The Future of U.S. Electricity Efficiency Programs Funded by Utility Customers: Program Spending and Savings Projections to 2030

Goldman, Charles A.; Murphy, Seán; Hoffman, Ian M.; Frick, Natalie Mims; Leventis, Greg; Schwartz, Lisa

doi:10.2172/1506378

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“…Utility energy efficiency programs remain the lowestcost energy resource at an average of 3.1 cents per kilowatt-hour, which is estimated to be between one-fifth and one-half the cost of some other options (see Figure 4) (Molina and Relf 2018). Supported by the decisions and policies of state regulators of investor-owned utilities (and their counterparts for publicly owned utilities), utilities are investing on the order of $6 billion per year in energy efficiency programs today, with increased investment expected in coming years (Goldman et al 2018). In addition to overall energy savings, energy efficiency plays an important role in supporting grid reliability by decreasing peak demand and easing strain on the T&D system.…”

Section: Grid Servicesmentioning

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Grid-interactive buildings (GEB) Technical Report Series: Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps

Neukomm¹,

Nubbe²,

Fares³

2019

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These definitions are for the purposes of the Grid-interactive Efficient Buildings Technical Report Series. They may be defined differently or more generally in other contexts. Grid services Services that support the generation, transmission, and distribution of electricity and provide value through avoided electricity system costs (generation and/or delivery costs); this report focuses on grid services that can be provided by grid-interactive efficient buildings. Distributed energy resource (DER) A resource sited close to customers that can provide all or some of their immediate power needs and/or can be used by the utility system to either reduce demand or provide supply to satisfy the energy, capacity, or ancillary service needs of the grid. Load profile A building's load profile describes when-time of day or hour of the year-the building is consuming energy (typically used to refer to electricity consumption but can also describe on-site fuel use); load shape and load curve are often used interchangeably, but all refer to the timing of energy use. Energy efficiency Ongoing reduction in energy use to provide the same or improved level of function. Demand flexibility Capability of DERs to adjust a building's load profile across different timescales; energy flexibility and load flexibility are often used interchangeably with demand flexibility. Demand response Change in the rate of electricity consumption in response to price signals or specific requests of a grid operator. Demand-side management The modification of energy demand by customers through strategies, including energy efficiency, demand response, distributed generation, energy storage, electric vehicles, and/or time-of-use pricing structures. Grid-interactive efficient building (GEB) An energy-efficient building that uses smart technologies and on-site DERs to provide demand flexibility while co-optimizing for energy cost, grid services, and occupant needs and preferences, in a continuous and integrated way. Smart technologies for energy management Advanced controls, sensors, models, and analytics used to manage DERs. GEBs are characterized by their use of these technologies.

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Section: Grid Servicesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Grid-interactive buildings (GEB) Technical Report Series: Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps

Neukomm¹,

Nubbe²,

Fares³

2019

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“…After vetting our use cases with members of the technical advisory group, we began to identify robust examples of efficiency program administrators, utilities and regional transmission operators using TSV-EE. We leveraged prior Berkeley Lab research on the cost of saving electricity (Hoffman et al 2018;Frick et al 2019) and the future of ratepayer funded efficiency (Goldman et al 2018). For this report, we reviewed:…”

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“…Energy efficiency resource standards and other peak demand reduction goals State energy efficiency resource standards require utilities (or third-party program administrators) to procure a designated amount of energy efficiency, typically over a long-term period. Some 26 states have such a policy in place (Goldman et al 2018). Only four of these states address the TSV-EE in their standard, by requiring peak demand reductions.…”

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Time-Sensitive Value of Efficiency: Use Cases in Electricity Sector Planning and Programs

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Schwartz²

2019

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“…14 In reporting program-level savings, most utilities include some programs that incur costs but do not produce savings. 15 Our estimates of national spending on electricity efficiency programs come from the ACEEE Scorecard for 2014 and 2015 and Berkeley Lab analysis in 2016 (Goldman et al 2018). 16 See Table A -1 for detail.…”

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Peak Demand Impacts From Electricity Efficiency Programs

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Goldman³

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The Future of U.S. Electricity Efficiency Programs Funded by Utility Customers: Program Spending and Savings Projections to 2030

Abstract: We compiled information on state policy drivers (e.g., DSM plan filings, IRPs, new legislation or major public utility commission decisions on electricity efficiency) through August 2018.

Cited by 5 publications

References 9 publications

Grid-interactive buildings (GEB) Technical Report Series: Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps

Grid-interactive buildings (GEB) Technical Report Series: Overview of Research Challenges and Gaps

Time-Sensitive Value of Efficiency: Use Cases in Electricity Sector Planning and Programs

Peak Demand Impacts From Electricity Efficiency Programs

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