Bi-Weekly Update
Rouselle Gratela – Training Specialist
Kyle O’Hearn – Manager, Business Development
Christine Olubick – Business Development Specialist
Bob Collins – Manager, Market Strategy
December 14, 2011
Meet the Presenters
Rouselle Gratela
Training Specialist
Christine Olubick
Business
Development
Specialist
Kyle O’Hearn
Manager, Business
Development
Bob Collins
Manager, Market
Strategy
Today’s Agenda
1. saveONenergy Update
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Upcoming Webinars Schedule
Upcoming Workshops
2. RETROFIT Small Projects Submission
3. Settlements Updates
4. Market Research Update
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LDC-level Commercial and Institutional and Industrial profiles
LDC and regional-level awareness of and attitudes towards consumer
programs and advertising
5. Questions
Upcoming Webinars Schedule
Date
Webinar Topics
Duration
Time
Wed Jan 11
saveONenergy Update
90 mins
10-11:30
o Marketing and Market
Research Webinar
Upcoming EM&V Workshop
Save
the
date!
• To be held January 25th at Toronto airport location
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Will feature:
• EM&V fundamentals
• Overview of OPA’s EM&V Protocols and Requirements
• OPA Tier 1 Evaluation Plans
• Introduction to the Evaluation Advisory Committee
• Discussion panel and interactive forum
Intended for LDC management, staff and contractors staff directly involved
with the design, delivery, and regulatory reporting of Conservation and
Demand Management (CDM) Programs
Venue, itinerary and registration link to be announced shortly
Upcoming C&I Workshop
Save
the
date!
• To be held January 26th at Toronto airport location
• Will feature:
• saveONenergy business programs update
• An all day opportunity to learn about the many issues relating to
programs management
• Understanding the application process
• Updates from the C&I Working Group
• Venue, itinerary and registration link to be announced shortly
December 2011
Outline
• RETROFIT PROGRAM - Payment update
• 2010 ERIP
• Waivers
• Payment update
• SMALL BUSINESS LIGHTING– Payment update
• AUDIT FUNDING
• Payment process recap
• Payment update
• HPNC & EXISTING BUILDING COMMISSIONING- Payment
Process Update
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RETROFIT PROGRAM- Payment Update
• 2 Pre-Billing Reports (PBRs) sent out to date
• OPA has received some Final Bulling Reports and invoices from
some LDC’s but we are still waiting for responses from many more
LDC’s.
• Next PBRs to be sent before December 31, 2011
• Ensure applications ready for payment have status of ‘PostProject Submission – Payment Approve by LDC’
• Once automated process implemented for
PBRs in 2012 to be disbursed on bi-weekly basis
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2010 Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program - Waivers
ERIP and RETROFIT Waivers sent out in E-blast (December 12, 2011)
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Extension of project completion date from December 1,2011 
December 31, 2011.
Financial Incentives shall be paid by April 1, 2012 in place of the
required 90 day period.
ERIP waivers will be sent to all Conservation Officers.
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2010 Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program - Waivers
2. For approved ERIP projects not yet started, or only partially
completed, the OPA is waiving the eligibility criteria under 20112014 ERII schedule that a project must not have started prior to
application.
Participant must withdraw from ERIP by a letter from the
Participant to the LDC and submit an application for
RETROFIT PROGRAM prior to January 1, 2012.
LDCs must email list of customers making use of this waiver to
OPA to conservationcontracts@powerauthority.on.ca
Upon receipt of list, OPA will append it to a signed ERII waiver,
to be formally issued to Conservation Officer
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2010 Electricity Retrofit Incentive Program – Payment Update
$14,000,000
2010 Unprocessed ERIP
Applications
$12,000,000
$10,000,000
$8,000,000
$6,000,000
$4,000,000
$2,000,000
$0
08-Aug-11
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12-Dec-11
Please submit ERIP
applications ASAP in
early January
SMALL BUSINESS LIGHTING– Payment update
• Current status of settlements:
• Direct Install Eligible Cost Payments and Standard Incentive Payments
(electrical contractor payments) settled up to November 1st, 2011
• Participant Based Funding (PBF) amounts:
• Email sent to Conservation Officers December 2, 2011 requesting
information to enable settlements of PBF amounts:
• FIXED: The PBF amount actually incurred by the LDC and payment to
a third party service provider for conducting an Assessment that
resulted in the installation of Eligible Measures has not and will not
change in 2011.
