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FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements - Idaho
Contents
Section Page
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I
SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION 1-1
SECTION 2 APPLIANCE MEASURES 2-1
SECTION 3 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURES 3-1
SECTION 4 ENVELOPE MEASURES 4-1
SECTION 5 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURES 5-1
SECTION 6 FOOD SERVICE MEASURES 6-1
SECTION 7 HVAC MEASURES 7-1
SECTION 8 IRRIGATION MEASURES 8-1
SECTION 9 LIGHTING MEASURES 9-1
SECTION 10 MOTORS MEASURES 10-1
SECTION 11 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURES 11-1
SECTION 12 REFRIGERATION MEASURES 12-1
SECTION 13 SAVINGS POTENTIAL 13-1
SECTION 14 REFERENCES 14-1

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Executive Summary
OVERVIEW
In December of 2007, PacifiCorp retained Nexant, Inc. (Nexant) with support from Cascade
Energy Engineering, Quantec, and Fazio Engineering to evaluate the next phase of program
improvements for the FinAnswer® Express and Energy FinAnswer® energy efficiency programs.
The primary objective of this analysis is to increase the level of cost-effective electrical energy
and demand savings realized by the programs. Consistency across PacifiCorp’s service territories
and with best practice programs offered by neighboring utilities is also a major consideration to
simplify program implementation, reduce administrative costs, and avoid customer confusion in
the marketplace.
FinAnswer Express utilizes a streamlined incentive delivery process that incorporates
prescriptive post-purchase incentives. FinAnswer Express targets established retrofit and new
construction technologies for projects where the detailed custom engineering support and
analysis provided by the Energy FinAnswer program is not necessary. The FinAnswer Express
program is currently offered in PacifiCorp’s California, Idaho, Utah, and Washington service
territories.
This report presents the results of the FinAnswer Express analysis conducted for the Idaho
service territory. Specifically, this effort reviewed the 65 current eligible program measures to
confirm their appropriateness and update as necessary current incentive levels, costs, savings,
and measure delivery mechanisms. In addition, Nexant reviewed 109 new measures for possible
inclusion in the program based on the criteria that they are market ready technologies expected to
result in cost effective, justifiable savings. Table ES-1 summarizes the eleven key measure
categories and the number of current and potential new prescriptive measures reviewed as part of
this process.
Table ES-1. Evaluated Electric Energy Efficiency Measures
Measure Category Number of Existing FinAnswer Express Measures
Number of Potential New FinAnswer Express Measures
Appliances 0 6
Compressed Air 0 11
Envelope 4 1
Farm Equipment 0 9
Food Service 2 13
HVAC 10 3
Irrigation 0 18
Lighting 45 5
Motors 3 3
Office Equipment 1 10
Refrigeration 0 30
Total 65 109
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RESULTS
Nexant recommends the following changes and enhancements to the existing FinAnswer Express
program and eligible measures:
 Adjust the net-to-gross ratio for program level savings from 0.96 to 0.80.
 Change the estimated customer incremental cost estimate for plug load occupancy sensors
to $78/unit.
 Introduce a tiered incentive delivery structure for the high-efficiency unitary equipment.
 Reduce two lighting measure incentives, to more accurately reflect market conditions.
 Change the deemed cost for motors of 1-200 HP to more accurately reflect market
conditions.
Of the 109 evaluated potential new measures, Nexant recommends that 38 be incorporated into
the program with a post-purchase incentive delivery model. Nexant has identified and
summarized recommended evaluation and analysis methods for 5 of these measures to support
streamlined processing and site-specific savings estimates of these measures when submitted
under FinAnswer Express. Remaining measures are not recommended for prescriptive incentives
or simplified analysis because of one or more of the following reasons:
 Measures were found to be already established in the market (e.g. ENERGY STAR
computers)
 An existing energy efficiency program is already established in the target market (i.e.
Irrigation Energy Savers)
 Limited savings potential due to minimum efficiency requirements and current codes
 Measures were too complex and customer site specific to identify simplified analysis and
savings estimates while retaining an appropriate level of accuracy.
Table ES-2 summarizes the recommendations from this analysis.
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Table ES-2. New Measure Recommendations
Measure Category Recommended Trade Ally Network
Number of Potential New FinAnswer Express Measures Evaluated
Number of Recommended New FinAnswer Express Prescriptive Measures
Number of Recommended Simplified Analysis Measures
Appliances 1 6 4 0
Compressed Air  11 5 1
Envelope  1 0 1
Farm Equipment  9 8 1
Food Service  13 11 0
HVAC  3 2 1
Irrigation  18 0 0
Lighting  5 5 0
Motors  3 2 1
Office Equipment 10 1 0
Refrigeration  30 0 0
Total 109 38 5
1 Due to the overlap of these measures with the Home Energy Savings program, leveraging this existing Trade Ally network is recommended for the identified prescriptive appliance measures
A listing of associated project-level caps is summarized in Table ES-3. With the exception of
lighting and Custom Incentives, no cost or payback caps are required.
Table ES-3. Energy Efficiency Incentive Caps
Measure Category Sub-Category Percent of Energy Efficiency Project Cost Cap
1 year simple payback cap for Energy Efficiency Project
Appliances None No
Compressed Air None No
Envelope None No
Farm Equipment None No
Food Service None No
HVAC None No
Irrigation None No
Lighting
Retrofit 50% Yes
New Construction/ Major Retrofit None No
Motors None No
Office Equipment None No
Refrigeration None No
Measures Receiving Custom Incentive 70% Yes

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Table ES-4 on the following page summarizes the estimated incremental costs and savings
associated with these recommendations. Only measures with expected additional savings as
compared to current program activity levels are included.
Incremental utility administrative costs presented in Table ES-3 assume an implementation cost
of $0.06 per new kWh/yr of gross customer energy savings with the exception of motors.
Administration costs for Green Motor rewinds have been increased to $0.10/kWh to account for
additional administrative costs necessary to coordinate with regional vendors that provide
services to Idaho customers as well as cooperation with the Green Motors Practices Group.
Administrative cost estimates also include:
 Initial design costs to incorporate these changes of $15,000/yr, for the first year only
 Incremental program evaluation costs of $15,000/yr
 Incremental marketing costs of $ 50,000/yr for PacifiCorp to produce applicable program
brochures, case studies, and other printed materials
 Incremental PacifiCorp internal administrative costs of $10,000/yr
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Table ES-4. Estimated Incremental Costs and Savings from Recommended Program Modifications
Measure Category/ Year1
Administrative Costs2 ($/yr)
Incentives ($/yr)
Total Utility Costs ($/yr)
Net Customer Incremental Costs3 ($/yr)
Net Annual Energy Savings4 (kWh/yr)
Net Peak Demand Savings4 (kW)
Appliances
2009 $222 $1,092 $1,314 $1,338 2,956 1 2010 $222 $1,092 $1,314 $1,338 2,956 1 2011 $257 $1,265 $1,522 $1,550 3,423 1 Compressed Air
2009 $6,688 $16,916 $23,604 $72,525 89,168 5
2010 $9,363 $23,682 $33,045 $101,535 124,835 7
2011 $13,375 $33,832 $47,207 $145,049 178,336 10 Envelope
2009 $453 $2,757 $3,210 $4,518 6,046 -
2010 $453 $2,757 $3,210 $4,518 6,046 -
2011 $525 $3,192 $3,717 $5,232 7,001 - Farm Equipment
2009 $8,092 $11,893 $19,985 $25,350 107,899 13 2010 $8,092 $11,893 $19,985 $25,350 107,899 13 2011 $9,370 $13,770 $23,141 $29,352 124,935 16 Food Service
2009 $1,866 $1,919 $3,784 $15,167 24,878 4 2010 $1,866 $1,919 $3,784 $15,167 24,878 4 2011 $2,160 $2,221 $4,382 $17,562 28,806 5 HVAC
2009 $1,903 $6,668 $8,571 $22,120 25,376 20 2010 $1,903 $6,668 $8,571 $22,120 25,376 20 2011 $2,204 $7,721 $9,925 $25,613 29,382 23 Irrigation
2009 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - - 2010 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - - 2011 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - - Lighting Equipment
2009 $2,185 $5,691 $7,876 $22,228 29,136 12 2010 $2,185 $5,691 $7,876 $22,228 29,136 12
2011 $2,530 $6,590 $9,120 $25,738 33,736 14 Motors
2009 $1,412 $1,613 $3,025 $2,507 11,293 3
2010 $1,412 $1,613 $3,025 $2,507 11,293 3
2011 $1,635 $1,868 $3,503 $2,902 13,076 3 Office Equipment
2009 $761 $453 $1,213 $960 10,141 1 2010 $761 $453 $1,213 $960 10,141 1 2011 $881 $524 $1,405 $1,111 11,743 1 Refrigeration
2009 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - - 2010 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - - 2011 $ - $ - $ - $ - $ - - Total
2009 $113,582 $49,002 $162,584 $166,713 306,893 59 2010 $101,257 $55,768 $157,025 $195,723 342,560 60 2011 $107,937 $70,984 $178,921 $254,109 430,439 72
1 Estimates are for a full year program period.
2 Administration cost estimates include design, marketing, implementation and evaluation.
3 Customer costs represent the net values inclusive of net-to-gross estimates, but do not include the impacts of available incentives.
4 Energy and demand savings reflect net impacts at the customer meter with an assumed net-to-gross ratio of 0.80.

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Section 1 Introduction
1.1 OVERVIEW
In December of 2007, PacifiCorp retained Nexant, Inc. (Nexant) with support from Cascade
Energy Engineering, Quantec, and Fazio Engineering to evaluate the next phase of program
improvements for the FinAnswer® Express and Energy FinAnswer® energy efficiency programs.
The primary objective of this analysis is to increase the level of cost-effective electrical energy
and demand savings realized by the programs. Consistency across PacifiCorp’s service territories
and with programs offered by neighboring utilities is also a major consideration to simplify
program implementation, reduce administrative costs, and avoid customer confusion in the
marketplace.
FinAnswer Express is a streamlined version of PacifiCorp’s Energy FinAnswer program,
providing prescriptive cash incentives for common energy efficiency measures currently
including lighting, premium efficiency motors, and high-efficiency HVAC equipment.
FinAnswer Express targets straightforward equipment upgrade projects or projects when
customers do not need the additional technical services provided under the Energy FinAnswer
program. Customers receive incentives directly using a post-purchase incentive application.
Reported costs and savings vary between actual, deemed based on project specific variables (e.g.
deemed energy and demand savings as a function of horsepower for premium efficiency motors),
or deemed simply on the measure type. Table 1-1 summarizes the current FinAnswer Express
program.
Table 1-1. Existing FinAnswer Express Measure Summary
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Network
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Lighting  Lighting  
Lighting controls  Lighting  
Unitary air conditioners and heat pumps HVAC  
Evaporative coolers HVAC  
Programmable thermostats HVAC  
Motors Motor  
This report presents the results of the FinAnswer Express analysis conducted for the Idaho
service territory. Specifically, this effort reviewed the sixty-five (65) existing measures included
in the program shown in Table 1-1 to confirm the appropriateness and update as necessary
current incentive levels, costs, savings, and measure delivery mechanisms. In addition, Nexant
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reviewed one hundred nine (109) new measures for possible inclusion into the prescriptive
delivery component of the program based on the criteria that they are market ready technologies
expected to result in cost effective, justifiable savings.
1.2 APPROACH TO WORK
Analysis activities utilized a systematic approach to evaluate each identified energy efficiency
measure. The approach focused on using existing data resources with limited primary data
collection efforts. Figure 1-1 on page 1-3 outlines the general methodology. A brief description
of each key activity follows:
 Measure/Technology Review. Initial analysis efforts for each measure consisted of a
review of existing data sources to compile cost and savings data. Each measure
investigated made use of a core set of resources, listed below in Table 1-2. For certain
technologies, additional resources provided supplemental measure information. These
resources are noted in the individual measure write-ups provided in Sections 2-12 of this
report. Section 14 provides a complete list of all resources.
Table 1-2. Key Informational Resources
Core Resources Resource Abbreviation
2003 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Measure Resource Assessment Ecotope 2003
2004 – 2005 Express Efficiency program filing PG&E 2003
2006 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Measure Resource Assessment Stellar Processes 2006
2007-2009 Triennial Plan MN Natural Gas and Electric CIP Xcel Energy 2006
Assessment of Technical and Achievable Demand Side Resource Potentials Quantec 2005
California Database of Energy Efficiency Resources DEER
Colorado DSM Market Potential Assessment KEMA 2006
Consortium for Energy Efficiency CEE
Energy Star Energy Star
Regional Technical Forum RTF
The Fifth Northwest Electric Power and Conservation Plan NPCC 2005
 Utility DSM Program Review. Nexant conducted a review of existing energy efficiency
programs to identify prescriptive incentive programs that covered measures investigated
as part of this work. These efforts focused on program offerings from major utilities and
energy efficiency organizations with service territories close to PacifiCorp (summarized
in Table 1-3). Included in the analysis are additional prescriptive programs familiar to
Nexant or identified through other review activities. These resources are noted in the
individual measure write-ups provided in Sections 2-12 of this report.
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Figure 1-1. Overview of Analysis Approach
Prescriptivecandidate Establish baseline
Utility DSMprogram review
Measure/technologyreview
Code review
Vendor identificationand input
Set minimum efficiency
requirements
Determine deemed costsand savings
Simplified
analysis
Define delivery
mechanism
Estimate three year program
savings and cost impacts
Done
Outline simplified
analysis approach
Done
Done
Identify measure/
technology
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Identify suggested
incentive level
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Table 1-3. Energy Efficiency Programs Reviewed for Prescriptive Incentives
Entity Energy Efficiency Web Site
Alliant Energy www.alliant.com/docs/groups/public/documents/pub/p015026.hcsp
Arizona Public Service (APS) www.aps-solutionsforbusiness.com/ProjectCenter
Avista www.avistautilities.com/saving/com_incentives.asp
Bonneville Power Authority (BPA) www.bpa.gov/Energy/N
Energy Trust of Oregon (ETO) www.energytrust.org/business/index.html
Idaho Power www.idahopower.com/energycenter/energyefficiency/YourBusiness/default.htm
MidAmerican Energy www.midamericanenergy.com/html/service_bus14.asp
Nevada Power www.nevadapower.com/conservation/business/business_rebates
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) www.pge.com/biz/rebates/
Puget Sound Energy (PSE) www.pse.com/solutions/ForBusiness_EfficiencyPrograms.aspx
Questar Gas www.thermwise.com/businesses.html
Seattle City Light www.seattle.gov/light/conserve/business
Xcel Energy www.xcelenergy.com/XLWEB/CDA/0,3080,1-31-3_4530_8437-7323-2_366_583-0,00.html
 Code Review. To assess the appropriateness of current baseline assumptions for existing
measures and to help establish baselines for potential new prescriptive measures, analysis
efforts included a review of applicable code requirements. Review efforts focused on both
state and federal codes. Review activities also included current code requirements and
planned future code updates where available. In Idaho, the 2006 International Energy
Conservation Code (IECC 2006) is the current code for non-residential facilities.
 Vendor Identification and Input. Equipment manufacturers, distributors and dealers of
investigated measures were contacted informally to confirm measure cost and savings
data collected as part of the above activities. In some cases, vendors also provided input
on local activity and the expected market response to prescriptive incentives for high-
efficiency measures. In each of Sections 2-12 of this report are lists of vendors for the
applicable measure category.
 Identification of Candidate Prescriptive Measures. Nexant evaluated each of the one
hundred nine (109) new candidate technologies to identify those that met the established
prescriptive measure criteria. These measures were then more fully analyzed as described
in the remaining steps outlined below. For measures not recommended for prescriptive
incentives at this time, Nexant assessed whether a simplified analysis procedure was
available or could be readily prepared to help expedite the review activities associated
with processing the measure under either FinAnswer Express or Energy FinAnswer.
 Establish Baseline. Baseline efficiencies were established for new potential prescriptive
measures. Existing federal or state code requirements, or those planned and expected to
be in effect through 2010, were typically used as the baseline value. For measures where
no code requirement existed, current industry practices identified during the evaluation
activities were used. For current FinAnswer Express measures, this step consisted of
reviewing the appropriateness of current baseline assumptions.
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 Set Minimum Efficiency Requirements. Recommended minimum efficiency levels for
potential new prescriptive measures were established based on findings from the
evaluation activities. In general, minimum efficiency requirements were set to match
current market levels established by others such as the Consortium for Energy Efficiency
(CEE) or Energy Star to leverage existing market awareness. For current FinAnswer
Express measures, this step consisted of reviewing the appropriateness of current
minimum efficiency requirements.
 Determine Deemed Unit Cost and Savings. Estimated incremental cost and savings
values were then determined for new prescriptive measures based on the proposed
minimum efficiency requirements and associated baselines. For current FinAnswer
Express measures, this step consisted of reviewing the appropriateness of current deemed
costs and savings values.
 Define Incentive Delivery Mechanism. For potential new prescriptive measures, a
recommended incentive delivery mechanism was identified. To maintain consistency and
help minimize program administrative costs, a post-purchase application and incentive
delivery process was the default approach. Specifically, the approach includes a flexible
post-purchase application process that allows customers to receive incentives directly, but
also allows for reassignment of incentives, providing vendors the opportunity to credit
eligible incentive amounts to their customers at the time of purchase and then receive
reimbursement from PacifiCorp. For current FinAnswer Express measures, this step
consisted of reviewing the appropriateness of the current incentive delivery mechanism.
 Identify Incentive Level. Proposed incentive levels for new prescriptive measures were
identified through an iterative process that considered the following factors:
― Estimated incremental customer costs
― Incentive levels offered by other utilities for similar measures
― Feedback from vendors
― The value of savings achieved by the measure
For current FinAnswer Express measures, this step consisted of reviewing the
appropriateness of current incentive values.
 Estimate Program Level Impacts. For potential new prescriptive measures, or when a
significant change in an existing prescriptive measure was recommended, estimates of the
incremental program savings and customer costs were prepared. Nexant estimated the
measure-level participation rates from a variety of sources, including referenced DSM
market potential studies, program participation estimates filed by other utilities for similar
measures, and realized values from existing programs.
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1.3 REPORT ORGANIZATION
The balance of this report presents results from the analysis approach outlined above.
Specifically:
 Sections 2-12 contain detailed summaries of the measure level analysis results for the
respective measure categories.
 Section 13 presents the estimated incremental savings and costs values associated with
changes recommended for current and new prescriptive measures in the program
 Section 14 includes a listing of references used to complete this evaluation
 Several appendices contain additional information and findings described in the main
body of the report

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Section 2 Appliances
2.1 APPLIANCE CATEGORY OVERVIEW
A new category of appliance measures has been added to the FinAnswer Express program to
help increase consistency among PacifiCorp’s energy efficiency programs. Specifically, the
Home Energy Savings program offers residential customers incentives for the purchase and
installation of a number of qualifying appliances, including:
 Ceiling Fans
 Clothes washers
 Dishwashers
 Refrigerators
 Room Air Conditioners
 Water Heaters
For non-residential customers, however, there is currently no companion program for the
purchase of these same qualifying appliances for use in non-residential facilities. To expand this
measure category, additional commercial grade appliances were included in the analysis. Please
note that dishwashers and refrigerators were evaluated as part of the Food Service category
presented in Section 6 of this report. As this is a new category of measures for the FinAnswer Express program, there were no existing measures revisited as part of this effort. Table 2-1
summarizes the specific appliance measures evaluated in this section.
Table 2-1. Evaluated Appliance Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Appliance Measures Potential New FinAnswer Express Appliance Measures
None Ceiling Fans (Residential used in Commercial)
Clothes Washers (Commercial)
Clothes Washers (Residential used in Commercial)
Room Air Conditioners (Residential used in Commercial)
Water Heaters (Commercial)
Water Heaters (Residential used in Commercial)
2.1.1 Appliance Category Descriptions
Following are more detailed descriptions of the individual appliance measures identified above in Table 2-1.
 Ceiling Fans: The definition of a ceiling fan was taken from the Code
of Federal Regulations: “Ceiling fan means a non-portable device that
is suspended from a ceiling for circulating air via the rotation of fan
blades.” (10 CFR part 430.2). This definition is consistent with that
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used by ENERGY STAR. Note that under the 2007 California Appliance Efficiency
Regulations, this definition is augmented with the language “…no more than 45° from
horizontal.”
 Clothes Washer (commercial): The definition of commercial clothes washers was taken from the Code of Federal Regulations: “Commercial clothes washer means a soft-mounted front-loading or soft-mounted top-
loading clothes washer that 1) has a clothes container compartment
that for horizontal-axis clothes washers, is not more than 3.5 cubic
feet and for vertical-axis clothes washers is not more than 4.0 cubic feet; and 2) is designed for use in applications in which the occupants of more than one household will be using the clothes
washer, such as multi-family housing common areas and coin
laundries; or other commercial applications” (10 CFR part
431.152). This definition is consistent with that used by ENERGY STAR and the current Washington and California state appliance standards.
 Clothes Washer (residential): The definition of residential clothes
washers was taken from the Code of Federal Regulations: “Clothes
washer means a consumer product designed to clean clothes, utilizing a
water solution of soap and/or detergent and mechanical agitation or other movement, and must be one of the following classes: automatic clothes washers, semi-automatic clothes washers, and other clothes washers” (10
CFR part 430.2).
 Room Air Conditioner: The definition of room air conditioners was taken from the
Code of Federal Regulations: “Room air conditioner means a consumer product, other than a “packaged terminal air conditioner,” which is powered by a single phase electric current and which is an encased assembly designed as a unit for
mounting in a window or through the wall for the purpose of providing
delivery of conditioned air to an enclosed space. It includes a prime
source of refrigeration and may include a means for ventilating and heating” (10 CFR part 430.2). Note that the California Appliance Efficiency Regulations uses a slightly different definition: “Room air
conditioner” means a factory-encased air conditioner that is designed (1)
as a unit for mounting in a window, through a wall, or as a console, and (2) for delivery
without ducts of conditioned air to an enclosed space” (CEC 2007).
 Water Heater (commercial): Commercial electric water heaters were defined analogous to residential water heaters (see next measure), with the distinction
that commercial water heaters have an electric input >12 kW compared to <12
kW for residential units. This analysis only considered storage type units –
instantaneous and heat pump water heaters were not evaluated. This definition is consistent with the breakpoint used in federal minimum efficiency requirements, described in greater detail in Section 2.4.
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 Water Heater (residential): For this analysis, the definition of a residential
electric water heater was adapted from the Code of Federal Regulations to be “a
product which utilizes oil, gas, or electricity to heat potable water for use outside
the heater upon demand, including (a) storage type units which heat and store water at a thermostatically controlled temperature, including … electric storage water heaters with an input of 12 kilowatts or less…” (10 CFR part 430.2).
Instantaneous and heat pump water heaters were not considered in this evaluation.
2.2 APPLIANCE MEASURE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Table 2-2 identifies the key informational resources utilized to conduct the appliance measure technology review. Detailed measure cost and savings data obtained from these resources are provided in Appendix B.
Table 2-2. Appliance Measure Informational Resources
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Clothes Washers (Commercial)   
Clothes Washers (Residential used in Commercial)     
Room Air Conditioners (Residential used in Commercial)    
Water Heaters (Commercial) 
Water Heaters (Residential used in Commercial)   
ENERGY STAR (www.energystar.gov) was the most useful resource for the evaluated appliance
measures. Currently, ENERGY STAR rates four of the six measures evaluated with estimated
customer cost and savings data available for each technology. The ENERGY STAR criteria for
Clothes Washers was revised in 2008 and includes more stringent eligibility criteria becoming effective on July 1, 2009 and again on January 1, 2011.. As of December 2008, ENERGY
STAR was not evaluating any revisions to the current versions of these four specifications.
The two measures not currently covered by ENERGY STAR are the commercial and residential
water heaters. ENERGY STAR released a final specification for residential water heaters on
April 1, 2008 (effective on January 1, 2009), but it will not address electric units. According to the final criteria analysis released by ENERGY STAR:
Both electric-resistance storage and tankless water heaters present limited individual
energy savings potential. Energy Factor is the ratio of useful energy output to the total
amount of energy delivered to the water heater. The perfect electric-resistance water heater could not exceed an Energy Factor of 1.0 due to this technology’s physical
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limitations. The best electric-resistance storage water heaters achieve an Energy Factor
of 0.95 and the best electric-resistance tankless water heaters achieve an Energy Factor
of 0.99. This technology has little to no room for improving its current energy savings.
A savings of 4.8% and 8.7% is not significant and does not offer meaningful differentiation in accordance with the ENERGY STAR guiding principles. In addition, electric resistance technology has nearly maximized its energy savings potential. Given
current and potential energy savings, electric resistance water heating technology is not
under consideration for ENERGY STAR. (ENERGY STAR Residential Water Heaters: Final Criteria Analysis, April 1, 2008)
There was a significant lack of information found on commercial electric storage water heaters. A review of the Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association (GAMA) Consumers' Directory of
Certified Efficiency Ratings for Water Heating Equipment found 39 certified units with only
about half appearing to meet the federal minimum efficiency requirements (GAMA 2008).
One other key finding from the technology review was a variation in the efficiency specifications between ENERGY STAR and CEE. Table 2-3 highlights these differences. It should be noted that the revised ENERGY STAR specification for Clothes Washers aligns ENERGY STAR with
CEE Tier 1 requirements on July 1, 2009 and CEE Tier 2 criteria on January 1, 2011.
Table 2-3. Clothes Washer Efficiency Specifications
Efficiency Level Minimum Modified Energy Factor Maximum Water Factor
ENERGY STAR 1.72 8.0
CEE Tier 1 1.80 7.5
CEE Tier 2 2.00 6.0
CEE Tier 3 2.20 4.5

