RTF Small / Rural Subcommittee

Thursday, December 12, 10am – 12pm

Agenda

• Introductions

• Review of the 2014 RTF Work Plan

• Upcoming RTF actions that may affect S/R utilities

• Manufactured Home Decommissioning

• S/R checklists for UES measures – For measures approved by the RTF in July through November

• Ongoing S/R Work - Barn Lights, Schools Lighting, and Schools Weatherization contracts

• 2014 S/R Work Plan - measure scoping study of rural health care facilities in 2014

• Discussion

RTF 2014 Work Plan

• All documents can be found at– http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/workplan/

• Approved by RTF, RTF Policy Advisory Committee, and Council.

• Business Plan is a good place to start:– http://

rtf.nwcouncil.org/workplan/RTF-Adopted-2014BusinessPlan.docx

• $40K budget for Small/Rural Subcommittee

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Upcoming RTF Actions of Interest• Ductless Heat Pump UES has been approved

– Subcommittee working on screens, particularly useful for HZ3 because of prevalence of supplemental fuel.

– Subcommittee webpage• http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/subcommittees/DHP%20Supplemental%20Fuel/Default.asp

• Scientific Irrigation Scheduling– RTF staff developing a Standard Protocol– Presented to RTF at November meeting, RTF asked staff to continue

working with subcommittee– Subcommittee webpage

• http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/subcommittees/SIS/

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Manufactured Home DecommissioningBoyd Wilson, BPA asked to discuss this:• This is a social engineering project. – It will take a variety of funding sources to accomplish

because there is probably not one funding source that can support it all.

• Suggest that we get a Master’s in Social Work (MSW) student to look into the funding of this program. – There are about five accredited MSW programs in the

Region, with Walla Walla University being one of the five. – Boyd is willing to see if they have an MSW student that is

interested in researching this topic.

Recently Approved UES Measures– June 18, 2013

• Commercial Grocery - Anti-sweat Heater Controls (small saver)

– July 16, 2013• Commercial Showerheads (small saver)• Commercial Cooking – Combination Ovens (small saver)• Commercial Cooking – Hot Food Holding Cabinets (small saver)• Commercial Cooking – Fryers (small saver)• Commercial Cooking – Steamers (small saver)• Commercial Cooking – Convection Ovens (small saver)• Schools - Network Power Management (small saver)• Grocery - Display Case Motion Sensor (small saver)

– August 20, 2013• Residential - Advanced Power Strips (planning)• Residential - LEDs (proven)• Residential - Prescriptive Duct Sealing (planning)

– September 17, 2013• Commercial: Cooking Equipment - Pre-Rinse Spray Valves• Commercial: Grocery - Anti-sweat Heater Controls• Residential: Appliances - Clothes Washers in SF

– October 15/16 , 2013• Residential: Lighting – CFLs and Specialty CFLs• Residential: Lighting - High Performance 4-foot and 8-foot T8 Lamps

– http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/subcommittees/smallutilities/meetings/default.htm

Ongoing Work - Barn Lights

• Presentation by Nick Bengston and Eric Mullendore, PECI

• http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/subcommittees/smallutilities/meetings/RTF_UES%20Barn%20Lights%20presentation_131209.pptx

Ongoing Work - Schools Lighting

• Analysis being conducted by Bob Tingleff and Mike Baker, SBW– Reviewed BPA Lighting Program data to identify common

measures– Discussed measures with regional subject matter experts– Working on reducing measure set to manageable size that

covers most common measures– PacifiCorp will provide HOU results from metered study– We will likely ask the S/R Subcommittee for feedback

between now and our next quarterly meeting (March 2014).

Ongoing Work - Schools Weatherization

• RFP has been posted• Proposals due December 20, 2013• http://rtf.nwcouncil.org/proposals/rfp/Schools

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• This project is being funded out of the RTF General Fund, not the S/R budget.

2014 Work Plan

• Subcommittee selected a scoping study of rural health-care facilities as top priority for 2014.– Focus on small health clinics, not hospitals or large health facilities– Focus on human health clinics

• Some research into differences and similarities between human and animal clinics.

– Subcommittee may want to expand scope of the effort to include more sites and/or veterinary clinics.

• We’ll likely have a special Subcommittee meeting to discuss this topic with NEEA, Avista, and other organizations that have been active on this topic (~ end of January).

• Do you know of any audit data of rural health-care facilities that could inform this research?

Discussion

• Announcements?

• Feedback on S/R Subcommittee 2013?

• Interests for Subcommittee in 2014 beyond health care measure scoping?

Happy Holidays

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