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National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource Overview
The eighth Energy Efficiency as a Resource (EER) conference held in Little Rock, Arkansas lived up to the high standard set in the first conference in 2001 and held biennially since then. In his welcome, Marty Kushler noted (only partially in jest) that the history of EER corresponds closely to the rebirth and dramatic rise of utility energy efficiency activity following the near-collapse during the "deregulation/restructuring" phase in the late 1990s. (See page 6 of Marty's Welcome/Introduction below for the graph showing "The EER Effect"!).
Little Rock was a terrific host site with welcome remarks from the Mayor and two of the three Commissioners of the Arkansas Public Service Commission. Over 370 attendees were on hand for the keynote speech by Janet McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at EPA, on the role of energy efficiency in the proposed Clean Power Plan. Plenary speaker Tom Eckman, director of the power division at the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, spoke about how the Pacific Northwest has made energy efficiency the second largest electricity "supply resource" in the region.
The agenda also featured presentations from over 90 professionals active in the utility energy efficiency field in 25 different break-out sessions covering a wide array of related topics. Examples include: key state policies to encourage utility energy efficiency efforts; energy efficiency as a T&D resource; innovative and emerging energy efficiency programs; cost-effectiveness issues and data; and examples of highly successful energy efficiency programs for each customer sector.
Download a retrospective of this year's EER conference here, and view the presentations here.
The overwhelming evidence from this year's EER conference documents that energy efficiency continues to be the lowest-cost (and cleanest) utility system resource across the United States, whether in states with long-standing programs or those that more recently have initiated significant energy efficiency efforts.
ACEEE expresses a hearty "thank you!" to all who supported and participated in this conference.
EPA Keynote at National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource
Janet McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator of the Office of Air and Radiation at EPA, gave the keynote address on September 21.
Presentations
Monday, September 21 | Tuesday, September 22
Monday, September 21
Welcome & Introductions
Martin Kushler, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Welcome & Introductions
Keynote Address
Energy Efficiency and the Clean Power Plan
Steve Nadel, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Janet McCabe, Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of Air and Radiation, US Environmental Protection Agency
Plenary Session
Regional Round-Up: Utility Energy Efficiency Highlights from Around the United States
Northeast: Jim O’Reilly, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
Southeast: Mandy Mahoney, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance
Midwest: Stacey Paradis, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
South-central: Doug Lewin, The South-central Partnership for Energy Efficiency as a Resource
Northwest: Susan Stratton, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance
Southwest: Howard Geller, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project
California: Steve Schiller, California Energy Efficiency Industry Council
Poster Presenters
- Cody Taylor, US Department of Energy, M&V 2.0: Can Automated In-situ Measurement Provide Accurate Savings Numbers?
- Christopher Craig, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, A Comprehensive Examination of Energy Consumption in the Lower 48 States: A Dual Humanistic and Climate Approach
- Al Armendariz, Sierra Club, Using Energy Efficiency to Go Beyond Coal
- Brenda Hunt, CLEAResult, Savings on Aisle 9: How a Market Segment Approach Delivers Comprehensive Savings for Grocers
- Martin Bond, Community Energy Services Corporation, Your Energy Manager: Long Term Engagement Brings Big Energy Savings
- Jamie Peters, EnergySavvy, Cars, Not Faster Horses: Savings Measurement Software Enables Energy Efficiency to Measure-as you-go
