Pay For Performance Incentives Using Performance-Based Rebates
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ERS presented a pay-for-performance incentive program used by Silicon Valley Power to address challenges with uncertainty in energy savings from data center and controls projects. The program provided rebates over multiple years tied to measured savings, ensuring savings persisted over time. This improved program performance by spreading limited funds across more customer projects and showed regulators the impact on the grid was real, with over 90% realization of projected savings. Lessons learned included collecting ongoing customer contacts and performance data to track savings over the incentive period.
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- 1. Headquarters: 120 Water Street, Suite 350, North Andover, MA 01845 With offices in: CA, CT, ME, NY, OR, TX, VT www.ers-inc.com PAY FOR PERFORMANCE INCENTIVES USING PERFORMANCE-BASED REBATES Valerie Eacret, PE ERS September 28, 2017
- 2. • City of Santa Clara’s Municipal Electric Utility • 19 square mile service territory • High data center concentration • ~568 MW peak load • ~75% load factor SILICON VALLEY POWER BACKGROUND
- 3. • Significant data center load growth over time Savings uncertainty • Poor realization rates • Potential to drain a rebate budget ~$3 million total budget Rebate cap of $500,000 CHALLENGES WE FACED
- 4. • Loading affected by economic forces • Colocation data centers • Controls projects notorious for lack of persistence EXAMPLES OF CHALLENGES 0 20 40 60 80 100 Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Percent of Full Load Over Time
- 5. • Rebate payments spread over multiple years • Periodic commissioning reports • Measured data • M&V plan THE PAY FOR PERFORMANCE SOLUTION
- 6. • 5 payments over 4 years • 3 months post-completion & completion anniversaries • Savings adjusted according to IT load and other operating parameters as defined in M&V plan • Only for data centers ≥ 350 kW DATA CENTER PROGRAM DETAILS
- 7. • 6 payments over 5 years • 3 months after completion and on anniversary of completion • New controls equipment must drive savings • Performance and M&V requirements define payments CONTROLS PROGRAM DETAILS
- 8. • Improve program performance • Spread limited rebate funds across more customer projects • Ensures resource planners and state regulators that impact on grid is real • Happier facility managers Operating budget replenished instead of capital budget Customers implement simultaneous projects PAY FOR PERFORMANCE BENEFITS
- 9. • Collect multiple contacts Turnover • Track each M&V period’s savings for reference Claim incremental savings • Collect data for key inputs at each M&V period • Ensure money for future payments is accounted for in future budgets LESSONS LEARNED Director of Operations Facilities Director Facilities Engineer Facilities Engineer Director of Sustainability Staff Engineer
- 10. • Over 90% realization rate • Utility knowledge of project performance over time • Keeps customers engaged with utility and project • Provides additional incentive for customer to ensure savings persist RESULTS
- 11. CONTACTS Valerie Eacret, PE Senior Engineer ERS veacret@ers-inc.com (978) 521-2550 x 202 Mary Medeiros McEnroe Public Benefits Program Manager Silicon Valley Power mmedeiros@svpower.com Mathew Gard, PE Project Engineer II ERS mgard@ers-inc.com (978) 521-2550 x 798 3/16/2018
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