Smart strips offer potential savings, but are confusing for
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consumers
• Absent Additional Funding Scenario, discontinue
Appliance Rebates
– B/C is only 1.5 compared to Lighting (7.4)
Budget / Revenue
– Continue to allocate a portion of the low-income customers’
20% SBC set-aside to be run through this program?
– TriPlan 2 Budget Proposal:
• Baseline: $3.8M/Yr.
• Additional Funding Scenario: $ 7.1M/Yr.
Refrigerator Recycling Program
Metric
Results of FY12 Programs
Total Participants
Estimate 5000 units/yr
Efficiency Maine Costs
$ 2.0 Million FY12&FY13
Participant Costs
$0
Lifetime kWh Savings
105,640,000
Lifetime $ Savings
$ 10,250,000
B/C Ratio
3.0 (Projected, TriPlan 1)
Refrigerator Recycling Program - Description
 Opportunity
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Retire in-use, inefficient fridges and freezers
Target secondary units that get little use but remain plugged in
Estimated potential = 5,000-10,000 units/year
• Assuming 500,000 residential units
• 1-2% “harvest rate”
Successfully used in other jurisdictions
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FY-12&13 -- $2M over 2 years, from SBC funding
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Turn-key contractor
• Handles marketing, customer service, screening, pickup,
recycling/disposal, payment
Need cost-effective communication channels (Utility bill stuffers,
PR)
Cross-sell with other programs
 Budget / Revenue
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Refrigerator Recycling Program - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
– Unknown free ridership or incremental savings
– Program design harder to implement in practice than in
theory
 Budget / Revenue
– TriPlan 2 Proposed Budgets
• Baseline Funding: $1.2M/year
• Additional Funding Scenario: $1.2M/year
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Whole House Retrofit – Recent Results
Metric
Results of FY11 Programs
Total Participants
3,200 (Rebate only)
Efficiency Maine Costs
$8,588,496
Participant Costs
$20,368,825
Lifetime MMBtu Savings
4,820,173 (35 million gallons)
Lifetime $ Savings
$101,335,965*
B/C Ratio
2.56 (per Evaluation)
* Subsequent 3rd party analysis determined actual savings to be lower than
reported in the Annual Report, which explains the lower B/C ratio found in the
Evaluation.
Whole House Retrofit – Description (1)
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Opportunity
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Continue momentum from federally funded rebate and revolving loan programs
for whole home energy improvements
Maine
• oldest building stock in US and significant heating degree days
• growing population of residents on fixed income, for whom volatile heating
costs pose serious financial risk
Universe of opportunity
• 500,000-550,000 residential units
• 70% of homes heat with #2 oil, price of #2 oil up 300% or more in past
decade making energy saving investments more attractive / cost-effective
Economics of energy upgrades improving
• HESP Rebate pilot demonstrated opportunity to achieve deep energy
savings for modest cost (avg. $8,300/project)
• Other pilots (Air Sealing, Unity) demonstrating opportunity to achieve
significant savings for low cost ($300-$500/project)
Possible reduced energy consumption of 160 million gallons of oil
Whole House Retrofit – Description (2)
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Budget / Revenue
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FY-12 and 13: $20.4 M Capital Base for loans (federal ARRA)
• May be split with Large Customer Program
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FY-12 and 13: $2M for Residential Direct Install (federal ARRA)
Whole House Retrofit – Description (3)
Delivery / Strategy
 Carry forward momentum from successful, federally funded rebate program that
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ended late 2011
Combine education, marketing, and partnership with trade allies (contractors)
Expand into related networks (real estate, mortgage, insurance, etc.)
PACE and PowerSaver Loans
– Sales and marketing strategy through contractor base and municipalities
– Single call for loan application for multiple products
– Third-party loan origination and loan servicing
Residential Direct Install
– Market based and driven through contractor base
– Capture easy, low-cost savings through Air Sealing or similar measures
– Entice customers to take first steps toward whole house upgrade
– Generate leads for financing program (for more expensive projects with
longer term paybacks)
• $300 for evidence of 6 hours of air sealing and insulation & home data.
• $100 for post weatherization project data and full test out.
