> Presents values in Chinese Renminbi (RMB)
> Has avoided electricity costs for the Guangdong Province
> Includes the option to count carbon emissions reductions for China’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM)
> Includes the option for projects to access the ADB revolving loan fund.

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ON BEHALF OF:
The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (“Peoples Gas”) and North Shore Gas Company (“North Shore”)

NATURE OF CASE:
Petition Pursuant to Rider EEP of Schedule of Rates for Gas Service to Initiate a Proceeding To Determine the Accuracy of the Rider EEP Reconciliation Statement

DESCRIPTION:
Surrebuttal testimony refuting Illinois Commerce Commission Staff witness Dr. David Brightwell’s rebuttal testimony. The testimony examines issues of “prudence” and the usage of the Program Administrator Cost (PAC) Test and the Total resource Cost (TRC) Test.

DOCUMENTS:
> Surrebuttal Testimony (download)
> Exhibit 1: TRC with Increased Wall Insulation Costs (download)

ON BEHALF OF:
The Peoples Gas Light and Coke Company (“Peoples Gas”) and North Shore Gas Company (“North Shore”)

NATURE OF CASE:
Petition Pursuant to Rider EEP of Schedule of Rates for Gas Service to Initiate a Proceeding To Determine the Accuracy of the Rider EEP Reconciliation Statement

DESCRIPTION:
Testimony rebutting Illinois Commerce Commission Staff witness Dr. David Brightwell’s assertion that costs associated with financial incentives for three efficiency measures in natural gas energy efficiency programs run by Peoples Gas and North Shore be disallowed based on Dr. Brightwell’s conclusion that they were not economically justified. The measures in question are high-efficiency clothes washers, tankless water heaters, and wall insulation.

DOCUMENTS:
> Rebuttal Testimony (download)

ON BEHALF OF:
Philadelphia Gas Works (PGW)

NATURE OF CASE:
Petition for Approval of Energy Conservation and Demand-side Management Plan

DESCRIPTION:

Direct testimony describing PGW’s Five-year Natural Gas Demand Side Management (DSM) Portfolio. The portfolio consists of seven programs and has a projected budget of $54 over the initial five years. The present value of net benefits is projected at $55 million.

DOCUMENTS:
> Direct Testimony (download)
> Exhibit 1: Professional Qualifications of John Plunkett
> Exhibit 2: Proposed PGW Gas Demand-Side Management Investment Compared with Other North American Utilities
> Exhibit 3: Proposed PGW Gas Demand-Side Management Programs
> Exhibit 4: Annual Gas DSM Program Budget and Savings
> Exhibit 5: Benefits and Costs of Proposed PGW DSM Programs
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> Exhibit 6: PGW Five-Year Gas Demand Side Management Plan

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The report was included as Exhibit 6 of John Plunkett’s Direct Testimony before the Public Utility Commission of Pennsylvania in December of 2009 under Docket R-2009-2139884.

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ON BEHALF OF:
The Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC)

NATURE OF CASE:
Investigation in Petition Filed by Vermont Department of Public Service Re: Energy Efficiency Utility Structure

DESCRIPTION:
Plunkett replies to surrebuttal testimony submitted by DPS witness Poor opposing the 12-year Order of Appointment and insisting on an Overall Performance Assessment prior to the initial appointment of VEIC and BED as Vermont’s Energy Efficiency Utilities. Plunkett’s testimony also refutes the Department’s arguments against recognizing the favorable results in his performance comparison of VEIC with other efficiency portfolio administrators in the region

DOCUMENTS:
> Rebuttal Testimony (download)
> Exhibit JJP-3: Graphical depiction comparing current contract structure with VEIC and DPS proposals (download)
> Exhibit JJP-4: Data workbook for Exhibit VEIC JJP-2

ON BEHALF OF:
The Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC)

NATURE OF CASE:
Investigation in Petition Filed by Vermont Department of Public Service Re: Energy Efficiency Utility Structure

DESCRIPTION:
Plunkett rebuts Prefiled Direct Testimony opposing the Order of Appointment mechanism, the appointment term, and performance review cycle proposed by VEIC. It also addresses the role of the proposed EEU Facilitator under an Order of Appointment, as well as how additional external funding that may be provided for EEU activities in the future should be treated.

DOCUMENTS:
> Rebuttal Testimony (download)
> Exhibit JJP-1: Resume of John J. Plunkett
> Exhibit JJP-2: Historical Spending and Savings of Efficiency Portfolio Administrators in the Northeast United States (download)

The tool was included as Exhibit JJP7 of John Plunkett’s direct testimony before the Connecticut’s Department of Public Utility Control.

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AUTHORS:
Bruce Bentley,Central Vermont Public Service Company
John Plunkett, Green Energy Economics Group

PUBLISHED IN:
2008 ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings

ABSTRACT:

The proposal to defer transmission with energy efficiency is alive and well in Southern Vermont. Efficiency Vermont, the statewide energy efficiency utility in Vermont is targeting the delivery of energy efficiency in Southern Vermont to defer potential upgrades to the distribution utility’s 46 kV sub-transmission system as described here last year (Plunkett et al 2006). A filing was made for the development of two synchronous condensers to solve immediate reliability issues on that same 46 kV system and the Vermont Public Service Board issued a certificate of Public Good in Docket 7246 on March 28, 2008. A separate filing is underway in Vermont (Docket 7373) to propose a bulk system 345 kV transmission line upgrade to meet regional reliability needs and to support another feed into the 46 kV system to solve local reliability issues. A separate public review process and separate NTA analysis was conducted as support for the decision-making process. Striking differences emerged from this new review and analysis. First, while the Southern Loop reliability and capacity needs are driven by winter peaks, the new line upgrade (the Coolidge Connector or CC) was driven by summer load in Central and Northwest Vermont. Second, the NERC reliability criterion is a stringent, deterministic N-1-1 scenario where the line is tested by two major contingencies. Third, regional load growth in New Hampshire and New York affects the need for the bulk system line. Fourth, the need for the line is imminent so the time to develop and implement NTAs is very short – some peak load reductions are needed immediately before the line can even be constructed, and the line or NTAs are needed by 2011. Fifth, the deployment of NTAs in Vermont can result in local rate impacts, while the benefits are distributed more broadly across the bulk system including to non-Vermont participants. Sixth, since this is a bulk power line and the driving load is much larger the NTAs are larger and can utilize utility size generation in addition to distributed generation. Sixth, since the affected area covers 80% (but ironically not the Southern Loop area) of Vermont the decision affects multiple utilities. At this point in time the decision is uncertain but the sponsoring utilities deemed the use of NTAs infeasible to avoid or defer the proposed bulk-system upgrade given the expected case assumptions.

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