- Patricia Stanton, E4theFuture, It’s Time to Embrace Tradable Credits: The Energy Efficiency Registry and EPA’s Clean Power Plan
- S. Balakrishnan, anb Systems, Insights from 10+ Years of Energy Efficiency Programs
- Stephen Putnam, Grundfos Pumps, Pumping System Evolution: The Next Generation of Utility Programs
- Stephen Bickel, D+R International, Unlocking the Residential HVAC Energy Efficiency Resource Base: How a New Sales Data Source Transformed the 2015 DOE Furnace Rulemaking
- Nikolaas Dietsch, US Environmental Protection Agency, Energy Efficiency in the Clean Power Plan
Session 1A: Lighting Programs
Elizabeth Murphy, The United Illuminating Company, The Great Light Bulb Exchange
Kristen Funk, Center for Energy and Environment, One-Stop Efficiency Shop®: Hope Is Not a Strategy
Brian Buckley, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Emerging Strategies for LED Street Lighting Conversion
Andre Javier-Barry, D+R International, Transforming the Commercial Lighting Market
Session 1B: Energy Efficiency as a T&D Resource
Richard Aslin, Pacific Gas and Electric, Targeted Energy Efficiency for Transmission and Distribution Reliability
Chris Neme, Energy Futures Group and Teri VanSumeren, Consumers Energy, Not Your Usual Suspects: How a Michigan Utility and an Environmental Group Collaboratively Developed a Pilot Project to Defer a Distribution System Upgrade with Energy Efficiency
Elizabeth Titus, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, Using Geographically Targeted Energy Efficiency to Deter T&D Investment
Michael Harrington, Con Ed, Con Edison’s Integrated Demand Side Management Potential Model
Session 1C: Regulatory Mechanisms for Energy Efficiency
Seth Nowak, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Beyond Carrots for Utilities: Recent Trends in Performance Incentive Mechanisms for Utility Energy Efficiency Programs
Annie Gilleo, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Valuing Efficiency: A Review of Lost Revenue Adjustment Mechanisms
Will Nissen, Fresh Energy and Samantha Williams, Natural Resources Defense Council, The Link between Revenue Decoupling Mechanisms and Increased Utility-Led Energy Efficiency
Session 1D: Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification Methods Issues
Patrick Wallace, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships, What’s Under the Hood? Building Transparency in Energy Efficiency Savings and Underlying EM&V Methods through a Standardized, Integrated Reporting Platform
Christine Donovan, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Showing Me the Savings: TRMs, Big Data, and EM&V 2.0 as Catalysts for Energy Efficiency Savings
Isaac Wainstein, ERS, Defending Energy Efficiency as a Reliable Grid Resource
Lark Lee, Tetra Tech and Amy Martin, Frontier Associates, What’s your kW? Defining Peak Demand in Texas
Session 1E: Energy Efficiency in the Clean Power Plan
Jeff West, ICF International, Quantifying the Value of Energy Efficiency as a Compliance Mechanism
Robert Neumann, Navigant, Capturing Energy Efficiency Savings and Implementing Common EM&V Practices to Develop a Successful Framework for EPA’s Clean Power Plan
Kate Swayne Wilson, Cadmus, The Potential for Tracking & Trading Energy Efficiency under the Clean Power Plan
Abby Fox, Southeast Energy Efficiency Alliance and Katie Southworth, EMV Energy Solutions, Southeastern Responses to the Clean Power Plan
Session 2A: Small Business Programs
Edward Musz, ComEd, Small Business Energy Savings: Onward and Upward
Jake Felton, CLEAResult, Small Business Market Engagement: Efficiency, Economy & Equitability
Christina Crowell and Farra Layne Vargas, Puget Sound Energy, The Blitz Is On: An Innovative Customer Approach that Results in Increased Conversion Rates and Cost Effectiveness
Session 2B: Energy Efficiency as a T&D Resource (Examples)
John Finnigan, Environmental Defense Fund, Using Energy Efficiency for Distribution System Planning
Mohammed W. Aliuddin, Southern California Edison, Energy Efficiency and Reliability: Southern California Edison’s Local Capacity Requirements RFO and Preferred Resources Pilot
Josh Bode, Nexant, Energy Efficiency as a Targeted Transmission and Distribution Resource
William E. Dornbos, Acadia Center, Rhode Island’s System Reliability Pilot
Session 2C: Moving the Mark: Which State Policies Drive Meaningful Energy Efficiency Savings?
