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Energy Efficiency Power Purchase Agreements
 
Energy Efficiency Power Purchase Agreements
 
Agenda
550 Capitol Street NE, Main Hearing Room
Call in Number: 855-463-3863 6782#
 
April 5, 2012
 
9:00 - 9:15      
  • Welcome, Introductions and Context - Juliet Johnson (OPUC Staff) Opening 
 
Panel 1:  Energy Efficiency Power Purchase Agreements (EE PPAs) and National Experience with 3rd Party Delivery and Financing of Energy Efficiency (EE)
Background Document # 1
Background Document # 2
 
9:15 - 9:25      
  • Experience with traditional and emerging ESCO models - Peter White (Johnson Controls Inc.) Presentation 
9:25 - 9:35      
  • 3rd Party energy efficiency (EE) performance based delivery models - Chuck Goldman (Lawrence Berkeley National Labs) Presentation  
9:35 - 9:45      
  • Energy efficiency power purchase agreements:  one approach - Bill Campbell (Equilibrium Capital) Presentation  
9:45 - 10:30    
  • Discussion and Q&A
 
 
10:30 - 10:45  Break
 
 
Panel 2:  Feasibility and Cost Effectiveness of EE PPAs
 
10:45 - 10:55  
  • Feasible market segments and cost effectiveness of comprehensive savings packages - Jeff Harris (NEEA) Presentation 
10:55 - 11:05  
  • Practical aspects of documenting savings for energy efficiency projects - Steve Schiller (Lawrence Berkeley National Labs) Presentation  
11:05 - 11:15  
  • Contracting and billing complexities - Joe Barra (PGE) Presentation  
11:15 - 11:25   
  • How much to pay for conservation and balancing impacts and risk to ratepayers - Maury Galbraith (OPUC Staff) Presentation 
11:25 - 11:35  
  • Financing and capital considerations - Justus Poling (Umpqua Bank) Presentation 
11:35 - 12:00  
  • Discussion and Q&A
 
 
12:00 - 1:00    Lunch (on your own)
 
Panel 3:  Monitoring and Verification of Savings and Baseline Energy Use
 
1:05 - 1:15      
  • Verifying savings from deep retrofits - Fred Gordon (Energy Trust) Presentation

1:15 - 1:25      
1:25 - 2:15      
  • Discussion and Q&A
 
 
Panel 4:  Where to go from here with deep retrofits and EE PPAs?
 
2:15 - 2:25      
  • The available resource in target areas - Charlie Grist (NWPCC) Presentation 
 
2:25 - 2:35      
  • NEEA’s deep retrofit initiatives - Peter Wilcox (NEEA) Presentation  
 
2:35 - 2:50      Break
 
 
2:50 - 3:00      
  • Next steps to deep retrofits - Margie Harris (Energy Trust) Presentation 
3:00 - 3:30      
  • Facilitated discussion on suggestions for testing components of EE PPAs - Juliet Johnson (OPUC Staff)
 
3:30 - 4:00      
  • General discussion and Q&A
 
4:00 - 4:10      
  • Summary and Next Steps - Juliet Johnson (OPUC Staff)
 
 
4:15                End