EBCE submitted a revised Election to Administer (“ETA”) Advice Letter (“AL”) reflecting an updated cost-effectiveness calculation that aligns with Energy Division guidance. EBCE seeks to administer one Pay-for-Performance (“P4P”) program for its non-residential customer accounts, focusing on high-potential opportunities for peak load management and building electrification. The proposed three-year budget is $13,463,049.
EBCE serves over 576,000 residential accounts, 57,000 non-residential accounts, and 5,000 municipal accounts in Alameda County and in Tracy, California. ECBE’s October 2021 Energy Efficiency Advice Letter was rejected due to EBCE's use of the portfolio segmentation approach and EBCE was directed to bring the entire portfolio up to 1.0 TRC. In the updated AL, ECBE meets the cost-effectiveness requirements laid out in D. 14-01-033 by removing the Low- and Moderate-Income Energy Efficiency program.
EBCE proposed to administer one plan; the Commercial Pay-for-Performance (P4P) Program. EBCE's program will leverage emerging P4P program approaches to offer cost-effective projects for its non-residential customer accounts. Projects will focus on high-potential opportunities for peak load management and building electrification. EBCE will use its existing data and analytics capabilities to assist program implementers in identifying the highest opportunity projects.
EBCE will pay incentives for cost-effective savings measured at the meter with the CalTRACK methodologies.
The program will provide a marketplace approach, where qualified vendors are allowed to submit projects and receive incentives on a portfolio of projects. There will be a high emphasis on demand management strategies, including permanent baseload reduction as well as controls-based load shifting approaches.
EBCE proposes to support the installation of the following measure types:
• Refrigeration controls
• Lighting measures
• Building envelope
• Retro-commissioning
• Building electrification measures: Heat pump water heating, space heating, and induction cooking technologies
• Load management strategies (controls, programmable thermostats, smart appliances)
EBCE expects that the first-year gross energy savings for the program will be 9,011,867 kWh with demand savings of 1029 kW.
Additional measures of success will include, but not be limited to:
• 60% of projects will include demand control strategies
• 50% of projects will include "high opportunity" projects as identified by EBCE staff (i.e., top 25% of peak demand users)
• 30% of projects will include building electrification measures
The three-year program budget for the Commercial P4P Program is $13,463,049.
EBCE staff have determined:
• Total non-bypassable funds to be collected from EBCE customers in 2022 =
• $133,201,953.98
• 96.63% of collected funds are currently dedicated to statewide and regional programs.
• Total funding to statewide and regional programs from EBCE customers= $128,714,271.14
• EBCE's first year not-to-exceed value = $4,487,682.84
• The three year not-to-exceed value = $13,463,049
