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Ohio Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2021) |
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4901:1 Utilities |
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Chapter4901:1-39. Energy Efficiency Programs |
4901:1-39-03. Program planning requirements
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(A) Assessment of potential. Unless otherwise ordered by the commission, at least once every five years, an electric utility shall conduct an assessment of potential energy savings and peak-demand reduction from adoption of energy efficiency and demand-response measures within its certified territory . Such assessment may be updated by the electric utility from time to time, at less than five year intervals, as market conditions warrant. An electric utility may collaborate with other electric utilities to co-fund or conduct such an assessment on a broader geographic basis than its certified territory. However, such an assessment must also disaggregate results on the basis of each electric utility's certified territory. Such assessment shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(1) Analysis of technical potential. Based upon a survey and characterization of electricity- consuming facilities within its certified territory, the electric utility shall conduct an analysis of the technical potential for energy efficiency and peak-demand reduction obtainable from applying commercially available measures.
(2) Analysis of economic potential. For each available measure identified in its assessment of technical potential, the electric utility shall conduct an assessment of cost-effectiveness using either the total resource cost test or the utility cost test, whichever is applicable.
(3) Analysis of achievable potential. For each available measure identified in its analysis of economic potential as cost-effective, the electric utility shall conduct an analysis of achievable potential. Such analysis shall consider the ability of the program design to overcome barriers to customer adoption, including, but not limited to, appropriate bundling of measures.
(4) For each measure considered, the electric utility shall describe all attributes relevant to assessing its value, including, but not limited to potential energy savings or peak-demand reduction, cost, and nonenergy benefits.
(B) Program portfolio plan design criteria. When developing programs for inclusion in its program portfolio plan, an electric utility shall consider the following criteria:
(1) Relative cost-effectiveness.
(2) Benefits and costs to all members of a customer class, including nonparticipants.
(3) Potential for broad participation within the targeted customer class.
(4) Projected magnitude of aggregate energy savings or peak-demand reduction.
(5) Nonenergy benefits.
(6) Equity among customer classes.
(7) Anticipated impacts on the construction of new facilities, or the replacement , or retrofitting of existing facilities.
(8) Potential to partner the proposed program with similar programs offered by other utilities, in a cost-effective manner.
(9) Potential to bundle measures so as to avoid lost opportunities to attain energy savings or peak reductions that would not be cost-effective or would be less cost-effective if installed individually.
(10) Potential to engage the energy efficiency supply chain and leverages partners in program delivery.
(11) Potential to successfully address market barriers or market failures.
(12) Potential to leverage knowledge gained from existing program successes and failures.
(13) Opt-out customers, which are customers, as defined in section 4928.6610 of the Revised Code, which have chosen not to participate in an electric utility's energy efficiency and peak demand reduction portfolio plan.
(C) Promising measures not selected. Each electric utility shall identify measures considered but found not to be cost-effective or achievable but show promise for future deployment. The electric utility shall identify potential actions that it could undertake to improve the measure's technical potential, economic potential, and achievable potential to enhance the likelihood that the measure would become cost-effective and reasonably achievable.
(D) The electric utility may seek to collaborate or consult with other utilities, regional and municipal governmental organizations, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other stakeholders to develop programs meeting the requirements of this chapter.