• VARIABLE: The PBF amount for such Assessments has or will change
in 2011
• Email response to conservationcontracts@powerauthority.on.ca
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AUDIT FUNDING– Payment Process Recap
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LDC carries out obligations as per schedule C-1
LDC submits completed applications (including Appendix A and B) and required
supporting documentation in electronic format to OPA for 2011 projects
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Supporting documentation includes:
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Do not include invoice to the OPA at this stage
Submit electronically through conservationcontracts@powerauthority.on.ca with the following
subject line: Energy Audit Applications-LDC Name
OPA to notify LDCs in advance of streamlined process in future
Energy Audit Report which may include Electricity Survey and Analysis and/or Detailed
Analysis of Capital Intensive Modifications
Info to support the calculation of Participant Incentives, including supporting evidence for all
costs (e.g., copy of energy auditor invoices and travel expense invoices)
OPA to generate Pre-Billing Reports, which will align generally with procedure
developed for RETROFIT PROGRAM.
First round to be sent out before Dec 31, 2011
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HPNC & Existing Building Commissioning
Payment Process Update:
• Payment process  Webinar in 2012 to provide details
• Same general payment process as AUDIT FUNDING
• LDCs continue to maintain well kept records to help facilitate payment
process
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Submitting Retroactive Small Project
Under the RETROFIT Program
Process for Submitting Retroactive Small Projects
As per Exhibit A, Section 1.3: Ineligible Projects & Measures
(c) projects where prior to submitting an Application, the
applicant has entered into a binding commitment to acquire
the Measures or services required to install the Measures,
subject to the following exceptions:
(i) the LDC is not required to reject an Application for a
proposed Small Project solely on the grounds of this
Section 1.3(c) where the Application was submitted for
approval after February 1, 2011 but prior to January 1, 2012
and no more than 30 days following the completion of such
Small Project, in which case Section 3.2(a)(i) of this
Schedule will not apply to such Small Project;
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Process for Submitting Retroactive Small Projects
“Small Project” means a Project which is comprised of:
(i)
(ii)
Prescriptive Measures and/or Engineered Measures with estimated
Participant Incentives of less than or equal to $20,000; or
Custom Measures with estimated Participant Incentives of less than
or equal to $10,000
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Process for Submitting Retroactive Small Projects
Step 1: Applicant submits Pre-Project Submission no more than 30
days following project completion & before January 1, 2012.
Step 2: LDC reviews Application according to Section 3.1 and
conducts necessary post-project QA/QC requirements and Project
M&V Processes according to Section 6.3
Step 3: LDC changes status to ‘Pre-Project Review – Approved to
Proceed by LDC’
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Process for Submitting Retroactive Small Projects
Step 3: Applicant completes Post-Project Submission.
***IMPORTANT***
Pre-Project submission = Post-Project submission
Step 4: LDC changes status to ‘Post-Project Submission – Payment
Approved by LDC’
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Process for submitting retroactive Small Projects
Live Demonstration
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Process for correcting Applications
• Send an email to LDC.Support@powerauthority.on.ca
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December Market Research Updates
MPAC CI&I Segmentation Reports
and Triple-A Results for Q2 and Q3
MPAC CI&I Segmentation Reports Available
• Ready for download on SharePoint beginning Dec. 2nd
• SharePoint: accessible within each LDC’s folder (in the For Review
Library)
• Reports show property counts for key sectors and sub-sectors in
your service territory for commercial, institutional, industrial,
agricultural and multi-unit res properties
• Building age and size detail is also included
• Information resource to enable each LDC to quantify the potential for
business and industrial programs
MPAC CI&I Segmentation Report Example-Ontario
Link to Full
Ontario
Report
MPAC Data Analysis: An Ontario Example
Major Sectors: # of properties
Major Sectors: Total Square Footage
76%
Commercial (92863)
34%
11%
7%
Industrial (43841)
16%
4%
3%
Agricultural (99956)
37%
Institutional (19355)
7%
Commercial (11 million sqft)
Industrial (1.6 million sqft)
Multi-Unit Residential (1 million sqft)
Institutional (500,000 sqft)
Multi-Unit Residential
(16867)
6%
Agriculture (400,000 sqft)
Triple-A Market Research Reports
• Awareness, Attitudes and Action
• The purpose is to report awareness, claimed participation and opinions
of the saveONenergy campaign and the initiatives within the Consumer
program.
