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Scaling the RTF Budget. Regional Context:. Region seeks to apply quality independent review of savings & cost as broadly as possible Utility evaluators do most of the work RTF primarily reviews others’ work Others’ work harvested for RTF-Approved UES & Methods
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Regional Context: • Region seeks to apply quality independent review of savings & cost as broadly as possible • Utility evaluators do most of the work • RTF primarily reviews others’ work • Others’ work harvested for RTF-Approved UES & Methods • Amountof work is independent of portion delegated to RTF • Benefits of work delegated to RTF :
RTF as Fraction of Region Evaluation • EM&V budgets inclusions vary. Examples below: • Avista includes impact and process evaluation, not regulatory cost • Bonneville includes impact & process evaluation, not planning or research • Energy Trust includes planning, impact and process evaluation, not NEEA • Tacoma includes planning, research, impact & process evaluation, plus NEEA
How RTF Builds Workplan • Measures w/ Obvious Regional Scope • Large Program Savings (CFL) • High Unit Count (Appliances) • Deployed widely across funders • Most NEEA Initiatives • Large New (Ductless HP, HPWH) • Long-Standing (Res Wx) RTF-Identified Known Quantity & Urgency Predictable Volume & Schedulable • Measures for Specific Needs • Individual utility driven • Vendor-driven (Grocery, DEI) • Proposers develop data/analysis • Some aid-based where proposers lack resources to develop data/analysis Proposer Initiated ?? Quantity & Timing: Hard to Predict Volume Schedule by Advanced Agenda Request • Other Technical Needs • Council Plan Development • Analytics (Marginal Line Losses, Direct Gas) Requests
Budget Categories & Scalability Scale by selection, pacing & prioritizing reviews. Limited by staff throughput & Forum’s ability to digest in 10-12 meetings per year. Scale by selection & scope of RTF purview. Relatively fixed