RTF Subcommittee Meeting RTF Technical Support Needs for Small & Rural Utilities December 3,

Agenda  Introductions  Analysis process  List of recommended utilities  Draft interview guide  Questions and subcommittee feedback  Review project timeline and next steps 2

Analysis process 3  Identify Utilities of interest – Clean/prune data (remove misc. “non-utility” entities) – Small (<15 aMW) – Rural (LDD recipients) – Residential (> 60%) Location of Utilities of interest (pools and small rural residential) All these utilities fall within 150 aMW and 40,000 total customers

Utility Breakdowns 4 Utility CategoryPoolsPTRTotal Small Rural Small/rural51318 Residential Small/residential4913 Rural/residential9312 Small/rural/residential459 All Small Rural or Residential

Breakdown of Implemented Measures 5  Use of Lighting measures is a major source of savings in residential and commercial sectors.  Also see significant savings in irrigation measures.

Utility Selection Criteria  Small, rural, residential status  Volume of savings  Patterns of measure implementation of various utilities  Climate  Availability of adjacent conservation infrastructure  Residential vs. commercial  Renewables vs. measures 6

List of Proposed Utilities  City of McCleary  Wahkiakum  Okanogan County Electric Coop  City of Bonners Ferry  Burley  City of Milton Freewater  Lincoln  Blachly-Lane  Ravalli  Glacier 7  Harney  Lane  Fall River  Mission Valley  Kootenai  Big Bend  Mason PUD #3  Central  Umatilla  Raft River

Utility List Matrix  See Excel file: Draft Utility List_Small-Rural Utils.xlsx 8

Recommended Washington Utilities 9  City of McCleary  Wahkiakum  Okanogan County Electric Coop  Lincoln  Kootenai  Big Bend  Mason PUD #3

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Recommended Oregon Utilities 11  City of Milton Freewater  Blachly-Lane  Harney  Lane  Central  Umatilla

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Recommended Idaho Utilities 13  City of Bonners Ferry  Burley  Fall River  Raft River

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Recommended Montana Utilities 15  Lincoln  Ravalli  Glacier  Mission Valley

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Draft Interview Guide Objectives  Focus on technical characteristics of conservation efforts: – Development of deemed measures – Technical specifications – Simplified M&V protocols  Help identify program barriers faced by small/rural utilities (for RTF approved measures/protocols)  Review measures implemented by the utility  Discuss staff resources, incentives paid, and measures not reported to the PTR  Develop list of measures the utility is interested in implementing  Assess available conservation infrastructure 17

Draft Interview Guide  See Word doc: Draft Interview Guide_Small-Rural Utilities.docx 18

Questions and Subcommittee Feedback 19

Project Timeline & Next Steps 20 October 27Subcommittee meeting to discuss revised schedule and overall approach to analyzing the measure data from the PTR and C&RD. October 29All data due to Ecotope (w/ exception of IDEA and maybe PNGC…) November 19Ecotope sends draft list of utilities and proposed interview questions to subcommittee for review December 2/3Subcommittee meeting – list of utilities finalized; discuss interview questions. December 6-10Ecotope to start scheduling interviews December 10Final interview questions December 13 – January 21 Utility interviews February 11Draft report due February 18Subcommittee to provide feedback on draft report February 21-25Subcommittee meeting – presentation on draft report March 1Presentation on draft report to full RTF March 18Final report due

Ecotope Contact: Poppy Storm, Project Manager th Avenue NE − Seattle, Washington, PH: (206) , FAX: (206)