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Assessment of

Demand Response and Advanced Metering

Staff Report

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Decem ber 2014

The opinions and views expressed in this staff report do not necessarily represent those of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, its Chairman, or individual Commissioners, and are not binding on the Commission.

# ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Staff Team

Michael P. Lee, Team Lead Omar Aslam

Ben Foster David Kathan Chris topher YoungFederal Energy Regulatory Commission Page i 

### TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1 : Introduction

................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 1 Chapter 2 : Saturation and penetration rate of advanced meters

................................ ................ 3 Developments and issues in advanced metering

................................ ................................ ..... 5 Federal programmatic support for advanced meters

................................ ........................... 5 Demonstrated benefits of advanced meters

................................ ................................ ........ 5 State legislative and regulatory activity

................................ ................................ .............. 6 Chapter 3 : Annual resource contribution o f demand resources

................................ ................. 9 Role of Demand Response during Winter 2013/14 extreme weather events

....................... 12 Chapter 4 : The potential for demand response as a quantifiable, reliable resource for regional planning purposes

................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 14 Chapter 5 : Existing demand response programs and time

- based rate programs and steps taken to ensure that, in regional transmission planning and operations, demand resources are provided equitable treatment as a quantifiable, reliable resource relative to the resource obligations of any load

- serving entity, transmission provider, or transmitting party

............... 16 FERC demand response orders and activities

................................ ................................ ....... 18 Other federal demand response acti vities

................................ ................................ ............. 19 CEQ Presidential Memorandum on Energy Management

................................ ................ 19 DOD and GSA activities

................................ ................................ ................................ ... 20 ERCOT activities

................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 21 State legislative and regulatory activities related to demand response

................................ . 21 Industry demand response actions

................................ ................................ ........................ 28 Chapter 6 : Regulatory barriers to improved custom er participation in demand response, peak reduction, and critical period pricing programs

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### LIST OF T **ABLES & FIGURES**  Table 2

- 1: Estimates of Advanced Meter Penetration Rates

................................ .......................... 3 Table 2

- 2: Estimated Advanced Meter Penetration by Region and Customer Class (2012)

.......... 4 Table 3

- 1: Potential Peak Reduction from Retail Demand Response Programs by NERC Region (2011 & 2012)

................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ . 9 Table 3

- 2: Potential Peak Reduction (MW) from Retail Demand Response Programs by Region and Customer Class (2012)

................................ ................................ ................................ ........... 10 Table 3

- 3: Potential Peak Reduction from U.S. ISO and RTO Demand Response Programs

..... 11 Table 5

- 1: Customer Enrollment in Incentive

- based Demand Response Programs, by NERC Region (2011 & 2012)

................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 17 Table 5

- 2: Customer Enrollment in Time

- based Demand Response Programs, by NERC Region (2011 & 2012)

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## F E R C S t a f f R e p o r t 

# A S S E S S M E N T O F 

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## Chapter 1 : Introduction

This report is the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission staff’s ( Commission staff’s ) ninth annual report on demand response and advanced metering required by section 1252(e)(3) of EPAct 2005 . It is based on publicly

- available information and discussions with market participants and industry experts. Based on the information reviewed, it appears that :

• T he penetration of advanced meters continues to climb. 1 

### A ccording to the Energy Information Administration (EIA) , a n additional 5.9 million advance d meters were installed and operational between 2011 and 2012 , result ing in advanced meters representing almost 30 percent of all meters in the United States ; 2



### • Potential peak reduction from d emand response in the Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs), Independent System Operators (ISOs), and Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) markets increased by 2,451 MW to 28,503 MW from 2012 to 2013 or 9.3 percent; 3 

### and,

• Demand response resources made significant contributions to balancing supply and demand d uring the late 2013 and early 2014 extreme cold weather events and helped preserve Eastern RTO and ISO reserve levels

. 4

1 As defined by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Meters are “Meters that measure and record usage data at a minimum, in hourly intervals and provide usage data at least daily to energy companies and may also provide data to consumers. Data are used for billing and other purposes. Advanced meters include basic hou rly interval meters and extend to real

- time meters with built

- in two

- way communication capable of recording and transmitting instantaneous data.”

See : U.S. EIA, Form EIA

- 861: Annual Electric Power Industry Report Instructions , available at http://www.eia .gov/survey/form/eia_861/instructions.pdf

. 2 U.S. EIA, Electric Power sales, revenue, and energy efficiency Form EIA

- 861 detailed data files , available at http://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/eia861/index.html

. 3 See infra Table 3

- 3 ( cit ing referenced data )

. 4 See the section below titled “Role of Demand Response during Winter 2013/2014 extreme weather events,” for a complete list of references.December 2014 Assessment o f Demand Response and Advanced Metering

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### The report address es the six requirements included in section 1252(e)(3) of EPAct 2005, which directs the Commission to identify and review: (A) saturation and penetration rate of advanced meters and communications technologies, de vices and systems (Chapter 2) ; (B) existing demand response programs and time

- based rate programs (Chapter 5 ) ; (C) the annual resource contribution of demand resources (Chapter 3) ; (D) the potential for demand response as a quantifiable, reliable resource for regional planning purposes (Chapter 4) ; (E) steps taken to ensure that, in regional transmission planning and operations, demand resources are provided equitable treatment as a quantifiable, reliable resource relative to the resource obligations of any load

- serving entity, transmission provider, or transmitting party (Chapter 5) ; and (F) regulatory barriers to improved customer participation in demand response, peak reduction and critical period pricing programs (Chapter 6)

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## Chapter 2 : Saturation and penet ration rate of advanced meters

This chapter reports on saturation and penetration rates for advanced meters, as well as developments and issues in advanced metering through July 2013

. As summarized in Table 2

- 1, recent data indicates that advanced meter penetration rates and the number of advanced meters in operation continue to increase in the U nited S tates

.
**Table 2** 

**- 1**  **: Estimates of Advanced Meter Penetration Rates**

Data Source Data As Of Number of Advanced

Meters (millions) Total Number of

Meters (millions) Advanced Meter Penetration Rates (advanced meters as a

% of total meters) 2008 FERC Survey Dec 2007 6.7 1 144.4 1 4.7% 2010 FERC Survey Dec 2009 12.8 2 147.8 2 8.7% 2012 FERC Survey Dec 2011 38.1 3 166.5 3 22.9% 2011 Form EIA

- 861 (re

- released) Dec 201 1 37.3 4 1 44.5 4 2 5.8 % Institute for Electric Efficiency May 2012 35.7 5 1 44.5 4 2 4.7 % 2012 Form EIA

- 861 Dec 201 2 43.2 6 1 45.3 6 2 9.7 % Institute for Electric Innovation July 2013 45.8 7 1 45.3 6 31 .5% Sources: 1 FERC, Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering staff report (December 2008).
2 FERC, Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering staff report (February 2011).
3 FERC, Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering staff report (December 2012).
4 U.S. EIA , Form EIA

- 861 file_2_2011 and file_8_2011 (re

- released May 20, 2014). The number of ultimate customers served by full

- service and energy

- only providers is used as a proxy for the total number of meters. Advanced meters are defined as advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters.
5 The Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Efficiency, Utility

- Scale Smart Meter Deployments, Plans & Proposals (May 2012). 6 U.S. EIA, Form EIA

- 861 and Form EIA

- 861 S : retail_sales_2012 and advanced_meters_2012 data files (October 29, 2013). The number of ultimate customers served by full

- service and energy

- only providers is used as a proxy for the total number of meters. Adva nced meters are defined as advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) meters.
7 The Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation, Utility

- Scale Smart Meter Deployments: A Foundation for Expanded Grid Benefits (August 2013). Note : Commission staff has n ot independently verified the accuracy of EIA or Edison Foundation data. Values from source data are rounded for publication. 

### According to 2012 EIA data, 5 

### 43.2 million advanced meters were operational and there were 1 45.3 million ultimate electric utility customers, 6 

### indicating a 2 9.7 percent penetration rate. EIA data for the previous year reports 37.3 million advanced meters were operational out of a total of 144.5 million customers, representing a 25.8 percent penetration rate for 2011. 7 

### Certai n industry organizations predict that use of advanced meters will continue to grow. For example, The

5 U.S. EIA, Electric Power sales, revenues, and energy efficiency Form EIA

- 861 data files , (retail_sales_2012 and advanced_meters_2012 d ata f iles ).
6 Form EIA

- 861 collects data on the number of customers served by each respondent , which staff used as a proxy for the number of meters

. EIA defines customers as the average of the 12 close

- of

- month customer accounts ( See Form EIA

- 861 Instructions , General Instructions).
7 U.S. EIA, Electric Power sales, revenues, and energy efficiency Form EIA

- 861 data files ( 2011 Data File 2 and File 8 ).December 2014 Assessment o f Demand Response and Advanced Metering

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### Edison Foundation’s Institute for Electric Innovation projects more than half of all U.S. households will have advanced meters by 2015. 8



### Table 2

- 2 below provides estimated advanced metering penetration rates by North American Electric Reliability Council ( NERC ) r egion 9 

### and retail customer class. 10 

### Specifically, a dvanced meters represent more than half of the meters in three regions : 69.6 percent of meters in Texas Reliability Entity (TRE), 11 

### 52.3 percent in Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC), and 50. 7 percent in Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC)

. A slightly higher percentage of r esidential customer s have an advanced meter (30.4 percent) than do customers in the commercial (25.2 percent) or industrial (24.5 percent) classes

.
**Table 2** 

**- 2**  **: Estimated Advanced Meter Penetration by Region and Customer Class (2012)** 

NERC Region Customer Class Residential Commercial Industrial All Classes AK 1.3% 0.8% 0.0% 1.2% FRCC 54.4% 36.6% 41.3% 52.3% HI 0.0% 0.0% 4.1% 0.0% MRO 14.3% 11.1% 17.9% 13.9% NPCC 11.9% 11.9% 7.7% 11.9% RFC 17.7% 13.6% 14.5% 17.3% SERC 22.0% 17.6% 7.3% 21.4% SPP 24.3% 21.4% 41.9% 24.2% TRE 69.3% 73.0% 45.0% 69.6% WECC 51.8% 43.6% 31.7% 50.7% Unspecified 0.9% 0.3% 1.4% 0.8% **All Regions 30.4%**  **25.2% 24.5%**  **29.7%**

Source s : U.S. EIA , 2012 Form EIA

- 861: advanced_meters_2012, utility_data_2012, and retail_sales_2012 data files. Note : Although some e ntities may operate in more than one NERC Region , EIA data have only one NERC region designation per entity. The "unspecified" category includes short form respondents, some power marketers (excluding those in TX), unregulated entities and some federal entities. The number of ultimate customers served by full

- service and energy

- only providers is used as a proxy for the total number of m eters. Commission staff has not independently verified the accuracy of EIA data.