2.3 UTILITY APPLIANCE DSM PROGRAM REVIEW
Table 2-4 identifies which of the evaluated utilities currently offer a prescriptive incentive to
non-residential customers for the evaluated electric appliance measures.
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Table 2-4. Appliance Measure Utility Prescriptive DSM Program Review
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Clothes Washers (Commercial)      2 
Clothes Washers (Residential used in Commercial)  1  1   1 2  1
Room Air Conditioners (Residential used in Commercial)    
Water Heaters (Commercial) 
Water Heaters (Residential used in Commercial)  1 1  1 
1 Incentives only available for residential customers
2 Incentive only available for systems with gas water heating
One additional utility-focused effort is the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA)
ENERGY STAR Consumer Products Program. From 2004 through 2006, this project sought to increase the residential market share of high-efficiency clothes washers (MEF of 1.8 or greater)
across NEEA’s four-state territory (WA, OR, ID and western MT) through coupons, promotional
activities, and field service support for retailers and manufacturers. This program is now part of
the larger Northwest ENERGY STAR market transformation initiative, using the collective
influence of participating utilities to achieve the same goal.
The key finding from the utility DSM program review is the absence of prescriptive offerings for
electric commercial water heaters. This trend was reinforced when the search umbrella was
expanded to a nationwide search using Google (www.google.com) and the Database of State
Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency (www.dsireusa.org).
In both instances where a prescriptive incentive was offered for ceiling fans, eligibility requirements mandated units with the integrated or attachable ENERGY STAR light fixture.
A detailed summary of the utility incentives and qualification requirements can be found in
Appendix C. In addition to the utility information summarized in Table 2-4, detailed cost and
savings data for three of the six appliance measures was obtained from PacifiCorp’s 2008 Home
Energy Savings program in Idaho. This information is summarized in Table 2-5.
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Table 2-5. Appliance Measure Information from PacifiCorp's Idaho Home Energy Savings Program
Measure Subcategory Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings 1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Customer Cost 2
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
Ceiling Fans -- Each 15 107 $25 $20
Clothes Washers (Residential) MEF 1.72 – 1.99 Each 14 226 $195 $50
MEF 2.0+ Each 14 250 $222 $75
Water Heaters (Residential) -- Each 10 91 $34 $50
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The Home Energy Savings program currently assumes a net-to-gross ratio of 0.80 for these
measures. 2 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
3 Incentives for Room Air-Conditioners are not offered by the Home Energy Savings program in Idaho.
2.4 APPLIANCE MEASURE CODE REVIEW
Each of the six evaluated appliance measures is subject to federal minimum efficiency
requirements. These standards are summarized below in Table 2-6.
Table 2-6. Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements for Appliance Measures
Measure Subcategory Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements Notes
Ceiling Fans --
(1) All ceiling fans manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, shall have the following features
(i) Fan speed controls separate from any lighting controls;
(ii) Adjustable speed controls (either more than 1 speed or variable speed);
(iii)The capability of reversible fan action, except for—
(A)Fans sold for industrial applications;
(B)Outdoor applications; and
(C) Cases in which safety standards would be violated by the use of the reversible mode.
(2) Ceiling fan light kits with medium screw base sockets manufactured on or after January 1, 2007,
(i) shall be packaged with screw-based lamps to fill all screw base sockets.
(ii) The screw-based lamps required under paragraph (2)(i) of this section shall—
(A)Meet the ENERGY STAR Program requirements for Compact Fluorescent Lamps, version 3; or
(B)Use light sources other than compact fluorescent
lamps that have lumens per watt performance at least equivalent to comparable configured compact fluorescent lamps meeting the energy conservation standards described in paragraph (2)(ii)(A) of this section.
(3) Ceiling fan light kits with pin-based sockets for fluorescent lamps manufactured on or after January 1, 2007 shall—
(i) Meet the ENERGY STAR Program Requirements for Residential Light Fixtures version 4.0 issued by the Environmental Protection Agency; and
(ii) Be packaged with lamps to fill all sockets.
(4) Ceiling fan light kits with socket types other than those covered in paragraphs (2) and (3) of this section, including candelabra screw base sockets, manufactured on or after January 1, 2009—
(i) Shall not be capable of operating with lamps that total more than 190 watts; and
(ii) Shall be packaged to include the lamps described
10 CFR part 430.32(s)
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Measure Subcategory Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements Notes
in clause (i) with the ceiling fan light kits.
Clothes Washers (commercial) --
Each commercial clothes washer manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, shall have—
(1) A modified energy factor of at least 1.26; and
(2) A water consumption factor of not more than 9.5.
10 CFR part 431.156
Clothes Washers (residential)
Top-Loading, Compact (less than 1.6 ft.3capacity)
Clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, shall have a modified energy factor no less than 0.65.
10 CFR part 430.32(g)
Top-Loading, Standard (1.6 ft.3or greater capacity)
Clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1,
2007, shall have a modified energy factor no less than 1.26.
Top-Loading, Semi-Automatic Clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, must have an unheated rinse water option.
Front-Loading Clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, shall have a modified energy factor no less than 1.26.
Suds-saving Clothes washers manufactured on or after January 1, 2007, must have an unheated rinse water option.
Room Air Conditioner
Room air conditioners manufactured on or after October 1, 2000 shall have a minimum energy efficiency ratio (EER) of:
10 CFR part 430.32(b)
Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h 9.7
Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h 9.7
Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 8,000 to 13,999 Btu/h 9.8
Without reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h 9.7
Without reverse cycle, with louvered
sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more 8.5
Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 6,000 Btu/h 9.0
Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 6,000 to 7,999 Btu/h 9.0
Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 8,000 to 13,999 Btu/h 8.5
Without reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 to 19,999 Btu/h 8.5
With reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more 8.5
With reverse cycle, with louvered sides, and less than 20,000 Btu/h 9.0
With reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and less than 14,000 Btu/h 8.5
With reverse cycle, with louvered
sides, and 20,000 Btu/h or more 8.5
With reverse cycle, without louvered sides, and 14,000 Btu/h or more 8.0
Casement-Only 8.7
Casement-Slider 9.5
Water Heater (commercial) Electric storage
Commercial water heaters manufactured on and after October 29, 2003 shall have a maximum standby loss of 0.30 + 27/Vm (%/hr) where Vm is the measured volume in gallons. Water heaters having more than 140 gallons of storage capacity need not meet the standby loss requirement if the tank surface area is thermally insulated to R–12.5 or more.
10 CFR part 431.110
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Measure Subcategory Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements Notes
Water Heater (residential) Electric storage
Residential water heaters manufactured on and after January 20, 2004 shall have a minimum energy factor
of 0.97-(0.00132*Vr) where Vr is the rated volume in gallons.
10 CFR part 430.32(d)
As part of the 2007 Energy Security and Independence Act signed into law on December 19,
2007, residential clothes washers manufactured after January 1, 2011 will be subject to a
maximum water factor of 9.5. The Act requires DOE to complete a rulemaking for revised
standards for clothes washers by 2012.
The Department of Energy (DOE) has commenced a rulemaking to amend the existing energy conservation standards for residential water heaters. Under the current schedule, a final rule is
anticipated by March, 2010. A similar effort is underway for room air conditioners with a final
ruling anticipated by June, 2011. Depending on the timing and changes reflected in these rulings,
adjustments to the estimated savings, costs, and incentives may be necessary for these two measures.
The minimum efficiency code requirements for appliance measures summarized in Table 2-6
represent the applicable code requirements in PacifiCorp’s California, Idaho, Utah, and
Washington service territories with the following exceptions:
 IECC 2006 specifies a maximum standby loss for electric commercial water heaters of 1.73*Vr+155 (Btu/hr) where Vr is the rated volume (gallons). In some cases, this efficiency requirement is more stringent than the Federal minimum efficiency
requirement.
 The California Appliance Efficiency Regulations provides additional minimum efficiency
requirements for commercial water heaters with an input to volume ratio ≥ 4,000 Btu/gallon (see Table 2-7). Also, the California Appliance Efficiency Regulations specifies maximum water factors for residential clothes washers that are more stringent
than federal code (see Table 2-8). These specifications are currently pre-empted by
federal standards. The California Energy Commission’s petition for a waiver from
Federal pre-emption of Califorina’s water conservation standards for residential clothes washers was denied on December 28, 2006. A lawsuit to settle the matter between the State of California and the Federal Government is currently proceeding in the Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Table 2-7. CA Commercial Water Heater Minimum Efficiency Requirements
Measure Subcategory Minimum Thermal Efficiency Maximum Standby Loss1
Water Heater (commercial)
Input to volume ratio ≥ 4,000
Btu/gal and electric storage <10 gallons 80% NA
Input to volume ratio ≥ 4,000 Btu/gal and electric storage >10 gallons 77% 2.30 + 67/Vm (%/hr) where Vm is the measured volume in gallons
1 Water heaters having more than 140 gallons of storage capacity need not meet the standby loss requirement if the tank surface area is thermally insulated to R–12.5 or more.
Table 2-8. CA Residential Clothes Washer Maximum Water Factors
Measure Subcategory Maximum Water Factor
Clothes Washer (residential) Effective 1/1/07 8.5
Effective 1/1/10 6.0
A summary of the current and expected forthcoming code requirements for appliance measures is presented in Table 2-9.
Table 2-9. Summary of Code Implications for Appliance Measures in Idaho
Measure Current Code Notes
Ceiling Fans (Residential used in Commercial) F
Clothes Washers (Commercial) F
Clothes Washers (Residential used in
Commercial) F Maximum water factor of 9.5 effective 01/2011. New
rulemaking to be completed by 2012.
Room Air Conditioner (Residential used in Commercial) F DOE is currently evaluating new requirements – final rule expected 06/2011
Water Heater (Commercial) IECC
Water Heater (Residential used in
Commercial) F DOE is currently evaluating new requirements – final
rule expected 03/2010
F = Federal Code
IECC = IECC 2006
2.5 APPLIANCE MEASURE VENDORS
Table 2-10 contains contact information for three identified vendors of appliance measures within PacifiCorp’s Idaho service territory.
Table 2-10. Representative Idaho Appliance Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Home Depot [phone]
Lowes [phone]
Northgate Appliance [phone]
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These vendors provide products for all of the appliance measures except commercial washers.
Table 2-11 contains the contact information of two identified suppliers of commercial washers.
Table 2-11. Idaho Commercial Laundry Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Thompsons, Inc. [phone]
American Meter and Appliance [phone]
As part of this evaluation, Nexant surveyed these vendors and others across PacifiCorp’s service
territories to identify current market awareness and trends associated with the evaluated
measures. Some key feedback received includes the following:
 Several Home Depot representatives from different states remarked that about three
quarters of the clothes washers they have for sale are ENERGY STAR models and that
the majority of people looking for a new clothes washer are looking for one that is energy
efficient.
 Commercial washer dealers echoed many of the findings that the residential washers mentioned. One company mentioned that all of the products offered are ENERGY STAR
rated, adding that most customers “don’t ask about ENERGY STAR, but we tell them.”
Another vendor stated that an incentive would be helpful in enticing people to buy
models that are more energy efficient than the ENERGY STAR rated models (such as CEE Tier 2 or 3).
 Another commercial washer vendor in Utah stated that in some jurisdictions, customers
looking to establish new laundromats are assessed an “Impact Fee” for increased water
and sewer usage. This fee is significant relative to the cost of machinery and does not
depend on the efficiency of the equipment being considered, rather solely on the capacity considered to be installed.
 General consensus among respondents is that sales of water heaters continue to be mostly
on an emergency basis. Customers’ primary concern with water heaters is price and
availability, but vendors did mention that customers will buy a high efficiency model if
the price difference is minimal.
The vendor survey instrument and additional vendor responses are provided in Appendix A.
2.6 APPLIANCE MEASURE PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Four of the six evaluated appliance measures are recommended for post-purchase prescriptive
incentive delivery under the FinAnswer Express program. These measures are all expected to be
installed upon equipment failure or as part of new construction opportunities. Therefore, no modifications are recommended to the baseline, incentives, or estimated savings between retrofit and new construction projects.
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Post-purchase prescriptive incentives are not recommended for commercial water heaters
because:
 Neither ENERGY STAR nor CEE recommend a minimum efficiency requirement, most
likely due to the limited savings potential beyond current code requirements,
 No other electric utilities appear to be offering a prescriptive incentive program for this measure, and
 Limited models are available.
While >12 kW commercial water heaters are not expected to be a high-volume measure, a
simplified analysis for use in processing custom applications can be found in Section 2.9.
To achieve parity with the Home Energy Savings program in Idaho, it is recommended that incentives not be offered through the FinAnswer Express program for Room Air Conditioners
(Residential used in commercial).
Eligibility requirements, estimated savings, and incentives for the recommended measures were
established to be consistent with PacifiCorp’s Home Energy Savings. A post-purchase customer incentive delivery mechanism, with the flexibility to allow customer assignment of incentives to vendors if desired, is recommended. In addition, it is recommended that the established Trade
Ally network for the Home Energy Savings program be utilized to support the delivery of these
measures to the non-residential market.
Table 2-12 contains a summary of the appliance measure prescriptive recommendations. Additional information on recommended baselines, measure eligibility requirements, cost, savings and incentives is provided in the balance of this section.
Table 2-12. Appliance Measure Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Delivery1
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Ceiling Fans (Residential used in Commercial)   
Clothes Washers (Commercial)   
Clothes Washers (Residential used in Commercial)   
Water Heaters (Residential used in Commercial)   
1 Due to the overlap of these measures with the Home Energy Savings program, leveraging this existing Trade Ally network is recommended for the identified prescriptive appliance measures.
2.7 APPLIANCE MEASURE BASELINES
Minimum equipment efficiency requirements as established by current codes (see Section 2.4) constitute the recommended baseline for all evaluated appliance measures.
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2.8 MINIMUM APPLIANCE MEASURE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Recommended minimum efficiency requirements for appliance measures are summarized in
Table 2-13.
Table 2-13. Appliance Measure Minimum Efficiency Recommendations
Measure Subcategory Recommended Minimum Efficiency Requirements
Ceiling Fans (Residential used
in Commercial) -- ENERGY STAR Qualified Ceiling Fan
Clothes Washers (Commercial)
MEF ≥ 1.72 WF ≤ 8.0 (prior to June 30, 2009)
MEF ≥ 1.8 WF ≤ 7.5 (effective to July 1, 2009)
ENERGY STAR Qualified Clothes Washer.
MEF 2.0+ WF ≤ 6.0 CEE Tier 2 or Tier 3 Qualified Clothes Washer.
Clothes Washers (Residential used in Commercial)
MEF ≥ 1.72 WF ≤ 8.0 (prior to June 30, 2009)
MEF ≥ 1.8 WF ≤ 7.5 (effective to July 1, 2009)
ENERGY STAR Qualified Clothes Washer.
MEF 2.0+ WF ≤ 6.0 CEE Tier 2 or Tier 3 Qualified Clothes Washer.
Water Heater (Commercial) Input >12 kW Electric storage water heater with a maximum standby loss of 0.30 + 27/Vm (%/hr) where Vm is the measured volume in gallons
Water Heater (Residential used in Commercial) -- 40+ gallon electric water heater with a minimum energy factor (EF) of 0.93
2.9 APPLIANCE MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS, AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Estimated measure lifetimes, annual energy savings, incremental customer costs, and incentives were taken from the 2008 Home Energy Savings program estimates for the three applicable
appliance measures. Corresponding cost estimates for commercial clothes washers were based on
information obtained from PG&E. Estimated energy savings are based on the residential clothes
washer savings multiplied by the ratio of estimated annual commercial loads versus residential
loads obtained from ENERGY STAR. Home Energy Savings program estimates for clothes washers incorporate a weighting factor adjusting savings to account for customers with gas water
heating or gas dryers. As such, any Rocky Mountain Power customer is eligible to apply for
incentives for clothes washers, regardless of type of fuel used to supply hot water or dryer heat.
Table 2-14 summarizes the key measure information for the recommended appliance measures.
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Table 2-14. Prescriptive Appliance Measure Information
Measure Subcategory Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost 3
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
Ceiling Fans (Residential used in Commercial) -- Each 15 107 0.008 $25 $20
Clothes Washers (Commercial)
ENERGY STAR Qualified Each 5 548 0.120 $175 $150
CEE Tier 2,3 Each 5 606 0.132 $262 $200
Clothes Washers (Residential used in Commercial)
ENERGY STAR Qualified Each 14 226 0.049 $195 $50
CEE Tier 2,3 Each 14 250 0.055 $222 $75
Water Heaters (Commercial) Input >12 kW -- 10
See Equation
2-1 on
page 2-13
0.000 Actual $0.10/kWh
Water Heaters (Residential used in Commercial) -- Each 10 91 0.010 $34 $50
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
The recommended simplified analysis for estimating the gross peak annual energy savings for
commercial water heaters submitted as a custom measure under the FinAnswer Express program
is shown in Equation 2-1.
C
SLkWh/yr ×
×∆=η
8760 Equation 2-1
where
∆SL = incremental standby loss difference between a code-compliant commercial
water heater and the proposed/installed unit (Btu/hr)
η = the thermal efficiency of the proposed/installed unit (%) C = constant (3,413 Btu/kWh)
2.10 APPLIANCE MEASURE OUTLOOK
Based on the current schedule of the new federal minimum efficiency requirements for
residential water heaters in 2010, PacifiCorp will need to revisit and potentially adjust measure data. Due to the limited savings potential for residential water heaters, removal of this particular
measure from the program may be necessary following any further increase in minimum
efficiency requirements.
In addition, measure eligibility requirements, savings, and incentives for recommended
prescriptive appliance measures may need to be adjusted to reflect more stringent baseline requirements, following changes and increases in recommended energy efficiency tiers by
ENERGY STAR, CEE, and other recognized industry leaders.