• Conducted to serve as a mid-campaign progress report
• Weekly survey
• Representative sample of 150 Ontarians since April 2011
• Online survey methodology: allows the display of marketing materials
• People were asked about the initiatives for which they were eligible
(For example, only homeowners with a forced air furnace and/or Central Air Conditioning were asked about
the saveONenergy Heating & Cooling rebate.)
• The CLD group will receive individual reports and all other
reports will be based on the following groupings
LDC Groupings: Composition
CHEC
CLD
Eastern
Central
NEPA
Northern
Mid & SW
Centre Wellington Hydro Ltd., COLLUS Power Corporation, Innisfil Hydro Distribution Systems Limited,
Lakefront Utilities Inc., Lakeland Power Distribution Ltd., Midland Power Utility Corporation, Orangeville
Hydro Limited, Parry Sound Power Corporation, Rideau St. Lawrence Distribution Inc., Wasaga
Distribution Inc., Wellington North Power Inc., Westario Power Inc.
Enersource Hydro Mississauga Inc., Horizon Utilities Corporation, Hydro Ottawa Limited, PowerStream
Inc., Toronto Hydro-Electric System Limited, Veridian Connections Inc.
Cooperative Hydro Embrun Inc., Eastern Ontario Power Inc., Hydro 2000 Inc., Hydro Hawkesbury Inc.,
Kingston Hydro Corporation, Oshawa PUC Networks Inc., Ottawa River Power Corporation, Peterborough
Distribution Incorporated, Renfrew Hydro Inc., West Coast Huron Energy Inc. ,West Perth Power Inc.,
Burlington Hydro Inc., Halton Hills Hydro Inc., Hydro One Brampton Networks Inc., Milton Hydro
Distribution Inc., Newmarket - Tay Power Distribution Ltd., Oakville Hydro Electricity Distribution Inc.,
Algoma Power Inc., Brant County Power Inc., Brantford Power Inc., Canadian Niagara Power Inc., Greater
Sudbury Hydro Inc., Grimsby Power Incorporated, Haldimand County Hydro Inc., Niagara Peninsula
Energy Inc., Niagara-on-the-Lake Hydro Inc., Norfolk Power Distribution Inc., Welland Hydro-Electric
System Corp., Whitby Hydro Electric Corporation
Atikokan Hydro Inc., Chapleau Public Utilities Corporation, Espanola Regional Hydro Distribution
Corporation, Fort Frances Power Corporation, Hearst Power Distribution Company Limited, Kenora Hydro
Electric Corporation Ltd., North Bay Hydro Distribution Limited, Northern Ontario Wires Inc., Orillia Power
Distribution Corporation, PUC Distribution Inc., Sioux Lookout Hydro Inc., Thunder Bay Hydro Electricity
Distribution Inc.
Bluewater Power Distribution Corporation, Cambridge and North Dumfries Hydro Inc., Chatham-Kent
Hydro Inc., Clinton Power Corporation, E.L.K. Energy Inc., EnWin Utilities Ltd., Erie Thames Powerlines
Corporation, Essex Powerlines Corporation, Festival Hydro Inc., Guelph Hydro Electric Systems Inc.,
Kitchener-Wilmot Hydro Inc., London Hydro Inc., Middlesex Power Distribution Corporation, Port
Colborne Hydro Inc., St. Thomas Energy Inc., Tillsonburg Hydro Inc., Waterloo North Hydro Inc.,
Woodstock Hydro Services Inc.
Triple-A Q2 and Q3 Results: Deliverables
• You will receive…
• A PowerPoint report that includes analysis for key awareness, attitudes
and actions questions. The report is based on results for all of Ontario
• A tool to help interpret the individual spreadsheets you will receive
• An Excel report for your LDC (CLD+Hydro One) or your region or LDC
grouping
• This report will include graphs that track awareness, ad recall and
consumer program individual initiative results
Link to Full
Ontario
PowerPoint
Report
Link to LDC
Triple-A
Spreadsheets
Q2 and Q3