Olympic Peninsula Direct Load Control Pilot

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Olympic Peninsula Direct Load Control Pilot

• March 15, 2006 Update

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Olympic Peninsula DLC Pilot

• Project Overview
• 2500 homes in PUD service territory
• One-way pager based system
• Controlling space/water heating loads
• Goal of 2kW per home for a total of 5MW
• Participating Utilities
• Clallam County PUD
• Mason County PUD 3
• Mason County PUD 1

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Project Timeline

• Project kickoff meeting with participating
  utilities July 14 15, 2005
• Marketing started August 9, 2005
• Installations began week of September 26, 2005
• Installations on heat pumps halted in Clallam
  County December 9th
• Curtailment Event in Mason County January 24th
  
• Installations resume on all equipment in all
  service territories February 9th

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Current Status
Net enrollments accounts for cancellations (637)
Net installs accounts for removals (8)
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Value of Pilot Project

• Gain hands on experience of implementing larger
  scale DLC project
• Gain understanding of DLC implementation issues
  and nuances
• Develop implementation partnerships with retail
  utilities
• Demonstrate financial and technical benefits to
  the retail utility

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Lessons Learned (so far)
Regarding the Utility and Consumer

• Coordinating with three utilities adds complexity
  to project.
• Working cooperatively with utility to maintain
  that relationship is key replicate process with
  Ashland.
• End use consumer relationship is with utility
  (not BPA) and must be respected.

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Lessons Learned (so far)
Regarding the Utility and Consumer

• Customer impacts from DLC projects are vastly
  different than traditional Energy Efficiency
  projects.
• There will always be a percentage of dissatisfied
  end-users.
• End users have a difficult time understanding
  shifting energy vs. saving energy.

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Lessons Learned (so far)
Regarding Project Management and Implementation

• Early planning and configuring DCUs to
  accommodate heat pumps was on target.
• Peninsula is prime market for using DLC for peak
  load management.
• Our marketing approach worked well.
• Marketing and installation need to be more
  closely staged.

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Lessons Learned (so far)
Regarding Project Management and Implementation

• Beginning of heating/cooling seasons are not
  good times to install this type of equipment.
• Permitting can be an issue. Turned into a win for
  future programs in Washington.
• Labor market on Peninsula is tight for
  electricians because of current building boom and
  small market with limited competition.