Data collection and analysis
Whole House Retrofit – Issues
 Budget / Revenues
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Original proposal to US DOE:
 Recapitalize the fund for 8 years, as needed, through revenue
bonding using loan repayments/interest to cover bond
obligations
 Consider options to recapitalize by selling notes to Secondary
Market
TriPlan 2 Budget Proposals:
 Continue use of Natural Gas Conservation Fund in Unitil
territory for Residential Direct Install
 $137,500/year
 Consider use of $13M in QECBs (Qualified Energy Conservation
Bonds) through a “Green Communities Program”
Uncertainty support for bonding
Efficient Heating Equipment Program
Metric
Results of FY11 Programs
Total Participants
1546
Efficiency Maine Costs
$1.2 million
Participant Costs
$456,000
Lifetime MMBtu Savings
179,825
Lifetime $ Savings
$2.23 million
B/C Ratio
1.34
Efficient Heating Equipment Program
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Mechanism for supporting upgrades by homeowners to highest
efficiency equipment including condensing boilers and heat pumps
 Budget / Revenue
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Gas and Electric program components could be funded out of SBCs
FY-11: $1.2M
There is no “All Fuel” or “Unregulated Heating Fuel” funding
currently authorized
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Sales and marketing strategy through contractor base
Supported by financing programs
Set equipment standards beyond Energy Star
Replacement Heating Equipment Program Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
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Whether to shift to Retail Products (in-store rebate) strategy or
continue with direct homeowner/contractor mail-in rebate
Should we limit use of funds from electric or gas conservation fund
to paying for electric or gas efficient equipment, respectively?
 Budget / Revenue
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TriPlan 2 Proposed Budget
• Baseline Budget
– $___ for cost-effective electric heat pumps (elec SBC)
– $___for cost-effective natural gas systems (gas SBC)
• Additional Funding Scenario:
– $___ for cost-effective electric heat pumps (elec SBC)
– $___ for cost-effective natural gas systems (gas SBC)
 Other
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Low Income Program – Recent Results
(Fridges & CFLs)
Metric
Results of FY11 Programs
Total Participants
585
Efficiency Maine Costs
$ 325,515
Participant Costs
$0
Lifetime kWh Savings
5,972,672
Lifetime $ Savings
$ 465,922
B/C Ratio
1.43
Low Income Program – Recent Results
(Whole House Retrofits)
Metric
Results of FY12 Programs
Total Participants
1,000 (est.)
Efficiency Maine Costs
$ 5 million
Participant Costs
$0
Lifetime kWh Savings
TBD
Lifetime $ Savings
$ TBD
B/C Ratio
TBD
Low Income Program – Description (1)
 Opportunity
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3,400 LIHEAP, electrically heated homes (per MaineHousing
records)
Many more non-LIHEAP (HUD Section 8, USDA Section 515)
Landlords maintain audited demographics
 Budget / Revenue
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FY-11: $2.6M from SBC for Refrigerators and CFLs, only $325,000
spent
FY-12: $5M from SBC for Whole House Retrofit for electrically
heated homes
FY-13:
• $800,000 from SBC for Retail Products (Lighting)
• $1.9M from SBC and MPRP for Whole House Retrofit for
electrically heated homes
• $1M from federal ARRA grant for alternative heat systems
Low Income Program – Description (2)
 Delivery / Strategy
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Refrigerator Replacement Program was slowing down dramatically
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Single-family electric heat homes
• Relying on MaineHousing / CAP Agencies for Marketing,
Screening, Delivery
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Multi-family electric heat apartments
• Competitive bid to contractors for audit and install
• Managed by 3rd-party administrator
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Introducing use of efficient heat pumps
Low Income Program - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
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Single-family electric heat homes
• Challenges identifying suitable candidate homes
– Many SFH have already switched fuels
– Need access to customer contact info
Target fewer, larger loads through individual house treatments (i.e.,
weatherization) or smaller, more ubiquitous loads through retail
channels or low-income service channels (i.e., lighting/electronics)?
 Budget / Revenue
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What fraction of Low Income budget (if any) should go to
weatherization versus retail products (lighting, electronics)?
