Efficiency & Demand Response Programs service from E Source

E Source
Efficiency & Demand
Response Programs
Service Overview

Adam Maxwell
Product Manager, Efficiency Services

www.esource.com July 12, 2012

Agenda

 Introductions
 Who are we and what do we do?
 Ask member inquiries!!!
 Efficiency and Demand Response Programs
Service
 Tools and resource to take advantage of
 How best-in-class utilities leverage E Source

Q&A Anytime
2 www.esource.com || © 2012 E SOURCE

Who Is E Source?
 Membership-based energy information and
advisory service
 Utilities are our focus, but we also work with
Fortune 500 corporate energy managers
 Unbiased research and analysis
 Fuel-neutral
 Product-neutral
 Vendor-neutral
 Program-neutral
 About 80 people on staff
 E Source is your resource
 Think of us as an extension of your staff

E Source Services for Utility Customers


E Source Service Structure

Member
Inquiries

Research Events


Logging Into Our Web Site
On your first visit, follow these steps:

1. Go to www.esource.com

2. In the right hand “Login” box, click the link “Register Now”

3. Follow the instructions using Access Code: Ask your EERS!

4. An activation link will be sent to your e-mail; click the included link to
activate your account

5. Check the “remember me” box next time you log in


Member Inquiries: Best Way to
Leverage E Source!


Member Inquiry Scenario
Your task:
Recruit more contractors to perform energy
efficiency installations

Where to even begin…?
Submit a member inquiry!

How have other utilities incentivized
contractors to join their trade ally
network?


Example Inquiries
Do you have information on what utilities will look like 5 years from now?

What are the drivers behind utility DSM Is DSM dying…?
programs?

How much energy savings are utilities How do utilities measure
claiming from K-12 EE kits? rebound from DLC events?

Contacts for Business Cooling Efficiency
programs

Is there a definition for “deep savings?”


DSM-Related Member Inquiries


Program-Specific Member Inquiries


Efficiency and Demand Response
Programs Service
The E Source Efficiency and Demand Response Programs Service
identifies industry best practices and offers proven guidance on program
structures and innovative design for your energy-efficiency and demand-
response programs to improve their effectiveness

 Service assists utilities with:
 What programs to include in DSM portfolios
 Designing the most effective DSM programs
 Evaluating programs, new and old alike
 Benchmarking programs and portfolios
 Understanding who’s doing what in DSM
 Network with peer utilities


Program Design


Improving Programs


Benchmarking Programs & Portfolios


DSM Portfolio Management


Evaluation Guidance


Benchmarking Programs
My program is Are you sure?
Fantastic!

I think so…?


Direct-Load Control Benchmarking


Low-Income Programs Benchmarking


How Utilities Allocate DSM Budgets


Who Doesn’t Love A Re-Org?

Source: aliansi2000.com


DSM Tracking Systems


Wireless Meter Opt-Out Policies


Behavioral Programs – All the Rage
 K-12 school competitions
 Continuous energy improvement
 Energy challenges
 Social norms
 Energy use feedback
 Education & awareness
 Energy teams
 Subsidized energy managers


DSMdat – Who’s Running This
Program?


DSMdat – Program List


DSMdat – Program Details


EDRP Research
DSM Programs Research DSM Portfolio Management Research

• Efficiency Beyond Widgets: C&I Behavioral Program • Structuring Implementation RFPs: A Guide to Maximizing Value
Options from Contractors

• Managing the Uncertainty of Building Modeling in • Do They Qualify? Trade Ally Screening Practices
New Construction Programs
• Justifying Initially Cost-Ineffective Programs
• Do You Have What It Takes to Implement a Deep
Energy Retrofit Program? • Selling Out Isn’t A Good Thing: Avoiding Rebate Oversubscription

• Industrial Energy-Efficiency Technologies and • A Review of Wireless Meter Opt-Out Policies
Program Strategies
• How to Choose the Optimal DSM Tracking System

Evaluation Research
Benchmarking Research
• Cracking the Code: Approaches to Claiming Savings
From Building Codes • Low-income weatherization benchmarking
• Direct-Load Control Program Benchmarking (upcoming)
• Behavior Counts: Claiming Behavior-Based Savings
from Subsidized Energy Manager Programs

• Repository of Publicly Available Technical Reference Leaders Group Calls and Web Conferences
Manuals
• Small Business Programs Leadership Call
• Net vs. Gross Savings: Who’s Doing What and Why • Demand-Response Leadership Call
• DSM Tracking and Management Systems


My E Source Landing Page


Google ≠ DSM: Ask Member Inquiries!

Ask about DSM
programs and
technologies!!

NO LIMIT to
number of
questions you
can ask!


Leaders Group Calls


Web Conferences


Staying on Top of E Source Research


Best Ways to Leverage E Source

1. Ask member inquiries
2. Attend leader calls and web conferences
3. Subscribe to newsletters & LinkedIn
4. Participate in E Source research
5. Utilize DSMdat
6. Request conference calls
7. Actively lean on us!


25TH ANNUAL E SOURCE FORUM
October 2–5, 2012
Westin Denver Downtown Denver, Colorado

Tuesday, October 2, in conjunction with the Forum:
 8th Annual Account Management Summit
 Fall 2012 Customer Experience Executive Council
 Fall 2012 DSM Executive Council
 Fall 2012 Tech Strategy Roundtable
 Fall 2012 Utility Marketing Executive Council

For more information visit
www.esource.com/forum2012

Questions?

Adam Maxwell
Product Manager, Efficiency Services
303-345-9143 adam_maxwell@esource.com

Access Code: Ask your EERS!

Have a question? www.esource.com/question

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