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Section 3 Compressed Air
3.1 COMPRESSED AIR OVERVIEW
A list of compressed air measures were investigated for suitability in the FinAnswer Express
program. The investigated measures are listed in Table 3-1.
Table 3-1. Evaluated Compressed Air Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Compressed Air Measures Potential New FinAnswer Express Compressed Air Measures
None Engineered Nozzles
Low Pressure-drop Filters
Pressure/Flow Controllers
Purge Control on Desiccant Dryers
Receiver Capacity Addition
Refrigerated Cycling Dryers
VFD Controlled Compressor
Zero Loss Condensate Drains
Outside Air Intake
Automatic Bag House Filter Cleaner Controls
Waste Heat Recovery
3.1.1 Compressed Air Measure Descriptions
Following are more detailed descriptions of the measures listed in Table 3-1.
 Engineered Nozzles: Compressed air is commonly used to remove solids or liquids
from a surface, cool an object, or move parts down a path. These are considered “open
blowing” applications. When open compressed air blowing is used, it often takes the
form of copper tubing, bent to direct the compressed air where it is needed. Sometimes the tip of the tubing is crimped to create a simple nozzle. Other times holes are drilled into a pipe to create a long impact area. In most instances a manual valve and/or pressure
regulator is installed ahead of the nozzles to control the flow. For applications that
require open compressed air blowing, using an appropriate engineered nozzle will reduce
compressed air consumption.
Virtually all open blowing applications will be more effective and use less compressed air if an engineered nozzle is applied. Greater or equal impingement forces can be achieved with
less air consumption. Some engineered nozzles have multiple openings and are designed to
entrain surrounding air to increase their effectiveness. Open blowing applications and the
use of engineered nozzles are very sensitive to site details. There are often several different ways to accomplish the same task using varying amounts of compressed air. There may also be non-energy benefits to engineered nozzles, such as reduced noise levels and increased
safety.
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Reducing air consumption saves energy at the air compressor. If the compressor has poor
part load performance, such as with an inlet modulating screw compressor, very little energy
may be saved (~.05 kW/cfm). If the compressor has efficient part load performance, such as
a variable speed screw compressor, the energy savings can be significant (~.18 kW/cfm). In some multiple compressor installations, a modest reduction in air demand may allow a compressor to turn off which can save a great deal of energy.
A nozzle may be an “engineered” and machined part, but still consist of a simple orifice with
only marginal improvement over the performance of a copper tube. In situations where
copper tube or drilled pipe is used, any nozzle will be an improvement. In situations that already have basic nozzles, there may be several better nozzles that can accomplish the same task using less air. In summary, “Basic” nozzles and “high efficiency” nozzles represent two
points on a continuum as opposed to discrete categories. Open blowing is used varying
fractions of the time. On one extreme, a blow gun may be installed by a particular machine,
but is only used once every few weeks for 5 or 10 seconds. On the other extreme, air may be blown continuously as part of a manufacturing process. These applications may use the same nozzles, but have vastly different potential for energy savings.
Due to the wide variety of nozzle types, the fact that each has unique usage characteristics
and applications, the difficulty generating a baseline energy consumption estimate and the
lack of a suitable definition or eligibility requirement for “high efficiency” nozzles, a prescriptive incentive program using deemed savings and costs is not recommended for engineered nozzles at this time and is not further explored in this analysis.
 Low Pressure-Drop Filters: Coalescing filters are designed to remove solids and
aerosols from compressed air. Aerosols coalesce into liquids that fall to the bottom of the
filter body and are removed through a drain to a condensate system. Standard coalescing filters have the following general properties:
• Filter housing is fairly small,
• Filter housing is usually supported by the compressed air pipe, and does not rest on
the floor,
• Element life is typically 6 to 12 months,
• Elements are fairly dense and thin, about ¼” thick,
• Filters are less effective at low velocity/flow and many standard coalescing filters
lose effectiveness at low air velocity, and
• Moderate pressure drop (new coalescing filters may have losses of 3 psi at rated flow
and pressure drop at element change may be 4 to 6 psi).
Loose-packed, deep-bed coalescing filters have lower pressure drop, longer element life and perform the same task as standard coalescing filters but have the following differences:
• Filter housing is much larger, usually resting on the floor,
• Element life is typically 5 years or longer, ranging up to 15 years,
• Elements are thicker, about 2” thick,
• Filtration remains effective at low velocity,
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• More expensive than standard coalescing filters, and
• Low pressure drop (manufacturers generally guarantee 1 psi or less pressure drop at
rated flow when new (often the pressure drop is less than 0.5 psi) and pressure drop at
element change is 2 to 3 psi).
Higher filter pressure losses force the customer to raise the compressor pressure settings to achieve the same air pressure at the users. Once pressure settings are raised, they are rarely
lowered. At higher discharge pressures, compressors consume more energy. Some low
pressure drop filters are installed without adjusting the compressor settings to take advantage
of the reduced pressure loss of the filter. In this situation, energy use may actually increase
due to higher line pressures and increased air consumption by leaks and unregulated users.
 Pressure/Flow Controllers: Pressure/flow controllers are used to maintain the pressure
in the distribution piping at a steady level, while allowing the compressor discharge
pressure to vary. This reduces artificial demand, compressor capacity, and compressor
power.
Artificial demand is the extra compressed air consumed by leaks and unregulated users when the line pressure is higher than it needs to be. For example, if a system needs 80 psig line
pressure to function effectively, but the line pressure is 90 psig, all of the leaks and
unregulated users will consume more air. This increases the compressor capacity and power.
In medium and large compressed air systems, increasing the line pressure from 80 to 90 psig can cost another 100 hp or more of compressor power.
Using a flow controller to maintain the line pressure at the minimum acceptable pressure
saves compressor power. Most flow controllers are able to maintain the downstream
pressure to within 2 psi of the setpoint or better, sometimes less than 1 psi deviation. To be
effective, compressed air must be stored at higher pressure in receiver tanks ready to be released through the flow controller when the demand changes.
Some flow controllers are electronically actuated with user-adjustable tuning. Somewhat less
expensive are pneumatically powered flow controllers. These may require a minimum
differential to operate properly. For example, if you want to maintain 80 psig downstream
pressure, the upstream pressure must be at least 85 psig. On some smaller single compressor systems, a low cost regulator is used as a flow controller. These do not have precise
downstream pressure control.
With a flow controller, the compressor discharge pressure may be raised which can offset
some of the energy savings. Flow controllers can be very effective when intelligently
applied on large multiple compressor systems. In these systems, the air stored at elevated pressure in the tanks can allow the system to ride through a temporary increase in
compressed air demand without starting an additional compressor. On smaller single
compressor systems, the energy benefits are less clear, because the compressor pressure
settings must be raised. With variable speed compressors, flow controllers are generally not
needed except in special circumstances. Due to the fact that pressure/flow controllers are most useful and more commonly installed on larger compressed air systems (>100hp) which
usually have specific operating characteristics, this measure is not recommended for a
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prescriptive incentive program targeted at smaller compressed air systems and it not explored
further as part of this analysis.
 Purge Control on Desiccant Dryers: Desiccant dryers purge compressed air as part of
the desiccant regeneration process to help regenerate or purge the dryer. Basic dryer controls use a fixed timer to regenerate the dryer, regardless of the actual moisture load. Purge saving controls can be used to measure the moisture load on the dryer and delay
dryer purging until necessary. When purging is delayed, the air compressors operate at
reduced capacity and reduced power for a longer period of time. The amount of energy
savings depends on the part load efficiency of the compressors.
When purchasing a new dryer, the customer often has the option of adding purge saving controls. The cost of adding purge saving controls is usually a fixed amount, regardless of
the size of the dryer. This makes it very cost effective for large dryers, but less cost effective
for smaller dryers. Different dryer manufacturers have different control offerings. From
some manufacturers, purge saving controls are standard within some sizes and types of dryers. Other manufacturers offer better and best purge saving controls, which use different methods to calculate moisture load and delay dryer purging.
The methods used to determine moisture load vary. Some dryers use dewpoint sensors on
the air exiting the dryer and regenerate the tower when the dewpoint hits a certain level.
Others sense the dewpoint part way through the desiccant bed. Others don’t measure dewpoint directly at all, but measure dryer load using other sensors and techniques. Failed dewpoint sensors are commonly observed in the field. When a sensor fails, the operator can
put the dryer into a timer based regeneration mode, which regenerates the dryer on a timed
basis without regard to moisture load. In timer mode, the dryer purges the maximum amount
of compressed air. The dryer works just fine in timer mode and replacement sensors can cost several hundred dollars, so often the dryer remains in this mode for years. A great deal of energy could be saved by simply replacing all of the failed dewpoint sensors and putting
existing dryers back into the purge saving mode.
It is possible to retrofit most desiccant dryers with dewpoint controls. However, few vendors
are interested in this as it involves researching the existing dryer, custom installation, integrating the purge controls with the existing dryer controls, and it is not a large sale for the vendor.
 Receiver Capacity Addition: Adding receiver volume to a compressed air system may
allow the system to operate at lower pressure, slow compressor cycling, and allow for
better sequencing of compressors.
Virtually all new compressed air systems are sold with some compressed air storage. On small systems, the compressor may be tank-mounted. On medium and large systems the
tanks are installed separately. Tanks can be located at the compressor discharge, after the
filters and dryer, and near users. A tank can also be dedicated to a particular user to allow it
to function more reliably or to allow it to function at lower line pressures.
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The clearest case where receiver capacity directly impacts energy consumption is on
compressors that use inlet modulation due to the lack of receiver tank capacity. Adding a
receiver tank and changing the compressor to operate in load/unload mode can have dramatic
energy savings. This is among the fastest payback compressed air energy projects. Most compressor manufacturers do not sell compressors with only inlet modulating controls, and most compressors are able to operate load/unload with standard factory controls. The notable
exception is Rogers Machinery which still sells modulation only compressors. Rogers
Machinery has a large market share in PacifiCorp’s Washington and California service
territories, but little or no presence in Rocky Mountain Power service territory.
The classic application for additional receiver volume is a system using load/unload controls with marginal receiver volume. Adding receiver volume can reduce the average compressor
power. When the compressor unloads, the power does not instantly fall all the way to the
fully unloaded power, but decays over a period of time. If the receiver capacity is relatively
small, the compressor may have to load again before the compressor has reached the fully unloaded power.
When older design oil injected screw compressors unload, the power falls slowly, taking 60
seconds or more to reach minimum power. On many newer design compressors the power
falls much more quickly. With newer design compressors, there is less energy benefit to
adding receiver volume. There are various reasons and ways to apply receiver tanks to compressed air systems, including many applications that are not discussed here. Adding receiver tank volume without a thorough analysis of the existing sytem is likely to save little
or no energy.
 Refrigerated Cycling Dryers: At reduced capacity, cycling refrigerated dryers use less
energy than non-cycling dryers. Non-cycling refrigerated dryers use a nearly constant amount of energy, regardless of compressed air flow. Cycling refrigerated dryers use energy nearly in proportion to the compressed air flow.
Thermal mass cycling refrigerated dryers cool a thermal mass (usually a glycol/water
mixture), and then shut-off until the thermal mass warms up due to compressed air flow and
temperature. When the air flow and air temperature is low, the dryer will be off most of the time. Some thermal mass cycling dryers operate a pump continuously to circulate the thermal mass. Some cycling dryers cool only a metal heat exchanger as the thermal mass.
This type of cycling dryer has less energy savings at reduced capacity. Non-cycling dryers
run continuously, regardless of air flow.
Some manufacturers offer non-cycling dryers only in small sizes. In larger sizes all of the offered products may be cycling or thermal mass cycling dryers. Other manufacturers offer both cycling and non-cycling dryers for all size ranges. Very large refrigerated dryers (above
~3,000 SCFM) are all likely to have good part load performance.
Some cycling dryers can be switched to operate in non-cycling mode on the control panel.
Most of the time dual mode dryers are found operating in the less efficient non-cycling mode. This is likely because a dryer in non-cycling mode is always making noise assuring the operator that it is functioning.
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 VFD Controlled Compressor: Variable speed oil injected screw compressors are more
efficient than fixed speed oil injected screw compressors at medium and low capacity. At
full capacity, fixed speed oil injected screw compressors are fairly efficient but at reduced
capacity, their efficiency can suffer dramatically.
Screw compressors using inlet modulation consume about 70% power at 0% capacity. Variable displacement controls are quite efficient between 70% and 100% capacity, but
below this capacity the efficiency drops quickly. Variable displacement controls are also
frequently out of adjustment. Load/unload operation can be efficient across a range of
operation depending on the fully unloaded power, compressor settings, and receiver tank capacity. In Cascade Energy’s engineering judgment, if the part load efficiency of all compressors in PacifiCorp territory were blended based upon their relative abundance, the
average power at 0% capacity is about 50% of full load power.
Variable speed oil injected compressors are slightly less efficient at full load due to variable
frequency drive (VFD) losses and air end speed issues, but are significantly more efficient than other control methods at medium and low load. Many variable speed compressors are able to cycle on and off during periods of low load, providing excellent efficiency at very
low capacity.
In the field of oil-free screw compressors, variable speed compressors have a much smaller
benefit over fixed speed compressors. Fixed speed oil free screw compressors operate load/unload, but when they unload, there is no sump to depressurize, so the power falls to the minimum power almost instantly (about 1 second). The unloaded power of oil free screw
compressors is also quite low, typically about 20% of full load power. Given this efficient
baseline part load performance, oil free variable speed applications were excluded from
consideration for inclusion in the FinAnswer Express program.
 Zero Loss Condensate Drains: Liquid water must be removed from the compressed air system. Timer type drains vent some compressed air and are frequently adjusted very
conservatively, wasting compressed air. Zero loss drains do not consume compressed air.
A low cost way to remove liquid water from a compressed air system is a timer drain. These
have two dials where the drain frequency and duration are set. In the field, they are usually set very conservatively, draining water for 1 to 3 seconds, but venting air for an additional 5 to 20 seconds. When the drain actuates, it also causes a large jump in compressed air
demand. This can force an additional compressor to start in some circumstances.
Zero loss drains remove the water without venting compressed air. They can be
electronically or pneumatically actuated. Zero loss drains can be installed improperly, so some care must be taken to follow the manufacturer recommendations.
 Outside Air Intake: Original Definition: Air compressors may produce greater mass
flow when cooler air is supplied to the compressor inlet. There is also a slight increase in
compressor efficiency with cooler inlet air. Automatic controls can determine if the
outside air or compressor room is cooler, and then supply the air compressor with inlet air from the cooler location.
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Cascade Findings: Automatic controls to select the inlet air source based on compressor
room and outside air temperatures are extremely rare. An updated definition for this measure
was used.
Updated Definition: Compressors drawing cooler outside air operate with slightly greater efficiency. This is accomplished by ducting air from outside the compressor room to the inlet of the compressor.
Screw compressors trap a fixed volume of air and reduce its volume. When the inlet air is
hotter, there are less air molecules in the trapped volume, and the mass flow rate of the
compressor is reduced. Compressor room temperature control is generally not a high plant priority, and many compressor rooms are neither heated nor cooled. When using cooler inlet air, the full load capacity of the compressor increases. This allows the compressor to operate
at a lower percent capacity to produce the same flow rate. If the compressor has good part
load efficiency, then energy will be saved. If the compressor has poor part load efficiency,
then the savings may be negligible. Large centrifugal compressors virtually always draw air from outside the compressor room. This is also generally true for large air cooled screw compressors. It is much less common for medium and small screw compressors.
 Automatic Bag House Filter Cleaner Controls: Bag houses commonly use a fixed
timer to pulse compressed air to clean the filters. Automatic controls can detect the filter
condition and clean the filters only as needed, reducing compressed air consumption.
A Photohelic® pressure switch can start the compressed air pulsing cycle when the pressure drop across the filters reaches a high level, and stop the pulsing when the pressure drop
reaches a low level. Other similar systems do not use a Photohelic® switch, but accomplish
basically the same thing. This type of control is available as a factory upgrade on most bag
houses. It is essentially standard equipment on some types of bag house.
On bag houses which operate without any fan controls, there may be additional energy savings from the fan, as its power will be reduced due to a higher average filter differential
pressure and reduced air flow. On bag houses with fan controls (VFD, inlet guide vane,
dampers) the fan may consume more energy if filter cleaning is reduced. In general,
compressed air energy consumption by a baghouse is small in comparison to the baghouse fan energy. The ratio of fan energy use to associated compressed air use may be 100:1 or more. Compressed air measures can affect the more significant fan power consumption, and
energy efficiency upgrades should address the broader system in most instances.
 Waste Heat Recovery: Most of the electrical energy consumed by an air compressor is
rejected as heat. Instead of rejecting this heat to the atmosphere, it can be used to heat air or water and reduce the use of other heat sources.
About 85% of the electrical input energy of an air compressor is rejected as heat and vented
to the atmosphere. The most common use of this heat is to duct the cooling air from air
cooled compressors into a shop or manufacturing space during the winter. During the
summer, the damper is set to discharge the air outside. Water can also be heated (or pre-heated) in water cooled compressors. This may require installing special heat exchangers to
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satisfy potable water requirements. The reclaimed heat primarily displaces natural gas
consumption in PacifiCorp service territory.
3.2 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Table 3-2 identifies the key informational resources utilized to conduct the compressed air measure technology review.
Table 3-2. Compressed Air Measure Informational Resources
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 CEE/Compressed Air Challenge: The Consortium for Energy Efficiency is a primary
sponsor of the Compressed Air Challenge (CAC), a voluntary collaboration of industry
representatives, State agencies, utilities and other energy efficiency organizations that aim to improve the performance of existing compressed air systems. The CAC publishes
the Best Practices for Compressed Air, an industry reference source used by end-users to
optimize installed compressed air systems. In cooperation with the U.S. Department of
Energy – Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (US DOE-EERE), the
Compressed Air Challenge sponsors training workshops throughout the country aimed at boosting the energy efficiency of compressed air systems and training participants to
become AirMaster+ Compressed Air Software qualified specialists.
 Regional Technical Forum: The Regional Technical Forum (RTF) was the key
information resource reviewed for compressed air measures. The Regional Technical
Forum is an advisory committee established by the Northwest Power and Conservation Council in 1999 to develop standards related to the evaluation and verification of energy
savings from conservation. One of the primary roles of the Council has been to support
the energy efficiency services offered by the Bonneville Power Administration. The RTF
does not itself operate or fund resource acquisition or market transformation programs.
Rather, the RTF prepares and maintains a list of energy efficiency measures and renewable resource options that are eligible to qualify for credit when submitted to
Bonneville by its customer-utilities. Measures are evaluated, reviewed, and approved for
listing by the RTF. In some cases, where the performance of a measure is sufficiently
quantifiable and repeatable, deemed savings for the measure are included in the approval.
Following is the list of conservation measures and activities for compressed air which are eligible under Bonneville Power Administration programs:
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 Installation of efficiency improvements such as humidity controls for the purge
function on twin tower dryers,
 Automatic shutdown timers,
 Compressor change outs,
 Improved sequencing controls,
 Adding receiver capacity to systems with load/unload controls,
 Piping upgrades,
 Reduction of air leaks when accompanied by an ongoing monitoring and maintenance
program, and
 Adding unloaders to existing or proposed compressed air systems.
Deemed savings have not been established for any of these measures. Savings are calculated
on a custom basis for each project by BPA technical staff, local utility staff, or technical
contractors brought in by either BPA or the local utility to assist with the project. Efficiency
incentives are paid by the utility providing electric service to the end-use customer, not by the RTF.
 Industrial Technologies Program: The US DOE-EERE distributes and maintains the
AirMaster+ Compressed Air software program, which is designed to model the operation
of a compressor and evaluate the energy savings and effectiveness of a number of
different system upgrades and operational changes. The US DOE-EERE sponsors the Compressed Air Challenge training program and publishes a sourcebook outlining ways to improve compressed air system performance.
 PacifiCorp and Xcel DSM Assessments: The PacifiCorp 2007 Systemwide DSM
Assessment determined the end-use savings potential of air compressor improvements
and air compressor operations and maintenance measures each at 18% of baseline energy consumption. The Xcel Energy 2006 Colorado DSM Market Potential Assessment described groups of compressed air measures consisting of controls, system optimization,
sizing, and operations and maintenance, but did not provide savings potential estimates.
3.3 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE UTILITY PROGRAM REVIEW
Except for the Focus on Energy program in Wisconsin and the Energy Trust of Oregon, none of the evaluated utilities currently offer non-residential customers a prescriptive incentive for the evaluated compressed air measures. The Focus on Energy program offers a prescriptive
incentive only for a new VSD-equipped compressor while the Energy Trust provides prescriptive
incentives for a selection of common compressed air measures through the Production Efficiency
program for small industrial customers. Nearly all utilities provide incentives for compressed air measures through custom incentive programs which pay incentives based on the estimated energy savings. Table 3-3 summarizes the utilities who offer a structured custom incentive
specifically for qualifying compressed air efficiency measures. Each utility program is reviewed
below.
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Table 3-3. Compressed Air Measure Utility Prescriptive DSM Program Review
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 Alliant Energy/Focus on Energy: The Focus on Energy program in Wisconsin offers
incentives for customers who perform a compressed air system audit or leak survey. A
rebate of up to $7,500 is available to customers to have a system audit performed that logs compressor kW and system pressure for one week, provides a detailed system
description and makes improvement recommendations with estimated energy savings and
costs. Any customer who performs a qualifying leak survey can receive up to 50% of the
survey cost and a matching amount if the leaks are repaired within 90 days. Additionally,
the program offers a post-purchase prescriptive incentive of $70/hp for a new CAGI-certified, VSD-equipped compressor that replaces an existing oil-flooded, air-cooled
screw compressor of similar size.
 Bonneville Power Administration (BPA): BPA provides technical support to industrial
end-users in collaboration with its utility customers serving those end-users. Technical
support is targeted at identifying industrial energy-efficiency opportunities, prioritizing the most promising opportunities by savings potential as well as likelihood of follow-
through on the part of the end-user customer, and supporting implementation with custom
engineering studies, savings calculations, data logging, data analysis, and M&V
activities.
Compressed air efficiency measures are encouraged and supported as an important source of savings in the large industrial sector, and compressed air is a common opportunity identified
in the scoping studies. This custom approach, however, is available primarily to larger
industrial customers because the costs involved in providing detailed scoping and
engineering to smaller operations with limited savings potential is high. There is a lively
interest in exploring and developing more streamlined, cost-effective approaches to identify and deliver compressed air savings in smaller facilities, or on small, well-defined projects in
larger facilities.
Incentives are currently administered in the following manner. The regional utilities who
purchase power from BPA determine the specific details of the incentive offerings that they
pay to their end-use industrial customers. As a result, incentive rates and caps vary. The maximum rate a utility is able to claim credit for within the agreements they have with BPA
(the Conservation Rate Credit or Conservation Augmentation Agreement) is 12 cents/kWh if
they have elected to make use of BPA technical services; 15 cents/kWh if not. Some utilities
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elect to provide their own technical services. The basic incentive rate will depend on which
utility’s service territory a project takes place within; it may be 9, 12, or 15 cents/kWh.
Project cost caps also vary, with 70% of incremental cost as the maximum. Some utilities
use 50%.
For projects involving compressors less than 100 hp, a convenient Excel-based tool (created by Cascade Energy Engineering) which is available on the BPA website may be used in lieu
of an engineering study. This is a recent development that hasn’t been marketed broadly, so
substantial vendor uptake has not yet emerged at this time. The Energy Trust of Oregon has
recently begun a more intensive outreach with a tool-based approach for smaller industrial compressed air projects. This is an area of great opportunity to build a coordinated, collaborative approach across the Pacific Northwest region.
 Energy Trust of Oregon: The Energy Trust of Oregon’s resource acquisition program
in the industrial sector is called “Production Efficiency.” Services offered to the larger
industrial customers of PGE and Pacific Power include no-cost energy audits,
engineering studies, limited project management oversight, commissioning assistance, and incentive funding. The ETO program is administered by three Program Delivery
Contractors (PDC’s), who either provide these services themselves or use Allied
Technical Assistance Contractors (ATACs) to perform preliminary walkthroughs and
detailed engineering studies. Most projects in the Production Efficiency program use the custom track to determine incentives. A prescriptive incentive path is also available for
relatively simple projects such as motor replacement, lighting, and certain HVAC
measures.
In the area of compressed air, both supply and demand-side equipment is eligible for
incentive funding, either as a retrofit or as new construction project. Incentives are paid at the rate of 15 cents per kWh saved, with an incentive cap of 50% of project cost. These
savings are determined during the course of the study provided by the PDC or the ATAC,
which often involve data logging to characterize the load profile on the compressed air
system. Besides efficient compressor and control configurations, additional measures are
commonly recommended, such as adding appropriate receiver capacity, establishing leak repair programs, and altering the distribution system. There are no prescriptive measures for
compressed air at present.
The custom-study method used for large industrial projects has not produced as many smaller
projects as desired. Cost effectiveness has been an issue, and the paperwork-process burden
perceived by vendors and contractors appears to be a barrier. However, ETO recently initiated a series of prescriptive compressed air measures which make of use of Excel-based
tools that feature a straightforward set of inputs tailored specifically for use by vendors. This
is part of a new emphasis on reaching small customers in the industrial segment.
The Small Industrial Initiative has an expanding set of Excel-based tools and prescriptive
measures, using elements of the successful lighting trade ally approach among other groups of vendors serving the small industrial market. The vendor-trade allies are the primary
delivery mechanism for the program. Program and tool design focus on supporting and
educating them and on streamlining the participation process. Transparency, ease of use, and
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quick turnaround are vital if vendors are to become advocates of the program and proactively
drive projects to completion. Notably, the Excel tool integrates the technical input with
program participation forms and Oregon Business Energy Tax Credit applications.
To date, two Excel-based tools have been developed and tested. One is for the replacement of a single compressor with a single compressor, and the second for the replacement of two compressors with a single compressor. The Energy Trust Program Delivery Contractor for
small industrial customers meets with each compressed air vendor individually to present the
tool, provide guidance on its use, provide training on Energy Trust processes, and to have an
exchange about mutual expectations. Vendors who wish to use the tool and actively participate in the program become Energy Trust trade allies, and will be listed on the Energy Trust website as such. The tools are intended for use with compressors up to 75 hp. Data
logging to establish the baseline operating profile is encouraged but not required.
Application of the tool may be extended to compressors up to 100 hp if data logging is used
to characterize system operation in order to improve the confidence of energy savings estimates and operating cost reduction.
Once the processes associated with these tools are well established, attention will be turned
toward the development of streamlined methods to address other compressed air
opportunities on both the supply side and the demand side, including many listed in this
document.
 Xcel Energy: Xcel Energy provides a structured approach to identifying and implementing measures to improve the efficiency of compressed air systems. Only
compressed air systems larger than 50hp can qualify for the program. Xcel Energy
provides an incentive to customers to defray the cost of a compressed air system audit
performed by a qualifying alliance vendor or engineering consultant. The audit results in a report with a list of system recommendations, rebate opportunities and estimated energy savings. The incentive for obtaining a system audit is 100% of the compressed air audit,
up to $2,500 for systems between 50 and 99hp, and 75% of the costs up to $15,000 for
systems 100hp or larger. Once the report is completed, customers must obtain pre-
approval for any measures they wish to implement. Xcel Energy pays an additional incentive of up to $200 per kW saved following the installation of pre-approved compressed air efficiency measures.
3.4 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE CODE REVIEW
Compressors and components of compressed air systems are not subject to any energy
performance requirements in either State or Federal codes. The major compressed air industry organization, the Compressed Air and Gas Institute (CAGI), has developed a voluntary performance certification program for lubricated rotary screw compressors from 50-200hp and
standalone refrigerated compressed air dryers from 200-1,000 scfm. CAGI certifies
manufacturer’s stated air flow capacities and efficiencies and allows manufacturers to post the
CAGI Program Verification Seal on the equipment. CAGI randomly tests two units per participant per year to verify that the submitted ratings accurately represent the equipment listed
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on their website. The certification program is barely established and only included fourteen (14)
compressors from 8 manufacturers as of May 2008.
3.5 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE VENDORS
Table 3-4 and Table 3-5 contain contact information for three identified vendors of compressed air systems within Idaho and three baghouse control vendors, respectively.
Table 3-4. Idaho Compressed Air Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Air Equipment Co. [phone]
Atlas Copco [phone]
Maddox Compressor [phone]

