Recent Developments in Energy Efficiency Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification: American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Report References Arkansas

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard, P.L.L.C.

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The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (“ACEEE”) has issued an October 2017 report titled:

Recent Developments in Energy Efficiency Evaluation, Measurement, and Verification (“Report”)

The Report is authored by Seth Nowak, Maggie Molina, and Martin Kushler.

The Report addresses what it describes as “innovative ways” to evaluate the emerging impact of energy efficiency as a resource. The growing importance of energy efficiency is deemed to warrant rigorous evaluation, measurement, and verification (“EM&V”) to ensure that the resource is valid and impacts appropriately valued.

A focus of the Report is the assessment and documentation of recent developments in EM&V.

Topics addressed in the Report include:

A case study is presented for each topic. A discussion of the major challenges facing the EM&V field is included.

The discussion includes a review of states that have demonstrated leadership in the area. The Report references Arkansas, noting:

. . .When we ask which states have been leaders in terms of evaluation framework, methods, scope, and issues examined, California and Massachusetts were mentioned most often (No. 11 and No. 8 times, respectively), followed by Connecticut, which is mentioned four times. States mentioned at least twice included Arkansas, Michigan, New York, Illinois, and Washington, along with the overall Northwest region . . .

Arkansas is a topic of discussion under the heading of “clear and transparent processes.” The state is cited as a prime example in terms of “collaboration” where it is noted:

TRMs should be, and increasingly are, updated, timely, clear, and well documented. There should be an “ongoing effort to update the extensive technical manual through a clear annual process.” Leading states using TRMs have an advantage because they include “key parameters, source of data, and [a] clear path to update those parameters – [they are] clear and transparent.” A key design feature of these processes is collaboration. Arkansas is a prime example. The Arkansas Parties Working Collaboratively (PWC) comprises the investor-owned utilities, EM&V contractors, program implementers, and intervener groups.

A copy of the Report can be downloaded here.

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