Martin Kushler - November 17, 2011

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by Martin Kushler, Ph.D. Senior Fellow American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy INSPIRING MUNICIPAL UTILITIES TO...

TOPICS <ul><li>Energy Efficiency as a utility system resource </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Rationale </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>B...

PART 1 RATIONALE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A UTILITY SYSTEM RESOURCE <ul><li>SIMPLY STATED: </li></ul><ul><li>Utility syste...

KEY POINT #1 <ul><li> It is much cheaper to save energy </li></ul><ul><li> than it is to produce it. </li></ul><ul><li>[...

Cost of New Electricity Resources Source: Lazard 2008 for NARUC (midpoint of range)

WHAT IS AN “ ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAM ” ? <ul><li>An organized and comprehensive effort to try to encourage customers...

UTILITY ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO BE VERY COST-EFFECTIVE <ul><li>In ACEEE’s latest analysis*, we revie...

ENERGY EFFICIENCY ON A “ POWER PLANT ” SCALE <ul><li>Some leading state examples </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Minnesota has sav...

THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST (ID, MT, OR, WA) <ul><li>Best electric resource planning process in the U.S. </li></ul><ul><li>25 y...

5 th NW Plan Relied on Conservation and Renewable Resources to Meet All Load Growth Thru 2016 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500...

The Region Has Exceeded the 5 th Plan’s Energy Efficiency Targets Every Year

Utility Acquired Energy Efficiency Has Been A BARGAIN!

Avoided Costs Are Now Forecast to Be Significantly Higher

Draft 6 th Plan Goal: Meet 85% of Load Growth with Conservation

Pacific NW 6 th Plan Resource Portfolio (2010)

The Pacific Northwest provides a great example of what is possible…. <ul><li>Michigan needs to chart an energy course tha...

<ul><li>Actually, Michigan has done some similar integrated resource planning analyses …. </li></ul><ul><li>In the Michig...

Coal: 10 cents/ kWh + carbon nat gas 8-9 cents/ kWh or 8-9 cents/ for purch. power <ul><li>From Michigan 21 st Centur...

Energy Efficiency 3 cents/ kWh (no carbon) Wind 7-8 cents/ kWh (no carbon) A little gas or purch. power <ul><li>From Mic...

MI 21 ST CENTURY PLAN CONCLUSIONS <ul><li>“ modeling for the Plan showed that, in the absence of any energy efficiency p...

IF THE MPSC 21 ST CENTURY PLAN ANALYSIS WAS REPEATED NOW: <ul><li>Coal plants wouldn’t be selected at all </li></ul><ul><...

NEW COAL PLANTS ARE VERY COSTLY TO RATEPAYERS <ul><li>Coal plant construction costs have doubled over the past decade, an...

ENERGY EFFICIENCY vs. RENEWABLE ENERGY: POLICY IMPACTS ON ELECTRIC SYSTEM COSTS [Source: Next Energy & EOS study for MDEQ...

<ul><li>Michigan has made some good initial steps (e.g., PA 295 of 2008) toward this lower-cost energy efficiency path…. <...

<ul><li>HOW DOES MICHIGAN COMPARE TO OTHER STATES? </li></ul>

A BIT OF HISTORY: MICHIGAN WAS ONCE A LEADER IN ENERGY EFFICIENCY <ul><li>In the early 1990’s, Michigan was among the nat...

MICHIGAN’S “LOST DECADE” <ul><li>Michigan’s utility energy efficiency programs were terminated in 1996, in the rush to uti...

Energy Efficiency Resource Standards HI: 4,300 GWh by 2030 20% of load growth by 2010 11.5% by 2020 10% of 2005 sales by...

Cumulative Electricity Savings of State EERS Policies Extrapolated to 2020 *Savings beginning in 2009 extrapolated out to ...

Results of ACEEE EERS “Progress Report”

AN EXCELLENT MUNICIPAL UTILITY EXAMPLE

BURLINGTON ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT BURLINGTON, VERMONT <ul><li>~ 20,000 customers </li></ul><ul><li>16 square miles </li></ul>...

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AT BURLINGTON ELECTRIC <ul><li>Started major energy efficiency programs in 1990 </li></ul><ul><li>Operat...

ENERGY EFFICIENCY RESULTS AT BURLINGTON ELECTRIC <ul><li>2010 Energy Efficiency Program Savings </li></ul><ul><li>1.8% o...

ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS A RESOURCE AT BURLINGTON ELECTRIC <ul><li>Energy Efficiency has essentially met all growth in electri...

PART 2 THE CASE FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY AS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WHY DOES ALL THIS MATTER????

UNDERSTANDING THE ECONOMIC PROBLEM KEY POINT #2: ENERGY COSTS ARE A HUGE DOLLAR DRAIN

THE MICHIGAN EXAMPLE <ul><li>Michigan is almost totally dependent on fuels imported from other states and countries (~ $2...

Total Michigan Taxes vs. Michigan Energy Costs 2000 vs. 2008

COST OF MICHIGAN ’ S ENERGY IMPORTS <ul><li>Before the new ‘high energy cost’ era (circa 2000), roughly $12 billion per ye...

Economic Burden on Michigan Homes and Businesses: Taxes vs. Energy Costs (2008)

SOME ROUGH DATA FOR HOLLAND <ul><li>Total Holland city budget (excluding the utilities) </li></ul><ul><li>~ $50 million </...

EFFECTS ON HOUSEHOLDS <ul><li>In 2002, the average household nationally spent about $3,000 on energy </li></ul><ul><li>[ha...

EFFECTS ON THE STATE ECONOMY <ul><li>This additional $12 billion annual drain on Michigan’s economy is roughly equivalen...

KEY POINT #3: MICHIGAN’S FUTURE IS NOT IN FOSSIL FUELS <ul><li>MICHIGAN’S RECOVERABLE RESERVES AS A </li></ul><ul><li>S...

MICHIGAN (and Holland) SHOULD EMPHASIZE: <ul><li>Energy Efficiency </li></ul><ul><li>Locally-based Renewable Energy </li><...

<ul><li>State (and local) policy should be trying to maximize the amount of energy efficiency resources we can acquire, ...

<ul><li>… ..Including Michigan !!!! </li></ul><ul><li>“ The overall goal of an energy optimization plan shall be to reduce...

<ul><li>KEY POINT #4 </li></ul><ul><li>At the state and local level, </li></ul><ul><li>ENERGY EFFICIENCY </li></ul><ul><l...

THE ECONOMIC “TRIPLE PLAY” <ul><li>Energy Efficiency is the only resource that boosts the economy and provides jobs in 3 k...

HOW LOCAL COMMUNITIES BENEFIT FROM UTILITY SECTOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY PROGRAMS <ul><li>Direct local employment (installer...

As a matter of economic policy, cities should be trying to maximize the amount of energy efficiency resources they can a...

FROM THE BURLINGTON 2010 EE ANNUAL REPORT: Energy efficiency expenditures are made almost entirely locally, typically in t...

CONCLUSIONS <ul><li>Most municipalities are 100% dependent upon imported fuels….this creates a huge “dollar drain” from th...

SOME SOURCES FOR EXCELLENT EE PROGRAMS FROM AROUND THE U.S. Compendium of Champions: Chronicling Exemplary Energy Efficie...

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