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Requests for Proposals

Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC) Requests for Proposals.

Clean Energy Assessment Districts

Information about Vermont's Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program.

Electric Evolution: Issues Posed and Opportunities Presented
by the Emergence of the Smart Grid

VEIC releases “Electric Evolution,” a paper on issues posed and opportunities presented by the emergence of the Smart Grid."Electric Evolution" discusses the need for a "smarter" electric grid, explains what the Smart Grid is, and explores policy considerations for its effective deployment.
David Fribush, Scudder Parker, Shawn Enterline

The Efficiency Vermont Technical Reference Manual (excerpts from)

As part of its duties running Efficiency Vermont, VEIC is responsible for compiling the Efficiency Vermont Technical Reference Manual (TRM). The TRM is a 500+ page document which is updated and presented to the Vermont Public Service Board annually, and provides methods, formulas and default assumptions for estimating energy and peak impacts from measures and projects promoted by Efficiency Vermont’s energy efficiency programs. Included in the attachment are the table of contents, introduction, glossary, and examples of documentation of assumptions for industrial motors and residential CFLs.

Energy_Efficiency_Financing_Report-Merrian_Fuller_2008

A study of programs that eliminate first cost barriers for the residential sector By Merrian Fuller (Efficiency Vermont: August 2008).

Understanding and Overcoming the Energy Mortgage Barrier

Richard Faesy, Proceedings of ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency in Buildings.

Those are Incentives, Not Rebates: Using DSM Funds to Leverage Investment in Low-Income Multifamily Housing

Elizabeth Chant, Michael Sherman, and Jennifor Chiodo.

Optimizing CDM Resources in Ontario

Testimony by Scudder Parker.

Recommendations for Community-Based Energy Program Studies

Developed for the Energy Trust of Oregon by a collaborative project team of David Hewit, Jeff Pratt, and Gary Smith; Efficiency Vermont; the Center for Neighborhood Technology; and the Conservation Services Group. Appendices

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Smart Grid Vermont

December 01, 2009

Vermont got some very good news recently from the federal government as the state's $138 million Smart Grid Investment Grant proposal...

Vermont got some very good news recently from the federal government as the state's $138 million Smart Grid Investment Grant proposal ("eEnergy Vermont") was approved through the Recovery Act. The federal government will provide 50% of the funding for this project, about $69 million.

VEIC and Efficiency Vermont's contribution to the grant proposal was in the area of customer systems. We will be working with the distribution utilities and other partners to help evaluate a number of different customer feedback systems. This research will provide a major boost to our efforts to quantify the impacts of behavioral measures on energy efficiency, and determine the combinations of factors such as technologies, rates, and customer support that prove most cost-effective.

This statewide proposal was submitted by all of Vermont's electric distribution utilities, VELCO, and VEIC / Efficiency Vermont, with support from state and congressional leaders. It encompassed three primary areas of focus:

Automated metering infrastructure and smart meters - about 85% of Vermont electric customers will receive smart meters, supported by an 1,100-mile fiber optic "backbone" network.
Customer systems such as in-home displays - a variety of end-user energy management technologies will be tested, ranging from simple devices that display home energy usage ("in-home displays"), to more sophisticated devices that can potentially control appliances with networking technologies such as Zigbee. In some cases, dynamic rates and Time of Use rates will be incorporated as well.
Electric distribution and transmission system grid automation - infrastructure investments to improve grid reliability and security, and enable the grid to more easily take advantage of distributed generation opportunities. Vermont's enactment of the nation's first feed-in tariff for renewable energy was specifically cited in the grant application as one of Vermont's advantages.

Congratulations to all involved!