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ADOPTING A POLICY STATEMENT FOR A
MODEL. ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the Truckee Donner Public Utility District is a citizen owned, customer
oriented political subdivision of the State of California with primary responsibility for
providing services relating to the electrical and water needs of its customers, present
and future; and
WHEREAS, a major goal of the District is to establish policies and programs that
achieve cost effective conservation and support the efficient use of energy and water
resources; and
WHEREAS, the District's consumer/owners are best served and will be afforded the
lowest overall cost of energy, including societal costs, if energy efficiency is
effectively practiced by the District and its consumer/owners;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors that the Truckee
Donner Public Utility District hereby endorses a policy of equivalent treatment of
demand side management and supply resources in order to analyze, commit to and
acquire the mix of supply and demand-side resources that best achieve the District's
goals. The District subscribes to a number of precepts supporting this policy. They
include:
1. Utilities should recognize the economic and environmental imperative of energy
efficiency forconsumerownedsuppliers of electricity throughout California and
the nation.
2. Utilities should employ integrated resource planning in order to optimize the
balance of supply and demand-side resources.
3. Utilities should implement and continue to support all energy efficiency
programs found to be cost-effective and appropriate.
4. Utilities should provide leadership in energy efficiency through electric utility
industry cooperation and support, innovation and by adopting an organizational
philosophy that promotes energy efficiency.
5. Utilities should provide the staffing and funding necessary to achieve those
program goals that are determined to be cost-effective and appropriate.
6. Utilities should embrace and strive to implement the model programs outlined
below.
a) Integrated resource planning that is based on the total resource cost test
or other generally accepted cost effectiveness test defined in the Model
Plan for Energy Efficiency.
b) Integrated resource planning that includes environmental externalities
associated with power supply resources of energy efficiency programs.
c) Integrated resource planning that includes assessment of rele van t
societal benefits of energy efficiency programs and power supply
resources.
d) Rate structures and incentive rates that promote energy efficiency.
e) Maximization of internal efficiency of utility operations in areas of
generation and transmission, distribution system loss reduction, and
.. operations of utility facilities and buildings.
f) Customer outreach,public education andmarketing programs to promote
energy efficiency.
g) Technical assistance programs to provide energy efficiency related
services to customers such as conservation audits, weatherization, new
technology introduction, and quality of service assistance.
h) Designation of a specific individual to serve as Energy Efficiency
Coordinator with the responsibility to integrate energy efficiency into the
staffing and resource budgets of the utility; to assure coordination of
program planning, evaluation, implementation, marketing, load monitoring
as well as working with trade allies, obtaining industry cooperation,
gaining support from other entities, and providing overall leadership and
guidance to the utility's energy efficiency efforts.
i) An evaluation system to measure and monitor results and to provide a
feedback mechanism that allows validation of results and facilitates
necessary adjustments.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors at a meeting duly called and held
within the District on the 16th day of February 1993 by the following roll call vote:
A YES: Corbett, Jones, Maass, Sutton and Aguera.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
TRUCKEE DONNER PUBLIC UTILITY DISTRICT
By
J s ph A Aguera, f' siden t
A TTEST-
Susan M. Craig, Deputy Dist t Clerk
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