Table 3-5. Bag House Filter Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Baxter Air Engineering [phone]
G.E. Energy [phone]
EAG/Goyen [phone]

Vendor feedback by measure included the following:
 Engineered Nozzles: Only one compressor equipment vendor stocked or sold
compressed air nozzles regularly. These nozzles were limited to sandblasting nozzles
and blow gun nozzles that would be used for blowing off equipment or personnel. This vendor offers “standard” and venturi-type nozzles. Standard nozzles are priced at $10 to
$30 based on size. Venturi nozzles are two to three times the cost of standard nozzles.
About 50% of blow gun nozzle sales were venturi-type nozzles. Most compressor
equipment vendors have access to compressed air nozzles if a customer requests them,
but sell very few or none.
 Low Pressure Drop Filters: No vendors stocked low pressure drop filters. Most
vendors reported that these filters comprise 10% or less of total coalescing filter sales,
with about half reporting 5% or less. Two vendors indicated 50% of filter sales were low
pressure drop type. Deep bed filtration is very rare on small systems, generally under 75
HP. On large multiple compressor systems it becomes more common. Two vendors commented that installation is much higher with utility participation. Most vendors
indicated that the low pressure drop filters are three to ten times the cost of standard
coalescing filters. Two vendors indicated that the incremental cost was 30-50%.
 Pressure/Flow Controllers: No vendors stocked large flow controllers. One vendor
stocked smaller simpler regulator type units. Most vendors reported that pressure/flow controllers are sold with 5% or less of new systems. One vendor reported 25% and
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another 50%. Occasionally vendors sell these on a retrofit basis, which is frequently with
some utility involvement.
 Purge Control On Desiccant Dryers: No vendors stocked desiccant dryers. Purge
saving controls are ordered with a new dryer and supplied by the factory. No vendors indicated that they retrofit existing dryers with purge saving controls. Vendors almost unanimously reported that purge saving controls are sold with about 50% of desiccant
dryers. The percentage increases with dryer size. The cost to add purge saving controls
is fixed, regardless of the dryer size, as the same controls package is used on small and
large dryers. Most vendors reported that installing the purge controls added $2,000 to $4,000 to the price of the dryer. One vendor indicated that purge saving controls were standard on dryers over 200 SCFM (about 40 HP). Another vendor indicated that they
have three types of controls, including standard timer controls, “better” controls which
reduce purge losses somewhat and add 5% to 10% to the price, and “best” controls which
maximize purge savings and add 25% to 50% to the cost of the dryer.
 Receiver Capacity Addition: All vendors stock smaller receiver tanks, up to about 400 gallons, and can deliver larger tanks within a few days. All vendors reported that new
systems are nearly always sold with some receiver tank capacity, and that it is up-sold
whenever possible. Most vendors reported some retrofit sales to help solve customer
problems or as part of energy upgrades with utility involvement.
 Refrigerated cycling dryers: There was no consensus on refrigerated dryer stocking. Some vendors don’t stock refrigerated dryers, some stocked only small non-cycling
dryers, others stocked both cycling and non-cycling dryers, but typically in the medium
and small sizes. Cycling dryer sales percentages also varied widely, but a common trend
seems that cycling dryers comprise 25% or less of sales in the smaller sizes (under about 300 SCFM or about 75 HP), but about 50% or greater of sales in larger sizes. The incremental cost of upgrading to a cycling dryer was generally between 10% and 20%.
 VFD Controlled Compressor: Stocking varied among vendors, but most vendors are
able to order variable speed compressors on a time schedule similar to fixed speed
compressors. Most vendors reported variable speed compressor sales comprised about 25% of total screw compressor sales. Of these sales, vendors indicated that the utility was involved in about 75% of the projects. The cost premium was commonly reported at
25% to 30% to upgrade from a fixed speed to a variable speed compressor.
 Zero Loss Condensate Drains: Most vendors stock both zero loss drains and dual timer
drains. The majority of vendors reported that zero loss drain sales were 25% or less of drain sales. One vendor reported 50%, one 90%, and one reported that he no longer sold timer drains at all, but only sold zero loss drains. Nearly all vendors reported that zero
loss drains were about twice the cost of dual timer drains.
 Outside Air Intake: None of the vendors stocked or sold a device that automatically
selected the source for the compressor intake air. Only one vendor had heard of automatic controls for this. He reported that years ago a control package was offered by another manufacturer that changed both the inlet air source and waste heat air routing
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automatically, but few systems were sold and the system is no longer available. Another
vendor reported that systems that use outside air need to have a damper to allow them to
use compressor room air during very cold weather to avoid compressor problems.
Vendors reported that outside air is ducted to the inlet on relatively few systems, generally about 5% to 10%. It is more common on larger systems. Some vendors recommend that customers duct outside air to the compressor inlet, but the installation is
generally done by the customer or their contractor.
 Automatic Bag House Filter Cleaner Controls: Only two compressed air equipment
vendors had any sales of bag house controls, and these were low volume. Three bag house or bag house control system vendors were contacted about automatic filter cleaner controls. Two of these three vendors were positive about the benefits of energy savings
and increased bag life. One vendor felt they were only appropriate on paper cartridge
type filter systems where cartridge life is relatively short, and that controls were not
appropriate on bag houses with felted filter bags. This vendor recommends customers disable automatic controls from felted filter bag systems, stating they can decrease bag life by allowing small particles to clog the bags during extended periods when the bags
are not being cleaned. These controls can be added to new systems before they are
shipped from the factory, or retrofit on existing systems. Equipment cost estimates
ranged from $400 to $700. Installation cost probably exceeds the equipment cost in most retrofit situations.
 Waste Heat Recovery: All vendors said they discuss waste heat recovery with their
customers and recommend it. This invariably referred to using hot air from of air cooled
compressors to help heat a building in the winter. None of the vendors were familiar
with installations heating water in water cooled compressors. Only one vendor had an “off the shelf” duct/gate product that allows the hot air off of the aftercooler to be ducted into a building or outside. Another vendor selects and sells a gate component for a
contractor to install. Most vendors would give the contractor the engineering
information, and allow the mechanical contractor to design and install a custom system.
Costs vary widely depending on the installation specifics.
Vendors contacted also provided feedback about the timing of upgrade purchases, payback estimates, some other common compressed air measures and their suggestions to increase the
percentage of efficiency measures installed.
Timing of Upgrade Purchases: Vendors reported that efficiency upgrades are more likely
to be sold on a planned replacement or new construction basis than in an emergency breakdown situation. Some upgrades are sold in emergency breakdown situations, if the right size equipment is in stock. Vendors indicated that upgrades are far more likely with
utility participation due to incentive money and unbiased recommendations.
Payback Estimates: Vendor payback estimates varied dramatically within the same
measure, and often depended on the size of system.
Other Efficiency Upgrades: Other energy upgrades mentioned by vendors include:
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 Turn valve, spiral valve, and lift valve compressor control - These are generically called
variable displacement controls, and provide for very good part load compressor
efficiency between about 67% and 100% capacity.
 Sequencers and controllers - Many vendors offer a sequencer that can control multiple air compressors.
 Audits - Many vendors will perform compressed air system audits.
 Vacuum pump systems - Instead of using compressed air in venturi vacuum generators,
install a central vacuum system.
 VFD cooling fan - This system adjusts the speed of the compressor cooling fan based on oil temperature. Noise reduction is another benefit.
 Air reheating - This system transfers heat from the oil to the compressed air. Hotter air
performs more work at the end user.
 Heat of compression dryers - These dryers can be used on oil free compressors, and
consume very little purge air.
 Premium high efficiency motors - Available as an option on fixed speed compressors.
 Wye-delta starters - These reduce inrush current and starting motor torque. They are
standard on some compressors, optional on others.
 Two stage compressors - Two stage oil flooded compressors are slightly more efficient
than single stage compressors.
 Point of use regulators - These reduce air consumption and artificial demand.
 Condensate controls - Some condensate control systems reduce air consumption by timer
drains.
 Auto start/stop control upgrades to older compressors - This control upgrade allows
older compressors to shut off during periods of low demand.
Vendor Recommendations: Vendors recommended the following steps to increase the percentage of efficiency measures installed.
 Start incentives, continue incentives, higher incentives - All vendors were very much in
favor of utility incentives and expressed a desire to see them start, continue, expand, and
increase. The relative lack of incentives in California and Idaho PacifiCorp service territories was noted by vendors in those areas.
 Fast track incentives for breakdown/emergency situations - An option was desired for
customers in breakdown situations to be able to purchase an efficiency upgrade
immediately, and then have the incentive calculated after the equipment is installed.
 Fixed incentives - A list of fixed incentives was requested, such as $10,000 for a 200 HP variable speed air compressor. The vendor and customer would know the incentive
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ahead of time without the need for analysis, pre-approval signatures, and other steps that
delay the purchase of equipment.
 Faster processing - The lead time for all of the standard steps in the incentive program
can be prohibitive and discourages some vendors from involving the utility in some projects.
 Find some way to help small customers - Audits are less common on small systems but
energy upgrades are still available.
 Vendor education on incentive programs - Some vendors knew little or nothing about
existing incentive programs and wanted to learn more.
 Customer education on compressed air costs and incentive programs - Promote measures to customers directly through fliers. Educate customers on the cost of compressed air and
how measures can increase the availability of compressed air. Publicity directed to
maintenance managers is more effective than something included in the electric bill
which is only seen by accounts payable.
 Sponsor Compressed Air Challenge training in the service territories.

3.6 PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
A post-purchase prescriptive incentive delivery mechanism with deemed savings values is the
preferred method to target customers with small compressed air systems (≤ 75 hp) in order to limit administrative costs and paperwork, maximize participation from compressed air vendors, and increase implementation of energy-saving compressed air upgrades.
Of the 11 evaluated compressed air measures, 5 are recommended for post-purchase prescriptive
incentives and one for a post-purchase calculated incentive, as shown in Table 3-6. Eligibility
for post-purchase prescriptive incentives will be restricted to single compressor systems less than or equal 75 hp. Projects with single compressor systems larger than 75 hp or with multiple compressors should receive a custom engineering analysis through the Energy FinAnswer
program. Due to the uncertainty of typical pressurized operating hours across the large variety of
compressed air systems, it is recommended that deemed savings calculations should include an
input for hours of pressurized operation for each individual project and the value should be requested on the FinAnswer Express incentive application. In cases where a fixed value for deemed savings is preferred, 4,000 pressurized system hours is recommended as the most
reasonable input. The use of AIRMaster software or simplified analysis spreadsheets by
customers or vendors as part of a post-purchase prescriptive incentive program to simplify the
application process and refine deemed savings estimates should be evaluated as part of the design phase of the program.
A simplified analysis is recommended for VFD-controlled compressors where a spreadsheet
calculation tool is used to estimate the energy savings and calculate the incentive amount based
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on the estimated energy and demand savings. Pre-approval is recommended but not required for
the customer to be eligible to receive incentives for installing a VFD controlled compressor.
Two measures – engineered nozzles and pressure/flow controllers – are not recommended for
prescriptive incentives due to the uncertainty of deemed savings and cost estimates and the difficulty of implementing these measures via a post-purchase incentive delivery mechanism.
The remaining three measures – automatic bag house filter cleaner controls, waste heat recovery,
and purge controls for desiccant dryers – are not recommended for a prescriptive approach at this
time for the following reasons:
 A typical baseline for bag house compressed air consumption, particle load, control strategy and fan energy could not be constructed with available data,
 Waste heat energy measures save considerable heating energy, primarily provided by
natural gas, but little or no electrical energy and present little opportunity for cost-
effective electrical energy savings, and
 Purge-savings controls for desiccant dryers have a high fixed cost and are only attractive for customers installing the controls on dryers that serve compressed air systems larger than 75 hp.
Table 3-6 contains a summary of the recommended measures to include in the prescriptive
incentive program.
Table 3-6. Compressed Air Measure Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Delivery
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Low Pressure-drop Filters   
Receiver Capacity Addition   
Refrigerated Cycling Dryers   
VFD Controlled Compressor   
Zero Loss Condensate Drains   
Outside Air Intake   

Additional information on recommended baselines, measure eligibility requirements, cost,
savings and incentives are provided in the balance of this section.
The recommended prescriptive incentives would be marketed to customers using a dedicated
compressed air trade ally network. Vendors that provide compressed air system service, sell
compressed air equipment, or conduct system analysis of existing systems will be recruited to the trade alliance. Trade ally members would be educated about the incentives and eligibility
requirements available for each measure and would serve as the primary point of contact to
deliver the program to the customer. Trade allies will be responsible for discerning whether
compressed air systems qualify for prescriptive incentives and, if not, alerting the customer to
custom engineering options offered by Rocky Mountain Power through the Energy FinAnswer
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program. A Rocky Mountain Power Alliance coordinator would serve as the primary point of
contact for approved compressed air Alliance members and support members in a fashion similar
to the existing HVAC and lighting Alliances.
Delivery of the compressed air prescriptive incentive program should be coordinated with the existing Compressed Air Challenge training and program materials as much as possible to encourage the use of compressed air Best Practices, AIRMaster software, and to leverage
existing networks of compressed air professionals. Identifying and communicating where
prescriptive incentives overlap with established compressed air Best Practices should be a
priority to support the trade ally network.
3.7 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURES BASELINE
 Low Pressure-drop Filters: The baseline for this measure is “standard” coalescing filter
that requires element replacement every 6 to 12 months.
 Receiver Capacity Addition: The baseline for this measure is a weighted combination
of screw compressors at 15, 25, 50, 100, and 200hp operating with load/unload controls with 2 gallons of tank capacity per trim compressor cfm.
 Refrigerated Cycling Dryers: The baseline for this measure is a series of non-cycling
refrigerated dryers serving 15, 25, 50, 100, and 200 hp compressors.
 VFD Controlled Compressors: The baseline for this measure is a series of typical
single fixed speed compressor operations modeled at 15, 25, 50, 100, and 200 hp. A blended part load performance for fixed speed compressor control was used, and estimates were made on the average compressor capacity.
 Zero Loss Condensate Drains: The baseline for this measure is a weighted average of
three dual timer drains configured with various settings to reflect typical usage and
modeled for a series of typical compressor operations for 15, 25, 50, 100, and 200hp.
 Outside Air Intake: The baseline for this measure is a weighted combination of single compressors at 15, 25, 50, 100 and 200 hp operating with an average inlet air temperature
25°F higher than compressors fitted with outside air intake.
3.8 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Table 3-7 provides details on the recommended minimum eligibility requirements for the compressed air measures evaluated. Any compressed air measure may be implemented by the customer either alone or in combination with any number of other measures. For some
measures, the customer is required to purchase a zero loss condensate drain to qualify, in which
case the purchased and installed zero loss condensate drain qualifies for a separate incentive.
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Table 3-7. Compressed Air Measure Incentive Eligibility Requirements
Measure Subcategory Recommended Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Low Pressure-drop Filters New Construction and Retrofit
o 25hp or larger operating compressor
o Pressure loss at rated flow is ≤1 psi when new and ≤3 psi at element change
o Rated for 100% particulate filtration at ≥3.0 microns, 99.98% at 0.1 to 3.0 microns, ≤ 5ppm liquid carryover
o Loose-packed, deep-bed “mist eliminator” filter style, with element life ≥ 5 years
o Rated capacity is ≤ 500 scfm
Receiver Capacity Addition New Construction and Retrofit
o Compressor must use load/unload controls without inlet modulation or on/off control
o Systems with a VFD or using variable displacement control are not eligible
o Total tank receiver capacity after addition must be > 2 gallons per scfm of compressor capacity
Refrigerated Cycling Dryers New Construction or Retrofit
o Rated dryer capacity must be ≤ 500 scfm
o Dryer must operate exclusively in cycling mode and cannot be equipped with the ability to select between cycling and non-cycling mode
o Refrigeration compressor must cycle off during periods of reduced demand (i.e. compressor doesn’t simply go into a bypass or unload mode)
o Dryer must have integral zero loss condensate drain, or zero loss condensate drain must be installed and accompany sale of dryer
VFD Controlled Compressor New Construction and Retrofit
o ≤75hp single operating variable speed compressor
o Compressor must adjust speed as primary means of capacity control
o Compressor must not use inlet modulation when demand is below compressor’s minimum speed air production
Zero Loss Condensate Drains New Construction and Retrofit
o Drain is designed to function without release of compressed air into the atmosphere
Outside Air Intake New Construction and Retrofit
o ≤75 hp compressor
o Ducting must be permanently installed between compressor and outdoors
o Ducting must meet compressor manufacturer recommendations, which may include:
o ≤0.25” W.C. of pressure loss at rated flow, and
o Allows use of compressor room air during extremely cold conditions

3.9 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Savings and costs estimates were generated for the six recommended prescriptive measures.
Table 3-8 contains the estimated savings, incremental customer costs and recommended incentive level for each compressed air measure. Incentives for recommended prescriptive
measures are provided assuming 4,000 hours per year of pressurized operation. Interactive
effects of implementing multiple compressed air measures is minimal, so deemed savings
estimates are additive when a customer elects to install multiple measures. Incentive
applications should request additional information from the customer to verify deemed savings estimates based on compressor size, annual operating hours and system operating pressure.
In general, the analysis looks at capital costs and energy performance in discrete compressor
sizes from 15 hp to 200 hp. Once the analysis was completed for these individual sizes, the
overall savings and costs were blended with a weighted averaging technique based upon past
observations regarding relative frequency of applications over this size range to estimate deemed savings and costs. These weightings vary by measure and are based upon past experience of Cascade Engineering (i.e. projects that are sufficiently large to warrant attention or small systems
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with a motivated participant or vendor). The savings assumptions are also based upon
reasonably wise application of the technologies. As a result, deemed savings and cost estimates
will be applicable only to single-compressor systems no larger than 75 hp; larger systems or
systems with multiple compressors will require a customer engineering analysis to accurately determine the energy savings and costs associated with energy efficiency measures.
Table 3-8. Compressed Air Measure Information
Measure Unit Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/hr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2 (kW/unit)
New Construction Customer Cost 3
($/unit)
Elective Retrofit Customer Cost 3,5
($/unit)
Incentive ($/unit)4
Low Pressure-drop Filters scfm 5 0.00129 0.00032 $3.62 $6.97 $0.80
Receiver Capacity Addition gal 10 0.00249 0.00062 $4.87 $6.83 $1.50
Refrigerated Cycling Dryers scfm 10 0.00242 0.00024 $2.73 - $1.50
VFD Controlled Compressor hp 10 0.16116 0.04029 Varies Varies $0.15/kWh saved6
Zero Loss Condensate Drains Each 5 0.14950 0.02520 $140 $379 $90.00
Outside Air Intake hp 10 0.00931 0.00233 $37.50 $37.50 $6.00
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter per hour of compressor operation. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
4 Per unit incentives were calculated based on 4,000 hours of pressurized operation per year and $0.15/kWh saved.
5 Incremental costs listed are for elective retrofits performed before the end of the equipment’s useful life. Costs for end-of-life replacement of equipment will match the new construction costs.
6 VFD controlled compressors will receive incentives based on the calculated energy savings at a rate of $0.15/kWh with no cost cap.
To align prescriptive incentives for compressed air measures with proposed incentive levels of
the Energy FinAnswer program, incentives were calculated at the rate of $0.15/kWh. Table 3-9
shows project economics for the recommended measures for new construction, while Table 3-10 shows project economics for elective retrofit projects.
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Table 3-9. Compressed Air Project Economics for New Construction
Measure Unit Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/hr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2 (kW/unit)
Cost Savings ($/yr/unit)
5
Incentive ($/unit)4
New Construction Customer Cost 3
($/unit)
SPB SPB (Post Incentive)
Low Pressure-drop Filters scfm 0.00129 0.00032 $0.20 $0.80 $3.62 18.10 14.10
Receiver Capacity Addition gal 0.00249 0.00062 $0.38 $1.50 $4.87 12.82 8.87
Refrigerated Cycling Dryers scfm 0.00242 0.00024 $0.33 $1.50 $2.73 8.27 3.73
VFD Controlled Compressor hp 0.16116 0.04029 Varies $0.15/kWh saved6 Varies Varies Varies
Zero Loss Condensate Drain Each 0.14950 0.02520 $21.41 $90.00 $140 6.54 2.34
Outside Air Intake hp 0.00931 0.00233 $1.43 $6.00 $37.50 26.22 22.03
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter per hour of compressor operation. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
4 Per unit incentives were calculated based on 4,000 hours of pressurized operation per year and $0.15/kWh saved.
5 Cost savings were calculated assuming a Rocky Mountain Power Rate Schedule 6.
6 VFD controlled compressors will receive incentives based on the calculated energy savings at a rate of $0.15/kWh with no cost cap.

Table 3-10. Compressed Air Project Economics for Elective Retrofits
Measure Unit Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/hr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2 (kW/unit)
Cost Savings ($/yr/unit)
5
Incentive ($/unit)4
Elective Retrofit Customer Cost 3
($/unit)
SPB SPB (Post Incentive)
Low Pressure-drop Filters scfm 0.00129 0.00032 $0.20 $0.80 $6.97 34.85 30.85
Receiver Capacity
Addition gal 0.00249 0.00062 $0.38 $1.50 $6.83 17.97 14.03
Refrigerated Cycling Dryers scfm 0.00242 0.00024 $0.33 $1.5 6 6 6
VFD Controlled Compressor hp 0.16116 0.04029 Varies $0.15/kWh saved6 Varies Varies Varies
Zero Loss Condensate Drain Each 0.14950 0.02520 $21.41 $90.00 $379 17.70 13.50
Outside Air Intake hp 0.00931 0.00233 $1.43 $6.00 $37.50 26.22 22.03
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter per hour of compressor operation. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
4 Incentives were calculated based on 4,000 hours of pressurized operation per year and $0.15/kWh saved.
5 Cost savings were calculated assuming a Rocky Mountain Power Rate Schedule 6.
6 Elective retrofits for refrigerated cycling dryers are uncommon and not cost-effective. Incremental costs for end-of-life replacements will be the same as new construction costs.
7 VFD controlled compressors will receive incentives based on the calculated energy savings at a rate of $0.15/kWh with no cost cap.

