CIP Reporting Reference for 2014 Results/2016 Plans
Table 1. CIP-Exempt Customers of Coops and Munis as of 2014
Electric Utility
Gas Utility
Company/Facility
Approval
Year
Agralite Electric Coop
CenterPoint
Chippewa Valley Ethanol Co.
2011
Energy
Exempted
Fuels
Electric,
Gas
Brainerd Public Utilities
CenterPoint
Energy
Wausau Paper Mills
2012
Electric,
Gas
Federated REA
Federated REA
-
2011
2011
Electric
Electric
Freeborn-Mower Coop
MERC
2011
Marshall Municipal
Utilities
McCleod Coop, Brown
County Coop, Fairfax
Public Utilities
Minnesota Valley Coop
L&P Association, Xcel
Energy
Nobles Electric
Cooperative
Redwood Electric Coop
-
Buffalo Lake Energy
Valero Renewable Fuels Co
dba Valero Welcome Plant
AGRA Resources Coop dba
POET Biorefining-Glenville
Archer Daniels Midland
2000
Electric,
Gas
Electric
-
Heartland Corn Products
2011
Electric
CenterPoint
Energy
Granite Falls Energy
2011
Electric,
Gas
-
Minnesota Soybean
Processors, Inc.
Highwater Ethanol
2012
Electric
2011
Electric,
Gas
South Central Electric
Association
Steele-Waseca Coop
CenterPoint
Energy
-
Northstar Ethanol, LLC dba
POET Biorefining-Lake Crystal
Al-Corn Clean Fuel
Cooperative
2011
Electric,
Gas
Electric
Tri-County Electric
Coop
MERC
Pro-Corn LLC dba POET
Biorefining-Preston
2011
Electric,
Gas
Worthington Public
Utilities
MERC
Swift Pork
2011
Electric,
Gas
CenterPoint
Energy
2011
Table 2. Program Category Descriptions
Program Category
Agricultural Efficiency
Description
Incentive and technical assistance programs for agricultural
customers.
Appliance Harvesting
Compressed Air
Removal and disabling or recycling of working refrigerators,
freezers, and room A/Cs
Compressed air system studies and incentives
Consumer Electronics / Plug Loads
Distributed and Renewable Energy
Electric Utility Infrastructure
Improvements
ENERGY STAR Appliances
Incentive programs for purchase of energy efficient computers,
televisions, and other consumer electronics; installation of
smart power strips, adjustment of computer power
management settings, other activities related to plug loads
Qualifying distributed and renewable energy projects
Improvements in generation, transmission, and distribution
infrastructure resulting in lower losses. Also includes demandside improvements to utility facilities and waste heat to
electricity generation projects.
Incentive programs for purchase of ENERGY STAR-rated home
appliances including clotheswashers, dryers, refrigerators, and
dishwashers
General Marketing and Education
Incentives and technical assistance for commercial cooking and
other food preparation equipment
Natural gas utilities may purchase biomethane produced from
anaerobic digestion of biomass, gasification of biomass, or
other effective conversion process that is then cleaned to
pipeline-quality standards and injected into the natural gas
distribution system.
General CIP marketing expenses for promoting awareness of
utility programs, conservation ethics and energy savings
opportunities; not intended to promote a particular incentive
or program
Indirect Low Income
Internal Training
Programs serving low income customers that do not result in
direct energy savings.
Training of utility staff members on CIP-related topics
Food Service
Gas Utility Biomethane Purchases
Low Income Weatherization
Administration and materials related to proper management of
spent lamps; spent lamp collection, disposal, and recycling
Utility funding assistance for the federal Weatherization
Assistance Program. Includes shell measures, lighting, and
replacement of furnaces, boilers, and water heaters. Electric
utilities may claim equivalent kWh savings for propane and fuel
oil savings.
Market Research and Product
Development
General market research and product development expenses
Motors & Drives
Motor assessment studies, incentives for high efficiency
motors and variable frequency drives
Lamp Disposal and Recycling
Multifamily Buildings
Non-Residential
Behavioral/Operations
Non-Residential Building Energy
Audits / Analysis
Non-Residential Building Envelope
Programs intended to improve the energy efficiency of existing
or new multifamily buildings.
Programs that work with building occupants and operations
staff to encourage energy conservation behaviors and efficient
building systems operations
Non-Residential Computer Efficiency
and Plug Loads
Energy audits and analysis of commercial or institutional
facilities
Insulation, air sealing, windows and doors
Computer power management tools, manufacturer incentives,
customer incentives for energy efficient computers and
peripherals
Non-Residential Custom Efficiency
Building and process improvement projects that require
custom engineering analysis
Non-Residential Lighting
Incentive programs for purchase and installation of air source,
ground source, and water source heat pumps
Incentive programs for purchase and installation of energy
efficient lighting.
Non-Residential Load Management
Programs that are primarily intended to shift the timing of
commercial energy usage to off-peak periods and achieve kW
savings rather than kWh savings. Includes air-conditioner
cycling, off-peak water heating and load control rates.
Non-Residential Refrigeration
Incentive programs for purchase and installation of efficient
refrigeration equipment
Non-Residential Service Water
Heating
High efficiency water heaters, pipe insulation, faucet aerators
and other measures that reduce energy for hot water
Non-Residential Space Cooling (NonHeat Pumps)
Incentive programs for purchase and installation of energy
efficient chillers, rooftop units and other DX equipment.