8 Institute for Electric Innovation, Powering the People: Next Generation Utility

– Opening Animation (video) , ( Mar

. 6, 2014 ), available at http://www.edisonfoundation.net/iei/Pages/IEIHome.aspx
9 NERC is comprised of eight regional reliability councils in the lower 48 states: th e Florida Reliability Coordinating Council (FRCC), Midwest Reliability Organization (MRO), Northeast Power Coordinating Council (NPCC), ReliabilityFirst Corporation (RFC), SERC Reliability Corporation (SERC), Southwest Power Pool RE (SPP), Texas Reliability Entity (TRE), and Western Electricity Coordinating Counc il (WECC). The states of Alaska (AK) and Hawaii (HI) are not subject to NERC oversight and are separately presented for the report.
10 Table 2

- 2 includes data from the 2 012 Form EIA

- 861 long and short forms. See U.S. EIA, Survey Forms: Electricity Survey Form Changes in 2013 , available at http://www.eia.gov/survey/changes/electricity/2013/
11 To more accurately estimate advanced meter penetration in the TRE, power marketers in Texas that did not specify a NERC region have been assigned to the TRE.Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering December 2014

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### Developments and issues in advanced metering
T he American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) , 12 

### t hrough partnerships with more than 200 electric utilities and other organizations, accelerated the deployment of advanced meters throughout the nation’s electric system. 13 

### D eployment of advance meters in the U.S. continues to progress as one component of e lectric grid modernization efforts. Industry stakeholders and policy makers are gaining experience with these new technologies, utilities are undertaking hardware and network integration efforts, and new grid and consumer applications are being explored a nd developed . Presented below are examples of continued programmatic support for advanced meters, reported demonstrated benefits of advanced meters , and state legislative and regulatory activities.
Federal programmatic s upport for a dvanced m eters As of March 31, 2014, approximately 15.3 million advanced meters were installed and operational through the D epa rtment of Energy (DOE) Smart Grid Investment Grant (SGIG) program. 14 

### Ultimately, 15.5 million advanced meters are expected to be installed and operational under SGIG. All SGIG projects are expected to reach completion in 2014 with continued reporting requirements through 2016

. 15


### Demonstrated benefits of advanced meters A majority of the public and privately supported Recovery Act projects fund installation of advanced metering infrastructure that provide electricity usage data on an hourly or sub

- hourly basis, communications networks that transmit this meter data to the utility and back to customers, and the utility office management systems (such as meter data management systems) that receive, store, and process the meter data. 16 

### Advanced metering infrastructure facilitates several beneficial applications which can lead to improvements in operational efficiency, reliability and asset utilization . The applications include:

• Remote meter reading and remote connects/disconnects,

• Tamper detection and notification,

• Outage detection and notification,

• Voltage monitoring,

12 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Pub. L. No. 111

- 5 (2009). The Recovery Act appropriated $4.5 billion for grid modernization programs, with $3.4 billion of that amount devoted to the Smart Grid Investment Grant program, a public

- private pa rtnership initiative for leveraging investments in grid modernization.
13 U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009: Smart Grid Investment Grant Program, Progress Report II at iv ( Oct

. 2013 ), available at https://www.sm artgrid.gov/sites/default/files/doc/files/SGIG_progress_report_2013.pdf

. 14 U.S. D OE, SmartGrid.gov, Deployment Status: Advanced Metering Infrastructure and Customer Systems , https://www.smartgrid.gov/recovery_act/deployment_status

. SGIG recipients reporte d approximately 16.2 million advanced meters physically installed as of July 10, 2014.
15 See Smart Grid Investment Grant Program, Progress Report II, supra note 13 at iv.
16 Id. at 19. Recovery Act funding resulted in the implementation of 131 smart grid p rojects representing over $9 billion in combined public and private investments under two programs: the SGIG program and the Smart Grid Demonstration Program (SGDP). Seventy four projects deploy advanced metering infrastructure.December 2014 Assessment o f Demand Response and Advanced Metering

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### • Enabli ng integration of distributed energy systems through net metering, and

• Enabling the application of time

- based rates. Several utilities have employed Recovery Act funding to initiate advanced metering projects which include technologies and systems designed to help customers better understand and manage their electricity consumption and costs. These technologies include direct load control devices, web portals (through which customers can access information via the Internet, in

- home displays ) , and programmab le communicating thermostats. In addition, as part of their respective Recovery Act funded projects, nine utilities are conducting eleven consumer behavior studies designed to evaluate the timing and magnitude of changes in peak demand and/or energy usage patterns through time

- based rate programs, either in addition to, or as replacements for, traditional rates to further motivate customer demand response

. 17 

### D emand

‐ side objectives , achieved through advanced metering, customer systems, and time

- based rates, can provide several benefits: 18



### • Deferred capital expenditures and improved capital asset utilization ,
• Reduced electricity generation and environmental impacts , and

• Expanded options for customers to manage electricity consumption and costs

. Utilities are e xperiment ing with different design techniques , such as randomized controlled trials , to improve their understan ding of the magnitude of demand response, customer acceptance, and customer retention in various retail rate programs. Results indicate signific ant peak demand reductions, as well as bill savings for customers. 19



### S tate legislative and regulatory activity

• **Illinois.** In June 2014, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd) received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission to accelerate the timetable for installing advanced meter s

. 20 

### ComEd will install more than four million advanced meters with full deployment expected by 2018 , which is three years ahead of the originally publicized 2021 completion date.

17 U.S. DOE, Analysis of Cu stomer Enrollment Patterns in Time

- Based Rate Programs

– Initial Results from SGIG Consumer Behavior Studies at 4

- 5 ( July 2013 ), available at https://www.smartgrid.gov/sites/default/files/doc/files/DOE_CBS_report_final_draft

- 7

- 10

- 13_0.pdf

. 18 U.S. DOE, Demand Reductions from the Application of Advanced Metering Infrastructure, Pricing Programs, and Customer

- Based Systems

– Initial Results at ii ( Dec

. 2012 ), available at https://www.smartgrid.gov/sites/default/files/doc/files/peak_demand_report_final_12

- 1 3

- 2012.pdf 19 Reports are accessible via Smartgrid.gov, which is available at https://smartgrid.gov

. Additional material includes American Council for an Energy

- Efficient Economy, ACEEE Field Guide to Utility

- Run Behavior Program , Report No. B132, ( Dec

. 2 013 ) Mazur

- Stommen and Farley ; In Minnesota, ‘behavior’ programs show energy
- saving results , Midwest Energy News , July 23, 2014.
20 Press Release, Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd), ComEd Receives Approval to Accelerate Smart Meter Installation, Benefits , ( June 11, 2014 ), available at https://www.comed.com/newsroom/Pages/newsroomreleases_06112014.pdf

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### • **Maryland.** In February 2014, the Maryland Publ ic Service Commission ( Maryland PSC) issued an order setting customer opt

- out fees and ruled that Baltimore Gas and Electric, Delmarva Power and Light Company, Potomac Electric Power Company, and Southern Maryland Electric Cooperative must give customers t he opportunity to opt

- out of an advanced meter. 21 

### In the o rder, the Maryland PSC state s it was “ cognizant of the costs imposed by extending this choice to individual ratepayers...[and would] allocate to these opt

- out customers the appropriate costs associated with their choice[.] ” Opt

- out customers will be able to either keep their existing analog meter, or if a smart meter has already been installed, may have a non

- smart digital meter installed instead.

• **Massachusetts.** In a June 2014 order, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) established four grid modernization objectives for the distribution system in the state, including (1) reducing the effects of outages, (2) “optimizing demand” through time

- based pricing and reducing peak demand, (3) i ntegrating distributed resources, and (4) improving workforce and asset management. The order requires electric distribution compan ies to submit 10

- year grid modernization plan s that meet these objectives. Initial grid modernization plan s must include, a mong other things, a five

- year investment plan outlining how compan ies will implement “advanced metering functionality,” which the DPU views as the technological foundation of the state’s grid modernization goals. 22 

### The DPU also concluded that a targeted c ost recovery framework is necessary for grid modernization investments to overcome barriers to such investment under traditional cost

- of

- service ratemaking . Specifically, utilities may request a capital expenditure tracking mechanism that speeds up cost r ecovery for advanced metering investments that “accelerate progress in achieving the grid modernization objectives.” 23



### • **Missouri.** In February 2014, Missouri Public Service Commission (MPSC) staff updated the Missouri Smart Grid Report. 24 

### Among other things, s taff recommends the opening of a new docket to address cost recovery issues and periodic workshop s or technical conference s to share best practices.

21 In the Matter of Potomac Electric Power Company and Delmarva Power and Light Company Request for the Deployment of Advanced Meter Infrastructure , Case Nos. 9207, 9208, and 9294, Order No. 86200, Maryland Public Service Commission ( Feb

. 2 6, 2014), available at http://webapp.psc.state.md.us/Intranet/Casenum/NewIndex3_VOpenFile.cfm?ServerFilePath=C: \ Casenum \ 9200

- 9299 \ 9207 \ \ 307.pdf

. 22 Advanced metering functionality means: (1) the real

- time collection of customers’ interval usage data, to enable participation in ISO

- NE’s energy and ancillary services markets; (2) automated notification of outages and restorations; (3) two

- way communication between the u tility and the customer; and (4) with a customer’s permission, communication with and control of appliances. Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities on its own Motion into Modernization of the Electric Grid , D.P.U. 12

- 76

- B, ( Massachusetts Depar tment of Public Utilities June 12, 2014 ), available at http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dpu/electric/12

- 76

- a
- order.pdf

. 23 I d

. at 19

- 22.
24

Missouri Smart Grid Report , File No. EW

- 2011

- 0175 ( Missouri Public Service Commission Feb

. 2014 ), available at http://psc.mo.gov/CMSInternetData/Electric/Missouri%20Smart%20Grid%20Report%20

- %20February%202014.pdf

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### • **Oregon.** Idaho Power Company 25 

### , PacifiCorp 26 

### and Portland General Electric 27 

### submitted their 2014 smart grid and advanced metering reports with the Oregon Public Utilities Commission (OPUC) between June and October 2014

. Most of Idaho Power’s meters now have advanced metering capabilities and the company is applying these capabilities to enhance contr ols and services including remote connect ion and disconnect ion , direct load control, and time

- variable pricing ( which is available to qualifying residential customers through a pilot program )

. 28 

### PacificCorp expects to release its advanced metering solution for Oregon by the end of 2014 and is evaluatin g vendor proposals for advanced metering system implementation

. Portland G eneral Electric’s Smart Grid Report , which was revised to include PUC recommendations and subsequently made effective by t he Oregon PUC in October 2014 , 29 

### includes smart grid initiatives to rais e customer awareness, improv e customer engagement , offer pricing options and partner with customers to reduce usage during critical system peaks.

