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Efficiency newsletter is published quarterly on the first day of the month
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P.O. Box 3621, Portland, OR 97208, or e-mail your ideas/articles/photos to
EE Newsletter.
Utility Sounding Board (USB) Quarterly Column
A new set of web pages on the BPA Energy Efficiency web site contains information intended to help BPA customers successfully develop and implement conservation programs.
The new pages are located at: http://www.bpa.gov/Energy/N/Utilities_Sharing_EE/
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Mira Vowles (503) 230-4796
The
USB is composed of nine utility representatives who act as a consultative
body to BPA in implementing conservation programs and activities.
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March Workshop
BPA and the USB are hosting a utility-only workshop March 1 and 2 in Portland, Oregon. Focus of the workshop is on BPA's new energy efficiency initiatives and how customers can develop and implement programs to successfully fit within the new initiatives.
Register before January 16 for the early bird discount.
The concept of the March workshop was born in the initial meeting of the USB. Results of USB Customer Tools Survey conducted in November were used to help develop the workshop agenda.
Utilities can network and share strategies. Panelists, primarily from regional utilities, will speak on energy efficiency initiatives across the various market sectors.
The workshops offers an opportunity to network with vendors during an evening reception. Vendors who are interested in reserving a spaces to display their products and meet with utility conservation staff should contact Becky Clark at (503) 230-3158.
Brent Barclay, Energy Services Supervisor for Columbia River PUD (CRPUD) is the recipient of the Oregon Association of Professional Energy Managers 2005 Oregon Energy Manager of the Year award.
Barclay received the award for the refrigerator/freezer decommissioning and recycling program he developed and managed for CRPUD.
Tim Lammers, Commercial Services Advisor at CRPUD, said, "Electricity savings are estimated to range from 50 kilowatts per year for an Energy Star® refrigerator to over 2,000 kWh per year for removing a second refrigerator from service. Over 700 units were decommissioned through this program."
CRPUD, Deer Island,
Oregon, provides electric service to 17,500 accounts in Columbia County and
Northern Multnomah County, Oregon.
-- Mira Vowles (503) 230-4796
Five utility representatives recently helped BPA test the system for reporting conservation activity on the Regional Technical Forum (RTF) web site. These individuals helped to refine and improve the RTF system for all users.
Thank you from the Energy Efficiency staff!
Features of the reporting system include the following:
--Mark Johnson (503) 230-7669
Satellite Conference -- Energy Solutions for Businesses
BPA headquarters in Portland, Oregon, will be one of several sites for the Satellite Conference on Energy Solutions for Businesses on March 9 from 9 a.m. until noon. The Department of Energy and Northwest Food Processors Association will provide the feed from Oregon State University in Corvallis. They will discuss available resources and technologies for businesses to use to control energy costs. Five case studies will be offered during the three-hour event. The registration fee is $60.
Contact Jennifer Wood for information (509) 527-6230.
For a limited time, First Mutual Bank is offering a 5 percent interest rate buy down.
For example, if a homeowner qualifies for an 11 percent interest loan, the bank will offer that loan at 6 percent.
Participating utilities and vendors are listed on the web site.
Contact Lisa Thompson
(503) 230-3059
January 31, 2006
7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lloyd Center Tower
2nd Floor, Multnomah/Irvington Room
825 NE Multnomah
Portland, OR 97232
Click
this link for more infomation
Newsletter Subscribers: Watch your Inbox for a special e-mail notice about the Energy Efficiency moderated web forum that is scheduled to be up and running February 1. The first topic for moderator Mike Weedall, Energy Efficiency Vice President, is "The Future of Load Management in the Northwest."
BPA Administrator Steve Wright joined Washington Senator Patty Murray in January to kick off the Olympic Peninsula economic experiment and Grid Friendly™ Appliance Demonstration Project.
The
project is designed to field test appliances that will automatically interact
with the electric power grid to make the grid more reliable and to reduce
operating costs. Grid Friendly controllers have been installed in 150 newly
developed Whirlpool electric dryers and 50 conventional electric water heaters.
The controls monitor grid power frequency, and send temporary power curtailment
requests to appliances when the frequency changes indicate the grid is under
stress.