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Home My WebLink About17 Energy Savings Agenda Item # 17 Public Utility District WORKSHOP To: Board of Directors From: Steven Poncelet Date: March 18, 2009 Subject: Discussion of the Progress in Energy Savings 1. WHY THIS MATTER IS BEFORE THE BOARD The Board plays a key role in the District's conservation and energy efficiency programs through goal setting, budgetary approval, and critical feedback on the programs. This item is a informational review of the Districts 2008 Evaluation, Measurement, & Verification (EM&V) results along with the a detailed summary of the energy saving from the completed Truckee Senior Center project. 2. HISTORY The District has made significant investments in the conservation department in FY08 including an aggressive suite of new programs, new staff, and increased marketing and outreach. As part of the District's regulatory reporting through the Northern California Power Agency (NCPA), the Conservation Department is required to perform and EM&V study on the FY08 actual results and project results for FY09. One of the projects included in this analysis was the Low-Income Senior Center weatherization project completed in October of 2008 in partnership with Nevada County and the property manager. 3. NEW INFORMATION The EM&V report for FY08 program results, the FY09 program projections, and an executive summary have been completed and submitted to NCPA as part of our California Energy Commission SB1037 reporting requirements (the executive summary is attached). NCPA is compiling this information, along with similar information from other member public owned utilities, into a final report to be submitted to the CEC on or prior to the March 16, 2009 deadline. Final FY08 results for the Conservation Department include spending —4% of gross electric sales on public benefits and energy efficiency programs resulting in reduced energy usage of 3% (Net Annual kWh Savings of 4,455,607 kWh, Net Lifecycle kWh Savings of 36,792,306 kWh). When these life-time energy savings are divided by the FY08 cost to the District to deliver these programs, the result is a cost to the customer of 1.3 cents/kWh (which is a fraction of the District's average power purchase cost and one- tenth of the customer's usage rate). The District also continues to monitor the energy usage of the Senior Center to track the results of the significant weatherization program by comparing current against historical usage. Results for the recent winter months indicate reduced energy usage of 20 to 30%. A review of the FY08 EM&V results and the Senior Center project gives the Board an opportunity to evaluate the design, implementation, and cost effectiveness of the Conservation Department's public benefits and energy efficiency 4. FISCAL IMPACT There is no fiscal impact associated with this workshop item. 5. RECOMMENDATION Review this report and provide comment. Steven Poncelet Michael D. Hol ey Public Information & Conservation Manager General Manager TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT Public Utility District • Established in 1927 • 13,155 customers, 88 percent are residential • TDPUD projects an average growth rate of 1-3 percent per year, for the next 10 years • 2008 Peak demand —35.1 megawatts (winter peaking) • 2008 Energy Use—148.3 gigawatt-hours TDPUD Energy Efficiency Program Highlights • In 2008, the Truckee Donner Public Utility District (TDPUD) made significant investments in our Public Benefits and energy efficiency program's and staff capacity. This includes elevating energy efficiency to a management level position with the creation of a Conservation Manager position and increasing Public Benefit and energy efficiency spending to—4 percent of gross electric sales in calendar year 2008 with a calendar year 2009 budget of—5 percent of gross electric sales. The TDPUD targeted the most cost- effective programs and partnered with local agencies, businesses, and community groups to effectively implement programs. The TDPUD is seeing increasing acceptance of the economic and community benefits of energy efficiency investments. 