25 Idaho Power Company, Smart Grid Report, Docket No. UM 1675 (Oregon PUC Oct. 1, 2014), available at http://edocs.puc.state.or.us/efdocs/HAQ/um1675haq121 21.pdf
26 PacifiCorp, Smart Grid Annual Report, Docket No. UM 1667 (Oregon PUC Oct 31, 2014), available at http://edocs.puc.state.or.us/efdocs/HAQ/um1667haq163543.pdf

. 27 Portland General Electric, Smart Grid Report, Docket No. UM 1657 (Oregon PUC June 1, 20 14)
a

va

ilable at http://edocs.puc.state.or.us/efdocs/HAQ/um1657haq162736.pdf

. 28 Idaho Power, Time of Day: Pilot Study Status Report, ( June 20, 2013 ), available at https://www.idahopower.com/pdfs/AboutUs/CompanyInformation/SmartGrid/2013SmartGridReport.pdf ; Idaho Power, Smart Grid Report for the Public Utility Commission of Oregon at app. D

- 6 ( Oct

. 1, 2013 ) available at http://edocs.puc.state.or.us/efdocs/HAA/um1675haa94950.pdf

. 29 In the Matter of Portland General Electric Company, Annual Smart Grid Report, Order No. 14333, (Oregon PUC Oct. 1, 2014), available at http://apps.puc.state.or.us/orders/2014ords/14

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## Chapter 3 : Annual resource contribution of demand re sources

T his chapter summarizes the annual resource contribution of demand resources from retail demand response programs and RTO and ISO demand response programs on a national and regional basis in 2011 through 2013 , and also discusses t he role of deman d response in certain regions of the country during extreme weather events. According to data collected by EIA, t otal U.S. potential peak reduction 30 

### from retail demand response programs increased by 1,907 MW between 2011 and 2012 (7.2 percent). Demand response programs within the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) a ccounted for 1,253 MW of potential peak reduction or nearly two

- thirds (65.7 percent) of the increase in the U. S. total. Table 3

- 1 presents 2011 and 2012 potential peak reduction from retail demand response programs within each of the nine regional electricity councils, as well as Alaska and Hawaii.

**Table 3** 

**- 1**  **: Pote**  **ntial Peak Reduction from Retail Demand Response Programs by NERC Region (2011 & 2012)** 

NERC Region Annual Potential Peak Reduction (MW) Year

- on
- Y ear Change

2011 2012 MW % AK 28 27

- 1

- 3.6% FRCC 3,360 3,306

- 54

- 1.6% HI 43 42

- 1

- 2. 1 % MRO 5,450 5,567 117 2.1% NPCC 613 606

- 7

- 1. 2 % RFC 5,529 5,836 307 5.6% SERC 5,937 6,046 109 1.8% SPP 1,215 1,323 108 8.9% TRE 340 480 140 41. 3 % WECC 4,016 5,269 1,253 31.2% Unspecified 63 0

- 63

- 100.0% **Total 26,596**  **28,503 1,907**  **7.2%**
Source s : U.S. EIA, EIA

- 861 file3_2011 , dsm_2012 and utility_data_2012 data files

. Note : Figures from source data are rounded to the nearest megawatt for publication

. The percentage change is calculated based on the unrounded figures. Although some e ntities may operate in more th an one NERC Region , EIA data have only one NERC region designation per entity. C ommission staff has not independently verified the accuracy of EIA data. 

### Industrial customer demand response represents 4 7 percent of the 2012 n ational potential peak reduction from retail programs, but the relative contribution by customer class varies by region (Table 3

- 2 ). For example, in FRCC the majority (53 percent) of potential peak reduction from retail programs in the region came from r e sidential customer demand response . In contrast ,

30 Potential peak reduction (or potential peak demand savings) ref ers to “the total demand savings that could occur at the time of the system peak hour assuming all demand response is called.” U.S. EIA, Form EIA

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### commercial customers accounted for the majority of potential peak reduction in Alaska, Hawaii, NPCC and TRE; and industrial customers accounted for the majority in MRO, RFC, SERC, SPP, and WECC. Overall, r esidential and commercial customer demand response account for 30 and 23 percent of the 2012 n ational potential peak reduction from retail programs, respectively.

**Table 3** 

**- 2**  **: Potential Peak Reduction (MW) from**  **Retail Demand Response Programs by Region and Customer Class (2012)** 

NERC Region Customer Class Residential Commercial Industrial Transportation All Classes AK 5 13 9 0 27 FRCC 1,762 1,097 447 0 3,306 HI 17 25 0 0 42 MRO 1,869 1,141 2,557 0 5,567 NPCC 84 421 88 14 606 RFC 1,520 815 3,502 0 5,836 SERC 1,399 1,170 3,475 2 6,046 SPP 172 391 760 0 1,323 TRE 88 333 59 0 480 WECC 1,684 1,056 2,365 165 5,269 **All Regions 8,600**  **6,462 13,261**  **180 28,503** 
Source : U.S. EIA, EIA

- 861 dsm_2012 and utility_data_2012 data files.

Note : Figures from source data are rounded to the nearest megawatt for publication . Although some e ntities may operate in more than one NERC Region , EIA data have only one NERC region designation per entity. Commission sta ff has not independently verified the accuracy of EIA data.


### As shown in Table 3

- 3 , p otential peak reduction from RTO and ISO demand response programs increased by 9.3 percent or 2, 45 2 MW since 2012, to reach a total potential peak reduction of 28, 798 MW in 2013. The potential peak reduction from customers participating in RTO and ISO programs also increased as a percentage of total peak demand, increasing from 5.6 percent of peak demand in 2012 to 6.1 percent in 2013

. Potential peak reduction increa sed by 2 , 600 MW in MISO from 2012 to 2013 , largely due to increased demand response from behind

- the

- meter generation and load modifying resource programs run by utilities

. This increase in demand response participation , coupled with a decline in peak demand in the region due to milder summer temperatures, resulted in potential peak reduction as a percentage of peak demand increasing by almost 3 percent in 2013, compared to 2012. 31

31 Potomac Economics, 2013 State of The Market Report for the MISO Electricity Markets at 6, 72 ( June 2014 ), available at https://www.idahopower.com/pdfs/AboutUs/CompanyInformation/SmartGrid/2013SmartGridReport.pdf

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**Table 3** 

**- 3**  **: Potential Peak Reduction from U.S. ISO and RTO Demand Response Programs** 

RTO/ISO 201 2 2013
Potential

Peak Reduction

(MW) Percent of Peak Demand 8 Potential Peak Reduction

(MW) Percent of Peak Demand 8 California ISO (CAISO) 2,430 1 5.2% 2,180 9 4.8% Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) 1, 800 2 2. 7 % 1,950 1 0 2.9 % ISO New England, Inc. (ISO

- NE) 2,769 3 10.7% 2,100 1 1 7.7% Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) 7,197 4 7.3% 9,797 1 2 10.2 % New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) 1, 925 5 5. 9 % 1, 307 1 3 3.8 % PJM Interconnection, LLC (PJM) 8,781 6 5.7 % 9,901 1 4 6.3 % Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) 1,444 7 3.1% 1,563 1 5 3.5% **Total ISO/RTO**  **26,346 5.6**  **% 28,798**  **6.1 %** 
Sources: 1 California ISO 2012 Annual Report on Market Issues and Performance
2 ERCOT Quick Facts ( Nov

. 201 2 ) 3 2012 Assessment of the ISO New England Electric ity Markets
4 2012 State of the Market Report for the MISO Electric ity Markets
5 2012 Annual Report on Dema nd Side Management programs of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. under ER01

- 3001, et al. (Ja n, 15, 2013)

. Figure i nclude s ICAP/Special Case Resources (1 , 744 MW), Emergency DR (144 MW), and Day

- Ahead Demand Response (37 MW) 6 PJM 2012 Load Response Activity Report , Delivery Year 2012

- 2013 Active Participants in PJM Load Response Program at 2

- 3, ( Apr

. 9, 2013 )

. Figure includes all resources registered as Emergency DR (8,552 MW), plus the difference between resources registered as Economic DR and both Emergency & Economic DR (229 MW)
7 SPP Fast Facts (Mar. 1, 2013) 8 P eak demand data are from the following: California ISO 2012 & 2013 Annual Reports on Market Issues and Performance; ERCOT 2013 Demand and Energy Report; ISO

- NE Net Energy and Pea k Load Report (Apr

. 2013 & Apr

. 2014); 2012 & 2013 State of the Market Reports for the MISO Electricity Markets; 2012 & 2013 State of the Market Reports for the New York ISO Markets; 2012 & 2013 PJM State of the Markets Reports, Vol. 2; SPP 2012 & 2013 Sta te of the Market Reports 9 CAISO 2013 Annual Report on Market Issues & Performance
1 0 ERCOT Quick Facts ( Nov

. 201 3 ) http://www.ercot.com/content/news/presentations/2013/ERCOT_Quick_Facts_November%202013.pdf
1 1 ISO

- NE Dem and Response Asset Enrollments at 2, (Jan

. 2014 )
1 2 2013 State of the Market Report for the MISO Electricity Markets at 72

. This figure excludes 366 MW of emergency demand response that is also classified as LMR
1 3 2013 Annual Report on Demand Side Management programs of the New York Independent System Operator, Inc. under ER01

- 3001, et al. (Jan

. 15, 2014)
1 4 PJM 2013 Demand Response Operations Markets Activity Report at 3

- 4 ( Apr

. 18, 2014 ) , Figure represents “unique MW.”
1 5 SPP Fast Facts ( a s of Dec

. 2013)

Note: Commission staff has not independently verified the accuracy of RTO, ISO and Independent Market Monitor data for purposes of this report

. Values from source data are rounded for publication.



### P otential peak reducti o n in several RTOs and ISOs declined from 2012 to 2013. For the New York ISO (NYISO) fewer demand response resources register ed as Special Case Resources following NYISO ’s implement ation of its baseline calculation and auditing methods . This may be attributable to changes in NYISO’s methods that tightened criteria for qualification

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### R elatively low capacity prices in NYISO in recent years may have also contributed to less participation in the SCR program. 32



### D emand response enrollments in ISO

- NE declined by 6 69 MW

— nearly 25 percent

— in 2013. According to published reports and analyst comments, this decline may be at least partially due to Enernoc ’s reduced presence in the Forward Capacity Market based on its customers’ view that participation requirements out

- weigh the value of participation

. 33 

### In CAISO, according to the market monitor’s report, reductions in capacity in two of SCE’s programs, while partially offset by an increase in capacity in PG&E’s programs, led to an overall the decline in potential peak reduction by demand response in 201 3. 34



### Role of Demand Response during Winter 2013/14 extreme weather events The January 2014 cold weather events caused numerous challenges for electricity system operators. In the eastern United States, the extreme cold weather of January 6

- 8 and January 17

- 29 resulted in high demand, generation outages , and fuel disruptions that affected electric and fuel markets. Eastern RTO /ISO system operators utilized demand response during the se high load periods to balance the electric system and prevent reserve sh ortages. PJM activated about 2,000 MW of demand response for several hours during the morning and evening peaks of January 7th, and over 2,500 MW for several hours on January 23rd and January 28th. 35 

### PJM called on demand response to address issues with tr ansfers, transmission limits and generating unit forced outages. 36 

### Although demand resources were not obligated to respond during this period, close to 25 percent of registered demand response resources responded. PJM states that this experience demonstra tes the year

- round value of demand response. 37 

### As part of its 2013

- 2014 Winter Reliability Program, ISO

- NE gained the ability to call on demand response assets up to 10 times during the winter. Demand response resources provided 21 MW on five occasions between December 2013 and February 2014. 38 

### ISO

- NE include d demand response as a component of its 2014

- 20 15 Winter Reliability Program. 39

32 Potomac Economics, 2013 State of the Market Report for the New York ISO Markets , at 91

- 93 ( May 2014 ), ava ilable a t http://www.monitoringanalytics.com/reports/pjm_state_of_the_market/2013.shtml

. 33 Pla tts, Enernoc thinning position in New England forward capacity market , ( Apr