Incentive programs for purchase and installation of energy
efficient boilers and furnaces. Includes boiler tune-ups and
boiler add-ons such as turbulators, stack dampers, modulating
burners, O2 trim, etc.
Programs that take a comprehensive approach to building
energy use, addressing multiple building systems at once.
Examples include recommissioning projects and operations &
maintenance programs.
Non-Residential Heat Pumps
Non-Residential Space Heating (NonHeat Pumps)
Non-Residential Whole Building Non-Process Related
Other - Direct
Other - Indirect
Public Infrastructure
Regulatory Charges
Installation of energy efficient public infrastructure including
streetlights and traffic lights
CIP-related utility assessments
Residential Behavioral Change
Residential Building Envelope
Programs that use continuous or periodic feedback in the form
of energy monitoring devices or home energy reports to
influence customer behavior with regard to home energy use
Insulation, air sealing, windows and doors
Residential Domestic Hot Water
Incentives for purchase and installation of energy efficient
water heaters; Other domestic hot water measures including
pipe wrap, water heater blankets, low flow showerheads, and
faucet aerators
Residential Energy Audits / Analysis
Energy audits and analysis intended to educate customers on
energy savings opportunities in their homes
Residential Space Cooling (Non-Heat
Pumps)
Incentives for purchase and installation of air source heat
pumps, ground source heat pumps, and mini-split ductless
heat pumps; quality installation programs
Incentives for the purchase of energy efficient lighting
products including compact fluorescent lamps, ENERGY STAR
fixtures, LED technologies, etc.
Programs that are primarily intended to shift the timing of
residential energy usage to off-peak periods and achieve kW
savings rather than kWh savings. Includes air-conditioner
cycling, off-peak water heating, electric thermal storage
technologies.
Incentives for purchase and installation of energy efficient
central and room air-conditioners; quality installation
programs
Residential Space Heating (non-Heat
Pumps)
Specialty Low Income
Incentives for purchase and installation of energy efficient
furnaces and boilers; boiler tune-ups; furnace electronic
commutating motors; energy and heat recovery ventilators
Specialty direct-savings programs for low income customers.
Specialty Non-Residential
Specialty commercial/industrial programs that do not fit into a
standard category.
Residential Heat Pumps
Residential Lighting
Residential Load Management
Vending Machine Efficiency
Specialty programs that do not fit into standard residential
program categories. Examples include direct install programs
and community energy initiatives.
Incentives for purchase and installation of energy efficient
vending machines and vending machine power management
devices
Whole House
Programs that address the house as a system including building
shell measures, appliances, and lighting. Includes programs for
both new construction and existing housing.
Specialty Residential
Table 3. Percentage of Households with Less Than 50% of State Median Income in 2010 by County
(May be used for 2014 CIP results and 2016 CIP plans)
Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Hubbard
34.7%
15.5%
30.3%
34.8%
26.8%
34.0%
29.0%
27.1%
26.1%
12.8%
31.7%
30.6%
16.1%
28.9%
36.0%
28.0%
33.0%
30.5%
14.5%
17.5%
29.8%
35.0%
29.6%
32.5%
24.6%
33.2%
22.5%
29.2%
30.4%
Isanti
Itasca
Jackson
Kanabec
Kandiyohi
Kittson
Koochiching
Lac qui Parle
Lake
Lake of the Woods
Le Sueur
Lincoln
Lyon
McLeod
Mahnomen
Marshall
Martin
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Mower
Murray
Nicollet
Nobles
Norman
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pennington
Pine
19.1%
31.4%
27.8%
27.2%
27.8%
28.9%
37.6%
27.9%
30.6%
27.2%
20.4%
31.3%
29.9%
21.3%
35.5%
25.9%
31.2%
24.8%
30.8%
29.6%
31.5%
30.1%
20.7%
33.9%
34.0%
19.1%
31.6%
32.7%
30.6%
Pipestone
Polk
Pope
Ramsey
Red Lake
Redwood
Renville
Rice
Rock
Roseau
St. Louis
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
Steele
Stevens
Swift
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Wilkin
Winona
Wright
Yellow Medicine
35.4%
30.5%
27.8%
26.7%
28.4%
32.2%
29.5%
22.0%
29.8%
23.4%
32.7%
10.8%
14.9%
24.7%
25.9%
23.3%
31.0%
35.3%
32.2%
34.1%
26.1%
41.4%
24.9%
13.0%
29.7%
23.6%
33.2%
15.9%
28.9%
Table 4. MN CIP Cost Category Definitions
Cost Category
Definition
Expenses incurred in controlling and directing a program, but not
Administration Cost
directly identifiable with Delivery, EM&V, Advertising & Promotion or
Incentives.
Total cost incurred by the program directly attributable to delivering
Delivery Cost
the product or service that causes energy savings.
Expenses of activities outside of the program delivery to evaluate
Evaluation, Measurement &
process or impact, measure results, or verify that energy savings
Verification
measures were actually delivered.
Money spent on marketing a program to a specific group of energy
Advertising and Promotion
consumers.
Total amount paid directly to energy consumers or third parties to
Incentives
incent them to take a specific action to save energy.
Other
Any expense that does not fall into the other cost categories.
Table 5. Default Line Loss Factors for Coops and Munis
Coops
Munis
2014
8.0%
8.0%
2015
8.1%
6.9%
2016
7.8%
6.6%