The Pacific Northwest has been a national leader in energy efficiency for more than 30 years. This status did not happen by accident; it is the result of proactive and aggressive efforts by the entire region, including the Bonneville Power Administration, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, utilities, and numerous policy leaders all working together. Since January 2009, BPA has conducted a public process to establish a framework for BPA and the public utilities of the Northwest to build upon this success and continue to acquire Energy Efficiency to serve as a cost effective power resource for the region.

This process resulted in a wholly new means for BPA to support the acquisition of energy efficiency in the Northwest beginning in FY12. To help our customer utilities effectively navigate the new Post 2011 environment BPA is creating both informational sheets on specific policy issues that will impact the acquisition of energy efficiency. These documents will be posted to this site as they are created.

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Post 2011 Frequently Asked Questions

This document provides a list of questions BPA has received on specific elements of the Post 2011 policy. This list is inclusive of questions BPA has received during the public process and in public events like the Energy Efficiency Summit. To ask questions that are not included on this list please contact your EER.

• Post 2011 FAQ

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Summary and Guidance Documents

BPA is creating a series of policy summaries and guidance documents to support or customer utilities during the Post 2011 transition. This list below represents the documents we have finalized at this point; more documents will be posted as they become available.

• Guidance on Large Project Fund Usage
• Summary of Changes in Energy Efficiency Funding
• Guidance on Bilateral Transfer of EEI Funding
• Summary of Custom Project Options
• Guidance on Utility Self-Funding

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Information on the public process

The information on this page details the public process BPA and regional stakeholders carried out to create the Post 2011 framework and policy

• Energy Efficiency Post-2011 Implementation Program
• Public process and historical information