. 9, 2013 ), available at http://www.platts.com/latest

- news/electric

- power/washington/en ernoc
- thinning

- position

- in

- new
- england

- forward

21928104 ; Analysis Group, Capacity Markets in the Northeast: A Preview of Comments at the FERC Technical Conference on Centralized Capacity Markets in RTOs/ISOs at 16 , Tierney , ( Sept

. 20, 2013 ) available at ht tp://www.ippny.org/uploads/PDF/1378921415_TierneyPresentation_Fall2013.pdf

. 34 California ISO, Dep ’ t of Market Monitoring, 2013 Annual Report on Market Issues & Performance , ( Apr

. 2014 ), available at http://www.caiso.com/Documents/2013AnnualReport

- MarketIssue

- Performance.pdf

. 35 FERC Office of Enforcement, Technical Conference on Winter 2013

- 2014 Operations and Market Performance in RTOs and ISOs , Tr. 21, ( April 1, 2014 )

. 36 PJM, Anal ysis of Operational Events and M arket Impacts during the Janua ry 2014 Cold Weather Events at 37, (May 8, 2014). 37 Id

. at 20

- 21. 38 Letter from Gordon Van Welie, President, ISO

- NE, to U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, ISO

- New England at 8 (April 18, 2014) , available at http://www.iso

- ne.com/pubs/pubcomm/corr/2014/2014

- 04

- 18

- iso

- ne
- response
- to

- house

- energy
- commerce.pdf

. 39 ISO New England, Inc. , 148 FERC ¶ 61,179, at PP 17

- 18, 39 (2014).Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering December 2014

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### Other RTOs also utilized demand response during the winter peak load periods. NYISO has an Emergency Demand Response Program and a Special Case Resources capacity market program available for activation in energy shortage situations. 40 

### Both programs were activated on January 7 , 2014 and NYISO called on reduction s from about 900 MW of its demand resources. 41 

### Demand response resources were put on notice for the New York City zone on January 27th for activation on January 28th, but ultimately were not needed to maintain reserve requirements. 42

40 New York ISO, Demand Response Programs , available at http://www.nyiso.com/public/ markets_operations/market_data/demand_response/index.jsp
41 See : FERC Office of Enforcement, Technical Conference on Winter 2013

- 2014 Operations and Market Performance in RTOs and ISOs (April 1, 2014), Transcript at 21; New York State Reliability Council, NYISO Operations Report , ( January 2014 ), available at http://www.nysrc.org/pdf/MeetingMaterial/RCMSMeetingMaterial/RCMS%20Agenda%20170/January%202014% 20Ops%20Report.pdf

. 42 Wes Yeomans, NYISO, Presentation at Technical Conference on Winter 2013

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## Chapter 4 : T he p otential for demand response as a quantifiable, reliable r esource for regional planning purposes

This chapter report s on the potential for demand response as a quantifiable, reliable resource for planning

. The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Interconnection

- wide Transmission Planning Initiative facilitated collabo rati ve efforts to develop interconnection

- wide transmission plans for the Western Interconnection, the Eastern Interconnection, and ERCOT under a broad set of alternative futures, including the intensive application of demand

- side technologies

. 43 

### Funded by DOE grants, five organizations undertook efforts in the Western, Eastern and Texas Interconnections: Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC), Western Governors Association, the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative (EIPC) , the Eastern Interconnection States' Planning Council (EISPC) , and ERCOT. After the completion of initial transmission planning efforts, these organizations continue to undertake enhanced stud ies of long

- term interconnection

- wide needs. WECC, the Western Governors’ Association, and the Western Interstate Energy Board are working with stakeholders through the Regional Transmission Expansion Project t o develop long

- term, interconnection

- wide transmission expansion plans. 44 

### The Western Interstate Energy Board, along with the State

- Provincial Steering Committee, 45 

### released a report examining advanced demand response (i.e., “DR 2.0”) as a resource for inte grating variable energy
resources. 46 

### Advanced demand response resources are customer loads equipped with automation equipment that can increase and decrease while being available throughout the year and frequently measured. The report focuses on the exte nt demand response resources can complement variable energy resources within a three to five year time frame and provides various estimates of the aggregate potential peak reduction from demand response for the Western Interconnection ’s eleven states and t wo Canadian provinces.

EISPC and National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) are also providing general information to policy makers examining the use of planning models that not only compare transmission

- only or generation

- only solut ions, but also integrate demand response and non

- traditional resources to provide “more balanced and economic” resource mixes with fuel and environmental benefits. 47 

### EISPC and NARUC discuss demand response modeling and data

43 U.S. DOE, Recovery Act Transmission Planning , available at http://energy.gov/oe/services/electricity

policy

- coordination

- and

- implementation/transmission

- planning/recovery

- act

. 44 Western Governo rs’ Association, Regional Transmission Expansion Planning, available at http://www.westgov.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=311&Itemid=81
45 SPSC was established in 2009 to execute the Recovery Act grant on interconnection

- wide transmission planning and was charged with providing input into transmission planning, improving grid utilization, and reducing the cost of integrating renewable energy resources. Minutes of the June 13, 2013 Meeting of the Western Interstate Energy Board , available at http://www.westgov.org/wieb/meetings/boardsprg2013/minutes.pdf

. 46 Western Interstate Energy Board, The Role of Demand Response in Integrating Variable Energy Resource , ( December 2013 ), available at http://www.westernenergyboard.org/sptsc/documents/12

- 20

- 13SPSC_EnerNOC.pdf

. 47 EIPC and NARUC, Co

- optimization of Transmission and Other Supply Resources at 4, (September 2013), available at http://www.westernenergyboard.org/sptsc/documents/12

- 20

- 13SPSC_En erNOC.pdf

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### preparation requirements and the pros and cons associated with integrating various demand side and non

- traditional resource options. 48


### ERCOT, i n December 2013, released an expanded 20

- year system assessment of the Texas Interconnect

. 49 

### Three different forecasts were created to support st udy scenarios: business

- a s
usual scenario, drought, and an energy efficiency mandate

. 50 

### In the ERCOT forecasts, various levels of d emand response resources are modeled in future years to plan for various system conditions. 51



### The Commission’s Order No. 1000 requires public utility t ransmission providers to comparably consider transmission and non

‐ transmission alternatives

— such as energy efficiency, demand response, energy storage, distributed generation, and combined heat and power systems site d close to load

— in the regional transmission planning process. 52 

### Some regions in their Order No. 1000 complian ce planning processes have taken steps towards formalizing the consideration of
non
- transmission alternatives. For example, NYISO considers all resource types

– including generation, transmission, demand response, or a combination of these resource types

– on a comparable basis when evaluating proposed solutions in their regional transmission planning process. In addition, several regional transmission organizations, such as PJM, consider demand response and other non

- transmission alternatives prior to det ermining what transmission projects to consider in their transmission planning process. PJM also allows demand response to participate in its capacity market and produce firm commitments to meet its capacity needs. On August 15, 2014, U.S. Court of Appea ls for the D.C. Circuit issued its decision in South Carolina Public Service Authority v. FERC fully affirming Order No. 1000. 53

48 Id. at 50. 49 ERCOT Interconnection, Long

- Term Transmission Analysis (2012

- 2032) Final Report, Topic A and B Final Report, Volumes 1 , at vi, 32 ( December 2013 ), available at http://www.ercot.com/content/committees/other/lts/keydocs/2014/DOE_LONG_TERM_STUDY_

- _Final_Report_

- _Volume_1.pdf

. 50 I d. at 43. 51 Id

. a pp

. H ( Generation Expansion Summaries )

. 52 Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation by Transmission Owning and Operating Public Utilities , Order No. 1000, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,323 (2011) order on reh’g , Order No. 1000

- A, 139 FERC ¶ 61,132, order on reh’g , Order No. 1000

- B, 141 FERC ¶ 61,044 (2012).
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- 1232 (D.C. Cir., Aug. 15, 2014).December 2014 Assessment o f Demand Response and Advanced Metering

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## Chapter 5 : Existing demand response programs and time

- based rate programs and s teps taken to ensure that, in regional transmission p lanning and operations, demand resources are provided equitable treatment as a quantifiable, reliable resource relative to the resource obligations of any load

- serving entity, transmission provider, or transmitting party

The chapter provides information o n d emand response program s and time

- based rate programs in 2011 and 2012 , and summarizes recent federal , regional , state, and industry demand response actions. Tables 5

- 1 and 5

- 2 show customer enrollment in incentive

- based 54 

### and time

- based 55 

### demand response programs in 2011 and 2012. As shown in Table 5

- 1, at a national level, the number of customers enrolled in incentive

- based programs increased by 1.2 percent over this period, to more than 5.4 million. On a regional basis, the year

- on
- yea r changes ranged from a decline of 18 percen t to an increase of 64 percent. For example, according to EIA data , customer enrollment increased by nearly 64 percent in TRE from 2011 to 2012, due to large increases in enrollment in residential programs run by Centerpoint Energy and the City of San Antonio. In contrast, customer enrollment in incentive

based programs fell by approximately 18 percent in SPP over the same period due to a drop in enrollment in several existing programs (e.g., Kansas Gas & Elec tric and P ublic S ervice Co. of O klahoma ), and the discontinuation of a residential program at North Arkansas Electric Coop. The largest absolute change in incentive

- based program enrollment occurred in RFC, where the introduction of new programs in 2012 b y some utilities (e.g., Met ropolitan Ed ison Co. , PEPCO, N orthern Indiana Public Service Co. ) and increased enrollment in other utilities’ existing programs (e.g., PPL), was more than offset by the discontinuation of programs by some utilities and large dro ps in enrollment in other utilities’ existing residential programs (e.g., BGE, Duke Indiana, and J ersey C entral P ower & L ight ).

54 Incentive

- based demand response programs include direct load control, interruptible, demand bidding/buyback, emergency demand response, capacity market, and ancillary service market programs. See U.S. EIA, Form EIA

- 861 Instructions, Schedule 6

- Part C

. 55 Time

- based rate programs include real

- time pricing, critical peak pricing, variable peak pricing , and time

- of

- use rates administered through a tariff. See U.S. EIA, Form EIA

- 861 Instructions, Schedule 6

- Part C

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**Table 5** 

**- 1**  **: Customer Enrollment in Incentive** 

**- based Demand Response Programs, by**  **NERC Region (2011 & 2012)** 

NERC Region Enrollment in Incentive

- based P rograms Year

- on
- Year Change 2011 2012 Customers % AK 2,460 2,432

- 28

- 1 .1 % FRCC 1,283,904 1,328,487 44,583 3 .5 % HI 37,304 36,703

- 601

- 1.6 % MRO 714,669 795,345 80,676 11 .3 % NPCC 46,368 54,413 8,045 17 .4 % RFC 1,546,608 1,398,341

- 148,267

- 9.6 % SERC 652,940 715,225 62,285 9.6 % SPP 112,041 91,585

- 20,456

- 18 .3 % TRE 67,113 109,875 42,762 6 3.7 % WECC 903,063 884,299

- 18,764

- 2 .1 % Unspecified 0 15,004 15,004

-- **Total 5,366,470**  **5,431,709 65,239**  **1.2%**
Sources : U.S. EIA, EIA

- 861 file3_2011, EIA

- 861 dsm_2012 and utility_data_2012 data files.

Note : Although some entities may operate in more than one NERC Region, EIA data have only one NERC region designation per entity. Commissio n staff has not independently verified the accuracy of EIA data.