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3.10 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE OUTLOOK
There is significant interest among utilities throughout the Pacific Northwest to realize energy
savings in compressed air systems in a cost-effective manner. Existing “custom” energy
efficiency programs have successfully targeted large customers with complex compressed air systems but have failed to realize energy savings among customers with smaller, simpler compressed air systems. To that end, a study was commissioned by the Energy Trust of Oregon
and co-funded by PacifiCorp to examine the market for small compressed air systems and
suggest methods for realizing cost-effective energy savings.
A prescriptive or semi-prescriptive program with Trade Ally support and streamlined customer participation process is the favored approach to target customers with smaller compressed air systems. Engaging compressed air vendors and Trade Allies in a simple, easy-to-understand
program with transparent incentive amounts and eligibility requirements is critical to enable
them to identify and implement compressed air energy efficiency measures in smaller
compressed air systems. The Energy Trust of Oregon is the only program currently offering prescriptive incentives for compressed air measures, so coordination among Pacific Northwest utilities and trade alliance participants will be important to implement a prescriptive compressed
air incentive program successfully.
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4.1 ENVELOPE CATEGORY OVERVIEW
The building envelope includes the interface between the building and the exterior environment.
Envelope measures involve making improvements to the thermal resistance of the walls, roof,
and windows of the building. Additional insulation on the exterior walls and roof of a building will reduce the heating and cooling loads. One potential new measure was investigated, in addition to four existing envelope measures offered in Idaho. Table 4-1 summarizes the specific
measures evaluated in this section.
Table 4-1. Evaluated Envelope Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Envelope Measures Potential New FinAnswer Express Envelope Measures
Cool Roofs Reflective Window Film
Attic/Roof Insulation
High-Efficiency Windows
Wall Insulation
4.1.1 Envelope Measure Descriptions
Detailed descriptions of the individual envelope measures identified in Table 4-1 include:
 Cool Roofs: This measure includes a variety of paints, coatings, tiles and other materials
applied to or incorporated into roof materials that reduce the amount of solar radiation absorbed by a facility’s roof. Cool roofing materials have high solar reflectance and high radiative emittance that reduce solar gain of the roof and subsequently reduce the cooling
load for the space during warmer months. However, cool roofing material can increase
heating loads during cooler months.
 Attic Insulation: Attic insulation reduces the rate of heat loss through the ceiling/roof assembly of a building. Insulation is rated according to an R-value, with higher values providing a higher resistance to heat loss.
 High Efficiency Windows: High-efficiency windows are designed to reduce the rate of
heat transfer through the window assembly and prevent solar heat gain while still
allowing sufficient light through the window to illuminate the space. The National Fenestration Rating Council (NFRC) certifies the energy performance of windows in two
categories, thermal transmission which is measured by a U-factor and solar heat gain
which is measured by the Solar Heat Gain Coefficient (SHGC).
 Reflective Window Film: Window films are thin layers of polyester film that are
typically applied to existing windows to reduce solar heat gain. A “spectrally selective” window film reduces the solar heat gain while minimizing reductions in the amount of
visible light transmitted to the interior of the building. The National Fenestration Rating
Council certifies the SHGC and visible transmittance of window film products from
participating manufacturers.
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 Wall Insulation: Wall insulation reduces the rate of heat loss through the walls of a building. Insulation is rated according to an R-value, with higher values providing a
higher resistance to heat loss.
4.2 ENVELOPE MEASURE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Table 4-2 identifies the key informational resources utilized to conduct the envelope measure
technology review.
Table 4-2. Envelope Measure Informational Resources
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High Efficiency Windows      
Reflective Window Film 
Wall Insulation    

Most of the reviewed sources discussed envelope measures, though only a few included detailed
information on cost and savings. Baseline data was included with many resources. Detailed
measure cost and savings data obtained from the sources identified in Table 4-2 are provided in
Appendix B. Key information for each measure is summarized below.
 Cool Roofs: Cool Roofs were evaluated as part of both the PacifiCorp 2007 Systemwide DSM Assessment and the Xcel Energy 2006 Colorado DSM Market Potential Assessment.
ENERGY STAR recently updated the cool roof products specification to version 2.0 on
December 31, 2007. The DEER database provides gross customer costs for cool roofs.
The Department of Energy (DOE) developed an on-line calculator to quantify the energy
savings associated with installing a cool roof.
 Attic and Wall Insulation: Nearly every resource reviewed touched on attic insulation, but few focused on wall insulation in commercial buildings. The DEER database
provided gross customer cost information for both attic and wall insulation. RTF
provided incremental costs and energy and demand savings estimates for small
commercial spaces.
 High-Efficiency Windows: ENERGY STAR has developed a specification for high-efficiency windows based on climate zones for residential applications that install NFRC
rated windows with specific U-factor and SHGC values. Incremental costs and measure
life information is provided by both DEER and RTF for commercial buildings. Energy
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savings potential was evaluated as part of both the PacifiCorp and Xcel Energy DSM studies.
 Reflective Window Film: Reflective window films were evaluated as part of the Xcel
Energy 2006 Colorado DSM Market Potential Assessment which provided cost, measure
life, and % energy savings compared to a baseline.
The DOE Industrial Technologies Program provides limited information on envelope measures. However, it has developed a number of useful resources and sponsors multiple initiatives and
industry collaborations to improve the envelope performance of commercial buildings. Among
these incentives are the High-Performance Buildings Initiative and the Zero Energy Building
Initiative. CEE performed an evaluation of utility programs nationwide, identifying which
programs offered incentives for envelope measures in 2005.
4.3 UTILITY ENVELOPE DSM PROGRAM REVIEW
Table 4-3 identifies which of the evaluated utilities currently offer non-residential customers a
prescriptive incentive for the reviewed envelope measures.
Table 4-3. Envelope Measure Utility Prescriptive DSM Program Review
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Building envelope measures are offered by many of the reviewed utilities and each measure
category is reviewed below.
 Cool Roofs: Idaho Power is the only utility that offered an incentive for reflective roofing (i.e. “cool roof”) which is available for ENERGY STAR qualified roofing
materials with a minimum solar reflectivity of 0.70 qualify. Qualifying installations
receive an incentive of $0.05 per square foot.
 Attic/Wall Insulation: The most common prescriptive incentives are offered for attic
and wall insulation. In all cases, insulation incentives are limited to those spaces conditioned with mechanical heating/cooling equipment and are generally limited to
retrofit applications only. Incentives are generally provided for upgrading existing
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insulation to a predefined R-value. Idaho Power and PGE specify the type/amount of existing insulation that must be replaced to qualify for an incentive. Incentive amounts
range from $0.05 to $0.45 per square foot of installed insulation.
 High-Efficiency Windows: Questar and Idaho Power offer incentives for windows that
have U-factors ≤0.42. Idaho Power also specifies a maximum SHGC of 0.40 and offers
additional incentives for windows that have visible light transmittance of 0.50 or greater. Incentive amounts range from $0.50 to $1.00 per square foot. Alliant Energy offers
incentives for any ENERGY STAR qualified window at $25 per window. All programs
required that windows be NFRC rated.
 Reflective Window Film: Three utilities offered incentives for reflective window films.
Incentives were only offered for films installed on non-North facing windows. A maximum SHGC is specified based on the type of window (single or double-pane).
Idaho Power requires that the window films be professionally installed, while Nevada
Power and PG&E require that the films carry a 5-year manufacturer warranty. Incentives
range from $0.50 to $1.35 per square foot of window film installed.
A detailed summary of the utility incentives and qualification requirements is presented in Appendix C.
4.4 ENVELOPE MEASURE CODE REVIEW
IECC 2006 defines minimum R-value requirements for walls and roofs for new construction
projects, additions to existing buildings, and major renovations based on climate zone. IECC
2006 includes requirements for window U-factor and SHGC based on the projection factor (PF) of the window. Minimum insulation and window code requirements are show in Table 4-4.
Roof reflectivity and window films are not regulated by IECC 2006 in Idaho.
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Table 4-4. IECC 2006 Code for Envelope Measures in Idaho
CLIMATE ZONE 6

Counties Covered Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte, Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Oneida, Madison, Teton
Assembly Type
Code Level
(IECC 2006)
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Insulation entirely above deck R-20 ci
Metal Buildings R-19
Attic and Other R-30
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Metal building R-13 + R-13
Metal framed R-13 + R-3.8ci Wood framed and other R-13
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Metal Window assemblies per NFRC
certification U < 0.55
Non-metal Window assemblies per NFRC certification U ≤ 0.35
PF < 0.25 SHGC < 0.40
0.25 < PF < 0.5 NR PF > 0.5 NR
ci = continuous insulation. See IECC 2006 for definitions R = R-value which is the resistance of the insulation to the conduction of heat.
U = U-factor or U-value which is the rate of heat loss through the window assembly including the frame and glass. SHGC = Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, which is the rate of heat gain through the window assembly including the frame and glass NR = No requirement PF = Projection Factor, found by dividing the horizontal distance from the window to an over hang by the vertical distance from the bottom of the window to the over hang.
4.5 ENVELOPE MEASURE VENDORS
Table 4-5 contains contact information for representative vendors of envelope measures within
PacifiCorp’s Idaho service territory.
Table 4-5. Representative Idaho Insulation and Window Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
LC Insulation & Supply [phone]
Harrington and Company [phone]
Johnson Brothers [phone]
As part of this evaluation, Nexant surveyed these vendors and others to gauge current market
awareness and trends associated with potential prescriptive measures. Some key feedback received included the following:
 Most vendors recommend elevated levels of insulation and high-efficiency windows to
customers but noted that customers generally are cost-driven and elect to install
additional insulation and high-efficiency windows only if the budget is available.
 Costs for insulation vary widely depending on the type of building and the type of insulation. Hanging batts of insulation from the ceiling or walls in metal buildings is
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considered the most labor intensive and expensive, while blown-in insulation in attic or wall spaces is the cheapest form of insulation.
 Most commercial insulation retrofit projects add insulation to remodeled spaces to
comply with energy codes. In many cases, warehouses or other unconditioned spaces are
turned into office space and newly constructed walls dividing the office space from the
rest of the warehouse must be insulated as exterior walls. Exterior insulation is rarely added, except when changing space types or remodeling a building exterior.
 One insulation contractor noted that they have little input on the type/amount of
insulation to install in new construction projects because the amount of insulation/type of
glazing is specified by the building designer.
 Window films are available with a wide variety of performance characteristics and costs. Window film to reduce solar glare/transmission through windows in office buildings is
the most common type of application. Window films were only carried by a few of the
vendors surveyed.
 One vendor noted that application of window films will void the warranty on the window
and that glass can be customized to match nearly any of the properties gained by applying window films. Standard window warranties are approximately 10 years.
 Most vendors surveyed indicated that the bulk of commercial customers elect to install
some sort of low-e glazing product. However, most customers choose the least expensive
low-e glazing product available to meet energy codes and not the high-performance low-e
glazing.
 One vendor in Idaho noted that breather tubes required because of the cold climate
degrade the thermal performance of a window, making it difficult to achieve high
efficiencies with the same glazing/frame products as can be achieved in other states.
The vendor survey instrument and additional vendor responses is provided in Appendix A.
4.6 ENVELOPE MEASURE PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
No changes are recommended to the existing Cool Roof measure included in the FinAnswer
Express program. Changes are recommended to the eligibility requirements and incentives for
Attic/Wall Insulation and Windows measures to make them consistent across PacifiCorp
territories. Rather than using a deemed savings value like the other four measures, a simplified
analysis to calculate energy savings is recommended for reflective window films for the following reasons:
 Window films come in many varieties and the energy performance characteristics vary
significantly based on the product selected by the customer
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 The performance of the existing window must be factored into the energy savings estimates
 Energy savings vary based on the orientation of the window.
With the exception of reflective window films, all of the recommended measures qualify for
incentives if installed in either new construction or retrofit projects. Reflective window films are
a post-construction modification and will not be incentivized for new construction projects. Table 4-6 contains a summary of the envelope measure prescriptive recommendations.
Table 4-6. Envelope Measure Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Delivery
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Attic Insulation   
High Efficiency Windows   
Reflective Window Film   
Wall Insulation   
Additional information on the recommended baseline, measure eligibility requirements, cost, savings, and incentives for these measure are provided in the balance of this section.
4.7 ENVELOPE MEASURE BASELINES
Baseline requirements for wall and attic insulation, cool roofs and glazing are those specified in
IECC 2006 and are based on the building type and climate zone (See Table 4-4). The baseline
for calculating the energy and demand savings associated with reflective window films will be the existing window.
4.8 MINIMUM ENVELOPE MEASURE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Recommended minimum efficiency requirements for roof and attic insulation, wall insulation
and glazing measures for new construction projects are summarized in Table 4-7. For new
construction projects to qualify for incentives, an additional increment of R-5 attic/roof insulation or R-3.7ci wall insulation above the amount required by the energy code must be
added to the building. To qualify for envelope incentives in existing buildings, the customer
must add an increment of R-10 equivalent insulation to the roof or wall assembly. Eligibility for
high-efficiency window incentives varies depending on whether NFRC rated window assemblies
or site-built windows are installed. Incentives are available for qualifying windows installed as part of either retrofit or new construction projects.
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Table 4-7. Envelope Measure Minimum Efficiency Recommendations for New Construction

CLIMATE ZONE 6
Counties Covered
Bannock, Bear Lake, Bingham, Bonneville, Butte,
Caribou, Clark, Custer, Franklin, Fremont, Jefferson, Lemhi, Oneida, Madison, Teton
Assembly Type Program Requirement
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Attic and Other R-35
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Mass R-13.2ci
Metal building R-13+R-16.7
Metal framed R-13+R-7.5ci
Wood framed and other R-13+R-3.7ci
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1 Assembly (NFRC Certified) U < 0.35 SHGC < 0.33
Site-Built (Glazing Only Rating)
U < 0.30
SHGC < 0.33
1 Energy performance of window assemblies and glazing products must be rated in accordance with NFRC. Site-Built metal window systems must include a thermal break within the frame or other appropriate NFRC certification to qualify for incentives. Skylights are not eligible to receive incentives
ci = continuous insulation. See IECC 2006 for definitions R = R-value which is the resistance of the insulation to the conduction of heat. U = U-factor or U-value which is the rate of heat loss through the window assembly including the frame and glass. SHGC = Solar Heat Gain Coefficient, which is the rate of heat gain through the window assembly including the frame and glass Eligibility requirements for high-efficiency windows were targeted to be consistent across all
PacifiCorp service territories. Cool roof material shall be labeled under the current ENERGY
STAR Reflective Roof Products specification. Reflective window films must be professionally
installed and the customer/contractor will be required to submit the square footage of film installed, performance characteristics of the existing window, applied window film specifications, and the orientation of the window (i.e. North, East, South or West). Window
films will be eligible for incentives if installed on North-facing windows because a spreadsheet
tool will be used to calculate energy savings based on window orientation. For all envelope
measures, incentives shall only be available for spaces conditioned by mechanical cooling.
4.9 ENVELOPE MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS, AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
The savings, costs and incentive levels for Cool Roofs is unchanged from the existing
FinAnswer Express program. Estimated measure lifetimes and unit costs were obtained from the
Xcel Energy 2006 Colorado DSM Market Potential Assessment for reflective window films. All other measure lifetimes were taken from the DEER Database. Total energy and demand savings for attic/wall insulation and high-efficiency windows were calculated using a building energy
simulation model and pro-rated based on the portion of savings attributed to electric energy
sources. Savings for retrofit measures assume an additional increment of R-10 of attic or wall
insulation is added to an existing building. For new construction measures, savings estimates assume an additional increment of R-5 attic/roof insulation or R-3.7ci wall insulation above the amount required by the energy code is added to the building. Savings estimates for high
efficiency windows for both retrofit and new construction assumed windows are upgraded to the
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U-factor and SHGC requirements outlined in Table 4-7 for window assemblies and site-built windows. Costs and savings for reflective window film projects will be project-dependent and
incentives will be paid based on the amount of savings estimated by a spreadsheet tool. Costs for
insulation and window measures are incremental material costs.
Table 4-8. Envelope Measure Information for New Construction
Measure Unit Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2,4 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost 3
($/unit)
Incentive ($/unit)5
SPB6
(Pre Incentive)
(yrs)
SPB6
(Post Incentive)
(yrs)
Cool Roofs sq. ft. 15 0.133 0.00023 $0.350 $0.10 31.7 22.6
Roof/Attic Insulation sq. ft. 20 0.030 4 $0.085 $0.04 92.3 48.9
High Efficiency Window
Assembly
sq. ft. 30 1.369 4 $0.680 $0.34 16.2 8.1
High Efficiency Site-Built Window
sq. ft. 30 1.133 4 $0.680 $0.34 19.5 9.8
Wall Insulation sq. ft. 20 0.008 4 $0.100 $0.05 407.2 203.6
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent incremental total customer costs without consideration of available incentives. Costs are not prorated based on electric savings compared to natural gas savings since incentives for weatherization measures are not offered by gas utilities across all of PacifiCorp’s service territory in Idaho.
4 Deemed demand savings for wall and roof insulation and high-efficiency windows is negligible.
5 Incentives are equivalent to 50% of incremental customer costs for envelope measures to encourage market adoption.
6 Cost savings and simple payback were calculated assuming a Rocky Mountain Power Rate Schedule 6.

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Table 4-9. Envelope Measure Information for Existing Buildings (Retrofit)
Measure Unit Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2,4 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost 3
($/unit)
Incentive ($/unit)6
SPB7
(Pre Incentive)
(yrs)
SPB7
(Post Incentive)
(yrs)
Cool Roofs sq. ft. 15 0.133 0.00023 $0.350 $0.10 31.7 22.6
Roof/Attic Insulation sq. ft. 20 0.103 4 $0.170 $0.08 53.8 28.5
High Efficiency Window
Assembly
sq. ft. 30 2.059 4 $0.680 $0.34 10.8 5.4
High Efficiency Site-Built Window
sq. ft. 30 1.793 4 $0.680 $0.34 12.4 6.2
Reflective Window Film sq. ft. 10 Varies 4 $3.000 $0.12/kWh Varies Varies
Wall Insulation sq. ft. 20 0.081 4 $0.200 $0.10 80.4 40.2
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent incremental total customer costs without consideration of available incentives. Costs are not prorated based on electric savings as compared to natural gas savings since incentives for weatherization measures are not offered by gas utilities across all of PacifiCorp’s service territory in Idaho.
4 Deemed demand savings for wall and roof insulation and high-efficiency windows is negligible.
5 Reflective window films will receive incentives based on the calculated energy savings at a rate of $0.12/kWh with no cost cap.
6 Incentives are equivalent to 50% of incremental customer costs for envelope measures to encourage market adoption.
7 Cost savings and simple payback were calculated assuming a Rocky Mountain Power Rate Schedule 6.
4.10 ENVELOPE MEASURE OUTLOOK
For all states within PacifiCorp’s service territory, the number of heating degree days
significantly exceeds the number of cooling degree days. In areas where heating is predominately provided by natural gas, insulation and window upgrades will reduce gas consumption. Coordination with existing and developing commercial weatherization programs
offered by gas utilities is important to insure that offered incentive levels are proportional to
electric and gas energy savings, project economics are reasonable after consideration of all
incentives, eligibility requirements are uniform across programs, and vendor and trade network coordination and participation is consistent between utilities.

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Section 5 Farm Equipment Measures
5.1 FARM EQUIPMENT CATEGORY OVERVIEW
Agricultural energy usage makes up a significant portion of the energy consumption in the
United States. Energy costs represent an estimated 14% of farm expenditures (Energy Situation
for Agriculture, 2005). While the agricultural sector reduced its energy use per square foot
through the ‘80s and ‘90s, the agricultural sector remains sensitive to energy costs and recent
increases in energy prices have greatly affected farmers (On-Farm Energy Use Characterizations, 2005). The agricultural sector continues to explore opportunities to reduce
farmers’ exposure to energy price fluctuations and is receptive to measures aimed at improving
energy efficiency.
While some of the evaluated measures have been available for many years, the measures are
receiving increased attention as methods to improve energy efficiency in the agricultural sector and are becoming more widely adopted by farmers. Some measures in this section are specific
to dairy farms, while others have applicability to various farm types. Please note that irrigation
related measures are evaluated in Section 8 of this report. As this is a new category of measures
for the FinAnswer Express program, no existing measures were reviewed as part of this effort.
The specific measures evaluated in this section are displayed in Table 5-1.
Table 5-1. Evaluated Farm Equipment Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Farm Equipment Measure Potential New FinAnswer Express Farm Equipment Measures
None Automatic Milker Takeoffs
Block Heater Timers
Circulating Fans
Heat Reclaimers (electric water heating)
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems
Milk Precoolers
Programmable Ventilation Controller
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps
5.1.1 Farm Equipment Measure Descriptions
Detailed descriptions of the individual farm measures identified in Table 5-1 include:
 Automatic Milker Takeoffs: Automatic milker takeoffs are devices used with
automatic milking machines. They are a type of control designed to remove the milking
‘claw’ when milk flow drops to a preset level. This reduces over-milking and cuts down
on the use of the vacuum pump, reducing energy consumption. Some controls come with
the added benefit of allowing farmers to track the productivity and milking data associated with each cow.

