COM/DGX/avs Date of Issuance 11/2/2010
Decision 10-10-033 October 28, 2010
BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
Order Instituting Rulemaking to Examine the Commission's Post-2008 Energy Efficiency Policies, Programs, Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification, and Related Issues. |
Rulemaking 09-11-014 (Filed November 20, 2009) |
DECISION ON EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF CALIFORNIA UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title Page
DECISION ON EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF CALIFORNIA UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS 33
2.1. The EM&V Policy Framework 33
2.2. The EM&V Methodological Framework 88
2.3. The 2006-2008 Energy Efficiency Evaluation Report 99
2.4. EM&V Review Procedural Background 1010
3.1. General Areas of Agreement 1212
3.2. Specific Party Positions 1515
3.2.1. Should the Commission's EM&V Objectives
be Amended and, If So, How? 1515
3.2.2. Should the Commission's Established EM&V Protocols and Framework be Amended or Expanded and, If So, How? 1717
3.2.3. What Are the Merits of and Challenges Facing Use
of the Following EM&V Metrics? 1818
3.2.3.1. Macro Consumption Metrics Which Assess the Aggregate Impact of Energy Efficiency Programs on Energy Consumption 1818
3.2.4. What Can California Learn From Other Regions and States Regarding Successful Models for Collaborative
Forums to Enable More Effective EM&V? 2323
3.2.5. What Technological Innovations May Be
Brought to Support More Effective EM&V? 2424
3.2.6. How Can the Commission's EM&V Efforts Better Support
the Related Needs of Other State Agencies,
Including the CARB, the CEC, and POUs? 2424
Title Page
4.4. The EM&V Workshop Series and 2013-2015 Energy Efficiency
EM&V Plan 3131
4.4.1. Explore, Test, and Assess the Viability
of Macro Consumption Metrics 3232
4.4.2. Explore, Test, and Assess the Scalability
of Experimental Design 3333
4.4.3. Explore, Test, and Assess the
Application of Market Transformation Metrics 3535
4.4.4. Explore and Assess the Opportunities
for the Use of Data Collected by AMI 3737
4.4.5. Expand EM&V Activities that Facilitate
Load Forecasting and Understanding
of Total Market Gross Load Impacts 3838
4.4.6. Provide a Forum for the Airing of
Additional EM&V Issues as Necessary 4040
5. Categorization and Need for Hearing 4141
APPENDIX A - Core Objectives of Energy Efficiency Evaluation,
Measurement, and Verification
DECISION ON EVALUATION, MEASUREMENT, AND VERIFICATION OF CALIFORNIA UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS
1. Summary
This Decision paves the way for future evaluation, measurement, and verification (EM&V) of California Public Utilities Commission (Commission) energy efficiency programs.1 In this decision we establish the Commission's energy efficiency EM&V objectives for post-2012 programs, identify challenges that must be addressed before those programs begin, and launch a series of workshops designed to address those challenges collaboratively and transparently.
California's energy efficiency markets are increasingly dynamic. New influences on these markets and more comprehensive programmatic initiatives demand greater clarity of purpose and innovation in energy efficiency EM&V. This Decision provides that clarity and makes way for those innovations, by setting up stakeholder meetings well before the launch of post-2012 programs and dedicating resources to the effort.
1 EM&V are activities which evaluate, monitor, measure and verify performance or other aspects of energy efficiency programs or their market environment. Energy Efficiency Policy Manual, Version 4.0. at 6.