### As Table 5

- 2 shows , in contrast to incentive

- based demand response programs, nationwide enrollment in time

- based programs declined 6.1 percent from 2011 to 2012, although there was again much regional variation. According to EIA data, t he large percentage change in enrollm ent in the “unspecified” region is due to increased enrollment in a residential program run by TXU Energy, a retail power marketer. 56 

### WECC also experienced a large absolute and percentage change in enrollment, primarily due to creation of new programs by S an D iego G as & E lectric , Sacramento Municipal Utility District , L os A ngeles D epartment of W ater and P ower , and A rizona P ublic S ervice

. In addition, according to EIA data, SPP and RFC experienced significant absolute and percentage drops in enrollment in time

- based programs. In SPP, this was due to the discontinuation of programs by Southwestern Electric Power and a large decline in enrollment in programs run by P ublic S ervice Co

. of O klahoma . In RFC, EIA data suggests the decline in enrollment was pr imarily due to attrition in Ohio Power’s residential program and in Duke Energy Indiana’s commercial program.

56 Power marketers are not required to specif y a NERC region when responding to the EIA

- 861 survey. U.S. EIA, Form EIA

- 861, Schedule 2, Part A

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Page 18 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission **Table 5** 

**- 2**  **: Customer Enrollment in Time**

**- based Demand Response Programs, by NERC**  **Region (2011 & 20 12)** 

NERC Region Enrollment in Time

- based Programs Year

- on
- Year Change 2011 2012 Customers % AK 0 38 38

-- FRCC 26,572 27,089 517 1.9 % HI 210 323 113 5 3.8 % MRO 76,921 82,310 5,389 7 .0 % NPCC 244,837 293,721 48,884 20 .0 % RFC 1,133,120 433,879

- 699,241

- 6 1.7 % SERC 180,507 180,619 112 0 .1 % SPP 1,059,504 61,618

- 997,886

- 94 .2 % TRE 669 604

- 65

- 9.7 % WECC 1,254,812 2,601,112 1,346,300 107 .3 % Unspecified 3,844 57,435 53,591 1 , 394 .1 % **Total 3,980,996**  **3,738,748**

**- 242,248** 

**- 6.1%** 
Sources : U.S. EIA, 2011: EIA

- 861 file3_2011; 2012: EIA

- 861 dsm_2012 and utility_data_2012 data files.

Note : Although some entities may operate in more than one NERC Region, EIA data have only one NERC region designation per entity. Commission staff has not independently verified the accuracy of EIA data.


### FERC demand response orders and activities On May 23, 2014, in a split ruling in the case of Electric Power Supply Association v. FERC , No. 11

- 1486 (D.C. Cir. May 23, 2014), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit (D.C. Circuit) vacated and remanded FERC’s final rule on demand response compensation in organized wholesale electric markets ( Demand Response Compensation in Organized Wholesale Energy Markets , Order No. 745, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,322, order on reh’g , Order No. 745

- A, 137 FERC ¶ 61,215 (2011), order on reh’g , Order No. 745

- B, 138 FERC ¶ 61,148 (2012)). After denying petitions for rehearing en banc of the decision, on October 20, 2014, the D.C. Circuit granted FERC’s motion to stay the issuance of the mandate until December 16, 2014, or if a petition for writ of certiorari is filed, until the Supreme Court’s final disposition. **57** 

### On December 5, 2014, the Solicitor General at the U.S. Department of Justice announced that he has authorized the filin g of a petition for a writ of certiorari seeking review of the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Prior to the decision in Electric Power Supply Association v. FERC , t he Commission responded to a number of regional filings related to the participation of demand response resources in wholesale and interstate markets. This section briefly summarizes those Commission decisions.

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### • **PJM Interconnection.** In an order issued May 9, 2014, 58 

### the Commission accepted PJM revisions to its tariffs to enhance the “operational flexibility” of demand response resources that clear its capacity market. 59 

### Among other things, the revisions are intended to make it easier for PJM to use demand response resources with a capacity supply obligation whe n approaching system emergencies. 60



### • **Midcontinent Independent System Operator.** In an order issued March 14, 2014, 61 

### the Commission accepted a MISO proposal to revise how demand response and energy efficiency is credited as part of MISO’s resource adequacy requirements. Load serving entities (LSEs) meet their planning reserve margin requirement in the MISO region by demonstrating that enough capacity has been acquired to meet their respective coincident peak demand forecasts, plus transmission losses, plus the Planning Reserve Margin. Prior to the change, LSEs had the ability to net demand response and energy efficiency resources from coincident peak demand. In order to address problems associated with tracking and assigning demand response and energy eff iciency resources when customers switch LSEs during a planning year, MISO will now require LSEs to explicitly account for demand response and energy efficiency resources as capacity in the same manner as all other Planning Resources.

• **New York Independent System Operator.**  On November 22, 2013, the Commission issued an order finding NYISO’s tariff provisions that excluded demand response facilitated by behind

- the

- meter generation from participation in the Day

- Ahead Demand Response Program (DADRP), while pe rmitting participation by similarly

- situated demand response accomplished without the use of such behind

- the

- meter generation, were unduly discriminatory. The Commission ordered NYISO to develop rules that address appropriate eligibility, measurement, ver ification, and control requirements to ensure that demand response facilitated by behind

- the

- meter generation is provided in a manner that maintains system reliability and ensures that the resources are compensated only for the demand response service that they actually provide. Requests for rehearing, and action on NYISO’s compliance filings, are pending.



### Other federal demand response activities
CEQ Presidential Memorandum on Energy Management On December 5, 2013, President Obama released the President ial Memorandum on Federal Leadership on Energy Management. 62 

### This Presidential Memorandum directs federal agencies

58 PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 147 FERC ¶ 61,103 (20 14 )

. 59 PJM Filing, Docket No. ER14

- 822

- 000 (filed December 24, 2013 ) ( revising PJM OATT, OA & RAA with respect to D emand R esponse as a Capacity Resource)

. 60 There are outstanding compliance issues and other issues subject to rehearing in this preceding.
61 Midcontinent Indep

. Sys

. Operator, Inc., 146 FERC ¶ 61,180 (2014).
62 The White House, Presidential Memorandum

– Federal Leadership on Energy Management: Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies (Dec. 5, 2013 ), available at http://w ww.whitehouse.gov/the

- press
- office/2013/12/05/presidential

- memorandum

- federal

- leadership

- energy
management

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### to increase their use of renewable energy and to implement several innovative energy management practices. Specific federal agency directive s in the Memorandum include: (a) requiring agencies to consume 20 percent of their total agency electricity consumption by 2020 from renewable sources; (b) completion of the installation of building energy meters and sub

meters as required by the National Energy Conservation Policy Act; (c) installation of water meters at agency buildings where cost

- effective and appropriate; (d) directing that agency performance benchmarking conducted with the EPA Energy Star Portfolio Manager; (e) public disclosure of an nual benchmark energy performance data through the Department of Energy web

- based tracking system; (f) incorporation, where feasible, of the Green Button data standard into reporting, data analytics and automation, and processes, in consultation with local utilities; and (g) consideration of participation in demand response programs where available. These directives should update agency building

- performance and energy

- management practices to encourage increased energy efficiency and demand responsiveness.

DOD and GSA activities In part because of the size of its infrastructure size and wide diversity of building types, the Department of Defense (DOD) recognizes it is “in a unique position to play a significant role in the development and deployment of the next generation of energy technologies .” 63 

### DOD manages more than 300,000 buildings on some 500 installations throughout the United States, 64 

### and consumes more than three

- quarters of the energy used by the federal government. 65 

### DOD’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) 66 

### continue to support demonstration projects to facilitate DOD’s participation in wholesale demand response programs. 67



### The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) owns and leases over 9,600 federal buildings , including an inventory of more than 370 million rentable square feet of workspace, 68 

### and over 30 federal agencies rely on the GSA to help with energy procurement strategies. 69 

### In February 20 14, GSA noted that its partn er ship with the curtailment service provider, NuEnergen , resulted

63 U.S. Dep ’ t of Defense (DOD), Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program (SERDP) and Environmental Security Technology Certification Program (ESTCP) , Energy , available at http://www.serdp

estcp.org/
64 DOD, SERDP and ESTCP, Energy and Water , available at http://www.serdp

- estcp.org/
65 DOD, SERDP and ESTCP, Energy and Water ; DOD, SERDP and ESTCP, Energy

. 66 DOD, SERDP and ESTCP, About SERDP and ESTCP , available at http://www.serdp

- estcp.org/About

SERDP

- and

- ESTCP

. SER D P invests in basic and applied research and advanced development; ESTCP identifies and demonstrates cost

- effective technologies.
67 SERDP and ESTCP projects include Automated De mand Response for Energy Sustainability (EW

201256) , Demonstrating Enhanced Demand Response Program Participation for Naval District Washington (EW

201343) , and Market Aware High Performance Buildi ngs Participating in Fast Load R esponse Utility Programs wi th a Single Open Standard Methodology (EW

- 201401)

. SERDP and ESTCP maintain a database of active and completed energy projects that is available at http://www.serdp

- estcp.org/Program

- Areas/Energy

- and

Water/Energy/(list)/1/

. 68 U.S. General Services Admin . (GSA), Review of the President’s Climate Action Plan, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works ( Jan

. 16 , 2014) available at http://www.gsa.gov/portal/content/184679

. 69 Press Release, WorldEnergy, GSA Awards World Energy 5

- Year Energy Management C ontract ( Sept

. 8, 2010 ), available at http://www.worldenergy.com/news/gsa

- awards

- world

- energy
- 5

- year
- energy
- management

contract/

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### in the enrollment of 19 federal buildings in NYISO and PJM demand response programs

. In 2013 , GSA realized its largest demand response rebates

. 70



### The U.S. Agriculture Department (USDA) continues to assist rural electric utilities with infrastructure upgrades, including smart grid investments, through the Rural Utilities Service Program. Since the fall of 2013, the USDA has announced a series of loans that i nclude more than $65 million for smart grid projects to improve rural electric system communications technology. 71 

### Since 2011, the USDA has invested more than $580 million in smart grid technologies nationwide. 72



### ERCOT activities
ERCOT established a progra m on June 1, 2014 that enable s specific loads from the residential and small commercial sectors to participate and be economically dispatched within the real

- time energy market

. 73 

### ERCOT also launched the Weather

- Sensitive Emergency Response Service (ERS), 74 

### which allows aggregations of residential and other weather

- sensitive consumers to offer demand response capabilities during summer month peak hours in exchange for a capacity payment. 75 

### The Weather

- Sensitive ERS program has enrolled more than 60,000 acco unts and is expected to provide as much as 21.6 MW of capacity. Additionally, ERCOT surveyed the number of retail customers in the ERCOT region subject to retail price response/demand response products to quantify expected demand reductions from these ret ail programs and products during various ERCOT events. 76



### S tate legislative and regulatory activities related to demand response This section highlights developments in retail demand response and time

- based pricing activities since staff’s 2013 report. The se developments suggest that many states consider demand

70 Press Release, GSA, Region 2 Facilities Again Earn Largest Demand Response Rebate ( Feb

. 14, 2014 ), available at http://www.g sa.gov/portal/content/186379

. 71 Press Releases, U.S. Depart

. of Agricult ure (USDA), Rural Development, Utilities, ( See September 5, 2013, September 12, 2013, October 24, 2013, December 13, 2013, and May 5, 2014 ), av ailable at http://www.rurdev.usda.gov/NR_Utilities_LP.html

. 72 Press Release, USDA, Agriculture Secretary Announces Electric System Improvements in Eight States , ( September 5, 2013 ), available at http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentid=2013/09/0170.xml

. The 2013 and 2014 USDA press releases announce over $54 million in subsequent funding

. 73 Paul Wattles, ERCOT Senior Analyst, Board of Directors Meeting, Item 9: Demand Response Update , ( Aug

. 12, 2014 ), available at http://www.ercot.com/content/meetings/board/keydocs/2014/0812/9_Demand_Response_Update.pdf

. 74 Press Release, ERCOT, As programs mature, ERCOT evaluates impact of demand

- response services ( Aug

. 13, 2014 ), available at http://www.ercot.com/news/press_releas es/show/26654

. 75 ERCOT, Governing Document for Weather

- Sensitive Emergency Response Service Pilot Project ( undated ), available at http://www.ercot.com/content/mktrules/pilots/wsers/Weather_Sensitive_ERS_Governing_Document_(Board_Appro ved)1.doc

. 76 Frontier A ssociates, Results from the 2013 Survey of LSEs to Obtain Retail DR and Dynamic Pricing I nformation, ERCOT Demand

- Side Working Group presentation ( June 25 2014 ), available at http://www.ercot.com/calendar/2014/06/20140625

- DSWG

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### response an important resource in meeting state policy goals related to modernization of the grid and the electric industry.

