ACEEE MT 2014 Evaluating the Impact of Smart Grid on Efficiency Programs

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1 ACEEE MT 2014 Evaluating the Impact of Smart Grid on Efficiency Programs Andy Vota Director, Strategic Technology Services Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Efficiency Vermont April 2014

2 About VEIC Private, nonprofit corporation founded in 1986 Provides energy efficiency and renewable energy consulting and implementation services 300+ employees Locations: VT, DC, NJ, OH

3 Major Initiatives Public Purpose Energy Services Company

4 My Support efficiency program implementation Lead team that develops and integrates software and analytical tools Major component of current work is on managing and utilizing AMI data to provide increased customer value and new and expanded efficiency opportunities

5 Significance of Smart Grid New efficiency opportunities Demand response Program EM&V Customer engagement

6 Efficiency Opportunities Finer resolution AMI data gives us opportunity for better insights and deeper analysis Examples: weekday vs. weekend use, 24 hour usage patterns, loadshapes, heating and cooling loads individual projects more broadly by region, market segment What s meaningful to implementers and customers is not the same

7 Interval Data Visualizations

8 Program EM&V, Planning Shorter feedback loops More opportunities for analysis Modeling and forecasting, program planning Automated testing for expected results on projects

9 Demand Response Grid connected devices Two way communication Direct load control Smarter appliances, systems for ongoing efficient operation

10 Customer Engagement Insights, personalization Empower and motivate Demonstrating value from something opaque in a clear and understandable way Moving beyond traditional energy silos Privacy Information Security

11 Now, In Context Energy Efficiency Utility serving residential, commercial, small and medium businesses across Vermont Work across distribution utility territories Vermont has about 625k residents, about 350k utility accounts AMI meters deployed to 90%+ of electric customers Focused on delivering services and value to ratepayers

12 Key questions on my mind What are the new efficiency opportunities available with this data? How do we turn data into insights and insights into real value for the ratepayers we serve? How do we communicate and demonstrate that value? How do we operationalize new tools in existing business processes? What can we do now that we couldn t do before AMI and other data? What can others do now that they couldn t do before?

13 Efficiency Vermont where we re going Data More than just AMI SG is how we refer to it, but it s about a broad and holistic view of data Automating nightly data transfer Building data platform Bringing in additional data sources Analytics R, Mathematica, Tableau Business intelligence tool Segmentation, predictive analysis Operationalization

14 Efficiency Vermont Where we re going Customer Engagement Home energy reports 100k households Portal Customer service tools, reports Behavioral demand response program in partnership with Green Mountain Power Anonymized, aggregated data sharing on website Your energy data on a graph doesn t cut it

15 Data Platform Nearly statewide energy usage data AMI and monthly Unique position for Efficiency Vermont Third party data sources Program participation data Business intelligence tool

16 Data from many sources, old & new AMI meters Expanded sub-metering on commercial and industrial projects Connected devices like smart thermostats Going deeper with existing customer data program participation, segmentation Third party data sources Weather, demographic, parcel/building, public energy usage data Building benchmarking

17 Operations Marketing Engineering Program design and implementation Regulatory, Policy, EM&V New tools, new skills, eventually new roles Data and analytics moving from supporting to primary roles Challenge: operationalization is key

18 Challenges Privacy and Security New policies and approaches Top to bottom review About protecting people Move from awareness, to understanding, to fully integrating into culture Consumer perspective Deepening concerns over privacy; mismatch between expectations and privacy concerns For some: confusion about what smart grid is, whether it s good or bad For others: higher expectations for results what did VT get for a $159M spend? More data, but the key challenge of providing meaning and value is the same

19 Takeaways Think broadly about data and opportunities Energy/AMI data is a key part, but it s not the only part New opportunities, new risks Landscape is changing Mass market behavioral, remote audits, connected devices, advanced analytics A fundamental shift? Integrating services, data, tools, still a fundamental role for EEU/Programs

20 Thanks efficiencyvermont.com Andy Vota (802)