Ontario Electricity League

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Ontario Electricity League

• Conservation Initiatives
• April 27, 2005

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Ontarios Supply vs. Demand Challenge
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Source Ontario Ministry of Energy -
Electricity Conservation and Supply Task Force
Report - 2004
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Coalition of Large Distributors

• The Coalition of Large Distributors (CLD) is a
  group of 6 of the largest municipally owned
  electrical utilities in Ontario
• Collectively we serve 1.7 Million customers (40
  of the province)
• The CLD is collaboratively working on
• Electricity Conservation and Demand Management
  (CDM)
• Smart Metering

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One Common Brand
www.powerwise.ca
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CLD Agents of Change

• 6 coordinated CDM plans approved by the OEB on
  Dec 10th, 2004
• 74M to be spent by Sept 30th, 2007
• Toronto Hydro 39.8M
• Hydro Ottawa 9.3M
• Enersource 8.3M
• Horizon Utilities 7.2M
• PowerStream 6.4M
• Veridian 3.5M
• Total 74.5M

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Sample CDM Programs from 2005

• Residential Small Commercial (lt50kW)
• Co-branded Mass Market
• Smart Meter Pilots
• Design Advisory
• Residential Load Control
• Energy Audit Incentives
• Fridge Bounty
• Electric Avenue
• Social Housing

• Commercial, Industrial, Institutional (gt50kW)
• Smart Meter Pilot
• LED Traffic Lights
• Business Incentive Program
• Load Control
• On-the-Bill Financing
• Design Advisory

• Grid Improvements
• Distribution Loss Reduction

• Distributed Energy
• Load Displacement from Stand-by Generation

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Residential Commercial Programs for 2006

• Co-branded Mass Market
• Smart Meter Pilots
• School Initiatives
• Energy Audit Incentives
• Fridge Bounty
• Residential Load Control
• PeakSAVER
• Central A/C Programs
• Business Incentive Program
• Watt Reader Library Loaner Program

• Cool Shops
• Hot water tune-up program
• RAC Removal program
• Ban the T-12
• 80 Plus
• Energy Conservation Conference
• Fall Retail Program
• Design Advisory
• Project Porchlight

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powerWISE Business Incentive Program

• Commercial Industrial and Institutional Customers
  gt 50 kW
• Incentive Opportunity
• Up to 50,000 for projects that reduce kWs of
  demand
• Prescriptive and custom options available
• Minimum requirement -- 10kW reduction for custom
  projects
• Can leverage other programs (i.e. NRCan)
• Terms and conditions apply
• Funding is limited
• Programs to be complete by June 30, 2007

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Achieving kW savings

• Replacing
• Inefficient existing equipment with new high
  efficiency equipment
• Oversized existing equipment with new
  right-sized efficient equipment
• Installation of
• New high efficiency equipment in a new
  installation
• Implementing
• New energy and process management technologies
  that result in sustained savings

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Project Types

• Prescriptive Projects
• Where rebates are offered for predefined
  technologies on a per unit basis.
• High and Premium Efficiency Fluorescent T8
  Lighting Fixtures and Energy Star LED Exit Signs
• 3-phase Premium Efficiency Motors up to 200 hp
• Energy Star compliant 3-phase Transformers
• Energy Star compliant Unitary Air-Conditioning
  up to 20 tons in size
• Custom Projects
• Technology, equipment and systems are evaluated
  on the basis of their energy performance
  improvement

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Business Incentive Example

• Facility Large Commercial Building
• Project Lighting Retrofit
• Savings 149kW (685,000 kWhs/year)
• Cost 260.0K 4 Year Payback
• PBIP 32.7K Incentive
• Net 227.3K 3.5 Year Payback

Note Other programs can be leveraged to
further reduce payback period
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Moving Forward

• The Hydro utility companies are committed to long
  term sustainable energy conservation in the
  province of Ontario
• As Agents of Change we will continue to
  leverage relationships with industry, government,
  customers, retail and not-for-profit groups
• Continue to roll out innovative CDM projects and
  programs for the benefit of our customers

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