• **California.** In a September 2013 Order Instituting Rulemaking, the Califo rnia Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) launched a proceeding to consider several changes to demand response programs in the state, including dividing current utility demand response programs into demand

- side and supply

- side resources, creating a competiti ve procurem ent mechanism for supply

- side demand response resources, and determining funding and procurement processes for programs. The CPUC note s that “bifurcating” existing demand response programs would enable providers to competitively bid supply

side demand response resources into the CAISO wholesale markets, allowing CAISO to see and dispatch these resources as other generation resources are dispatched . The rulemaking also proposes thr ee pilot programs to test the integration of retail demand response into the CAISO markets. 77 

### The CPUC is addressing each of the issues raised in the September 2013 order separately. 78



### The CPUC is also working with CAISO and the California Energy Commissio n (CEC) to create a market for demand response and energy efficiency resources. 79 

### CAISO advises that almost all of California’s current demand response consists of load management programs operated by the state’s three investor

- owned utilities and overseen by the CPUC

. 80 

### Demand response resources currently meet about five percent of CAISO’s total system resource adequacy capacity requirements. 81



### The C PUC, CAISO and CEC are developing a cross

- agency work plan to align and track progress in four areas throu gh 2020: load reshaping, resource sufficiency, operations and monitoring. 82 

### A 2014 objective is for CPUC, CAISO and CEC to reach consensus on a process to track the development of the state’s demand response and energy efficiency

77 Order Instituting Rulemak ing To Enhance The Role Of Demand Response In Meeting The State’s Resource Planning Needs And Operational Requirements , Rulemaking 13

- 09

- 011, (CPUC Sept

. 25, 2013 ), available at http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M077/K151/77151993.PDF

. 78 Decision Addressing Foundational Issue of the Bifurcation Of Demand Response Programs , Decisi on 14

- 03

- 026, (CPUC Apr. 4, 2014), available at http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M089/K480/89480849.PDF ; Decision Approving Two

Year Bridge Funding For Demand Response Programs , Decision 14

- 01

- 004, (CPUC Jan

. 16, 2014 ) available at http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M086/K608/86608147.PDF

. Decision Approving Demand Response Program Improvements and 2015

- 2016 Bridge Funding B udget , Decision 14

- 05

- 025, (CPUC May 15, 2014), available at http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Published/G000/M091/K392/91392798.PDF ; Proposed Decision Resolving Several Phase Two Issues and Addressing The Motion for Adoption of Settlement Agreement
on Phase Three Issues , (CPUC Oct. 28, 2014) available at http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M129/K396/129396744.PDF

. 79 California ISO, Demand Response and Energy Efficiency Roadmap: Maximizing Preferred Resources at 2 ( Dec. 2013), available at http://www.caiso.com/documents/dr

- eeroadmap.pdf

. 80 California ISO, Department of Market Monitoring, 2013 Annual Report on Market Issues & Performance at 32 ( Apr

. 2014 ) , available at http://www.caiso.com/Documents/2013AnnualReport

- MarketIssue

- Performance.pdf

. 81 Id

. 82 California ISO, Demand Response and Energy Efficiency Roadmap: Maximizing Preferred Resources ( Dec

. 2013 )

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### resources. 83 

### Current CA ISO efforts include developing approaches for conveying signals to customers to elicit beneficial shifts in energy consumption, work with stakeholders to consider these resources as alternatives to local transmission upgrades or power plant development, and w orking with the CPUC and CEC to establish a clear classification of each demand response program type as either a load

- modifier or a supply

- side resource. 84



### • **Hawaii.** In April 2014, the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission ( HI PUC ) released four orders that “provide major policy, resource planning, and operational directives to the Hawaiian Electric Compan y (HECO)” and strategic guidance for modernizing the electric system in the state. 85 

### One of the orders reject ed HECO’s proposed I ntegrated Resource Plan, finding that, among other things, the plan consisted of a series of unrelated projects without a strategy for moving toward a more sustainable business model. In a white paper attached to the order, the HI PUC lays out its vision of the future of Hawaii’s electric utilities. In the HI PUC’s view, the state has “entered a new paradigm” in which the best way to deliver least

- cost electricity, expand customer options, and meet state policy goals is to aggressively pursue new clean en ergy sources, including utility

- scale renewables, distributed generation, and demand response. Among the many recommendations in the report, the HI PUC states that HECO should implement an advanced metering program that focuses on delivering immediate val ue to customers by enabling them to access energy consumption data and to install distributed energy resources, including broader use of demand response technologies. The HI PUC also notes that, going forward, it will require Hawaii’s electric utilities t o employ demand response technologies and dynamic pricing structures to manage customer loads in real time. 86


### In a related order, the HI PUC found that HECO’s current demand response programs in the state are uncoordinated and do not fully capture the bene fits of demand response . The HI PUC ordered HECO (and its subsidiaries) to establish comprehensive goals and performance metrics for demand response programs, and to consolidate existing and planned programs into an integrated portfolio. The HI PUC speci fied objectives HECO must incorporate into its program design, such as providing quantifiable benefits to ratepayers, reducing energy consumption and peak demand, mitigating the variability of renewable generators, assuring system reliability, providing an cillary services, and giving

83 Id

. at 21 84 Id

. at 8, 11, 13. 85 Press Conference, Gov. Neil A bercrombie and Hawaii Public Utilities Commission (HI PUC) , Announcement of Decisions Relating to Energy Policy in Hawaii , ( Apr

. 29, 2014 ) available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeHmZ6E5GhM&index=3&list=PLS0iu_gsq8HspYCWpCSi1rXiBUMnY1S2 ; Press Release , “ PUC Orders Action Plans to Achieve State’s Energy Goals ,” (HI PUC Apr

. 29, 2014 ), available at http://puc.hawaii.gov/news

- release/puc

- orders

- action

- plans

- to

- achieve

- states

- energy
- goals/

. 86

Regarding Integrated Resource Planning , Decision and Order No. 32052, Docket No. 2012

- 0036, ( HI PUC Apr

. 28, 2014 ), Ex. A, available at http://puc.hawaii.gov/wp

- content/uploads/2014/04/Decision

- and

- Order

No.

- 32052.pdf

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### customers greater control over their energy use. 87 

### Pursuant to the HI PUC order, HECO filed its Integrated Demand Resource Portfolio Plan on July 28, 2014. 88



### • **Maryland**

**.** Some u tilities in Maryland are in the process of rolling out dynamic pricing programs. In the summer of 2013, Baltimore Gas and Electric (BGE) delivered its new Smart Energy Rewards program to 315,000 customers with advanced meters. The program provides a rebate for reducing energy use during times of highest demand along with personalized energy savings tips, communication through multiple channels, immediate feedback on individual results, and comparisons with similar households. BGE plans to roll out the program to all of its 1.1 million residential customers by summer 2015. 89 

### In addition, the Maryland Public Service Commission approved Delmarva Power and Light ’s request 90 

### to phase in, and recover the costs of, a dynamic pricing program for residential customers, beginning in June 2014. 91



### • **Massachuset ts.**  In January 2014, t he Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities ( MA DPU) opened a n investigation to examine how to implement time

- varying rates, asking for stakeholder comment on, among other things, whether basic service and distribution rates shou ld become or include time

- varying rates. 92 

### I n June 2014, the MA DPU issued an order proposing a framework for time

- varying rates , conclud ing that such rates are essential to meeting the state’s grid modernization goals and supporting s tate energy and environmental policies

. Under the proposed framework, e lectric distribution companies in the state would be required to offer two time varying rates as their basic service products to all rate classes: (1) default time of use pricing with a cr itical peak pricing component, and (2) an option for a flat rate with a peak time rebate

. 93 

### In a

87 Policy Statement and Order Regarding Demand Response Programs , Order No. 32054, Docket No. 2007

- 0341, ( HI PUC April 28, 2014 ) available at http://puc.hawaii.gov/wp

- content/uploads/2014/04/Order

- No.

- 32054.pdf

. 88 Integrated Demand Response Portfolio Plan , Docket No. 2007

- 0341, (HECO July 28, 2014 ) available at http://dms.puc.hawa ii.gov/dms/OpenDocServlet?RT=&document_id=91+3+ICM4+LSDB15+PC_DocketReport59+ 26+A1001001A14G29B04851H0000418+A14G29B32630J102051+14+1960. 89 Press Release, Opower, How Baltimore Gas and Electric is Solving the Dynamic Pricing Puzzle (Jan. 13, 2014 ), available at http://blog.opower.com/2014/01/how

- baltimore

- gas
- and

- electric

- is

- solving

- the

- dynamic

- pricing

puzzle/

. 90 Delmarva Power & Light , Delmarva Power & Light Company's Proposed Phase

- In Of Residential Dynamic Pricing Beginning June 1, 2014 , Case No . 9207, (filed Mar

. 14, 2014 ), available at http://webapp.psc.state.md.us/Intranet/Casenum/NewIndex3_VOpenFile.cfm?ServerFilePath=C: \ Casenum \ 9200

- 9299 \ 9207 \ \ 309.pdf

. 91 Letter to Parties noting that it has accepted tariff pages filed by DP&L

- 5/7/14 AM, Ca se No. 9207, (MD PUC May 8, 2014 ), available at http://webapp.psc.state.md.us/Intranet/Casenum/NewIndex3_VOpenFile.cfm?ServerFilePath=C: \ Casenum \ 9200

- 9299 \ 9207 \ \ 318.pdf

. 92 Investigation by the Department of Public Utilities upon its own motion into Time Va rying Rates , Order Opening Investigation, D.P.U. 14

- 04, ( MA DPU Jan. 23, 2014 ), available at http://web1.env.state.ma.us/DPU/FileRoomAPI/api/Attachments/Get/?path=14

