1. Choosing Energy Efficiency Programs and Recovering Costs Jim Windsor Manager of Rates & Fiscal Planning Columbia Water & Light Department Columbia – Missouri jrw@gocolumbiamo.com

2. Economic forecasting is like trying to drive a car blindfolded while following directions given by a person who is looking out of the back window. From “On The One Hand…The Economist’s Joke Book” by Jeff Thredgold DISCLAIMER

6. There are several Regional Transmission Organizations in North America. Each has different “market” structures. Columbia is a member of MISO and participates in the Day-Ahead Energy Market

8. Value of Capacity Reduction? Traditional method – purchase capacity for $X per kW per month for full year Market method – purchase capacity at market rate for specific month –$2 per kW for July and August 2009

9. Columbia Water & Light Programs Home Performance with Energy Star –Comprehensive assessment with rebates for actions completed Commercial Programs –HVAC, Lighting, and Appliances Industrial Programs –HVAC, Lighting, and Machine Drives

10. Developing Rebates REM Home Energy Analysis Software http://www.archenergy.com/products/rem/ http://www.archenergy.com/products/rem/ Energy and Environmental Ratings Alliance http://www.ratingsalliance.org/index.htm http://www.ratingsalliance.org/index.htm –REM software part of membership in rating alliance

11. Considerations Does your state have a standard for Measurement, Evaluation and Validation of energy efficiency programs? –Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships http://www.neep.org/policy_and_outreach/EMV.html http://www.neep.org/policy_and_outreach/EMV.html Will your programs qualify for carbon credits? How will you collect and track information (software)?

12. Software Vendors Frontier Associates http://www.frontierassoc.com/clients.html http://www.frontierassoc.com/clients.html KEMA http://www.kema.com/Default.aspxhttp://www.kema.com/Default.aspx Other?

14. APPA Energy Efficiency Summit Dec. 9–11, 2009, Scottsdale, Ariz. This two-and-a-half-day summit geared toward policymakers, utility general managers and senior utility managers involved with energy efficiency will include seminars on both technical and non- technical issues related to energy efficiency.

15. International Energy Program Evaluation Conference is held every two years. Next one will be in 2011. See http://www.iepec.org/http://www.iepec.org/

16. See www.aesp.org for more informationwww.aesp.org

17. Go to http://aceee.org/ http://aceee.org/

18. What About Free Riders The “Snackwell Affect” – Shelton Group Consumer Electronics - EPRI data…. –1 digital photo frame per home = 1,250 MW –42” Plasma TV uses 2.5 times old 27” –2 cable boxes = a refrigerator AND……..

19. Plug in Vehicles are coming BMW Mini-E: 2009 Toyota: 2009 Chevy Volt: 2010 Nissan: 2010 SMART: 2010 Mercedes: 2010 Major Automakers are bringing out PHEVs and BEVs starting in 2009