Docket No. 4684 - RI Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council (EERMC) - Proposed Energy Efficiency Savings Targets for The Narragansett Electric Co. d/b/a National Grid's Energy Efficiency and System Reliability Procurement for the Period 2018-20

Part I - Relating to the EERMC's 2818-2020 Energy Efficiency Savings Targets for National Grid for period 2018-2020:

• Procedural Schedule
• Notice of Technical Session on March 7, 2017
• EERMC's Proposed Energy Efficiency Savings Targets, 2018-2020
• National Grid's Letter in Support of the EERMC's proposed Targets and Standards (2/21/17)
• EERMC's Response to PUC's 1st Set of Data Requests (3/3/17)
• Office of Energy Resources & Division of Public Utilities' Joint Comments (3/7/17)
• National Grid's response to records requests issued at the March 7, 2017 Technical Session (3/22/17)
• EERMC's Proposed Revisions to the Least Cost Procurement Standards, Red-line Version; and Clean Version (4/7/17)
• PUC Staff Open Meeting Memorandum (4/26/17)
• At open meeting on April 27, 2017, the PUC approved the EERMC's Energy Efficiency Targets as submitted, and approved the Standards as amended by the Staff recommendation.
• Approved Least Cost Procurement Standards effective 7/27/17
• Order No. 23446 approving the EERMC's proposed Least-Cost Procurement Standards filed on April 11, 2017 with modification and approving Energy Savings Targets filed on December 22, 2016. Written Order issued 3/5/19.
   
• EERMC's Revised Least Cost Procurement Standards (5/18/18)
• Notice of Hearing on July 17, 2018
• EEMRC's Response to PUC's 2nd Set of Data Request (6/20/18)
• National Grid's Letter in Support of the Revised Least Cost Procurement Standards (7/3/18)
• Division's Response to EERMC's May 18, 2018 Revised Least Cost Procurement Standards (7/6/18)
• EERMC's Reply to Comments (7/12/18)
• At Open Meeting held on July 31, 2018, the PUC rejected the EERMC’s proposed revisions to the Least Cost Procurement Standards. The PUC ordered revisions to the LCP Standards that use the Benefit Cost Framework adopted in Docket 4600A to compare the cost of efficiency and the cost of supply. The PUC directed staff to draft language and solicit comments from interested parties. The deadline for filing comments is August 24, 2108.
• People's Power & Light's Comments (8/7/18)
• People's Power & Light's Comments(8/9/18)
• Division's Comments (8/8/18)
• OER's Comments (8/6/18)
• National Grid's Comments (8/20/18)
• EERMC's Comments (8/24/18)
• OER's Comments (8/23/18)
• The Energy Council of RI's Comments (8/23/18)
• Division of Public Utilities' Comments (8/23/18)
• Acadia Center's Comments (8/23/18)
• At Open Meeting held September 8, 2018, the PUC approved revised Least Cost Procurement Standards.

Part II - Relating to National Grid's 2018-2020 Energy Efficiency and System Reliability Procurement Plan:

• National Grid's Three-Year Energy Efficiency (EE) and System Reliabiilty Procurement (SRP) Plan pursuant to the approved Least Cost Procurement Standards approved by the PUC (8/30/17)
• Notice of Technical Session - September 13, 2017
  • National Grid's Presentation at Technical Session - Overview of the RI Test (9/13/17)
     
• Procedural Schedule - Evidentiary Hearing on October 25, 2017
• EERMC's Report and Recommendation to approve National Grid's National Grid's Three-Year EE and SRP Plans be approved (9/22/17)
• National Grid's response to PUC's 1st Set of Data Request (9/28/17)
• National Grid's response to PUC's 2nd Set of Data Request (9/28/17)
• National Grid's response to PUC's 3rd Set of Data Requests (10/17/17)
• EERMC's response to PUC's Data Requests (10/18/17)
• Division of Public Utilities' Letter Regarding Three-Year Energy Efficiency amd Suste, Reliability Procurrement Plan (10/24/17)
• Comments submitted by:
  • Office of Energy Resources
  • Acadia Center
  • People's Power and Light
  • The Energy Council of Rhode Island
     
• Notice of Public Hearing on October 25, 2017. The following Presentations were made by National Grid:
  • Presentation 3-Year Energy Efficiency Plan 2018-2020  
  • Presentation 2018-2020 System Reliability Procurement Plan

Other Related Activity: Energy Efficiency Financing

• Notice of Technical Session - May 18, 2017
• Presentations made by:
  • Dunsky Energy Consulting - Energy Efficiency Financing
  • RI Infrastructure Bank - Clean Energy Financiing
  • National Grid - 3 Year Plan Financing Vision
• National Grid's responses to PUC's information requests at May 18 Tech Session (6/9/17)

LINK TO PREVIOUS Energy Efficiency Three-Year Plans:

• Energy Savings Targets for periods 2015-2017 - Docket No. 4443
• Energy Savings Targets for period 2012-2014 - Docket No. 4202
• Energy Savings Targets for period 2009-2011 - Docket No. 3931