2008 Highlights include: • Implemented programs with the potential to reduce electric usage by—3 percent annually. This result greatly exceeds our target of 0.675 percent per year over 10-years established as part of the reporting requirements. The District was able to achieve this performance through a combination of cost-effective measures (mostly lighting), effective program management, and leveraging the District's position within the community. • Created an Evaluation, Measurement, &Verification (EM&V) Plan for calendar year 2008 programs and completed the final EM&V report within 3-months of calendar year 2008 end. The EM&V report concluded: Net Annual kWh Savings of 4,455,607 kWh, Net Lifecycle kWh Savings of 36,792,306 kWh, Net Peak kW Savings of 927 kW, and a TRC of 7.12. • Effectively delivered programs for a cost of less than one quarter of the District's power purchase costs and a fraction of the customer's rate. • Significant investments in community outreach, communications, and marketing are tapping increasing interest in energy efficiency programs. As an example,the TDPUD's recent LED (Light Emitting Diode) Holiday Light Program achieved —5 percent customer participation over a 5-week period and all of the customers came to the TDPUD office where they were educated and given information on other energy efficiency opportunities. 2008 Commercial Customer Programs • Commercial Energy Audits: TDPUD offers free on-site energy audits conducted by a TDPUD Energy Specialist for commercial customers that provide specific recommendations on cost-effective energy improvements to manage and reduce energy use and load. • Commercial Energy Conservation Rebate Program: TDPUD provides a comprehensive commercial energy efficiency incentive program; focusing on peak load reduction and energy savings. Generous rebates and technical support are available to commercial customers to promote the installation of energy efficiency measures.This includes an appliance efficiency program for clothes washers, dishwashers and refrigerators; a building efficiency program that includes building envelope and forced-air distribution system leak testing and mitigation; a lighting efficiency program that includes any and all high efficiency lighting measures; space heating system efficiency program including ground source heat pumps and a water heating efficiency program including the purchase of energy efficient electric water heaters and solar water heater tanks. • Commercial Water Conservation Rebate Program: TDPUD offers rebates to commercial customers for the installation of water-saving measures including water-efficient clothes washers. Additional water-efficient investments including low-flush toilets; waterless urinals and other water saving devices may soon be eligible for this rebate. • Solar PV Program: TDPUD offers financial incentives to commercial customers who incorporate solar PV technologies into their businesses (SB-1). 2008 Residential Customer Programs • Residential Energy Audits: TDPUD offers free on-site energy audits conducted by a TDPUD Energy Specialist for commercial residents that provide specific recommendations on cost- effective energy improvements to manage and reduce energy load and provided savings. • Residential Energy Conservation Rebate Program: TDPUD provides a comprehensive residential energy efficiency incentive program, focusing on peak load reduction and energy savings. Generous rebates and technical support are available to residential customers to promote the installation of energy efficiency measures.This includes an appliance efficiency program for clothes washers, dishwashers and refrigerators; building efficiency program includes building envelope and forced-air distribution system leak testing and mitigation; residential compact fluorescent lighting (CFL) efficiency program including a multi-family unit CFL light bulb give away; space heating system efficiency program includes ground source heat pumps and the water heating efficiency program includes the purchase of energy efficient electric water heaters and solar water heater tanks. • Residential Water Conservation Rebate Program: TDPUD offers financial rebates to residential customers for the installation of water-saving measures including water- efficient clothes washers. Additional water-efficient investments including low-flush toilets; waterless urinals and other water saving devices will soon be eligible for this rebate. 