Summary of the December 5-6, 2000 Meeting
of the WRAP AP2 Forum
Portland, OR
Venue
The WRAP Air Pollution Prevention (AP2) Forum met on December
5-6 in Portland, Oregon.
Attendees
Joining Forum Co-chair Jeff Burks (UT-DNR) at the meeting
were Forum members Van Jamison (DOE); Ursula Kramer (PDEQ);
Rich Ferguson (CEERT); John Nielsen (LAW Fund); Bob Green
(Kennecott Energy); Julie Simpson (Nez Perce Tribe); Brian
Hedman (Pacificorp); Amanda Ormond (AZ Energy Office); John
Savage (OR Office of Energy); Rachel Shimshak (Renewable
NW Project); and Cathy Ghandehari (DOE).
Also in attendance were Doug Larson and Dale DeCesare of
the Western Interstate Energy Board who are providing technical
support to the Forum. Speakers at the meeting included Stan
Price (Northwest Energy Efficiency Council), Jeff Harris
(Northwest Power Planning Council), and Mike Messeneger (California
Energy Commission) who participated via speakerphone. David
LaRoche (Northern Arizona University) also participated in
discussions concerning the development of a tribal renewable
resource paper.
Forum Actions
- The Forum agreed to a revised outline for its energy
efficiency report. The focus of the report will be on providing
a recommended list of "best energy efficiency practices
and programs."
- With regard to Section IV of the
Forum's efficiency report, the Forum
agreed to produce a series of 2-3 page
best practice summary papers: CLICK
HERE FOR THE LIST OF SUMMARY ASSIGNMENTS.
Assignments were made for Forum members Brian
Hedman, Bob Green, Rich Ferguson, John
Nielsen, John Savage, Cathy Ghandehari,
Amanda Ormond, and for Co-chair Jeff
Burks. The Forum also agreed
to ask for the assistance of Stan
Price, Jeff Harris and Mike Messenger in
producing several of the 2-3 page summaries.
The Forum agreed that the two page
reports would be due by January 26,
2001.
- Staff
will draft Sections I, II,
and III of the efficiency
report for the Forum to review. Rich
Ferguson agreed
to review the draft. Staff
will add some discussion
in Section I regarding the
regional and interconnected
nature of the electricity
system and emissions problems
in the West.
- The
Forum
created
a Quantification
Work
Group to
work
on
issues
surrounding
use
of
the
ICF
model
to
estimate
the
impacts
of
the
Forum's
energy
efficiency
and
renewable
energy
recommendations. John
Nielsen and Rich
Ferguson will
Co-chair
the
Work
Group,
which
will
consist
of: Bob
Green,
Julie
Simpson,
Cathy
Ghandehari,
Dick
Watson,
and
Rachel
Shimshak.
The
Group
will
also
contact
Forum
Co-chair
Hap
Boyd
to
secure
the
input
of
appropriate
renewable
energy
developers
for
the
Group's
discussions
with
ICF.
Priorities
of
the
Work
Group
include:
- Organize
discussion
between
renewable
developers
and
ICF
on
renewable
assumptions
in
the
ICF
model
(including
the
potential
location
and
quantity
of
renewable
generation
projects
to
meet
the
10/20
renewable
goals);
- Identify
lesser
levels
of
renewables
that
should
be
modeled;
- Review
important
elements
of
the
ICF
model
(e.g.,
treatment
of
transmission)
;
- Review
comments
on
the
ICF
model
from
Bob
Green;
- Determine
efficiency
and
renewable
inputs
the
AP2
Forum
needs
to
generate
for
the
ICF
model;
- Understand
NWPPC
work
using
the
Aurora
model
and
its
potential
use
as
a
check
against
ICF
model
outputs;
- Determine
the
utility
of
ICF
outputs
in
developing
state
SIPs;
- Determine
linkage
to
tribal
work
on
renewables.
- The
Forum
established
the
week
of
February
12
as
the
target
date
for
its
next
meeting.
Potential
meeting
locations
include:
Phoenix
and
Las
Vegas. Amanda
Ormond agreed
to
check
for
meeting
availability
in
the
Tempe
area.
- Several
assignments
were
made
for
additional
follow-up
information,
including:
determining
if
the
Forum
can
tap
expertise
that
went
into
the
new
5-Lab
Study;
locating
information
on
DOE
metrics
on
efficiency
measures
(Cathy
Ghandehari);
locating
information
on
emissions
from
gas-fired
appliances
such
as
furnaces
and
hot
water
heaters
(staff);
and
identifying
any
ACEEE
best
practice
recommendations
through
the
ACEEE
web
site
(staff).
- The
Forum
reviewed
a
list
of
peer
review
comments
of
the
final
draft
of
its
renewable
energy
recommendations.
In
general,
the
outside
review
of
the
report
was
very
favorable.
Click
here
for
a
full
listing
of
the
comments
received: http://www.westgov.org/wieb/ap2forum/dec2000/rrcoment.htm.
