O documento discute a eficácia e sustentabilidade das ações de eficiência energética. Apresenta os desafios de escolher investimentos com melhores retornos técnicos e econômicos de longo prazo e de transformar o mercado para que assuma as ações de eficiência após o término dos programas de estímulo. Também aborda a colaboração entre agentes, a alavancagem de recursos e a necessidade de regulamentação que alinhe os incentivos das concessionárias à conservação de energia.
Pooling and collaboration - Establish collaboration with other utilities and non-utility agents to design and implement programs to make best of use respective capabilities Pool resources with other utilities to transform regional or national markets for end use equipment Plan energy efficiency initiatives that complement, not duplicate, those undertaken by other agents Sustainability - Promote sustainability so that funds can be allocated over time to more difficult markets Target low income customers for some MT initiatives Develop market transformation strategies that are of sufficient duration to yield lasting change Integrate R&D into overall process for commercializing energy efficient end use technologies; one step in market transformation process Leveraging Advantages of allocating funds to dedicated financing mechanism: Strengthens utility position with respect to customers by offset the disincentive that utilities have under the current regulatory regime to achieve real energy savings. Shifts the responsibility for project implementation to an outside agent that has a strong positive incentive to achieve the savings. Unlike many of the expenditures made to date under the 1%, the allocation of 1% funds to a financial mechanism dedicated to energy efficiency will focus on kWh savings rather than supply side efficiency or load management. Advantages of aggregating energy efficiency projects Reduces the performance risk associated with individual projects. Reduces transactions costs per unit of energy saved National “ brand ” identity strengthens program impact Economies of scale possible in procuring and installing energy efficient equipment
Reduces the performance risk associated with individual projects. Reduces transactions costs per unit of energy saved National “ brand ” identity strengthens program impact Economies of scale possible in procuring and installing energy efficient equipment
Enforce uniform voltage standard Require utilities to act as collection agents for ESCOs
R&D on distributed resources and area-specific costs
Rate design change from price caps to revenue caps time and load sensitive rates performance bonus or penalty based on EE results Require utilities to pass funds through to another entity with positive incentives to promote energy savings utility collaborative independent energy efficiency utility