CRAC March 12 Meeting

Energy Sixth Plan CRAC

Conservation Resources Advisory Committee Meeting
March 12, 2009

Northwest Power and Conservation Council
851 SW Sixth Avenue, Suite 1100
(503) 222-5161

9:30 AM	Welcome and Introductions (Tom Eckman) >> Presentation (110k PowerPoint) Role of the Committee in the 6^th Plan's Development Proposed 6^th Plan Work Plan and Schedule
10:00 AM	Conservation Cost-Effectiveness (Eckman) >> Presentation (720k PowerPoint) Issue 1 - Should the Council modify its cost-effectiveness methodology? How the Council evaluates resource cost-effectiveness Northwest Energy Efficiency Taskforce (NEET) recommendation Bundling: measure vs. building vs. program vs. portfolio Treatment of non-energy benefits Issue 2 - Communicating how cost-effectiveness is determined NEET recommendation Prepare and distribute: "Cost-Effectiveness for Dummies"
12:00 PM	Lunch - on your own
1:15 PM	Constraints on Conservation Acceleration and Sustained Annual Acquisition Levels (Charles Grist) >> Presentation (1mb PowerPoint) Issue 1 - What "ramp rates" should be assumed for maximum achievable market penetration during the next five years? 5^th Plan assumptions Proposed assumptions for 6^th Plan Issue 2 - What should be assumed as the maximum achievable market penetration over the entire planning period (20 years)? 5^th Plan assumptions Proposed assumptions for 6^th Plan
3:30 PM	Adjourn
Background Materials: >> NEET Workgroup 6 Recommendations on Cost-Effectiveness (180k Word) >> California Standard Practices Manual for Cost-Effectiveness (1mb PDF) >> Misconceptions, Mistakes, and Misnomers in DSM Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (3.5mb PDF) >> Council Issue Paper on Conservation Cost-Effectiveness (40k PDF) >> Council Issue Paper on Achievable Potential (200k PDF)