Based
on
the
discussions
at
the
meeting,
staff
will
make
changes
to
the
renewables
paper
by
next
February's
Forum
meeting.
Further
refinements
to
the
report
will
be
made
following
modeling
work
to
be
conducted
by
a
contractor
to
the
Forum
in
2001.
Items Discussed
The first day of the meeting was devoted specifically to
the Forum's work towards development of energy efficiency
recommendations to states under the Regional Haze Rule. After
an overview of the WRAP, the Regional Haze Rule, and the
Forum's energy efficiency Work Plan, the Forum reviewed and
discussed the proposed outline for the Forum's energy efficiency
report. The Forum agreed in general with the proposed outline.
The group discussed the potential to sort energy efficiency
best practices by: 1) demand-side measures; and 2) supply-side
measures. Within these categories, the best practices could
further be organized by whether they target new versus retrofit
efficiency opportunities. The Forum also discussed the possibility
of creating a sortable "database" of the best practice write-ups.
Also, a new Section V will be added to the report to provide
more detailed information on how to implement the best practices
proposed in Section IV.
Under Section IV, the Forum agreed to remove requirement
#7 (regarding whether and how a best practice can be quantified
in state implementation plans) from the 2-3 page best practice
write ups. Instead, information is to be included on when
energy savings from the proposed practice (e.g., seasonal
benefits, etc...) will occur. Other information on the quantification
of benefits could also be included under #3 (examples of
implementation) if such information is available. Additional
information on quantifying the benefits of best practices
in the Forum report will be generated by a new Quantification
Work Group which was formed at the meeting.
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Jeff Harris of the Northwest Power Planning Council recommended
that, in Section I of the paper, there should be a discussion
of how emission concerns at the state level are inter-related
and that they affect emissions on a grid-wide basis. Harris
also gave a presentation of his suggested list of "best practices" for
energy efficiency.
Click here for his presentation: http://www.westgov.org/wieb/ap2forum/dec2000/harris.htm
Harris made numerous recommendations of best practices,
including:
- Building Codes - Harris said that the most successful
examples of building codes to improve energy efficiency
are found in CA and OR. He pointed to the fact that both
of those states have an administrative process for involving
private and public sector parties and have provisions for
regular review of the code (every 3 years or so). Harris
said the least effective program revisions are those done
by legislative mandate.
- Energy Tax Credits - The
OR Office of Energy Business energy
tax credit has been an effective program.
Harris encouraged the Forum to look
at the OR Office of Energy website
for more information on this program,
which worked as a partnership between
the OR Office of Energy and the local
utility (PG&E).
- Utility
Regulatory Policies -
In the event that deregulation/restructuring
does not occur, the Northwest
has had good experience
in achieving efficiency
results by implementing
regulatory policies.
- Public
Purpose
Funding -
If
restructuring
DOES
go
forward,
however,
then
Harris
recommended "Public
Purpose
Funding."
- Market
Transformation -
Harris
said
utility
program
interventions
can
have
large
impacts
on
the
natural
buying
and
selling
of
goods
in
the
marketplace.
- High
Performance
Window
Glazings -
Products
available
to
tune
windows
to
varying
climates.
Building
codes
could
be
upgraded
to
take
advantage
of
these
technologies.
Harris
said
that
there
is
an
opportunity
in
the
West
to
use
energy
efficiency
as
a
means
of
promoting
economic
development
(for
example,
WA
and
OR
each
currently
have
one
of
only
a
very
few
glass-glazing
plants).
By
promoting
such
technologies,
Oregon
is
now
a
net-exporter
of
low
emissivity-coated
glass.
- High
Efficiency
Appliances -
Horizontal
axis
clothes
washing
machines
are
very
effective.
New
federal
standards
will
likely
take
advantage
of
these
efficiencies,
but
do
not
guarantee
efficient
water
use.
Harris
pointed
out
that
every
gallon
of
water
that
passes
through
a
washing
machine
also
must
pass
through
water
treatment
plants
and
is
heated
as
well.
These
processes
each
require
the
use
of
additional
electricity.
Harris
stated
that
appliance
trade-in
programs
can
also
be
effective.
- Efficient
Lighting -
Harris
stated
that
the
manufacturing
capability
in
the
U.S.
for
compact
fluorescent
bulbs
is
still
too
limited.
Policies
already
require
new
commercial
construction
to
use
compact
fluorescents,
however
an
opportunity
exists
to
begin
to
require
compact
flourescents
in
the
residential
sector
as
well.
- High
Efficiency
Heating/Cooling
Systems -
Harris
said
DOE
is
currently
developing
standards
for
heating
and
cooling
and
that
a
western
recommendation
on
such
standards
would
be
very
timely.
Harris
recommended
the
potential
for
splitting
standards
based
on
the
humidity
of
proposed
applications
(to
account
for
important
regional
climate
differences
between
the
East
and
the
West).
Harris
also
recommended
duct-sealing
as
a
potential
best
practice.
He
suggested
that
a
residential
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