Glenn Blackmon, Washington Department of Commerce, Implementation and Outcome from Washington State’s Energy Efficiency Resource Standard
Rachel Sholly, Rhode Island Office of Energy Resources, Policy in Action: How States Drive Large Investments in Energy Efficiency
Nick Dreher, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, EERS vs. IRPs: Why States Should Not Eliminate EERS
Jim Grevatt, Energy Futures Group, EERS Advancements in Maryland: EmPower After 2015
Session 2D: Best Practices in Potential Studies and Integrated Resource Plan
Kenji Takahashi, Synapse Energy Economics, Searching for Best Practices for Modeling Energy Efficiency in Integrated Resource Planning
Andrew Hudson, Energy Trust of Oregon, Forecasting the Future: Quantifying Uncertainty in Emerging Technologies
Philip Mosenthal, Optimal Energy, Why Potential Studies Can Do More Harm than Good…and What to Do About It
Session 2E: Energy Efficiency Developments in the South
John Sibley, Southface, Business Models for Utilities of the Future: Emerging Trends in the Southeast
James Linder, Tennessee Valley Authority, Energy Efficiency as a Resource
Wally Nixon, Arkansas Public Service Commission, Energy Efficiency in Arkansas: The 5th Year of Comprehensive Programs
Matt Klucher, Arkansas Public Service Commission, Collaboration: One Key to Arkansas’s Success
Tuesday, September 22
Plenary Session
The Role of Energy Efficiency in the Utility of the Future
Steven Nadel, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Minnesota: Mike Bull, Center for Energy and Environment
Massachusetts: Sue Coakley, Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships
New York: Frank Murray, Former President of NYSERDA
California: Jan Berman, Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Session 4A: Residential Programs
Danielle Byrnett, US Department of Energy, Better Buildings Residential Program Solution Center: Learn from the Highly Effective Residential Energy Efficiency Programs
Kelsey Horton, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, Statewide Strategies for Localized Savings: The Illinois Home Performance Approach
Jennifer C. Parsons, The United Illuminating Company, Dramatically Increase Residential HVAC Program Participation with an Upstream Approach
Session 4B: NEBs and Benefit-Cost Test Issues: Valuing the Multiple Benefits of Energy Efficiency
Tim Woolf, Synapse Energy Economics, Promoting Energy Efficiency for What It is Really Worth
Lisa Skumatz, Skumatz Economic Research Associates, NEBs, EULs, and Other Benefit-Cost Issues
Alireza Bozorgi, ICF International, Counting More than Energy: Preparing for Direct Measurement of Non-energy Impacts from Small Residential Energy-Efficiency Programs in New York
Session 4C: Integrated Resource Planning
Tom Rice, Tennessee Valley Authority, Building the Energy Efficiency Power Plant: TVA’s 2015 IRP
Manish Rukadikar, DTE Energy, DTE Energy’s Long-term Energy Efficiency Study to Support Integrated Resource Planning Efforts
Hossein Haeri, Cadmus, Leveraging Megawatts with Negawatts
Session 4D: National and Regional Results
Lakin Garth, Cadmus, Collecting, Aggregating, and Analyzing Energy Efficiency Savings at a Regional Level – and Beyond?
Ian Hoffman, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, How the Cost of Saving a Kilowatt-Hour Has Changed in Recent Years and How Long Are the Savings Lasting?
Katie Ryder, E Source, How Are DSM Programs Really Performing?
Session 4E: Natural Gas Energy Efficiency
Patrick Michalkiewicz, Peoples Gas & North Shore Gas and Paul Smith, Franklin Energy, Meeting Increasing Gas Energy Efficiency Savings Goals in a Challenging Environment
Dru Jones, Teco Energy New Mexico Gas Company, Breaking Good: How New Mexico Gas Company Consistently Meets Its Residential Energy Reduction Targets
Greg Wassel, GoodCents, Program Design: Best Practices of Multi-Fuel Programs
Lunch Plenary
Factors that Made Energy Efficiency the Northwest’s Second Largest Resource
Keynote Presenter: Tom Eckman, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
Session 5A: Large C&I Programs
Tim Perrin and Greg Baker, Efficiency Vermont, B2B Success: Large C&I – Shake Hands with Your Energy Management Team
Dan Comperchio, Willdan Energy Solutions and Travis Nelson, ComEd, Leveraging Energy Efficiency in Data Centers: Highly-Effective Program Design for Specialized Large Customers
Neil Beup, United Technologies and Matthew Gibbs, Eversource, Increasing the Value of EE Services for Industrial Customers (and Avoiding Opt Outs)
