(30) Industrial customer--A for-profit entity engaged
in an industrial process taking electric service at transmission voltage,
or a for-profit entity engaged in an industrial process taking electric
service at distribution voltage that qualifies for a tax exemption
under Tax Code §151.317 and has submitted an identification notice
under subsection (u) of this section.
(31) Inspection--Examination of a project to verify
that an energy efficiency measure has been installed, is capable of
performing its intended function, and is producing an energy savings
or demand reduction equivalent to the energy savings or demand reduction
reported towards meeting the energy efficiency goals of this section.
(32) Installation rate--The percentage of measures
that receive incentives under an energy efficiency program that are
actually installed in a defined period of time. The installation rate
is calculated by dividing the number of measures installed by the
number of measures that receive incentives under an efficiency program
in a defined period of time.
(33) International performance measurement and verification
protocol (IPMVP)--A guidance document issued by the Efficiency Valuation
Organization with a framework and definitions describing the M&V
approaches.
(34) Lifetime energy (demand) savings--The energy (demand)
savings over the lifetime of an installed measure(s), project(s),
or program(s). May include consideration of measure estimated useful
life, technical degradation, and other factors. Can be gross or net
savings.
(35) Load control--Activities that place the operation
of electricity-consuming equipment under the control or dispatch of
an energy efficiency service provider, an independent system operator,
or other transmission organization or that are controlled by the customer,
with the objective of producing energy or demand savings.
(36) Load management--Load control activities that
result in a reduction in peak demand, or a shifting of energy usage
from a peak to an off-peak period or from high-price periods to lower
price periods.
(37) Market transformation program--Strategic programs
intended to induce lasting structural or behavioral changes in the
market that result in increased adoption of energy efficient technologies,
services, and practices, as described in this section.
(38) Measurement and verification--A subset of program
impact evaluation that is associated with the documentation of energy
or demand savings at individual sites or projects using one or more
methods that can involve measurements, engineering calculations, statistical
analyses, and/or computer simulation modeling. M&V approaches
are defined in the IPMVP.
(39) Net savings--The total change in load that is
attributable to an energy efficiency program. This change in energy
and/or demand use shall include, implicitly or explicitly, consideration
of appropriate factors. These factors may include free ridership,
participant and non-participant spillover, induced market effects,
changes in the level of energy service, and/or other non-program causes
of changes in energy use and/or demand.
(40) Net-to-gross--A factor representing net program
savings divided by gross program savings that is applied to gross
program impacts to convert them into net program impacts. The factor
may be made up of a variety of factors that create differences between
gross and net savings, commonly considering the effects of free riders
and spillover.
(41) Non-participant spillover--Energy savings that
occur when a program non-participant installs energy efficiency measures
or applies energy savings practices as a result of a program's influence.
(42) Off-peak period--Period during which the demand
on an electric utility system is not at or near its maximum. For the
purpose of this section, the off-peak period includes all hours that
are not in the peak period.
(43) Participant spillover--The additional energy savings
that occur when a program participant independently installs incremental
energy efficiency measures or applies energy savings practices after
having participated in the efficiency program as a result of the program's
influence.
(44) Peak demand--Electrical demand at the times of
highest annual demand on the utility's system at the source. Peak
demand refers to Texas retail peak demand and, therefore, does not
include demand of retail customers in other states or wholesale customers.
(45) Peak demand reduction--Reduction in demand on
the utility's system at the times of the utility's summer peak period
or winter peak period.
(46) Peak period--For the purpose of this section,
the peak period consists of the hours from one p.m. to seven p.m.
during the months of June, July, August, and September, and the hours
of six a.m. to ten a.m. and six p.m. to ten p.m. during the months
of December, January, and February, excluding weekends and Federal
holidays.
(47) Program year--A year in which an energy efficiency
incentive program is implemented, beginning January 1 and ending December
31.
(48) Projected savings--Values reported by an electric
utility prior to the time the energy efficiency activities are implemented.
Are typically estimates of savings prepared for program and/or portfolio
design or planning purposes. These values are based on pre-program
or portfolio estimates of factors such as per-unit savings values,
operating hours, installation rates, and savings persistence rates.
These values may utilize results of prior evaluations and/or values
in the Technical Reference Manual. Can be indicated as first year,
annual demand or energy savings, and/or lifetime energy or demand
savings values. Can be indicated as gross savings and/or net savings
values.
(49) Renewable demand side management (DSM) technologies--Equipment
that uses a renewable energy resource (renewable resource), as defined
in §25.173(c) of this title (relating to Goal for Renewable Energy),
a geothermal heat pump, a solar water heater, or another natural mechanism
of the environment, that when installed at a customer site, reduces
the customer's net purchases of energy, demand, or both.
(50) Savings-to-Investment Ratio (SIR)--The ratio of
the present value of a customer's estimated lifetime electricity cost
savings from energy efficiency measures to the present value of the
installation costs, inclusive of any incidental repairs, of those
energy efficiency measures.
(51) Self-delivered program--A program developed by
a utility in an area in which customer choice is not offered that
provides incentives directly to customers. The utility may use internal
or external resources to design and administer the program.
(52) Spillover--Reductions in energy consumption and/or
demand caused by the presence of an energy efficiency program, beyond
the program-related gross savings of the participants and without
financial or technical assistance from the program. There can be participant
and/or non-participant spillover.
(53) Spillover rate--Estimate of energy savings attributable
to spillover expressed as a percent of savings installed by participants
through an energy efficiency program.
(54) Standard offer contract--A contract between an
energy efficiency service provider and a participating utility or
between a participating utility and a commercial customer specifying
standard payments based upon the amount of energy and peak demand
savings achieved through energy efficiency measures, the measurement
and verification protocols, and other terms and conditions, consistent
with this section.
(55) Standard offer program--A program under which
a utility administers standard offer contracts between the utility
and energy efficiency service providers.
(56) Technical reference manual (TRM)--A resource document
compiled by the commission's EM&V contractor that includes information
used in program planning and reporting of energy efficiency programs.
It can include savings values for measures, engineering algorithms
to calculate savings, impact factors to be applied to calculated savings
(e.g., net-to-gross values), protocols, source documentation, specified
assumptions, and other relevant material to support the calculation
of measure and program savings.
(57) Verification--An independent assessment that a
program has been implemented in accordance with the program design.
The objectives of measure installation verification are to confirm
the installation rate, that the installation meets reasonable quality
standards, and that the measures are operating correctly and have
the potential to generate the predicted savings. Verification activities
are generally conducted during on-site surveys of a sample of projects.
Project site inspections, participant phone and mail surveys and/or
implementer and participant documentation review are typical activities
associated with verification. Verification is also a subset of evaluation.
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