TriPlan 2 Proposed Budget:
• Baseline: $2.8M
• Additional Funding Scenario: $2.8M
 Other
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Renewable Energy Programs
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Renewable Resource Program – Recent Results
Metric
FY11
Solar/Wind
Rebate
FY11
RD&D Program
Total Participants
371
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Efficiency Maine
Costs
$ 571,528
$ 429,064
Participant Costs
$ 4,765,571
$ 137,390
Lifetime MMBtu
Savings
80,595
N/A
Lifetime $ Savings
$ 1,583,307
N/A
B/C Ratio
0.30 (TRC)
N/A
Renewable Resource Program - Description
 Opportunity
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Movement of renewable industry to mainstream through new
professional standards and requirement for cost-effective renewable
energy installations
 Delivery / Strategy
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Website information and forms
Delivery through installers with NABCEP certificates of knowledge &
insurance
Recent rule change requires cost-effectiveness to end user and projected
kWh output to calculate rebate amount
2.5 cents per modeled lifetime kWh output, caps at $2000/resid;
$4000/business
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$100,000 from Alternative Compliance Payments and Voluntary
Contributions
$728,000 remaining from Original Solar/Wind SBC for use in new rebate
structure, will be exhausted in FY13
Renewable Resource Fund - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
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N/A
 Budget / Revenue
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New revenue stream needed in order to continue rebate program
TriPlan 2 Proposed Budget
• Baseline: $100,000
• Additional Funding Scenario: $ _____
 Other
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Cross-Cutting Programs
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Innovation Program - Description
 Recent Activity
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Funded 2 proposals – one piloting supplemental mini-split heat pumps, the
other piloting heat pump water heaters; Results due June 2013
Previously funded apartment CHP system and 2 pilots for Smart Meter customer
dashboard applications
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Pilot programs for initiatives that show cost-effective energy savings that are
good candidates for addition to sustained EMT programs
Ability to test new ways of delivering savings
Targeted pilots intended to be nimble and timely
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Delivery / Strategy
– Competitive RFP
– Ability to fine-tune RFP solicitation to address opportunities
– Focus on proposals where EMT foresees future revenue stream and scalable
opportunity
 Budget / Revenue
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FY-12: $400,000 from SBC and RGGI
Innovation Program - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
– Should Staff continue to prioritize close nexus to emerging
program needs in the RFP design/criteria?
 Budget/Revenues
– TriPlan 2 Proposed Budgets
• Baseline: $300,000/Yr
• Additional Funding Scenario: $___
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Energy Education and Information - Description
 Recent Results
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Save Like a Mainer Campaign FY-12 & 13
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Schools for Energy Efficiency
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Delivered by non-profit organization
2 participating school districts; 15 schools
Enlisting and organizing volunteer facility managers, teachers and
students to set energy saving targets, develop and implement a plan,
and monitor and report on the progress
Community Energy Nights
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Fostering appreciation of energy efficiency based on successful case
studies from real customers in Maine
Combining websites, radio ads, print ads, trade show display, Chamber
events, social media messaging, speaking engagements with networks,
earned media, etc.
Delivered by a non-profit organization
Targeting 8 towns where schools have been active in energy efficiency
curriculum
Audience includes students and parents
Energy Education and Information - Description
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Opportunity
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Enhance awareness through education and outreach to increase likelihood of
program participation
Take advantage of new information and communication channels related to
Smart Meters
• Consider differences between Commercial and Residential sector
opportunities
Take advantage of newfound access to utility data about customer usage,
geographic location
Foster information exchange in Maine among opinion leaders about issues
related to energy efficiency, alternative energy, and customer-sited
renewable energy
 Budget / Revenue
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FY-12: $400,000
Funds come from SBC & FCM
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Competitive RFPs, targeted to enhance program participation
Focus on proposals with demonstrable energy savings and/or a link to
increased program participation
Enhanced EM Website
 Delivery / Strategy
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Energy Education and Information - Issues
 Delivery / Strategy
– Should we move away from programs targeted at educating primary
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and secondary school students about the origins and types of energy?
Should we focus programs on providing information, education, training
on the supply chain (retailers, contractors, suppliers, A&Es, etc.)?
Should we focus on programs that have a nexus to helping achieving
the results/metrics of the Triennial Plan’s other program areas?
Should this program focus on providing information / learning that will
apply to mid- and longer-term EE opportunities and leave short-term
opportunities ?
What new or different strategies should be pursued under an Additional
Revenue Scenario strategy?
 Budget/Revenue
– TriPlan 2 Budget Proposal
• Baseline: $300,000/Yr
• Additional Revenue Scenario: $______/Yr
 Other:
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Evaluation – Description and Issues
 Recent Results
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Completed 6 independent, 3rd party impact evaluations, including
• Home Energy Savings Program
• Business Incentive Program
• Commercial Grant Program
• Large Impact Program
Interim results reported from Residential Lighting Program evaluation
PACE Program evaluation underway
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Opportunity
– Incorporate program design improvements and savings calculations per
evaluation recommendations
Analyze project data and utility data to enhance strategies
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Budgets / Revenues
– TriPlan 1 Budgets: $900,000/yr
– TriPlan 2 Proposed Budgets
• Baseline: $800,000/yr
• Additional Funding Scenario: Proportionate to program increase
Please Share Your Ideas:
Send Written Comments to:
Email –
[email protected]
Post –
Triennial Plan Comments
151 Capitol Street, Suite 1
Augusta, ME 04330
Workshops start July 10
Latest that comments will be considered is August 15