WG 1: Measuring what matters

December 5th meeting

Review sub group recommendations

• Customer data– And building data– Meter level and sub meter– Load shapes

• Products, services

• Market Characterization

• Evaluation results

Summary• Survey: Regional role – not full agreement as to the scopeCommittee Recommendation:• $8 - $10 Million / year; 4-5 FTE• Some projects to generate data that doesn’t exist, needs

update, new needs• Advise on data collection needs, protocols• Coordinate Data gathering/aggregationPlus Clearinghouse• Summarizing • Interpreting and creating a user friendly result• Making sense of the varied data sources• Help facilitate coordinated strategies for region

DATA: Where Currently at Regional Level

  Primary  

Customer/Meter Data Utilities      

Customer and Building Characteristics Utilities NEEA

States/ govt  

Products and Services BPA NEEA RTF  

Measure data RTF. BPA utilities  

Market Characterization NEEA Utilities BPA  

EvaluationUtilities/

ETO RTF NEEA*BPA-past

ldrship

Note: No clear “winner”

Role of the RTF

Review

• Current role

• What it’s not

• Recommendation from Staff

Options

1. Propose resources in alignment with current mission. Look for solutions elsewhere

2. a. Propose resources more in alignment with the vision for Products and services (e.g. a portion of the regional data collection and/or coordination) b. Similarly, align other data coordination with other existing organization

3. Propose RTF take on the whole enchilada

Pros and Cons?

Considerations for who-ever

• Governance– Setting priorities

• Funding Source

• Responsiveness

Other Workgroups struggling with the “entity” question

• Work group 2: Pros and Cons of emerging technologies in one of the existing entities, as well as those of a “new entity”

wg 2/ET: NEEAPros Cons

Established organization of significant size

Electric-centric - Looking at adding Gas

Large enough to absorb tasks without significant modification

Funding does not allow for R&D/'dry holes; tied to results

Good Track RecordWould require new advisory

Group

Wide support and buy-inBPA may not support ET

function in NEEA

Representation of Already managing and

assimilating

Abe to share results

Focus on technology and business of EE

Market Assessments

wg2, ET BPA

Pros Cons

Establish ET Group with StructureIOUs not represented, nor gas

utilities

Network with national entities, incl. Fed. Labs

Federal entity has restrictive contracting

Good source of fundingMay not be able to have non-

federal board for oversight

competitive procurementFocusses more on T&D emerging

tech than EE

Becoming more fiscally transparent

Currently about a dozen projects underway

Wg 2/ET RTF

Pros Cons

Respected Current role narrow

Independent very limited staff

Accountable to Council, and therefore States relies on volunteers

Technical focusRTF needs to make decisions at

arm's length from actual work

Wg 2/ET New Entity

Pros Cons

Designed specifically for the function

Compete with existing entities for limited resources - Staff and funding

Overlapping mission with others

Recommendations for additional work to inform decision-makers

– Mapping data needs to the current users throughout region, beyond at the regional level.

• Including further role for states

– More comprehensive inventory of what data exists and being developed; where and possibilities for getting access to it now that new EE needs are identified