- 04%2f12314dpuord.pdf

. 93 Anticipated Policy Framework for Time Varying Rates , D.P.U. 14

- 04

- B, (MA DPU June 12, 2014 ), available at http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dpu/orders/d

- p
- u
- 14

- 04

- b

- order

- 6

- 12

- 14.pdf

. As of this writing, the MA DPU is seeking comments on this proposed framework.Assessment of Demand Response and Advanced Metering December 2014

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### November 5, 2014 order, the MA DPU adopted without modification the proposed policy framework for the implementation of time

- varying rates for basic service. 94



### • **New York.** In April 2014, t he New York Public Service Commission opened the Reforming the Energy Vision (REV) proceeding to consider how to align electric utility practices and the state’s regulatory framework with technological advances in information management and power generation and distribution. 95 

### In a white paper attached to the order, 96 

### the New York Department of Public Service ( NYDPS ) staff proposed to transform New York’s electric industry to “make energy efficiency and other distributed resourc es a primary tool in the planning and operation of an interconnected modernized power grid.” The NYDPS proceeding consists of two tracks. The first track involves a collaborative process to examine the role of distribution utilities in enabling market

- ba sed deployment of distributed energy resources to promote load management and greater system efficiency, including peak load reductions. The second track, undertaken in parallel with the first stage, but on a later timeline, will examine changes in
curren t regulatory, tariff, and market designs and incentive structures to better align utility interests with achieving the Commission’s policy objectives. 97


### In the April 2014 white paper, NYDPS staff identified several issues related to demand response under this proposed framework: (1) how to align various wholesale and retail market rules for demand response to fully capture the value of distribution

- level markets; (2) how to address the potential for multiple payments for demand response resources called simultaneously by the Distributed System Platform Provider ( DSPP ) and the NYISO; and (3) whether participation in New York ISO’s demand response programs could fall as the DSPP takes on the role of demand resp onse aggregator. 98 

### In August 2014, NYDPS staff released its straw proposal on Track One issues, finding, among other things, that the New York Public Service Commission should adopt the basic elements of the REV vision and proceed with implementation as pr oposed. 99 

### A policy decision on

94 Order Adopting Framework for Time Varying Rates , D.P.U. 14

- 04

- C, (MA DPU Nov. 5, 2014), available at http://web1.env.state.ma.us/DPU/FileRoomAPI/api/Attachments/Get/?path=14

- 04%2fOrder_1404C.pdf

. 95 Proceeding on Motion of the Commission in Regard to Reforming the Energy Vision, Order Instituting Procee ding, Case 14

- M

- 0101, (NY PSC Apr

. 25, 2014 ), available at http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7b9CF883CB

- E8F1

- 4887

- B218

- 99DC329DB311%7d

. 96 Reforming the Energy Vision , Case 14

- M

- 0101, ( NYDPS Apr

. 25, 2014 ), available at http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7b9CF883CB

- E8F1

- 4887

- B218

- 99DC329DB311%7d

. 97 More i nformation on the REV proceeding is available at http://www3.dps.ny.gov/W/PSCWeb.nsf/ArticlesByTitle/26BE8A93967E604785257CC40066B91A?OpenDo cume nt

. 98 Reforming the Energy Vision , Case 14

- M

- 0101, ( NYDPS Apr

. 25, 2014 ), available at http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7b9CF883CB

- E8F1

- 4887

- B218

- 99DC329DB311%7d

. 99 Developing the REV Market in New York: DPS Staff Straw Proposal On Track One Issues , Case 14

- M

0101, ( NYDPS Aug

. 22, 2014 ), available at http://documents.dps.ny.gov/public/Common/ViewDoc.aspx?DocRefId=%7BCA26764A

- 09C8

- 46BF

- 9CF6

- F5215F63EF62%7D

. Note: the acronym for Distributed System Platform Provider was s hortened to DSP in this straw proposal, and refers to both the platform function and the platform entity.December 2014 Assessment o f Demand Response and Advanced Metering

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### Track One is expected in early 2015

. Proposals and d ecisions in Track Two will occur later in 2015, starting with a NYDPS staff straw proposal that is expected to be issued on January 30, 2015.

• **Pennsylvania.** In a February 20, 2014 o rder, 100 

### the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission (PAPUC) proposed a new methodology for setting peak reduction targets under Act 129, based on the Statewide Evaluator’s conclusion that programs under the current method 101 

### are not cost

- effective, even when including benefits from price suppression in the wholesale markets. 102 

### Specifically, the PAPUC proposes, in line with the Statewide Evaluator’s recommendation, to replace the current 100 hour methodology with one that bases demand response hours on a comparison of day

- ahead and peak load forecasts, calling an event if the day

- ahead load forecast is above a certain percentage of the peak load forecast. The order also directs the Statewide Evaluator to conduct a demand response pote ntial study for the state using both the current and proposed methods. Additionally , the PAPUC directed the Statewide Evaluator to exclude potential revenue from bidding demand response resources into PJM’s capacity market when estimating program cost

- eff ectiveness.

• **Rhode Island.** The Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission (RIPUC) approved National Grid’s proposal to continue its Load Curtailment Pilot in the Tiverton/Compton Area , which tests whether demand response can manage local distribution capaci ty requirements during peak periods. 103 

### Demand response events under the pilot begin in 2014, and us e the demand response capabilities of wifi thermostats, lighting ballasts, and smart plugs installed in previous years of the pilot, along with certain new t echnologies to be offered to customers. Participation in demand response events is voluntary ; however, customers opt ing out forfeit their annual bill credit. National Grid estimates that the pilot will result in lifetime demand savings of more than 2 MW in the Tiverton/Compton
area. 104



### • **Texas.** Development of retail demand response continues in Texas. CPS Energy in San Antonio, in partnership with Honeywell, will offer a new automated demand response (ADR) program to its commercial and industrial customers. Based on pilot program achievements, the full

- fledged program is expected to be the largest ADR program

100 Peak Demand Cost Effectiveness Final Order, Docket Nos. M

- 2012

- 2289 411 and M

- 2008

- 2069887, ( PAPUC Feb. 20, 2014 ), available at http://www.puc.pa.gov /pcdocs/1269801.doc

. 101 Currently, under Phase I of Pennsylvania’s Energy Efficiency and Conservation (EE&C) program, the Pennsylvania Commission required each utility to reduce annual peak demand by 4.5 percent in its 100 highest hours of demand. See Energy Efficiency and Conservation Program Implementation Order , Docket No. M

- 20008

- 2069887, ( PAPUC Jan

. 16, 2009 ) available at http://www.puc.pa.gov/electric/pdf/Act129/EEC_Implementation_Order.pdf

. 102 GDS Associates, Act 129 Demand Response Study: Final R eport , ( Nov

. 1, 2013 ), p repar ing report for PAPUC , a vailable at http://www.puc.pa.gov/pcdocs/1256728.docx

. 103 In Re: the Narragansett Electric Company d/b/a National Grid’s Energy Efficiency Program Plan for 2014 and 2014 System Reliability Procurement Repo rt, Order No. 21298, Docket Nos. 4451 & 4453, ( R IPUC Dec

. 24, 2013), available at http://www.ripuc.org/eventsactions/docket/4451

- 4453

- NGrid

- Ord21298_12

- 24

- 13.pdf

. 104 National Grid, 2014 Reliability System Procurement Report , Submitted to the RIPUC , Do cket N o. 4453, (Nov. 1, 2013), available at http://www.ripuc.org/eventsactions/docket/4453

- Ngrid

- SRP2014_11

- 1

- 13.pdf

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### offered by a municipal utility, if the target of 6 MW of potential reduction is realized

. 105 

### In the residential market, Austin Energy’s “Rush Hour Rewards” program takes advantage of the capabilities of the Nest smart thermostat to provide demand re sponse services to homeowners. E nroll ees receive a one

- time $85 rebate for allowing the utility to manage air conditioning usage on event days through the Nest thermostat

. 106 

### The process is automatic: the thermostat receives upcoming demand response event information from the utility and adjusts t emperature settings accordingly: precooling the home before an event and turning the temperature up afterwards. Customers receive event notification through multiple channels, and can override temperature settings

. 107



### • **Virginia**

**.** Dominion Virginia Power is conducting an ongoing dynamic pricing pilot, approved by the State Corporation Commission in 2011 and expanded and modified in 2013. 108 

### The pilot allows a limited number of residential and small and medium commercial customers to voluntarily enroll in dynamic rate plans that divide the year into high

- , medium

- , and low

- priced days, and have a different number of pricing periods (i.e., on

- peak/off

- peak or on

- peak/shoulder/off

- peak) each day, depending on the time of ye ar. Residential customers pay a demand charge each month

. C ommercial customers pay a demand charge that may include a ratchet above 30 MW , and may also be subject to critical peak pricing charges. An evaluation of the pilot estimates that, o n high

- priced summer days, the average residential program participant reduced electricity demand (kW) by 6.5% during on

- peak hours, 3.9% during shoulder hours, and 1.3% during off

peak hours, compared to a control group. In addition, residential participants shifted a small amount of demand to off

- peak periods. The evaluation found no statistically significant reductions in usage by commercial customers. Dominion plans to continue the pilot through January 2016. 109

105 Press Release, Honeywell, Honeywell and CPS Energy Expand Efforts to Help Make the Electrical Grid Smarter, More Reliable , (Mar. 26, 2014), available at https://www.honeywellsmartgrid.com/en

US/NewsEvents/PressR/Pages/Honeywell

- and

- CPS

- Energy

- Expand

- Efforts

- to

- Help

- Make

- the

- Electrical

- Grid

Smarter,

- More

- Reliable.aspx

. 106 MIT Technology Review, The Lowly Thermostat, Now Minter of Megawatts , (May 20, 2014), available at http://www.technologyreview.com/news/527366/the

- lowly

- thermostat

- now
- minter

- of

- megawatts/

. 107 Nest, What is Rush Hour Rewards , (June 2, 2014), available at http://support.nest.com/article/What

- is

Rush

- Hour

- Rewards

. 108 In re: Virgini a Electric and Power Company's proposed pilot program on dynamic rates, Case No. PUE

2010

- 00135 ( VA State Corp. Comm’n Aug. 26, 2013), available at http://docket.scc.state.va.us/CyberDocs/Libraries/Default_Library/Common/frameviewdsp.asp?doc=132115&lib=C AS EWEBP_LIB&mimetype=application%2Fpdf&rendition=native

. 109 Annual Report to the State Corporation Commission Of Virginia Electric and Power Company On its Dynamic Pricing Pilot , Case No. PUE

- 2010

- 00135 (VA State Corp. Comm’n July 31, 2014), available at http ://docket.scc.state.va.us/CyberDocs/Libraries/Default_Library/Common/frameviewdsp.asp?doc=138188&lib=C ASEWEBP_LIB&mimetype=application%2Fpdf&rendition=native

. See also Appendix 5, Dominion Virginia Power’s Dynamic Pricing Pilot: Evaluation Report

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### Industry demand response actions Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design As part of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, in 2010 the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) began piloting a new credit to incent demand response efforts in new and exist ing commercial buildings. With the incorporation of th e demand response credit in late 2013 , 110 

### the focus is now on identifying and overcoming barriers to the development of the automated demand response market . The USGBC and the Environmental Defense Fund founded the Demand Response Partnership Program to conduct research on the implementation of automated demand response ; create a forum for utilities, service providers, and managers of LEED registered buildings to discuss their experiences with the credit program ; and to publi sh case studies. In addition to incorporating th e demand response credit, LEED is moving towards a more performance

- based, less prescriptive approach to building management. 111 

### Along these lines, the USGBC launched its LEED Dynamic Pl aque in late 2013, a performance benchmarking system that aggregates and displays near real

- time information about the building’s energy and water use, waste production, and occupant experience. 112

110 U.S. Green Building Council, About LEED v4 , available at http://www.usgbc.org/articles/about

- leed

v4

. 111 Heather Langford, USGBC and Ross Malme, Skipping Stone , Peak Load Management Alli ance Demand Response Dialogue, DR Trailblazing in Commercial Buildings (May 1, 2014), available at http://www.peakload.org/?page=DRDialogueGBC

. 112 ECOBuilding Pulse, Green for Life , ( Jan . 28, 2014), available at http://www.ecobuildingpulse.com/leed/a

- leed

- dynamic

- plaque

- for

- every
- building

- new
- and

- old_o.aspx

. See also LEED, LEED Dynamic Plaque , available at http://www.leedon.io/

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## Chapter 6 : Regulatory barriers to improved customer participation in demand response, peak reduction, and critical period pricing programs
The 2009 National Assessment of Demand Response Potential 113 

### and previous annual reports describe the barriers to customer participation in demand response. The federal government and state and local governments continue to address outstanding barriers to demand response. R ecent actions are presented below

.

