This is likely to be the key to our strategy for the IRP, the CPP and energy policy in WV generally. While renewables are cost competitive for new generation, they do not yet compete with old plants that have been mostly paid off. To close these existing facilities, we need to reduce overall demand quickly, and that is what the big utilities are afraid of. Read the report, Click on the webinar. This is the stuff we need to know.

Jim Kotcon

---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Ned Ford Ned.Ford@fuse.net Date: Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 12:14 PM Subject: [GW-ACT-LEADERS] Fwd: The Next Quantum Leap in Energy Efficiency To: CONS-SPST-GLOBALWARM-CHAIRS@lists.sierraclub.org

This report by some old friends (The Quantum Leap) addresses how to raise efficiency standards above 2% per year. This goal is an essential component of a strategy which can still, at this date, eliminate fossil fuel generation by about 2030.

Without the efficiency savings, the cost of renewables is a high barrier, since what we want is not just renewables at parity with fossil generation (we already have that) but new capital investment to replace existing fully amortized coal, gas and nuclear plants at a rate which hasn't existed in this country since the 1960's. And on a much larger scale than the coal rush in the 1940-1970 era.

This report may be useful in regulatory work, but it is certainly a great place to start a conversation about how we cut carbon as fast as possible.

- Ned

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*Energy Solutions for a Changing World*

*The Next Quantum Leap in* *Energy Efficiency - Game On*

*-David Farnsworth* Ten years ago, the most aggressive electric efficiency efforts in the country were achieving first-year electric savings of about 1.0 percent of annual sales.

Today, at least five different states have—or plan to—double those levels of savings, achieving between 2.0 and 2.5 percent first-year savings annually. Since 2006, nationwide customer efficiency spending has nearly quadrupled, from $1.6 to $5.9 billion, and substantial additional savings have been realized through federal equipment efficiency standards, building codes, and other regulatory mechanisms.

By many measures, we have made solid progress on energy efficiency over the last decade. But there continues to be room for more of this low-cost, high-benefit resource.

“It looks like many states are getting the message,” says Rich Sedano, RAP principal and US program director. “Every state may want to take a fresh look at the possibilities for upping their game on energy efficiency—there continues to be considerable space to grow.”

We at RAP think that the efficiency bar could be raised substantially. In our recent paper, *The Next Quantum Leap in Efficiency: 30 Percent Electric Savings in 10 Years* http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11931, we examine whether it would be possible to meet 30 percent of electricity system needs in ten years with efficiency. Continue Reading http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11933 ------------------------------

*Webinar: The Energy Efficiency Quantum Leap *

A recent RAP webinar explores the next quantum leap in efficiency savings. Chris Neme of Energy Futures Group (EFG) shared the findings of a study http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11923 (mentioned above) he co-wrote with Jim Grevatt for RAP demonstrating how states can achieve persistent savings of 30 percent of load over ten years. This quantum leap in efficiency cannot be brought about without major policy changes, including increasing ratepayer funding of energy efficiency, making efficiency more profitable for utilities, aligning efficiency goals with long-term objectives, and creating new models for acquiring efficiency. View Webinar http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11921 ------------------------------

*Recognizing Early Action Under The Clean Power Plan*

*-Ken Colburn*

Data suggest that the electric power sector’s long march toward decarbonization http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee1191f was already well underway before the EPA’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) rulemaking, let alone the final rule’s compliance period, which doesn’t begin until 2022. If so, then the emissions reduction obligations imposed by the CPP might be characterized as consistent with the dramatic changes already underway within the power sector as much as they are a driver of those changes. This is an encouraging characterization, because it suggests that compliance with the CPP is likely to be accomplished without departing greatly from the utility resource planning and state policy pathways already in motion. Some are concerned, however, that the CPP could temporarily slow the adoption of cleaner, more renewable energy sources and more efficient end-use of energy. Continue Reading http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee1191d ------------------------------

*Webinars* ------------------------------

*Teaching the Duck to Fly - Second Edition * March 3, 2016 1 p.m. EST

Join us for a webinar http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee1192d where Jim Lazar shares new insights on opportunities that have arisen and technologies that have evolved since his 2014 paper *Teaching the Duck to Fly http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11929. *Drawing from the soon-to-be-released *Teaching the Duck to Fly - Second Edition*, Mr. Lazar will discuss each of the strategies, how they can be deployed and managed, and how each affects the load shape that remains, thus demonstrating that the amount of flexibility they can provide has increased. Together, these measures enable utilities to adapt to a supply portfolio containing a high level of variable renewable energy resources and still provide adequate, reliable, and economical service to consumers. Register Now http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11925 ------------------------------

*RAP in Action* ------------------------------

Ken Colburn discusses energy efficiency and state planning requirements http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee1191b during a panel about the Clean Power Plan at the Association of Energy Services Professionals' National Conference and Expo http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11919 in Phoenix.

RAP staff will be attending the 2016 Winter Committee Meetings of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11917 in Washington, DC, later this month. Find us in the halls, and be sure to stop by our table and pick up copies of our publications, including two hot-off-the-press reports, *The Next Quantum Leap in Efficiency: 30 Percent Electric Savings in 10 Years* http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11915, and *Teaching the Duck to Fly – Second Edition*. Hope to see you there!

In early March, Chris James will highlight the role of markets for clean energy http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11913 under the Clean Power Plan at the Climate Leadership Conference in Seattle http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee11911 . ------------------------------

*Global Highlights* ------------------------------

Demand response is important for Europe to meet clean energy targets reliably and efficiently http://zc1.maillist-manage.com/click.zc?od=11287eca45b58a&repDgs=18d88732ee12d28&linkDgs=18d88732ee1192b, according to a new RAP policy brief.

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