2008 Residential Customer Programs (cont.) • Low-Income Weatherization: TDPUD provides home energy weatherization services to low-income residential customers. • Solar PV Program: TDPUD offers financial incentives to residential customers who incorporate solar PV technologies into their homes (SB-1). 2008 Community Programs • Energy Conservation & Efficiency Workshops:TDPUD staff offered numerous energy conservation and efficiency seminars and workshops in 2008. • Million CFL Program:The Million CFL program is a 10-year program starting in 2008 designed to provide incentives and CFL give-a-ways that will result in significant lighting efficiency savings. • LED Holiday Light Swap Program:The District began an LED (light emitting diode) Holiday Light swap program in 2007. The program involves giving District customers up to three strands of LED holiday lights in exchange for their old inefficient holiday lighting. • Landscape Water Conservation Workshops:TDPUD partnered with local nurseries to conduct landscape water conservation workshops for the community. • Green Building Education/Installer:TDPUD has partnered with the local Sierra Green Building Association and the Town of Truckee Green Building Committee to design and implement green building education and training programs for the Truckee-Tahoe communities. • Green Buildings Tour:TDPUD works with the Sierra Green Building Association and local groups to provide tours of buildings in the community that incorporate green building design features. 2008 Education Programs - Public Schools: • Energy Education: A TDPUD personnel gives presentations on energy topics to local schools each year. • "Living Wise" Resource Efficiency Program: TDPUD collaborates with the 6th grade staff at the local middle school to provide the curriculum and resources for the "Living Wise" Resource Efficiency program. • Climate Change Symposium: TDPUD assists the Tahoe-Truckee Regional Education Coalition with Education Symposiums every year. 2008 Community Education Programs: • Green Building Symposium: TDPUD helps organize and conducts a presentation at the Truckee Home Show's Green Building Symposium. • Regional Sustainability Assessment/Education: TDPUD collaborated with the Northern Nevada AIA on Regional Sustainability Assessment Education. • Green Schools Education Program:The District expanded its school education programs in 2008 to include the new community college. 2008 Business Partnership Programs (Green Partners) • Retail: TDPUD encourage restaurants to install energy-efficient lighting and other energy efficiency measures. The District also works with and encourages local hardware and grocery stores to market, sell and install energy-efficient products and services. • Restaurant: Encourage restaurants to install energy-efficient lighting, cooking, dishwashing, and heating,ventilation and air conditioning equipment. • Hospitality: Encourage hotels, motels, and resorts to implement LEED design principles and energy-efficient lighting, controls, HVAC, water heating, pool/spa, restaurant, renewable energy and green building technologies. 2008 TDPUD Website The TDPUD continues to improve our website and conservation/energy efficiency pages that are an on-line resources to our customers regarding programs, rebates, application information, and local resources. The TDPUD is going to upgrade its website in 2009 with a Power of Conservation focus and an on-line energy efficiency competition. There will be many new enhancements added to the website that will go a long way in promoting energy efficiency, conservation and renewables. 2008 TDPUD Demand Reduction Programs The TDPUD does not currently have any demand reduction programs in place since there is very little air conditioning load and the TDPUD high demand time is winter. However, many of our energy efficiency programs address our unique load profile. 