Evan Bowers, CLEAResult, Commercial and Industrial Energy Efficiency in Arkansas
Session 5B: Low-Income: Hard to Reach
Katherine Johnson, Johnson Consulting Group, Duct Hunting: Developing a Comprehensive Statewide Strategy Targeting Hard-to-Reach Customers
Monica Curtis, Wisconsin Energy Conservation Corporation, Reinvigorating Manufactured Home Retrofit Programs
Jamie Howland, Acadia Center, How to Address Weatherization within the Energy Efficiency Resource Acquisition Model
Session 5C: Aggressive Energy Efficiency Portfolios
Toben Galvin, Navigant, View from the Northeast: Benchmarking the Costs and Savings from the Most Aggressive Energy-Efficiency Programs
Nik Schruder, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), How Ontario, Canada, is Putting Conservation First
Ellen Zuckerman, Southwest Energy Efficiency Project, Delivering High Levels of Energy Savings for Utility Programs: Strategies from Arizona
George Lawrence, Optimal Energy, When Achievement Exceeds Potential: High Savings in Massachusetts and Rhode Island
Session 5D: Local Government/Utility Partnership
Catherine Krasner, Midwest Energy Efficiency Alliance, STEP-ing Into Savings: A Self-Install Program Approach Designed to Draw in Hard-to-Reach Facilities
Thomas Quasius, CB&I and Michael Lascola, AEP Ohio, Realizing Energy Efficiency through Direct Collaboration between Utilities and Communities
John Ashe, CLEAResult, SCORE/CitySmart: Lessons from the Institutional Sector
Diana McCarthy-Bercury, Eversource and Marianne Graham, ICF International, Advancing Municipal Energy Efficiency through Technical Support and Guidance
Session 5E: Lightning Session on Behavior & EE/DR Integration
Steve Nguyen, Bidgely Inc., Proactive Consumer Engagement for Efficiency Gains, Increased Satisfaction, and Transformation
Carrie Harkness, Consumers Energy, Allow Us to Reintroduce Ourselves: Effective Tools for Engaging Customers to Leverage Smart Meter Data Analytics and Energy Efficiency
Ashlie Ossege, Direct Options, Customers Know Best When It Comes to Behavior Change: Are You Listening?
Matthew Tolliver, EcoFactor, Why Bundling Makes Sense: EE, DR and the Smart Grid
Matt O’Keefe, Opower, The Behavioral Layer Cake: How Layering Peak Day Messaging Increases the Value of Behavioral Energy Efficiency
Steve Hambric, Comverge, Increasing the Potential of Energy Efficiency through Integrated Demand Management Programs
Session 6A: CHP Programs
Anne Hampson, ICF International, From Threat to Asset: How CHP Can Benefit Utilities
Tim Witting, Pepco & Delmarva Power C& I Energy Savings Program, Transforming the Market for CHP: How Maryland Created the Market
Jon Feldman, Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO), CHP - All Sizes Fit One (Program): Turning the Agony to Ecstasy with Micro CHP as a Conservation Resource
Session 6B: Multi-Family Programs
Brody Vance, Franklin Energy, Lighting Up Energy Savings in the Multi-Family Market
Annika Brink, National Housing Trust, Energy Efficiency for All: Quantifying and Capturing the Large Efficiency Potential in the Multi-family Affordable Housing Sector
Elizabeth Glynn, Center for Sustainable Energy and Mark Pignatelli, ICF International, Bridging the Gap: Leveraging Energy Efficiency, Financing, and Utility Incentives for Moderate Rehab Projects
Session 6C: Promising Areas of Utility Energy Efficiency Expansion
Moderator: Dan York, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
Sally Blair, NORESCO, Creating Best Practices for Energy Code Compliance in California
Cody Allen, ICF International and Beau Blankenship, Entergy, From VFDs to LEDs: How the American Farmer Can “Harvest” the Benefits of Energy Efficiency
Roger Baker, ComEd, Energy Efficiency and Capacity Auctions: An Update
Session 6D: Innovative Approaches
Pace Goodman, Navigant, Don’t Be Fooled Again: Smart Thermostats and Residential Demand Response – Market Review, Design Considerations, and Early Findings of Savings Potential
Craig Owens, Willdan Energy Solutions and Gerard Nesbitt, Southern California Edison, Groundbreaking Healthcare Program Generates Innovative Approach to Accessing Hard-to-Reach Customers
Session 6E: Public Power
Brendon Baatz, American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy, Energy Efficiency in the Municipal Utility World
Dan Ridings, CLEAResult and Frank Rapley, Tennessee Valley Authority, Lowering Costs and Improving Stakeholder Experiences in Energy Efficiency Programs
Mark Cayce, Ouachita Electric Cooperative, On-Bill Financing and Collection of Energy Efficiency Improvements
