1. Commercial Sector Perspective
Energy Management TAG
October 11, 2011
Allie Robbins, BPA Commercial Sector
(503)

2. Overview Current status of Commercial EM Commercial programs overview
EM TAG ambitions

3. Energy Management and Commercial
Significant opportunity in 6th Power Plan
Expanding commercial portfolio
Current status: limited Custom projects
Existing building commissioning-like projects
First, why do we care:
There is significant opportunity in existing building commissioning in commercial buildings in the 6th Power Plan
As codes and standards increase, opportunities for widget-based measures are diminishing
Know there is opportunity and our industrial program has had some success as have other programs in the NW region and across the country
What is currently being done in energy management?
A very small number of projects are being done as custom projects – typically in large buildings such as hospitals or universities.
RFP on the streets to our utility customers for behavior based programs in residential and commercial

4. Commercial Programs Overview
Deemed Measures
Calculated Measures
Custom Projects
Refrigeration
Lighting Calculator
New Construction
HVAC
Additional Refrigeration
All Other Retrofits
Insulation & Windows
Kitchen & Food Service
Basic overview of how our programs are implemented: we develop the measures and program offerings, the utility decides if and how to implement them. Utility manages its own budget for incentives.
Currently, the biggest sources of savings are lighting and grocery refrigeration (EnergySmart Grocer program)
HVAC measures:
Unitary AC
DHP in limited applications
WEPT in modular classrooms
Additional measures:
Network computer power management
Smart power strips
Commercial showerheads
Electric storage water heaters
Additional measures

5. EM TAG Ambitions Focus on products/technologies
Overcome current hurdles
Claiming savings
Extending measure life beyond 1 year
Reducing implementation costs
Achieve RTF approval
Current hurdles:
Claiming savings: for example, industrial relies on regression analysis and tracking tools to verify savings
Extending measure life: for purposes of claiming savings against the power plan, is important to have a measure life longer than one year. Looking for technologies with persistence elements and persistence assurance.
Reducing implementation costs: with limited budgets, is not always possible to launch large-scale program like EnergySmart Industrial. Need technologies that can be implemented with relatively low implementation costs
Relative simplicity: some customers have the luxury of multiple staff to manage efficiencies, others have 1-2 staff people doing everything in efficiency. Others have even less staff time. Our approaches need to be require relatively low participation from the customer utility to implement.
Achieve RTF approval: best way to book savings is through RTF approved measures and methodologies. Approaches may go Custom initially, but far greater efficiencies can be gained through RTF approval.

6. EM Technology Ambitions
Addresses a diverse group of building types
Serves small commercial buildings
Relevant across the NW region
Needs:
Address a diverse group of building types to be applicable to a broad range of applications. Or addresses a building type that everyone has in their territory – small office, hospitality, schools
Serves small commercial: lots of small commercial, poses a big challenge in energy management, but we know there is opportunity.
Relevant to many of BPA’s customer utilities – while any given solution won’t be applicable to all shapes and sizes, need to try to maximize relevance and value. I.e. don’t want only measures that work in large urban buildings.