• **Lack of Uniform Standards for Communicating Demand Response Pricing, Signals and Usage Information.**  The acceptan ce and deployment of common information models and protocols such as OpenADR, Smart Energy Profile 2.0, and Green Button gained momentum in the past year. For example, following the release of the more advanced OpenADR 2.0b standard in June 2013, acceptan ce and deployment of OpenADR accelerated , with the certification of d evices such as Ecobee smart thermostats. 114 

### In addition, t he OpenADR 2.0b profile was successfully tested to provide ancillary services and regulation signaling in PJM. 115 

### More importantly, the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) approved the OpenADR 2.0b Profile Specification as a Publicly Available Specification (PAS) as a basis for a new IEC standard to be developed, validating the global importance of the OpenADR smart grid s pecification. 116 

### As mentioned earlier, Federal agencies were directed to adopt Green Button in a Presidential Memorandum in December 2014.

• **Lack of Support for Enabling Technologies.** T he deployment of enabling technologies also gained momentum with the entry of many new companies and technology platforms into the home automation and “smart homes” market

. 117 

### For example, Google announced developer programs in June 2014 that will allow other devices within a home to share data with Nest thermostats. Apps a nd devices that develop interfaces to Nest devices will be able “ to access what Nest detects through its sensors, including vague readings on temperature and settings that show if a person is

113 FERC, A National Assessment of Demand Response Potential , (June 2009), available at http://www.ferc.gov/legal/staff

- reports/06

- 0 9

- demand

- response.pdf

. 114 The Ecobee smart thermostat is an example of a wifi

- enabled smart thermostat intended for the residential market.
115 Press Release, IPKeys, PJM, Walmart, Berkeley Lab and Schneider Electric Demonstrate Energy Management Advances with OpenADR 2.0b Market Pilots , ( May 13, 2014 ) available at http://www.bloomberg.com/bb/newsarchive/a6zIY35HGwZE.html

. 116 Barbara Vergetis Lundin , OpenADR smart grid specification approved , FierceSmartGrid , ( Feb

. 25, 2014 ) available at http://www.fiercesma rtgrid.com/story/openadr

- smart

- grid

- specification

- approved/2014

- 02

- 25#ixzz31tYOJCho

. 117 Stacey Higginbotham, Gigaom, There are many paths to a smart home. And that’s the problem , ( July 27, 2014 ) , available at http://gigaom.com/2014/07/27/there

- are
- many
- path s
- to

- a
- smart

- home

- and

- thats

- the

- problem/

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### away from their home for long periods. ” 118 

### Nevertheless, the prol iferation of incompatible technologies may prove challenging in the near term.

• **Opportunities for Customer Education and Engagement.** Utilities currently have a very narrow window within which to communicate with and engage their customers. A recent Acce nture survey estimates that utility customers interact with their utilities for only nine minutes per year. 119 

### Lack of engagement may partially explain why residential customers have been slow to adopt time

- based rates , where they have the option to partici pate. Navigant Research estimates that , overall, less than one percent of U.S. households are on dynamic rates. 120 

### In response, some utilities have started to offer demand response programs that incorporate sophisticated strategies for engaging customers. For example, BGE’s behavioral demand response offering (supported by Opower ) combines a peak time rebate with communication strategies specifically aimed to engage customers, such as personalized energy savings tips, communication through multiple channel s, immediate feedback on individual results, and comparisons with similar households. BGE plans to roll out the program to its entire customer base by 2015. 121



### New York is emphasizing utility customer engagement as part of its REV initiative. In its April white paper , the N YDPS identifies several best practices for customer education and outreach, including mixing traditional outreach methods (e.g., bill inserts) with social media and community

- based marketing approaches, and accommodating customer diversi ty in the design of demand side management programs (i.e., through customer segmentation). NYDPS also notes the need for market participants to identify and account for the cultural and behavioral factors that affect energy use, and to design incentives a nd technologies that increase customers’ knowledge and ability to manage their energy bills. 122 

### Research addressing many of these areas is ongoing. For example, proceedings from the annual Behavior, Energy and Climate Change (BECC) conference
are one sourc e for recent research on the application of customer outreach and

118 Parmy Olsen, Google's Nest Moves To Become Master Of The Smart Home, By Talking To Other Devices , Forbes , June 24, 2014 , available at http://www.forbes.com/sites/parmyolson/2014/06/24/google

- nest

smart

- home

- internet

- of

- things/

. 119 Accenture, The New Energy Consumer Handbook , (

June 6, 2013), available at http://nstore.accenture.com/acn_com/PDF/Accenture

- New

- Energy

- Consumer

- Handbook

- 2013.pd f
120 Navigant Research, Less Than 1 Percent of Residential Electricity Customers Will Adopt Dynamic Pricing Rates by 2020 Unless Utilities Act Aggressively , ( October 9, 2013 ), available at http://www.navigantresearch.com/newsroom/less

- than

- 1

- percent

- of

- resi dential

- electricity

- customers

- will

- adopt

dynamic

- pricing

- rates

- by

- 2020

- unless

- utilities

- act

- aggressively

. 121 Press Release, Opower, How Baltimore Gas and Electric is Solving the Dynamic Pricing Puzzle , ( Jan

. 13, 2014 ), available at http://blog.opower.com/201 4/01/how

- baltimore

- gas
- and

- electric

- is

- solving

- the

- dynamic

pricing

- puzzle/

. 122 NYDPS, Reforming the Energy Vision: NYS Department of Public Service Staff Report and Proposal , Case 14

- M

- 0101, ( Apr

. 24, 2014 ), available at http://www3.dps.ny.gov/W/PSCWeb.nsf/96f0fec0b45a3c6485257688006a701a/26be8a93967e604785257cc40066b 91a/$FILE/ATTK0J3L.pdf/Reforming The Energy Vision (REV) REPORT 4.25. 14.pdf

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### segmentation methods to the design of demand response and energy efficiency programs. 123



### • **Implementing Time** 

**- based Pricing.**  As noted above, less than one percent of U.S. households are on dynamic rates. The availability of technology, however, is no longer the major factor limiting the deployment of time

- based rates

– by 2015, 50 percent of U.S. households are project ed to hav e a smart meter. 124 

### Some regulators, consumer advocates and others may still have open concerns about the effects of dynamic pricing on certain customer classes. Results from the Department of Energy’s Smart Grid Investment Grant Consumer Behavior Studie s may help to address these concerns. Preliminary data shows that, on average, more customers are enrolled in default time

- based rate programs that require the customer to opt out ( 84%) than are enrolled in programs that requir e that the customer to opt

- i n (11%). 125 

### SMUD, a participant in DOE’s grant program , found in its interim program evaluation that customers in the default (opt

- out) treatment group remained enrolled at a high rate (93

- 99%), while a relatively large share of customers in the opt

- in trea tment group enrolled (16.4

- 18.8%). 126 

### Based on the results of this study, SMUD plans to make time

- varying rates the default for most customers by 2018. 127 

### With few exceptions, such as Massachusetts, other states are not proposing to adopt default time

- based pricing plans, despite reported growing demand for such plans. 128 

### As noted above, i n November 2014, the Massachusetts DPU issued a Policy Framework for Time Varying Rates as part of their larger grid modernization investigation. In thei r policy framework, the Department respond ed to the comments received on time

- varying rates, and sets forth the Department’s policy framework for time varying rates in Massachusetts . Core to the policy framework is that default electricity supply provided

123 Behavior, Energy & Climate Change Conference, BECC Presentations 2013 , availab le at http://beccconference.org/2013

- pre
- conference

- workshops/

. 124 IEE, Powering the People: Next Generation Utility

– Opening Animation (video), (Mar. 6, 2014), available at http://www.edisonfoundation.net/iee/ourwork/Pages/Videos.aspx

. 125 DOE, Analysis o f Customer Enrollment Patterns in Time

- Based Rate Programs

– Initial Results from the SGIG Consumer Behavior Studies , July 2013, available at https://www.smartgrid.gov/sites/default/files/doc/files/DOE_CBS_report_final_draft

- 7

- 10

- 13.pdf

. 126 Sacramento Munic ipal Utility District and Freeman, Sullivan & Co., SmartPricing Options Interim Evaluation: An interim evaluation of the pilot design, implementation, and evaluation of the Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s Consumer Behavior Study , ( Oct

. 23, 2013 ), a vailable at https://www.smartgrid.gov/sites/default/files/MASTER_SMUD CBS Interim Evaluation_Final_SUBMITTED TO TAG 20131023.pdf

. 127 Catherine Wolfram, Smart Meters But Dumb Pricing? Not in Sacramento , ( Nov

. 18, 2013 ), available at http://energyathaas.wordpress.com/2013/11/18/smart

- meters

- but

- dumb

- pricing

- not

- in

- sacramento/ . On October 7, 2013, California enrolled Chapter 611 allow ing utilities in the state to offer default time

- based pricing plans beginning in 2018. California St ate Legislature, AB 327, Adopted October 7,013 , available at http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB327

. 128 Ahmad Faruqui, Address to the 3 rd Guangdong, Hong Kong, Macau Power Industry Summit, The Global Tao of the Smart Grid , ( Nov

. 7, 2013 ), available at http://www.brattle.com/system/publications/pdfs/000/004/954/original/The_Global_Tao_of_the_Smart_Grid.pdf?13 83853471

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### by the distribution companies should include time varying rates for all rate classes following the deployment of advanced metering functionality. 129

129 Anticipated Policy Framework for Time Varying Rates , D.P.U. 14

- 04

- B, ( MA DPU June 12, 2 014) available at http://www.mass.gov/eea/docs/dpu/orders/d

- p
- u
- 14

- 04

- b

- order

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