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Eugene Water & Electric Board
The Future of Utilities in the Pacific Northwest
November 10, 2015 1
The Future of Utilities
in the Pacific Northwest
Mark Freeman, EMS & CS Manager
Dan Morehouse, EMS Program Supervisor C&I
Eugene Water & Electric Board
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Industry Challenges
1. Forecast of energy prices
continue to decline in the NW
2. Flat or modest load growth
3. Increasing RPS requirements
(esp CA)
4. Integrating renewables and
associated system carrying
capacity
5. Technological advances in
storage & DG
6. Changing customer priorities
7. Aging Infrastructure
8. Hydro Relicensing & BPA fish
mitigation costs
9. Emissions trading & EPA Clean
Power Rule
10. 7th Power Plan
11. BPA Energy Efficiency
Incentives
12. Competition from natural gas
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The Big Question:
Why do energy conservation when we
are long on power?
• Customer Value – Customer Satisfaction
• Regional Alignment
• Legal/Legislative Requirements
• Load Management
• BPA Reimbursement
• Test/Build DR Capacity
Triple bottom line case for meeting future growth
Demand Response
(DR)
Conservation
Energy Efficiency (EE)
Decreasing electricity use for short
periods of time in response to
temporary system load peaks.
Modify regular behaviors to
conserve energy such as shutting off
equipment when not in use or lower
thermostat settings when not home.
Installing equipment or using
building practices to
permanently reduce
consumption.
Incorporate Demand
Two components of incentives:
• Energy
• Coincident peak demand targets
Examples:
Commercial Lighting Incentives
Commercial VRF
Residential HPWH
New Technology: Market & Regulatory Drivers
Two way
communications
& system
automation
Battery
Storage
Photovoltaics Sensors &
Devices
Electric Vehicles
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EWEB R&D
Cold Storage
Demand
Response
Time of Use
Pricing
Community Solar
Water
Heaters as
Thermal
Storage
Grid Edge
(Microgrid)
Demonstration
Project
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The Eugene Water & Electric Board
• Electric Utility
- 89,000 Meters (XX,XXX customers)
- 70% power purchased from BPA
- 23% owned & co-owned generation
- 7% power contracts
• Water Utility
- 52,000 Meters (XX,XXX
customers
- McKenzie River
- 26 Reservoirs
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