Title: Integrating Demand Response in Third Party Implemented Energy Efficiency Programs
Abstract: California utilities have managed the implementation of energy efficiency (EE) programs for over two decades. Recently, the California Public Utility Commission (CPUC) has mandated as part of the California Long Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan that California utilities implement integrated demand side management (IDSM). To do this the utility must ensure when an EE project is investigated, demand response (DR) opportunities are also explored and implemented as appropriate. Southern California Edison (SCE) manages 23 market segment specific third-party implemented programs. These programs provide audits, technical calculation assistance, and project management services to assist customers in identifying and installing EE opportunities. In parallel, SCE’s Technical Assistance and Technology Incentives (TATI) program provides customers with engineering services that develop DR audit recommendations and incentives for installing DR enabling measures. In an effort to implement IDSM, SCE is piloting the integration of the TATI process into two of their EE programs focused on retail and commercial office buildings. This entails the integration of program forms, legal agreements, program and system processes, and both customer and vendor incentives. Customers choosing to participate reap the benefits of reducing their current energy base load and then receiving per event incentives for reducing their demand. As a result, more customers are now implementing comprehensive IDSM solutions for projects that in the past focused solely on EE. This paper will walk through the motivation and challenges of IDSM in California, explain the current design and payment structures of “siloed” EE and DR programs and detail the process established in two pilot EE programs to include DR technologies. Finally a case study is presented outlining the benefits of IDSM.
Publication Year: 2012
Publication Date: 2012-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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