2008 Wires-to-Water Efficiency Program In 1998,TDPUD staff started a review and testing program for all of the wells and pumping facilities in the district. It was determined that all of the water pumping and well facilities were not energy efficient. After the initial evaluation, an efficiency standard was developed to provide guidance in meeting the long term goal of energy efficient delivery of water. From 2001 to the present, existing facilities were rebuilt with higher efficiency pumping systems than would have normally been purchased. This is an ongoing project and the TDPUD will continue to evaluate the energy efficiency gains and cost effectiveness of this program. Measured energy savings for this program are based on the following system-wide results: 2001: Baseline annual energy use - 5,586 kilowatt-hours per MG • 2006: Improvements reduced usage to—4,688 kilowatt-hours per MG (2,370 MG total) • 2007: Improvements reduced usage to—4,612 kilowatt-hours per MG (2,433 MG total) 2008: Improvements reduced usage to—4,484 kilowatt-hours per MG (2,303 MG total) Time Period for Reporting Data:Calendar year ending 12/31/2008 et i 'Cycle GHG Utility Direct Utility Mktg, Program Sector Net Demand Net Peak kW Net Annual Net Lifecycle kWh Reductions Utility Incentives Install Cost EM&V,and Total Utility Cost Tons Cost($) ($) Admin Cost($ ($) Used in CEC Report) Category Savings(kW) Savings kWh Savings savings ( $ 3,746 $ 12,596 Appliances Res Clothes Washers 2 2 11,376 170,640 94 $ 8,850 HVAC Res Cooling 9,500 $ 3,954 $ 13,454 Appliances Res Dishwashers 2 2 12,008 180,120 100 $ Cons Elect's Res Electronics 111,482 $ 238,019 HVAC Res Heating 2,290 512 3,140,252 27,849,791 14,765 $ 126,536 $ Lighting Res Lighting Pool Pump Res Pool Pump 17,217 $ 6,433 $ 23,650 Refrigeration Res Refrigeration 17 17 79,150 573,000 311 $ 74,555 $ 28,373 $ 102,928 HVAC Res Shell 37 37 87,539 1,313,079 741 $ 1 783 $ 5,833 6 6 19,698 197,870 106 $ 4,050 $ Water Heating Res Water Heating 4,362 $ 14,353 Comprehen Res Comprehensive 28 28 91,436 412,180 245 $ 1,991 $ 366 $ 1,366 2,436 12,180 7 $ 1,000 $ Process Non-Res Cooking 8,000 $ 7,385 $ 15,385 HVAC Non-Res Cooling 99,389 1,391,443 762 $ HVAC Non-Res Heating 41,563 $ 24,165 $ 65,728 Lighting Non-Res Lighting 323 323 911,799 4,644,383 2,574 $ Process Non-Res Motors Process Non-Res Pumps Refrigeration Non-Res Refrigeration HVAC Non-Res Shell Process Non Res Process Comprehen Non Res Comprehensive Other Other 9, 2,705 927 4,455,607 36,792,306 1705 $ 301,262 $ 192,050 $ 493,31 21 SubTotal T&D T&D Total 2,705 927 4,455,607 36,792,306 19,705 $ 301,262 $ 192,050 $ 493,312 ` I EE Program Portfolio TRC Test 7.12 Excluding T&D Time Period for Forecast Data:Calendar year ending 12/31/2009 •• lo et LtfecyclO GHG Utility Direct Utility Mktg, Program Sector Net Demand Net Peak kW Net Annual Net Lifecycle kWh Reductions Utility Incentives Install Cost Admin CostdS Total Utility Cost Used in CEC Report Cate o Sevin s kW Savin s kWh Savin s Savin s Tons 105 $ Cost 18 144 $ $ 1,217 $ 19,361 Appliances Res Clothes Washers 2 2 12,640 189,600 HVAC Res Cooling 105 $ 18,452 $ 1,217 $ 19,669 Appliances Res Dishwashers 2 2 12,640 189,600 Cons Elect's Res Electronics HVAC Res Heating 154,129 $ 355,464 Lighting Res Lighting 2,042 453 2,940,334 24,007,852 12,765 $ 201,335 $ 9 9 57,692 Pool Pump Res Pool Pump 50,990 $ 1,628 $ Refrigeration Res Refrigeration 33 33 151,500 1,044,000 566 $ 1 628 $ 33,160 HVAC Res Shell 11 11 16,904 253,563 143 $ 31,533 $ 3,176 $ 20,586 15 15 49,245 494,675 265 $ 17,411 $ 4,853 Water Heating Res Water Heating b8 $ 4,184 $ 670 $ Comprehen Res Comprehensive 6 6 20,868 104,342 Process Non-Res Cooking HVAC Non-Res Cooling HVAC Non-Res Heating 42,708 $ 18,428 $ 61,136 9 9 Li htin Non-Res Lighting 175 175 529,986 2,870,411 1,591 $ Process Non-Res Motors Process Non-Res Pumps Refrigeration Non-Res Refrigeration HVAC Non-Res Shell Process Non Res Process Comprehen Non Res Comprehensive Other OtherSubTotal 187,167 $ 571,923 2,285 696 3,734,117 29,154,043 15,595 $ 384,756 $ T&D T&D Total 2,285 696 3,734,117 29,154,043 15,595 $ 384,756 $ 187,167 $ 571,923 EE Pro ram Portfolio TRC Test 6 87 Excluding T&D f s I