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 Block Heater Timers: A block heater is a device that heats the engine block of tractors
and other diesel equipment. The heater is necessary to allow equipment to start in cold
weather. Although the heater only needs one or two hours to sufficiently warm the
engine block, farmers often leave them plugged in overnight. A block heater timer prevents the heater from running longer than necessary.
 Circulating Fans: Circulating fans are used to move air around farm buildings to ensure
air quality and livestock cooling. Circulating fan incentives are offered for fan/motor
combinations that meet cfm/W ratings according to fan size. Fans are tested by
independent bodies such as the Bioenvironmental and Structural Systems laboratory at the University of Illinois or the Air Movement and Control Association International Inc (AMCA).
 Heat Reclaimers (electric water heating): Dairy farms need to use hot water for
cleaning milk pipes and sanitizing areas. A heat reclaimer takes heat from the warm milk
and uses it to warm water used for cleaning or other applications. The heat reclaimer reduces the load on the primary water heater.
 High Efficiency Livestock Waterers: Livestock waterers are troughs that get filled
automatically and are maintained at a constant temperature. Troughs need to be heated to
prevent water from freezing in the winter. High efficiency waterers have thick insulation
to prevent heat losses and adjustable thermostats. They may employ a floating insulating cap to prevent heat loss from the surface of the water. The reduced heat loss lowers the power draw from the heating element.
 High Efficiency Ventilation Systems: Ventilation systems are used to bring fresh air
into a facility and exhaust dirty air, as well as maintain a comfortable temperature for
livestock. Incentives are offered for ventilation fan and motor combinations that meet a given cfm/W rating according to fan size. Ventilation fans are rated by the same independent testing bodies as circulating fans.
 Milk Precoolers: Milk coming from an automatic milker must be cooled to help
preserve it and prepare it for processing and shipment. Generally, it is cooled in a bulk
tank connected to a full refrigeration system. A milk precooler is a heat exchanger that uses well water to begin cooling the milk before it enters the bulk tank. This precooling lowers the load on the refrigeration system compressor. The additional energy cost
required for pumping the well water is offset by the reduction in compressor energy
consumption. The most common type of precooler is a plate heat exchanger. A plate
heat exchanger has many metal plates pressed together. The plates have grooves in them through which the milk and cooling water flow. Increasing the number of plates allows increased cooling capacity.
 Programmable Ventilation Controller: Ventilation systems are used to bring fresh air
into a facility and exhaust dirty air as well as maintain a comfortable temperature for
livestock. Programmable ventilation controllers vary the speed of ventilation fans to meet the immediate needs of the facility. This ensures that power is not wasted by
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continuously running the fans when the ventilation requirements of the facility are
satisfied.
 VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps: Dairy vacuum pumps are required to maintain a
constant vacuum supply for proper operation of automatic milkers. Generally, the pumps are designed to provide a vacuum for the largest possible draw. During partial operation, air is bled into the system and the pump still operates at full power. A variable frequency
drive (VFD) installed on a vacuum pump can measure the actual vacuum load of the
system and reduce the power to the pump. This reduction from full load to partial load
can help reduce energy consumption.
5.2 FARM EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Table 5-2 identifies the key informational resources utilized to conduct the farm equipment
technology review.
Table 5-2. Farm Equipment Measure Information Resources
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Circulating Fans
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High-efficiency Livestock Waterers 
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems 
Milk Precoolers 
Programmable Ventilation Controller
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps  
Information on farm equipment measures was sparse among the key resources reviewed, but a
few sources provided useful cost and savings information. The DEER database provided cost,
savings, and measure life data for the measures shown in Table 5-2.
RTF provided a spreadsheet energy calculator for milk precoolers, as well as case study information from dairy farms with VFDs on vacuum pumps. Although the PacifiCorp 2007
Market Study did not provide information on any farm measures, Quantec, LLC was able to
provide unit costs, estimated percent savings, and measure life on all measures except circulating
fans, high-efficiency livestock waterers, and programmable ventilation controls.
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5.3 UTILITY FARM EQUIPMENT DSM PROGRAM REVIEW
Table 5-3 identifies which of the evaluated utilities currently offer customers a prescriptive
incentive for the evaluated farm measures.
Table 5-3. Farm Equipment Utility Program Review
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Automatic Milker Takeoffs 
Block Heater Timers 
Circulating Fans 
Heat Reclaimers (electric water heating) 
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers  
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems 
Milk Precoolers  
Programmable Ventilation Controller 
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps  
Alliant Energy is the primary utility providing incentives for farm equipment measures. For each
evaluated measure, Alliant provides a prescriptive incentive for both new construction and
retrofit projects. Incentives are offered to customers in Iowa and Minnesota through Alliant’s
farm rebate program or to customers in Wisconsin through Focus on Energy (FOE). FOE is a public/private partnership that helps provide energy efficiency incentives for a number of
business types. FOE provides incentives for high-efficiency ventilation systems, milk
precoolers, and VFDs for dairy vacuum pumps.
In addition to providing incentive and eligibility information for each measure, Alliant also has
internet based energy calculators for the following measures:
 Automatic milker takeoffs
 Block heater timers
 Heat reclaimers
 High-efficiency ventilation systems
 Milk precoolers
 VFDs for dairy vacuum pumps
The incentives for measures associated with dairy farms are offered based on the number of
cows being milked because this serves as an indicator of the frequency and volume of use.
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BPA provides a framework and funding for utilities to provide their customers with incentives
for the farm measures through their Conservation Rate Credit and Conservation Acquisition
Agreement programs. Additionally, BPA offers spreadsheet-based energy savings calculators
for vacuum pump VFDs and milk precoolers. A search of the Database of State Incentives for Renewables and Efficiency (www.dsireusa.com) revealed no additional utilities offering incentives for the measures evaluated.
5.4 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE CODE REVIEW
Federal and State energy codes were reviewed for their applicability to the evaluated measures.
None of the measures are subject to any State or Federal energy codes.
5.5 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE VENDORS
Table 5-4. Representative Idaho Farm Equipment Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Keith’s Dairy Service and Supply [phone]
Alliance Dairy Service and Supply [phone]
Magiix [phone]
As part of this evaluation, Nexant surveyed vendors across PacifiCorp’s service territories to
identify current market awareness and trends associated with these measures. The vendors
surveyed included farm equipment distributors and repair companies providing retrofit and installation services. As many of the measures reviewed pertain to dairy farms, some vendors specialized in dairy farm equipment. However, as all of the measures can be used on dairy
farms, it was found that most vendors were familiar with all of the measures. Some key
feedback includes:
 A number of vendors remarked that the majority of equipment installation is for retrofit and remodeling. Only a small number of new construction projects are seen, and during an emergency repair the customer is more concerned about bringing equipment back
online than about energy efficiency.
 Many vendors agreed that the majority of their customers installed energy efficient
measures. One dealer claimed that 100% of his customers used some form of efficient technology. Installation of VFDs on various pump applications was mentioned by a number of vendors.
 One dealer mentioned that one technology he has seen increasing in popularity is
centralized equipment controls. A centralized panel enables the farmer to monitor
aspects of farm equipment including milk cooling, lighting, ventilation, and pumps.
 General consensus is that measure payback is less than 2 years.
The vendor survey instrument and additional vendor responses are provided in Appendix A.
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5.6 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
All of the nine evaluated farm measures are recommended for post-purchase prescriptive
incentive delivery under the FinAnswer Express Program. Eight of the recommended measures
should use deemed savings and costs. Reporting actual costs and using the simplified analysis approach described in Section 5.9 to calculate savings for milk precoolers is preferred in order to account for site specific variations in milk precooler savings and costs.
Since high-efficiency livestock waterers are cost-effective only in regions that average more than
6,000 heating degree days each year, Idaho is the only state where this measure is recommended.
This is consistent with BPA’s incentive policy for high-efficiency livestock waterers.
For the majority of the evaluated measures, the recommended eligibility requirements, estimated savings, and incentives were matched for consistency with Alliant Energy’s Farm Equipment
program and BPA. Table 5-5 contains a summary of the farm equipment measure prescriptive
recommendations.
Table 5-5. Recommended Measures
Measure

Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Automatic Milker Takeoffs  
Block Heater Timers  
Circulating Fans  
Heat Reclaimers  
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers  
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems  
Milk Precoolers  
Programmable Ventilation Controller  
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps  
Additional information on recommended baselines, measure eligibility requirements, cost,
savings, and incentives are provided in the balance of this section.
5.7 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE BASELINES
The baseline for the majority of measures is a farm without the efficient equipment installed.
The baseline efficiency for circulating fans and high efficiency ventilation systems is estimated
at 2 cfm/W below the recommended minimum qualifying efficiency for fan motor combinations
to receive an incentive. This is established with averages taken from testing at the Bioenvironmental Structural Systems Laboratory at the University of Illinois.
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5.8 MINIMUM FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Recommended eligibility requirements for farm equipment measures are summarized in Table
5-6. The minimum eligibility for ventilation and circulation fans is consistent with the
requirements of Alliant Energy.
Table 5-6. Farm Equipment Measure Minimum Eligibility Recommendations
Measure Subcategory Recommended Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Automatic Milker Takeoffs -- The equipment must be able to sense milk flow and remove milker when flow reaches a pre-set level. Incentive available for retrofit only.
Tractor Block Heater Timers -- The equipment must be a UL-listed device and rated for minimum of 15 amps continuous duty
Circulating Fans1
12-23” Diameter 11 cfm/W
24-35” Diameter 18 cfm/W
36-47” Diameter 18 cfm/W
≥48” Diameter 25 cfm/W
Heat Reclaimers -- Equipment must use waste heat from compressor to heat water. Customer must use electricity to heat water.
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers --
Must have two inches or more of insulation surrounding the inside of the waterer and an electric heating element. Those with a heating element greater than 250 watts must have an adjustable thermostat. Non-electric waterers do not qualify.
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems1
12-23” Diameter 11 cfm/W
24-35” Diameter 13 cfm/W
36-47” Diameter 17 cfm/W
≥48” Diameter 19.5 cfm/W
Milk Precoolers -- The equipment must cool milk with well-water before it reaches the bulk cooling tank.
Programmable Ventilation Controller -- The equipment must control ventilation fans based on temperature or environmental settings.
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps -- The equipment must vary the motor speed in accordance with
the air flow needs of the vacuum system. Incentive available for retrofit only.
1 Fans must be tested by an independent rating body such as the Bioenvironmental and Structural Systems laboratory at the University of Illinois or the Air Movement and Control Association International Inc.
5.9 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS, AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
The customer cost for automatic milker takeoffs, block heater timers, heat reclaimers, and high
efficiency ventilation systems is based on Quantec LLC market studies. The customer cost for high-efficiency livestock waterers and VFDs on dairy vacuum pumps is taken from the DEER
database. The cost of programmable ventilation controllers is an average cost of qualifying units
identified through an internet search.
The energy savings for automatic milker takeoffs, block heater timers, heat reclaimers, high
efficiency ventilation systems, and programmable ventilation controllers were derived from energy savings calculators provided by Alliant Energy. The savings associated with VFDs on
Dairy vacuum pumps is taken from the DEER database.
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Alliant offers incentives based on the number of cows being milked for automatic milker
takeoffs, heat reclaimers, milk precoolers, and VFDs on dairy vacuum pumps. For the purpose
of consistency across the incentive program and practicality, the incentives recommended for
these measures use a unit more appropriate to the measure. The data for heat reclaimers is scaled according to the heat reclaimer size. This is based on information from DeLaval, a prominent manufacturer of dairy farm equipment.
The recommended incentive for automatic milker takeoffs is based on the average of 50% of the
customer cost and an amount calculated based on first-year savings valued at $0.15/kWh +
$50/kW. The incentive for block heater timers, circulating fans, and high efficiency ventilation systems is broadly consistent with the incentive offered by Alliant. The incentive for heat reclaimers is equivalent to 50% of the customer cost. The recommended incentive for VFDs on
dairy vacuum pumps is based on averages from BPA, FOE, and the calculated energy cost
savings.
The proposed incentive for circulating and ventilation fans is consistent with the incentive offered by Alliant. The incentive level represents only a small percentage of the estimated gross customer cost. Market research and farm equipment vendors noted that farmers will replace fans
upon failure and rarely replace a fan that is operating properly. Therefore, although the incentive
level is low in relation to the total customer cost of a high-efficiency fan, it is reasonable when
compared against the incremental cost difference between a standard-efficiency and high-efficiency fan. Table 5-7 summarizes the key measure information evaluated.

Table 5-7. Recommended Farm Equipment Measure Incentives
Measure Subcategory Unit Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings (kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings (kW/unit)
Gross Customer Cost ($/unit)
Incentive ($/unit)
Automatic Milker Takeoffs -- Each 10 992 0.407 $610 $235
Tractor Block Heater Timers -- Each 10 512 0.000 $20 $10
Circulating Fans
12-23” Fan 10 419 0.057 $551 $25
24-35” Fan 10 486 0.066 $821 $35
36-47” Fan 10 557 0.076 $1001 $50
≥48” Fan 10 1,460 0.200 $1201 $75
Heat Reclaimers -- Condenser
kW 10 629 0.258 $434 $220
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers -- Each 10 1,209 0.100 $450 $165
High-efficiency
Ventilation Systems
12-23” Fan 10 419 0.057 $1201 $45
24-35” Fan 10 750 0.103 $1801 $75
36-47” Fan 10 1,500 0.205 $2151 $125
≥48” Fan 10 3,000 0.411 $2901 $150
Milk Precoolers -- -- 10 Equation 5-1 Equation 5-1 Actual $0.12/kWh + $50/kW
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Measure Subcategory Unit Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings (kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings (kW/unit)
Gross Customer Cost ($/unit)
Incentive ($/unit)
Programmable Ventilation Controller -- Fan Controlled 12 1,020 0.139 $115 $20
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps -- Hp 15 2,505 0.37 $340 $165
These prices represent incremental costs between standard and high-efficiency fans.
The recommended simplified analysis for estimating the gross annual energy savings for a milk
pre-cooler submitted to the FinAnswer Express program is shown in Equation 5-1.
CCOP
STMyrkWh ××∆×=/ Equation 5-1
where
M = the annual milk production of the farm, or yearly weight of milk cooled by the
tank downstream of the pre-cooler (lbs/yr)
ΔT = the temperature drop of the milk due to the pre-cooler (°F). This value is deemed
based on regional well water temperature and the temperature of un-cooled milk.
Temperature drop data by state is shown in Table 5-8.
S = the specific heat of milk (0.93 Btu/lb·°F)
COP = the coefficient of performance of the cooling tank compressor. If this value is known, it may be used in Equation 5-1. Otherwise a conservative average of 2.5
can be used.
C = constant (3,413 Btu/kWh)
Table 5-8. Deemed Temperature Drop by State
State Temperature Drop
California 32°F
Idaho 47°F
Utah 43°F
Washington 43°F
It is estimated that milk production is fairly consistent during the year and variation throughout the day is minimal. Therefore, the demand savings from milk-precoolers can be found by
dividing the energy savings per year by the annual operating hours.
5.10 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE OUTLOOK
There are no upcoming or proposed changes to farm equipment energy codes on the federal or state level that would require a reevaluation of measure data. However, the high prevalence of
milk precoolers and VFDs on vacuum pumps mentioned by farm equipment vendors indicates
that these measures may become standard practice in the future and measure eligibility may need
to be revisited. As equipment manufacturers upgrade the efficiency of their products, it may be
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necessary to reevaluate the baseline, eligibility requirements, savings, and incentives associated
with each measure. This will be of particular concern for ventilation and circulation fans as the
deemed savings potential is based on efficiency improvements rather than installation of
equipment. Centralized farm controls are a popular energy efficiency measure employed by a number of farmers and may be a practical measure to examine for inclusion in a prescriptive incentive program at a later date.

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Section 6 Food Service
6.1 FOOD SERVICE CATEGORY OVERVIEW
The food service industry can greatly reduce electric power consumption by upgrading to higher
efficiency equipment. Two Food Service measures were previously included in the FinAnswer
Express program. A list of existing and potential measures evaluated can be found in Table 6-1.
Table 6-1. Evaluated Food Service Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Food Service Measures Potential New FinAnswer Express Food Service Measures
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility)
Beverage Vending Machine Occupancy Sensor Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial facility)
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial)
Air-Cooled Ice Machines
Electric Commercial Fryers
Dishwasher (Commercial unit)
Insulated Holding Cabinets
Electric Steam Cookers
Electric Convection Oven
Electric Griddle
Electric Combination Oven
Variable Speed Control of Vent Hood Make-Up Air Unit (MAU)
Vent Hood Variable Speed Control with Electric Space Heat
6.1.1 Food Service Category Descriptions
Detailed descriptions of the food service measures identified in Table 6-1 include:
Residential Measures used in a commercial facility:
 Residential Dishwasher: From the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 430.2
referring to residential products, “Dishwasher means a cabinet-like appliance which with
the aid of water and detergent, washes, rinses, and dries (when a drying process is
included) dishware, glassware, eating utensils, and most cooking utensils by chemical,
mechanical and/or electrical means and discharges to the plumbing drainage system.” A standard dishwasher has capacity equal to or greater than eight place settings plus six serving pieces (ANSI/AHAM DW-1) while a compact dishwasher is any dishwasher with
a capacity smaller than a standard dishwasher.
 Residential Refrigerator: From the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 430.2
referring to residential products, “Electric refrigerator means a cabinet designed for the refrigerated storage of food at temperatures above 32°F and below 39°F, configured for general refrigerated food storage, and having a source of refrigeration requiring single
phase, alternating current electric energy input only. An electric refrigerator may include
a compartment for the freezing and storage of food at temperatures below 32°F, but does
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not provide a separate low temperature compartment designed for the freezing and
storage of food at temperatures below 8°F.”
 Residential Refrigerator-freezer: From the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part
430.2 referring to residential products, “Electric refrigerator-freezer means a cabinet which consists of two or more compartments with at least one of the compartments designed for the refrigerated storage of food at temperatures above 32 °F and with at least
one of the compartments designed for the freezing and storage of food at temperatures
below 8 °F which may be adjusted by the user to a temperature of 0 °F or below. The
source of refrigeration requires single phase, alternating current electric energy input only.”
 Residential Freezer: From the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 430.2
referring to residential products, “Freezer means a cabinet designed as a unit for the
freezing and storage of food at temperatures of 0 °F or below, and having a source of
refrigeration requiring single phase, alternating current electric energy input only.”
Commercial food service equipment:
 Reach-in Refrigerator or Freezer/Glass Door Refrigerator: From Code of Federal
Regulations, Title 10, Part 431.62, “Commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-
freezer means refrigeration equipment that—
1) Is not a consumer product (as defined in 10 CFR Part 430.2); 2) Is not designed and marketed exclusively for medical, scientific, or research purposes;
3) Operates at a chilled, frozen, combination chilled and frozen, or variable temperature;
4) Displays or stores merchandise and other perishable materials horizontally, semi-
vertically, or vertically; 5) Has transparent or solid doors, sliding or hinged doors, a combination of hinged, sliding, transparent, or solid doors, or no doors;
6) Is designed for pull-down temperature applications or holding temperature
applications; and
7) Is connected to a self-contained condensing unit or to a remote condensing unit.”
 Commercial Ice Maker: From Code of Federal Regulations, Title 10, Part 431.132, “Automatic commercial ice maker means a factory-made assembly (not necessarily
shipped in 1 package) that—
1) Consists of a condensing unit and ice-making section operating as an integrated
unit, with means for making and harvesting ice; and 2) May include means for storing ice, dispensing ice, or storing and dispensing ice.”
Types of commercial ice makers:
A. “Ice-making head means an automatic commercial ice maker that does not contain
integral storage bins, but is generally designed to accommodate a variety of bin
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capacities. Storage bins entail additional energy use not included in the reported
energy consumption figures for these units.
B. Remote compressor means a type of automatic commercial ice maker in which the
ice-making mechanism and compressor are in separate sections. C. Remote condensing means a type of automatic commercial ice maker in which the ice-making mechanism and condenser or condensing unit are in separate sections.
D. Self-contained means a type of automatic commercial ice maker in which the ice-
making mechanism and storage compartment are in an integral cabinet.”
 Commercial Fryer: From ENERGY STAR’s Program Requirements for Commercial Fryers Partner Commitments document, “Commercial Open, Deep-Fat Fryer means an appliance, including a cooking vessel, in which oil is placed to such a depth that the
cooking food is essentially supported by displacement of the cooking fluid rather than by
the bottom of the vessel. Heat is delivered to the cooking fluid by means of an immersed
electric element or band-wrapped vessel.”
 Commercial Dishwasher: From ENERGY STAR’s Program Requirements for Commercial Dishwashers Partner Commitments document, “Dishwashing machine
means a machine designed to clean and sanitize plates, glasses, cups, bowls, utensils, and
trays by applying sprays of detergent solution (with or without blasting media granules)
and a sanitizing final rinse.”
Types of commercial dishwashers:
A. “Under Counter Dishwasher means a machine with an overall height 38 inches or
less, in which a rack of dishes remains stationary within the machine while being
subjected to sequential wash and rinse sprays, and is designed to be installed under
food preparation workspaces. Under counter dishwashers can be either chemical or hot water sanitizing, with an internal booster heater for the latter. For purposes of this
specification, only those machines designed for wash cycles of 10 minutes or less can
qualify for ENERGY STAR.
B. Stationary Rack, Single Tank, Door Type Dishwasher means a machine in which a
rack of dishes remains stationary within the machine while subjected to sequential wash and rinse sprays. This definition also applies to machines in which the rack
revolves on an axis during the wash and rinse cycles. Subcategories of stationary door
type machines include: single and multiple wash tank, double rack, pot, pan and
utensil washers, chemical dump type and hooded wash compartment (“hood type”).
Stationary rack, single tank, door type models are covered by this specification and can be either chemical or hot water sanitizing, with an internal or external booster heater for the latter.
C. Single Tank Conveyor Dishwasher means a warewashing machine that employs a
conveyor or similar mechanism to carry dishes through a series of wash and rinse
sprays within the machine. Specifically, a single tank conveyor machine has a tank for wash water followed by a final sanitizing rinse and does not have a pumped rinse
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tank. This type of machine may include a pre-washing section before the washing
section. Single tank conveyor dishwashers can be either chemical or hot water
sanitizing, with an internal or external booster heater for the latter.
D. Multiple Tank Conveyor Dishwasher means a conveyor type machine that has one or more tanks for wash water and one or more tanks for pumped rinse water, followed by a final sanitizing rinse. This type of machine may include one or more pre-
washing sections before the washing section. Multiple tank conveyor dishwashers can
be either chemical or hot water sanitizing, with an internal or external booster heater
for the latter.
E. Hot Water Sanitizing (High Temp) Machine means a warewashing machine that applies potable hot water to the surfaces of wares to achieve sanitization.
F. Chemical Sanitizing (Low Temp) Machine means a warewashing machine that applies
potable water and a chemical sanitizing solution to the surfaces of wares to achieve
sanitization.”
 Commercial Insulated Holding Cabinets: From ENERGY STAR’s Program Requirements for Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets Partner Commitments
document, “Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinet means an appliance that is designed
to hold hot food at a specified temperature, which has been cooked using a separate
appliance.”
 Commercial Steam Cooker: From ENERGY STAR’s Program Requirements for Commercial Steam Cookers Partner Commitments document, “Steam Cooker, also
referred to as a compartment steamer, means a device with one or more food steaming
compartments in which the energy in the steam is transferred to the food by direct
contact. Models may include countertop models, wall-mounted models and floor-models mounted on a stand, pedestal or cabinet-style base.”
 Convection oven: From the Food Service Technology Center, “an oven having a
motorized fan or blower that circulates hot air uniformly and continuously throughout the
oven cavity”. Convection ovens result in faster, more even cooking processes relative to
standard or natural convection ovens. Convection ovens are sold with either electric or gas heating systems.
 Electric Griddle: From the Food Service Technology Center, “a metal plate heated from
underneath by gas burners or electric elements.” Griddles generally include a thermostat
for controlling the amount of heat delivered to the metal plate and may vary in size,
power input, and griddle plate construction depending on the food product.
 Combination Oven: An appliance which cooks food by drawing in heated air through a fan which forces it into the oven cavity, while moisture is created by a steam generator. It
is called a “combination oven” because it performs the functions of both a regular oven
and a steam cooker, either separately or simultaneously.
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6.2 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Table 6-2 identifies the key informational resources utilized to conduct the food service measure
technology review.
Table 6-2. Food Service Measure Informational Resources
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Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial facility)  
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers    
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial) 
Air-Cooled Ice Machines   
Electric Commercial Fryers    
Dishwasher (Commercial unit)   
Insulated Holding Cabinets    
Electric Steam Cookers    
Electric Convection Oven 
Electric Griddle 
Electric Combination Oven
Both ENERGY STAR and CEE were valuable resources for information on food service equipment. The Industrial Technologies Program mirrors ENERGY STAR specifications.
ENERGY STAR currently has specifications for residential refrigerators and freezers, residential
dishwashers, commercial dishwashers, ice machines, commercial solid-door refrigerators and
freezers, electric steam cookers, hot food holding cabinets and electric fryers. As of December
2008, ENERGY STAR is nearing completion of a revision to existing specifications for commercial solid-door refrigerators and freezers. On November 20, 2007 and October 13, 2008,
ENERGY STAR announced its intention to develop new product specifications for griddles and
commercial ovens respectively. A timeline for completion of these specifications is not currently
available.
CEE maintains specifications for many of the same categories of high-efficiency equipment listed by ENERGY STAR, including: commercial dishwashers, commercial solid-door refrigerators and freezers, glass-door refrigerators, hot food holding cabinets, ice machines, and
steamers. Generally, CEE specifications are aimed at encouraging adoption of the highest
efficiency appliances and include specifications for high-efficiency equipment tiers beyond
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ENERGY STAR requirements. In some cases (i.e. Ice Machines), CEE specifications are more
established and more widely used than new ENERGY STAR specifications.
6.3 UTILITY FOOD SERVICE DSM PROGRAM REVIEW
Table 6-3 identifies which of the evaluated utilities currently offer non-residential customers a prescriptive incentive for the evaluated food service measures.
Table 6-3. Food Service Measure Utility Prescriptive DSM Program Review
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Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility) 
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial facility) 
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers    
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial)  
Air-Cooled Ice Machines     
Electric Commercial Fryers     
Dishwasher (Commercial unit) 
Insulated Holding Cabinets     
Electric Steam Cookers     
Electric Convection Oven     
Electric Griddle   
Electric Combination Oven    
PG&E was the most valuable utility resource as it provided a comprehensive review of all of the
proposed measures and provided deemed savings and costs.
Of the utilities surveyed, few offered incentives for commercial dishwashers, electric griddles,
and combination ovens. This may be due to the lack of any longstanding ENERGY STAR or CEE specifications and general confusion in the marketplace about which appliances should
qualify as high-efficiency.
The incentive amounts and the eligibility requirements of surveyed utility programs are
presented in Appendix C.
6.4 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE CODE REVIEW
Each of the evaluated food service measures is subject to federal minimum efficiency requirements. These standards are summarized in Table 6-4.
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Table 6-4. Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements for Food Service Measures
Measure Subcategory Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements Notes
Dishwasher (Residential) Residential Unit in a Commercial Facility
The energy factor of dishwashers manufactured on or after May 14, 1994, must not be less than:
(Standard) EF = 0.46 (cycles/kWh)
(Compact) EF = 0.62 (cycles/kWh)
10 CFR 430.32(f)
Refrigerators (Residential) Residential Unit in a Commercial Facility
The energy and conservation standard for refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers with total
refrigerated volume less than 39 cubic feet manufactured on or after July 1, 2001 is defined by product class and based on the total adjusted volume (AV) in cubic feet of the unit.
Where AV=(VF×CR)+VFF
VF=freezer compartment volume in cubic feet,
VFF=fresh food compartment volume in cubic feet,
CR=adjustment factor of 1.44 for refrigerators other than all-refrigerators, 1.63 for refrigerator-freezers, or 1.0 for all-refrigerators
See Table 6-5 for complete listing of code requirements
10 CFR 430.32(a)
and
10 CFR 430 Subpart B
Appendix A1.1.2 & A1.6.1

Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers
(Commercial)
Refrigerator
Not currently regulated by Federal Code
As of January 1, 2010, each commercial refrigerator and freezer with a self-contained condensing unit designed for holding temperature applications, shall have a daily energy consumption (in kilowatt hours per day) that does not exceed the following:
0.10 *Volume + 2.04 kWh/day
10 CFR 431.66 (2b)
Freezer 0.40 *Volume + 1.38 kWh/day
Refrigerator-Freezer Greater of 0.27AV – 0.71 or 0.70
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial)
Holding Temperature Applications
Not currently regulated by Federal Code
As of January 1, 2010, each commercial refrigerator, freezer, and refrigerator-freezer with a
self-contained condensing unit designed for holding temperature applications, shall have a daily energy consumption that does not exceed the following:
0.12 *volume + 3.34 kWh/day
10 CFR 431.66 (2b)
Pull-Down Temperature Application
As of January 1, 2010, each commercial refrigerator with a self-contained condensing unit designed for pull-down temperature applications and transparent doors shall have a daily energy consumption of not more than:
0.126V + 3.51 kWh/day
10 CFR 431.66 (2c)
Ice Machines (H = harvest rate in lbs/day)
Water-cooled Head
H < 500
Not currently regulated by Federal Code
As of January 1, 2010, each automatic commercial ice maker that produces cube-type ice with capacity between 50 and 2,500 pounds per 24
hours, shall meet the following standard levels:
Max. energy use: 7.80–0.0055H kWh/ 100 lb
10 CFR 431.136
Max. condenser water use: 200–0.022H
Water-cooled Head Max. energy use: 5.58–0.0011H kWh/ 100 lb
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Measure Subcategory Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements Notes
500 ≤ H < 1436 Max. condenser water use: 200–0.022H
Water-cooled Head
H ≥ 1436
Max. energy use: 4.0 kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: 200–0.022H
Air-cooled Head
H < 450
Max. energy use: 10.26–0.0086H kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Air-cooled Head
H ≥ 450
Max. energy use: 6.89–0.0011H kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Air-cooled Remote Condenser (not remote compressor)
H < 1000
Max. energy use: 8.85–0.0038H kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Air-cooled Remote Condenser (not remote compressor)
H ≥ 1000
Max. energy use: 5.1 kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Air-cooled Remote Condenser, Remote compressor
H < 934
Max. energy use: 8.85–0.0038H kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Air-cooled Remote Condenser, Remote compressor
H ≥ 934
Max. energy use: 5.3 kWh/ 100 lb kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Water-cooled Self-contained
H < 200
Max. energy use: 11. 40–0.019H kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: 191–0.0315H
Water-cooled Self-
contained
H ≥ 200
Max. energy use: 7.6 kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: 191–0.0315H
Air-cooled Self-contained
H < 175
Max. energy use: 18.0–0.0469H kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Air-cooled Self-contained
H ≥ 175
Max. energy use: 9.8 kWh/ 100 lb
Max. condenser water use: Not applicable
Electric Commercial Fryers -- No Federal Code requirement
Dishwasher (Commercial unit) -- No Federal Code requirement
Insulated Holding Cabinets -- No Federal Code requirement
Electric Steam Cookers -- No Federal Code requirement
Electric Convection Oven -- No Federal Code requirement
Electric Griddle -- No Federal Code requirement
Electric Combination Oven -- No Federal Code requirement
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Table 6-5. Specific Federal Minimum Efficiency Requirements for Residential Refrigerators
Product class
Energy standards equations for maximum energy use (kWh/yr)1,2
Effective 1-Jan-93 Effective 1-Jul-01
1. Refrigerators and Refrigerator-freezers with manual defrost
13.5AV+299 8.82AV+248.4
0.48av+299 0.31av+248.4
2. Refrigerator-Freezer—partial automatic defrost
10.4AV+398 8.82AV+248.4
0.37av+398 0.31av+248.4
3. Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic defrost with top-mounted freezer without through-the-door ice service and all-refrigerators—automatic defrost
16.0AV+355 9.80AV+276.0
0.57av+355 0.35av+276.0
4. Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic defrost with side-mounted freezer without through-the-
door ice service
11.8AV+501 4.91AV+507.5
0.42AV+501 0.17av+507.5
5. Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic defrost with bottom-mounted freezer without through-the-door ice service
16.5AV+367 4.60AV+459.0
0.58av+367 0.16av+459.0
6. Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic defrost with top-mounted freezer with through-the-door ice service
17.6AV+391 10.20AV+356.0
0.62av+391 0.36av+356.0
7. Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic defrost with side-mounted freezer with through-the-
door ice service
16.3AV+527 10.10AV+406.0
0.58av+527 0.36av+406.0
8. Upright Freezers with Manual Defrost 10.3AV+264 7.55AV+258.3
0.36av+264 0.27av+258.3
9. Upright Freezers with Automatic Defrost 14.9AV+391 12.43AV+326.1
0.53av+391 0.44av+326.1
10. Chest Freezers and all other Freezers except Compact Freezers
11.0AV+160 9.88AV+143.7
0.39av+160 0.35av+143.7
11. Compact Refrigerators and Refrigerator-Freezers with Manual Defrost
13.5AV+2993 10.70AV+299.0
0.48av+2993 0.38av+299.0
12. Compact Refrigerator-Freezer—partial automatic defrost
10.4AV+3983 7.00AV+398.0
0.37av+3983 0.25av+398.0
13. Compact Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic defrost with top-mounted freezer and compact all-refrigerators—automatic defrost
16.0AV+3553 12.70AV+355.0
0.57av+3553 0.45av+355.0
14. Compact Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic defrost with side-mounted freezer
11.8AV+5013 7.60AV+501.0
0.42av+5013 0.27av+501.0
15. Compact Refrigerator-Freezers—automatic 16.5AV+3673 13.10AV+367.0
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Product class
Energy standards equations for maximum energy use (kWh/yr)1,2
Effective 1-Jan-93 Effective 1-Jul-01
defrost with bottom-mounted freezer 0.58av+3673 0.46av+367.0
16. Compact Upright Freezers with Manual Defrost
10.3AV+2643 9.78AV+250.8
0.36av+2643 0.35av+250.8
17. Compact Upright Freezers with Automatic
Defrost
14.9AV+3913 11.40AV+391.0
0.53av+3913 0.40av+391.0
18. Compact Chest Freezers 11.0AV+1603 10.45AV+152.0
0.39av+1603 0.37av+152.0
1 AV=Total adjusted volume, expressed in ft.3, as determined in Appendices A1 and B1 of subpart B of this part.
2 av=Total adjusted volume, expressed in Liters.
3 Applicable standards for compact refrigerator products manufactured before July 1, 2001. Compact refrigerator products are not separate product categories under the standards effective January 1, 1993.
Individual states can implement efficiency regulations for any appliances not regulated by the
federal government. Currently in Idaho, there are no efficiency regulations for the food service equipment evaluated.
The federal government is issuing efficiency regulations for both commercial
refrigerators/freezers and ice-making machines on January 1, 2010 that will preempt any state
efficiency standards. The Energy Security and Independence Act of 2007 increases efficiency
requirements for residential dishwashers. Any standard dishwasher manufactured on or after January 1, 2010 shall not exceed 325 kWh/yr and 6.5 gallons of water per cycle and any compact
dishwasher shall not exceed 260 kWh/yr and 4.5 gallons of water per cycle. This act mandates
that the Secretary of Energy shall decide on re-examining efficiency regulations for
refrigerators/freezers for any units manufactured after January 1, 2014 by December 31, 2010.
6.5 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE VENDORS
Table 6-6 contains contact information for three identified vendors of food service measures
within PacifiCorp’s Idaho service territory.
Table 6-6. Representative Idaho Food Service Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Bargreen Ellingson [phone]
Standard Restaurant Equipment [phone]
Rush’s Kitchen Supply Co. [phone]
As part of this evaluation, Nexant surveyed these vendors and others across PacifiCorp’s service
territories to identify current market awareness and trends associated with these measures. Some
key feedback received included:
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 Most private customers consider energy efficiency of food service equipment a “second-
tier” concern and are more interested in the features, performance, and initial price of the
unit. However, government projects and large national grocery chains express more
preference for energy-efficient food service equipment.
 Food service equipment is purchased during new construction and upon unit failure. Rarely is equipment upgraded before the end of its useful life.
 Depending on the region, certain types of food-service equipment will be predominately
natural-gas powered (i.e. commercial fryers) while others will be predominately electric
powered (i.e. holding cabinets). Multiple vendors noted that it would be pointless to have incentives for electrically-powered equipment if most units are gas powered.
 One vendor expressed discontent with the ENERGY STAR label because it does not
require independent, third-party certification of the manufacturer’s submitted energy
efficiency ratings.
 There was high awareness of ENERGY STAR qualifying equipment among the surveyed vendors, but all responded that interest from customers in high-efficiency food service equipment was generally low.
The vendor survey instrument and additional vendor responses are provided in Appendix A.
6.6 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Continuation of the current program for commercial freezers and refrigerators is recommended, without need for alteration.
11 of the 13 evaluated new measures are recommended for post-purchase prescriptive incentive
delivery under the FinAnswer Express program using deemed savings and costs. Post-purchase
prescriptive incentives are not recommended for the Variable Speed Control of Vent Hood
Make-Up Air Unit (MAU) or Vent Hood Variable Speed Control with Electric Space Heat measures for the following reasons:
 Neither ENERGY STAR nor CEE has a recommended high-efficiency requirement for
these measures,
 Few utilities offer incentives and the incentive amounts vary widely and are eligibility
criteria is relatively undefined,
 Wide size variation in each application, and
 Limited market penetration.
These measures were removed from further analysis and not included in the balance of this
section.
Table 6-7 contains a summary of the food service measure prescriptive recommendations.
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Table 6-7. Food Service Measure Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Dishwasher (Residential unit in
commercial facility)  
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial facility)  
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial)  
Air Cooled Ice Machines  
Electric Commercial Fryers  
Dishwasher (Commercial unit)  
Insulated Holding Cabinets  
Electric Steam Cookers  
Electric Convection Oven  
Electric Griddle  
Electric Combination Oven  
Additional information on recommended baselines, measure eligibility requirements, cost,
savings and incentives are provided in the balance of this section.
6.7 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE BASELINES
Minimum equipment efficiency requirements were established by current codes (see Section 6.4) or industry standard practice. The selected baseline for all recommended measures is shown below.
Table 6-8. Food Service Measure Baselines
Measure Subcategory Baseline
Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility) -- Home Energy Savings Worksheet Assumptions
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial facility) -- Home Energy Savings Worksheet Assumptions
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers -- Performance data per ASHRAE Standard 117 2002 (Source: PG&E Workpapers)
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial) -- Performance data per ASHRAE Standard 117 2002 (Source: PG&E Workpapers)
Air Cooled Ice Machines -- FSTC Review of AHRI Database representation of lower 25% of
equipment
Electric Commercial Fryers -- 75% cooking energy efficiency
Dishwasher (Commercial unit)
Undercounter with Electric Building Water
Heating*
EnergyStar Calculator Baseline
Door-type with Electric Building Water Heating* EnergyStar Calculator Baseline
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Measure Subcategory Baseline
Single Tank Conveyor with
Electric Building Water Heating*
EnergyStar Calculator Baseline
Multiple Tank Conveyor with Electric Building
Water Heating*
EnergyStar Calculator Baseline
Insulated Holding Cabinets
Full Size Maximum Idle Energy Rate 125 Watt/ft3
¾ Size Maximum Idle Energy Rate 100 Watt/ft3
½ Size Maximum Idle Energy Rate 100 Watt/ft3
Electric Steam Cookers -- 26% cooking energy efficiency
Electric Convection Oven -- 65% cooking energy efficiency
Electric Griddle -- 65% cooking energy efficiency
Electric Combination Oven -- 44% cooking energy efficiency
*Electric or gas booster heaters are eligible.

6.8 MINIMUM FOOD SERVICE MEASURE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Recommended minimum efficiency requirements for food service measures are summarized in
Table 6-9.
Table 6-9. Food Service Measure Minimum Efficiency Recommendations
Measure Subcategory Recommended Minimum Efficiency Requirements
Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility) -- ENERGY STAR Qualification
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial facility) -- ENERGY STAR Qualification
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers -- The FinAnswer Express program’s existing requirements.
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial) -- • Class 1: CEE Tier 1, [(0.12 * V + 3.34) kWh/day]
• Class 2: CEE Tier 2, [(0.086 * V +2.39) kWh/day]
Air Cooled Ice Machines -- • Class 1: ENERGY STAR Qualified (see Table 6-10)
• Class 2: CEE Tier 3. (see Table 6-10)
Electric Commercial Fryers -- ENERGY STAR Qualification
Dishwasher (Commercial unit)
Undercounter with Electric Building Water Heating*
ENERGY STAR Qualification
Door-type with Electric Building Water Heating* ENERGY STAR Qualification
Single Tank Conveyor with Electric Building
Water Heating*
ENERGY STAR Qualification
Multiple Tank Conveyor with Electric Building Water Heating*
ENERGY STAR Qualification
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Measure Subcategory Recommended Minimum Efficiency Requirements
Insulated Holding Cabinets -- ENERGY STAR Qualification
Electric Steam Cookers -- ENERGY STAR Qualification
Electric Convection Oven -- >70% cooking energy efficiency
Electric Griddle -- >70% cooking energy efficiency
Electric Combination Oven -- >60% cooking energy efficiency
*Electric or gas booster heaters are eligible.
Table 6-10. Specific Ice Machine Minimum Efficiency Recommendations
Type
Size (lbs./day)
Cooling Medium
Energy Use Limit (kWh/100 lbs.)
ENERGY STAR CEE Tier 3
Ice-Making Head
100-200 Air-cooled 7.69 7.26
201-300 Air-cooled 6.92 6.53
301-400 Air-cooled 6.15 5.8
401-500 Air-cooled 5.38 5.07
501-1000 Air-cooled 5.2 4.96
1001-1500 Air-cooled 4.7 4.51
>1500 Air-cooled 4.2 4.06
Self-Contained 100-200 Air-cooled 7.98 7.32
>200 Air-cooled 9.11 8.33
Remote-Condensing (without remote compressor)
301-400 Air-cooled 6.65 6.24
401-500 Air-cooled 6.3 5.92
501-1000 Air-cooled 4.55 4.32
1001-1500 Air-cooled 4.64 4.34
>1500 Air-cooled 4.64 4.34
Remote-Condensing (with remote compressor)
301-400 Air-cooled 6.65 6.24
401-500 Air-cooled 6.3 5.92
501-1000 Air-cooled 4.78 4.53
1001-1500 Air-cooled 4.82 4.51
>1500 Air-cooled 4.82 4.51
6.9 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS, AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Estimated measure lifetimes, annual energy savings, incremental customer costs, and incentives
are taken from or based on information from PG&E and ENERGY STAR.
Table 6-11. Prescriptive Food Service Measure Information
Measure Subcategory Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1
(kW/unit)
Customer Cost 2
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility) ENERGY STAR Qualified Each 9 19 - $43 $20
Refrigerators (Residential
unit in commercial facility)
ENERGY STAR
Qualified Each 19 98 - $99 $20
Refrigerators - Glass Door
(Commercial)
CEE Tier 1, <30ft3 Each 12 844 0.09 $508 $30
CEE Tier 1, 31-60 ft3 Each 12 1,357 0.15 $1,839 $40
CEE Tier 1, >61ft3 Each 12 1,889 0.22 $266 $50
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Measure Subcategory Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1
(kW/unit)
Customer Cost 2
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
CEE Tier 2, <30ft3 Each 12 1,402 0.17 $2,102 $125
CEE Tier 2, 31-60 ft3 Each 12 2,250 0.26 $1,839 $150
CEE Tier 2, >61ft3 Each 12 3,129 0.36 $1,883 $175
Air Cooled Ice Machines
ENERGY STAR Qualified, 101-200 lbs/day Each 12 3,254 0.41 $296 $125.00
ENERGY STAR Qualified, 201-300 lbs/day Each 12 2,529 0.26 $312 $125.00
ENERGY STAR Qualified, 301-400 lbs/day Each 12 1,883 0.19 $559 $125.00
ENERGY STAR Qualified, 401-500
lbs/day
Each 12 2,260 0.28 $981 $125.00
ENERGY STAR Qualified, 501-1000 lbs/day Each 12 2,977 0.34 $1,485 $250.00
ENERGY STAR
Qualified, 1001-1500 lbs/day Each 12 4,962 0.47 $1,821 $250.00
ENERGY STAR Qualified, >1500 lbs/day Each 12 5,749 0.50 $2,194 $250.00
CEE Tier 3 101-200 lbs/day Each 12 3,439 0.43 $370 $150.00
CEE Tier 3 201-300 lbs/day Each 12 2,809 0.29 $390 $150.00
CEE Tier 3 301-400
lbs/day Each 12 2,237 0.23 $699 $150.00
CEE Tier 3 401-500 lbs/day Each 12 2,667 0.33 $1,226 $150.00
CEE Tier 3 501-1000 lbs/day Each 12 3,521 0.40 $1,856 $400.00
CEE Tier 3 1001-1500 lbs/day Each 12 5,697 0.54 $2,276 $400.00
CEE Tier 3 >1500 lbs/day Each 12 6,529 0.57 $2,743 $400.00
Electric Commercial Fryers ENERGY STAR Qualified Each 12 1,166 0.2 $4,708 $200
Dishwasher (Commercial unit)
Undercounter with Electric Building Water Heating* Each 11 3,612 - $1,000 $500
Door-type with Electric Building Water Heating* Each 11 11,709 - $2,000 $,1000
Single Tank Conveyor with Electric Building Water Heating* Each 11 13,532 - $3,000 $1,500
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Measure Subcategory Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1
(kW/unit)
Customer Cost 2
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
Multiple Tank Conveyor with Electric Building Water Heating*
Each 11 22,393 - $4,000 $2,000
Insulated Holding Cabinets
Full Size Each 12 9,308 1.7 $1,713 $300
¾ Size Each 12 3,942 0.7 $1,713 $250
½ Size Each 12 2,628 0.5 $1,713 $200
Electric Steam Cookers ENERGY STAR Qualified Each 12 11,166 2.5 $4,150 $750
Electric Convection Oven -- Each 12 2,262 0.5 $2,713 $350
Electric Griddle -- Each 12 1,637 0.4 $3,604 $300
Electric Combination Oven -- Each 12 18,432 4.2 $16,884 $1,000
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
* Electric or gas booster heaters are eligible.
6.10 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE OUTLOOK
Due to federal issue of minimum efficiency regulations for commercial refrigerators/freezers, residential refrigerators, and ice-making machines on January 1, 2010, and ENERGY STAR’s
recent study into electric griddles and commercial ovens, PacifiCorp will need to review and
possibly revise measure data prior to 2010.
The constantly changing nature of efficiency regulations for food service equipment at the state
and federal level, coupled with ongoing updates to specifications published by ENERGY STAR and CEE will require that PacifiCorp revisit eligibility criteria, measures costs and incentive
levels on a regular basis to insure that standard or code-compliant equipment does not become
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Section 7 HVAC
7.1 HVAC CATEGORY OVERVIEW
Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning (HVAC) systems are the largest consumers of energy
in the commercial building sector (2007 Building Energy Databook). An extremely large
installed base of older, less-efficient units and the high peak demand savings resulting from
replacement with higher-efficiency units have made HVAC systems a common component of
Utility DSM programs. Rising awareness of energy costs, coupled with more stringent energy codes and development of more efficient HVAC systems, has led to rapid change in the sector.
Periodic evaluations of the cost-effectiveness and eligibility of current and potential measures to
include in future programs is necessary.
The following measures are included in the HVAC category for review and analysis.
Table 7-1. Evaluated HVAC Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express HVAC Measure Potential New FinAnswer Express HVAC Measures
Unitary Commercial Air-Conditioners, Air-Cooled Ground-Source/Geothermal Heat Pumps
Unitary Commercial Air-Conditioners, Water & Evap-Cooled Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling (IDEC)
Heat Pumps, Air-Cooled Portable Classroom Control
Heat Pumps, Water-Source
Package Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC)
Package Terminal Heat Pump (PTHP)
Evaporative Cooling
Programmable Thermostats
Chillers
Occupancy Based PTHP/PTAC Control
7.1.1 HVAC Category Definitions
Detailed descriptions of the appliance measures identified in Table 7-1 include:
 Unitary Commercial Air-Conditioners: A unitary commercial air-conditioner is defined by ARI test standard 210/240-2006 as “One or more factory-made assemblies which normally include an evaporator or cooling coil(s), compressor(s), and
condenser(s). Either alone or in combination with a heating plant, the functions are to
provide air-circulation, air cleaning, cooling with controlled temperature and
dehumidification, and may optionally include the function of heating and/or humidifying.” The definition of unitary commercial air conditioners encompasses both split-system and package configurations of varying capacities which can be air-cooled,
water-cooled, or evaporatively-cooled. ARI test standard 210/240-2006 defines an
efficiency test standard and certification program for units with rated capacity less then
65,000 btu/hr. ARI test standard 340/360-2007 defines an efficiency test standard for units with rated capacity greater than 65,000 btu/hr but defines a certification program only for units with rated capacity less than 250,000 btu/hr. The ARI definition for
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unitary commercial air-conditioners is consistent with but more narrowly defined than
federal code (10 CFR Part 431.92).
 Unitary Air-Source Heat Pumps: A unitary air-source heat pump is defined by ARI
test standard 210/240-2006 as “One or more factory-made assemblies which normally include an indoor conditioning coil(s), compressor(s), and outdoor coil(s), including means to provide a heating function. The assemblies shall provide the function of air
heating with controlled temperature, and may include functions of air-cooling, air-
circulating, air-cleaning, dehumidifying or humidifying.” ARI test standard 210/240-
2006 defines an efficiency test standard and certification program for units with rated capacity less then 65,000 btu/hr. ARI test standard 340/360-2007 defines an efficiency test standard for units with rated capacity greater than 65,000 btu/hr but defines a
certification program only for units with rated capacity less than 250,000 btu/hr. Air-
source heat pumps are defined and treated separately from water-source, ground-water
source, and ground-source heat pumps.
 Water-Source Heat Pumps: A water-source heat pump is defined by ARI test standard 320-1998 as “One or more factory-made assemblies which normally include an indoor
air-conditioning coil with air moving means, compressor(s) and refrigerant-to-water heat
exchanger(s), including means to provide both cooling and heating or cooling only
functions. A water-source heat pump is typically one of multiple units using fluid circulated in a common piping loop as a heat source/heat sink that is mechanically controlled. Water-source heat pumps shall provide the function of air-circulating and
cooling and heating with controlled temperature, and may include the functions of water
heating, air-cleaning, dehumidifying and humidifying.”
 Ground Water-Source (Geothermal Open-Loop) Heat Pumps: A ground water-source heat pump is defined by ARI test standard 325-1998 as “One or more factory-made assemblies which normally include an indoor air-conditioning coil with air moving
means, compressor(s) and refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger(s), including means to
provide a heating function and may include a cooling function. A ground water-source
heat pump typically uses water pumped from a well, lake or stream as a heat source/sink. Ground water-source heat pumps shall provide the function of heating with controlled temperature, and may include the functions of water heating, air-cooling, air-circulating,
air-cleaning, dehumidifying or humidifying.” ARI references ISO 13256-1 as a test
standard for determining the unit efficiency. Ground water-source heat pumps are also
referred to as geothermal open-loop heat pumps.
 Ground Source (Geothermal Closed-Loop) Heat Pumps: A ground source heat pump (GSHP) is defined by ARI test standard 330-1998 as “One or more factory-made
assemblies which normally include an indoor air-conditioning coil with air moving
means, compressor(s) and refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger(s), including means to
provide both cooling and heating, cooling only or heating only functions. A GSHP typically uses fluid circulated through a closed subsurface piping loop as a heat source/sink. GSHPs shall provide the function of air-circulating, cooling and heating
with controlled temperature, and may include the functions of water heating, air-cleaning,
dehumidifying or humidifying.” ARI references ISO 13256-1 as a test standard for
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determining the unit efficiency. GSHPs are also referred to as geothermal closed-loop
heat pumps. In cases where refrigerant is circulated directly into the ground loop rather
than using a heat transfer fluid, the systems are referred to as direct expansion geothermal
heat pumps. Direct expansion geothermal heat pumps are subject to ARI test standard 870 rather than ISO 13256-1 like other ground-source heat pumps.
 Package Terminal Air-Conditioners and Heat Pumps: The definition of a Package
Terminal Air-Conditioner (PTAC) is defined in ARI test standard 310/380-2004:
“Packaged terminal air-conditioner means a wall sleeve and a separate un-encased
combination of heating and cooling assemblies specified by the manufacturer and intended for mounting through the wall. It includes refrigeration components, separable outdoor louvers, forced ventilation, and heating availability by purchaser’s choice of, at
least, hot water, steam, or electrical resistance heat.” Package Terminal Heat Pumps
(PTHP) are defined similarly in ARI 310/380-2004: “Packaged terminal heat pump
means a separate un-encased refrigeration system installed in a cabinet having a function and configuration similar to that of a packaged terminal air-conditioner. It uses reverse cycle refrigeration as its prime heat source and should have other supplementary heat
source(s) available to purchasers with the choice of, at least, hot water, steam, or
electrical resistance heat.” These definitions are consistent with federal code (10 CFR
Part 431.92)
 Evaporative Cooling: The California Appliance Efficiency Regulations defines an evaporative cooler as “an appliance that cools indoor air directly or indirectly by
evaporation of water.” A direct evaporative cooler means “a heat and mass transfer
device used to adiabatically cool air passing through the device by the process of
evaporating water directly exposed to this air.” An indirect (two-stage) evaporative cooler means “a heat and mass transfer device used to sensibly cool a primary air stream, without addition of moisture, by means of an evaporatively cooled secondary air stream.”
 Programmable Thermostats: Programmable thermostats are defined by ENERGY
STAR as “a device that enables the user to set one or more time periods each day when a
comfort setpoint temperature is maintained and one or more time periods each day when an energy-saving setpoint temperature is maintained. A programmable thermostat may be capable of controlling one or more zones of a conditioned space.” To qualify as an
ENERGY STAR programmable thermostat, the thermostat “shall have at least two
different programming periods and at least four possible temperature settings and shall be
pre-programmed so the day and sleep time periods are at least 8 hours long.”
 Chillers: ARI Test Standard 550/590-2003 defines a water-chilling package (henceforth referred to as a chiller) as “A factory-made and prefabricated assembly of one or more
compressor, condensers, and evaporators, with interconnections and accessories,
designed for the purpose of cooling water. It is a machine specifically designed to make
use of a vapor compression refrigeration cycle to remove heat from water and reject the heat to a cooling medium, usually air or water.” Chiller types include centrifugal, rotary, screw, scroll, reciprocating, and gas absorption. Absorption chillers are subject to a
different ARI test standard and not reviewed as part of this analysis.
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 Occupancy Based PTHP/PTAC Control: Packaged terminal heat pumps (PTHP) and
packaged terminal air conditioners (PTAC) are commonly installed in the hospitality
industry to provide heating and cooling of individual guest rooms. Occupancy based
PTHP/PTAC controllers are a combination of a control unit and an occupancy sensor that operates in conjunction to provide occupancy controlled heating and/or cooling. The control unit is operated by an occupancy sensor that is mounted in the room and turns the
PTHP/PTAC on/off and/or sets back the zone temperature when the room is unoccupied.
 Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling: ASHRAE defines an indirect/direct evaporative
cooler (IDEC) as follows: “In a two-stage indirect/direct evaporative cooler, a first stage indirect evaporative cooler lowers both the dry and wet bulb temperature of the incoming air. After leaving the indirect stage the supply air passes through a second-stage direct
evaporative cooler.” Where the design requires a supply air temperature lower than that
attainable using indirect/direct evaporative cooling, a third cooling stage (either a direct
expansion refrigeration unit or a chilled water coil) can be installed. Generally, IDEC systems are used in large buildings with central air handling systems but can also be found as part of smaller packaged units.
 Portable Classroom Control: Three types of controls can be installed in new portable
classrooms and retrofitted in existing portable classrooms: (1) 365 day programmable
thermostats, (2) occupancy sensor damper control for the ventilation system, and (3) occupancy sensor lighting control. Only 365-day programmable thermostats are reviewed as part of this analysis.
7.2 HVAC MEASURE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The following core resources were reviewed for information regarding new and existing HVAC
measures. The information findings are summarized in Table 7-2.
Table 7-2. Available HVAC Information Resources
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Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling (IDEC)   
Portable Classroom Control 

 Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Given the size and variability of HVAC units available, the most valuable information sources were those that aggregated data into
condensed summaries or datasets. The Consortium for Energy Efficiency (CEE) has
developed above-code efficiency tiers for different sizes of air conditioners (air-, water-
and evaporative-cooled) and heat pumps (air and water-cooled). Approximately 20% of air-cooled air-conditioning units sold in the United States surpass the minimum efficiency criteria for CEE Tier 1, 10% for Tier 2 and less than 1% for Tier 3. Extremely
limited quantities of water- and evaporative-cooled air conditioners and air-source heat
pumps over 65,000 Btu/hr meet the CEE Tier 1 criteria. The DEER database contains
incremental cost information for HVAC systems that generally meet the CEE Tier 1 criteria. ENERGY STAR qualifies air-source heat pumps and air conditioners up to 20 tons that meet the CEE Tier 1 criteria. Peak demand and energy savings estimates are
highly dependent on location. Therefore, standard calculations based on the EER and
IPLV/SEER and climate data are used to generate savings estimates.
 Package Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Relatively little information is available regarding PTAC and PTHP units. The units are most commonly installed in hotel rooms to allow individual occupant control of the space temperature and are
normally replaced only upon unit failure. ARI certifies the efficiency ratings of both
PTAC and PTHP units. These units must comply with both federal appliance standards
and state energy codes. Incremental costs for various unit sizes are available in the DEER database.
 Evaporative Cooling: The most useful source for information on evaporative coolers
was the Southwest Energy Efficiency Project (SWEEP). This resource compiled market
surveys and policy proposals for increasing the prevalence of evaporative coolers in
Western states in 2004 and conducted a workshop on the technology in the summer of 2007. SWEEP estimates that the most advanced evaporative coolers are 4-5 times more efficient than a 13 SEER central air conditioner in residential applications. Generally,
commercial applications for evaporative cooling systems are limited to large warehouse,
storage, or shop areas. However, two-stage indirect/direct evaporative coolers are a
common feature of larger central air handling systems in commercial buildings in dry climates. The DEER database provides incremental costs estimates for indirect evaporative coolers used in commercial applications.
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 Programmable Thermostat: ENERGY STAR qualified thermostats, which require at
least two different programming periods (i.e. weekday/weekend) and four temperature
settings have become standard equipment in both new construction and retrofit
applications. However, realized energy savings are highly dependent on the setback temperature and schedules employed by individual commercial customers.
The ENERGY STAR specification is set to be revised in 2009, effective on January 1st,
2010. If agreement is reached, the new specification is expected to address the disparity
between estimated savings and realized savings resulting from improper thermostat programming by focusing on improved usability and consumer education to promote more effective use of the energy saving features. If a revised specification is not released
by January 1st, 2010, the ENERGY STAR label will not be available for programmable
thermostats at that time.
 Chillers: Most of the resources reviewed contained general cost, savings, and equipment lifetime information for chillers. Incremental cost summary data can be found in Appendix B. Savings estimates vary tremendously with chiller type, location, and source
and, therefore, were not compiled. The DEER database provided the most complete
incremental cost data for a variety of chiller types and sizes. An analysis of the market
level savings and cost data for variable speed chillers was generated by RTF. Market level savings potential and costs for the installation of high-efficiency chillers were compiled for both the 2007 PacifiCorp Systemwide DSM Study and 2006 Xcel Energy
Colorado DSM Market Potential Assessment.
 Occupancy Based PTHP/PTAC Control: Relatively little supplementary cost, savings
or measure life data was found in the primary resources reviewed. The DEER Database provides costs data for HVAC time clocks, building energy management systems and programmable thermostats but nothing for occupancy based PTHP/PTAC controls. The
2007 PacifiCorp Systemwide DSM Study analyzed the measure and determined that an
occupancy based PTHP/PTAC control saves 25% of the energy used by a system without
a controller. Major manufacturers of the controllers are ENERNET Corporation, Smart Systems International, InnCom International and Energy Products, LLC.
 Ground-Source/Geothermal Heat Pumps: The Geothermal Heat Pump Consortium
(GHPC) and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) were the most useful
resources reviewed. Costs for ground-source heat pumps are highly variable depending
on the location, ground characteristics, type of system (open-loop and closed-loop) and configuration (ground-only or hybrid). Installation of the ground loop constitutes the largest portion of the total system cost and can range from $300 to more than $1,000 per
ton of capacity. ASHRAE has only published recommended efficiency criteria for closed
and open-loop ground-source heat pump systems less than 135,000 btu/hr despite the
availability of larger systems. ENERGY STAR certification is available for open-loop, closed-loop and direct expansion systems smaller than 135,000 btu/hr. Equipment lifetimes for GSHP systems are considerably longer than standard HVAC equipment,
ranging up to 30 years. Peak demand and energy savings estimates are highly dependent
on the entering water temperature (EWT). Therefore, standard calculations based on the
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EWT, EER and climate data are used to generate estimates. A review of cost-recovered
Energy FinAnswer projects showed that average costs for GSHP systems ranged from
$550 to more than $1,700 per ton of installed capacity. Savings were between 180 and
2,347 kWh per ton of installed capacity when compared to a multizone code-compliant rooftop air conditioning system.
 Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling: SWEEP was the most comprehensive source for
information about indirect/direct evaporative cooling systems. Utilized primarily in
larger commercial buildings (i.e. offices, event centers, airports, etc.), these systems are
estimated to be nearly 3 times as efficient as a mechanically cooled system. IDEC systems are custom designed for particular buildings and generally are installed only as part of new construction projects. Typical costs for IDEC systems, analyzed as part of
the Energy FinAnswer program, ranged from $0.50 to $1.50 per CFM of capacity.
Energy savings ranged from 0.55 to 1.81 kWh/yr per CFM of capacity and peak demand
savings ranged from 0.0001 to 0.0006 kW/mo per CFM of capacity.
 Portable Classroom Control: The energy efficiency of portable classrooms has been researched extensively to identify cost-effective energy savings opportunities (Davis
Energy Group, WSU Extension Energy Program). Outside of envelope measures,
improper scheduling of the HVAC and ventilation system was noted as a significant
problem in portable classrooms. Where manual on/off switches are employed, cooling/heating units commonly run when classrooms are unoccupied (summer vacation and weekends). Even when programmed correctly, 7-day thermostats operate
cooling/heating units during the unoccupied summer months unless reprogrammed by
facility staff at the beginning of summer vacation. To improve scheduling of HVAC
systems, the Northwest Portable Classroom Project recommends a 365/366 day programmable thermostat with temporary manual override be installed and configured in all portable classrooms.
7.3 UTILITY HVAC DSM PROGRAM REVIEW
The primary utility companies were reviewed for the presence of HVAC measures in their
incentive programs. Table 7-3 identifies which utilities offer non-residential customers a prescriptive incentive for the evaluated HVAC measures. Complete utility program information, including incentive amounts and eligibility information can be found in Appendix C.
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Unitary Commercial Air-Conditioners, Air-Cooled         
Unitary Commercial Air-Conditioners, Water & Evap-Cooled     
Heat Pumps, Air-Cooled       
Heat Pumps, Water-Source       
Package Terminal Air Conditioners (PTAC)      
Package Terminal Heat Pump (PTHP)     
Evaporative Cooling  
Programmable Thermostats       
Chillers      
Occupancy Based PTHP/PTAC Control   
Ground-Source/Geothermal Heat Pumps    
Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling (IDEC)
Portable Classroom Control 
1 Nevada Power only offers upstream incentives to distributors for air-cooled air-conditioners and heat pumps
 Unitary Commercial Air Conditioners and Air-Source Heat Pumps: High-efficiency air-cooled air conditioners and heat pumps are the most common measure found across the reviewed utility programs. In most cases, minimum efficiency requirements match
the requirements of CEE Tier 1. For units smaller than 65,000 Btu/hr, Alliant, Idaho
Power, Seattle City Light, and Xcel Energy have matched minimum eligibility
requirements to CEE Tier 2. Most utilities offer a fixed incentive ranging between $25 and $75 per ton for a unit that meets the minimum eligibility criteria of the program. Furthermore, most utilities offer an additional incentive for surpassing the minimum
efficiency required by the program. This incentive is calculated based on the actual
EER/IPLV of the unit compared to the required minimum EER/IPLV. Seattle City Light
provides incentives for any unit that surpasses the minimum efficiency required by the Washington State energy code and pays an incentive based on the calculated kWh saved. The incentives offered by the Energy Trust of Oregon are different for retrofit and new
construction projects.
 Water and Evaporatively-Cooled Air Conditioners: Only Nevada Power, Seattle City
Light, Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power have prescriptive offerings for water and evaporatively-cooled air conditioners. Incentives range from approximately $25 to $50 per ton. Eligibility requirements for all programs are identical to the CEE Tier 1
requirements, except for Seattle City Light which provides incentives for any unit with
efficiency higher than required by the Washington State energy code.
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 Water-Source Heat Pumps: Incentives for water-source heat pumps are offered by
approximately half of the reviewed utilities. Heat pump sizes are limited to 25 tons or
less with larger sizes requiring pre-approval or a custom incentive. Minimum efficiency
requirements vary between the utilities, especially for units larger than 135,000 btu/hr since CEE and ASHRAE do not provide suggested minimum efficiencies. Incentives range between $30 and $50 per ton. ETO only provides incentives for new construction
projects in the amount of $200 per ton.
 Package Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Incentive programs for PTAC
and PTHP units are offered by four utilities and minimum efficiency requirements and incentive structures vary widely. Most utilities mandate a standard minimum efficiency for all unit sizes to qualify for an incentive. Nevada Power requires a PTAC or PTHP to
be 20% more efficient than the federal standard. Incentives have either a flat rate per
qualifying unit or an incentive per ton based on the EER. Seattle City Light pays $0.20
per kWh saved for units with higher efficiency than required by the Washington State energy code.
 Evaporative Cooling: Incentives are only offered by PG&E and Idaho Power for
indirect or direct evaporative cooling units. Incentives are available only for systems that
replace an existing air-conditioning unit and ranged between $200 and $300 per unit
depending on the type of evaporative cooler installed. The FinAnswer Express program pays $0.02/CFM which is approximately $260 for a 10-ton unit.
 Programmable Thermostats: Programmable thermostats were common among
reviewed utility DSM programs. In all cases, the eligibility requirement to receive an
incentive mandated that the thermostat be at least ENERGY STAR qualified or have
temperature set-back and scheduling capabilities more stringent than an ENERGY STAR qualified thermostat (i.e. 7-day programming and optimum-start based on occupancy/outside air temperature). Incentives ranged from $25 to $50 per thermostat
among the programs. Only the FinAnswer Express program had separate incentive
amounts depending on whether the thermostat was installed on a heat pump ($70) or an
air-conditioner ($25). Incentives for programmable thermostats were discontinued by PG&E in 2006 and SMUD at the beginning of 2008.
 Chillers: Nearly half of the reviewed utilities offered incentives for electric air and
water-cooled chillers. Minimum eligibility requirements vary with the heat rejection
source, compressor type, and size of the chiller. All programs prohibited back-up chillers
from receiving incentives. The Wisconsin Focus on Energy Program, APS, Seattle City and Light, and Xcel Energy offer customers a fixed incentive per ton of chiller capacity for meeting a minimum kW/ton efficiency rating and an additional incremental incentive
per ton for chillers with higher efficiencies. ETO provides incentives at a flat rate of $50
per ton for new construction projects only. Additional information about utility chiller
incentive programs, including minimum eligibility requirements and incentive amounts can be found in Appendix C.
 Occupancy Based PTHP/PTAC Control: Xcel Energy, Nevada Power, and the
Wisconsin Focus on Energy program offer incentives for installing occupancy based
PTAC/PTHP controls. Nevada Power and Focus on Energy offer $55 and $75 incentives
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per room/sensor, respectively. Xcel Energy pays incentives based on energy savings for
occupancy based PTHP/PTAC controls through its custom incentive program. For these
programs, the controller is required to sense the occupant using heat, motion, or door-key
activation. PTAC/PTHP controls that are solely front desk-activated (i.e. front desk controls unit based on check-in/check-out times) did not qualify in any programs.
 Ground-Source/Geothermal Heat Pumps: Incentives for commercial customers
installing GSHP were offered by Alliant Energy and the Energy Trust of Oregon.
Additionally, BPA has provided large incentives for residential customers of member
utilities, but has no established program for commercial customers. Alliant Energy provides incentives for open-loop and closed-loop system types in both retrofit and new construction projects. ETO provides incentives for closed-loop systems in new
construction projects. Sizes are limited to 20 tons or smaller for prescriptive incentives.
Since CEE does not publish suggested minimum efficiencies for GSHPs, eligibility
criteria have been matched to ENERGY STAR certification criteria for open-loop and closed-loop systems up to 20 tons in size. Incentive structures vary between the utilities. Alliant provides an incentive of $300 per ton for the installation of a ground loop up to 20
tons and $150 per ton for a qualifying heat pump unit. ETO offers a flat incentive of $300
per ton up to 10 tons for qualifying GSHPs.
 Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling: No reviewed utilities offered prescriptive incentives for an indirect/direct evaporative cooling system.
 Portable Classroom Control: Only one utility offered incentives for 366-day
programmable thermostats used in portable classrooms. Puget Sound Energy (PSE)
estimates that a single 366-day programmable thermostat saves 3,550 kWh/yr when used
in a portable classroom. PSE provides an incentive of up to $250 dollars for installing a qualifying unit. Pre-approval is required before equipment is installed.
The majority of utility programs reviewed have formed a trade alliance of qualifying vendors to
market the post-purchase incentives to customers while trade alliance involvement varies. Most
utilities have trained a group of contractors about the incentive programs and provide a list of
qualifying alliance members to their customers. Alliant Energy maintains a comprehensive web site devoted to trade allies and associates. The website contains current program information, marketing and trade show financial assistance, and professional training incentives. PG&E also
maintains a website and provides a searchable database of participating vendors. The database is
organized by market segment (industrial, residential, commercial), market area, and specific
technology.
Nearly all utilities have developed a custom track to provide for any project that does not fall within the scope of existing prescriptive incentive program guidelines. Custom projects involve
pre-approval from the utility/program managers and pay based on the estimated energy savings.
7.4 HVAC MEASURE CODE REVIEW
A review of state and federal codes applicable to existing and potential HVAC measures was conducted. The minimum efficiency criteria for each type and capacity of HVAC equipment in
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UT, ID, WA, and CA and the minimum efficiency standards set by the federal government can
be found in Table 7-4 and Table 7-5.
Table 7-4. Minimum Code Requirements for Air Conditioners
Measure Size Category
Sub-category or Rating Condition Minimum Efficiency
IECC 2006 WSEC 2006 Title 24 Federal
Air Conditioners, Air-Cooled
< 65,000 Btu/h (Single-Phase)
Split System Same as Fed Same as Fed Same as Fed 13.0 SEER
Single Package Same as Fed Same as Fed Same as Fed 13.0 SEER
< 65,000 Btu/h (Three-Phase)
Split System 10.0 SEER 13.0 SEER Same as Fed 10.0 SEER2
Single Package 9.7 SEER 13.0 SEER Same as Fed 9.7 SEER2
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h
Split System and Single Package 10.3 EER1 10.3 EER1
10.6 IPLV1 10.3 EER1 8.9 EER
≥135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h
Split System and Single Package 9.7 EER1 9.7 EER1
9.9 IPLV1 9.7 EER1 8.5 EER
≥240,000 Btu/h and <760,000 Btu/h
Split System and Single Package 9.5 EER1
9.7 IPLV1
9.5 EER1
9.7 IPLV1
9.5 EER1
9.7 IPLV1 --
≥760,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package 9.2 EER1
9.4 IPLV1 9.2 EER1
9.4 IPLV1
9.2 EER1
9.4 IPLV1 --
Air Conditioners, Water and Evaporatively Cooled
< 65,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package 12.1 EER 12.1 EER
11.2 IPLV Same as Fed 12.1 EER
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package 11.5 EER1 11.5 EER1
10.6 IPLV1 Same as Fed 11.5 EER1
≥135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package 11.0 EER1 11.0 EER1
10.3 IPLV1 Same as Fed 11.0 EER
≥240,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package 11.0 EER1
10.3 IPLV1 11.0 EER1
10.3 IPLV1 11.0 EER1
10.3 IPLV1 --
1 Deduct 0.2 from the required EERs and IPLVs for units with a heating section other than electric resistance heat.
2 Federal standards for three-phase units <65,000 Btu/hr increased to 13.0 SEER for both single package and split-system types on June 16, 2008.

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Table 7-5. Minimum Code Requirements for Heat Pumps
Measure Size Category
Sub-category or Rating Condition Minimum Efficiency
IECC 2006 WSEC 2006 Title 24 & 20 Federal
Air-Cooled (Cooling Mode)
< 65,000 Btu/h (Single-Phase)
Split System Same as Fed Same as Fed Same as Fed 13.0 SEER
Single Package Same as Fed Same as Fed Same as Fed 13.0 SEER
< 65,000 Btu/h (Three-Phase)
Split System 10.0 SEER 13.0 SEER Same as Fed 10.0 SEER2
Single Package 9.7 SEER 13.0 SEER Same as Fed 9.7 SEER2
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package 10.1 EER1 10.1 EER1
10.4 IPLV1 10.1 EER1 8.9 EER
≥135,000 Btu/h and <240,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package 9.3 EER1 9.3 EER1
9.5 IPLV1 9.3 EER1 8.5 EER
≥240,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package 9.0 EER1
9.2 IPLV1 9.0 EER1
9.2 IPLV1 9.0 EER1
9.2 IPLV1 --
Water Source (Cooling Mode)
< 17,000 Btu/h 86°F entering water 11.2 EER 11.2 EER Same as Fed 11.2 EER
≥17,000 Btu/h and <65,000 Btu/h 86°F entering water 12.0 EER 12.0 EER Same as Fed 12.0 EER
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h 86°F entering water 12.0 EER 12.0 EER Same as Fed 12.0 EER
Groundwater Source
(Cooling Mode)
<135,000 Btu/h 59°F entering water 16.2 EER 16.2 EER 16.2 EER --
Ground Source (Cooling Mode) <135,000 Btu/h 77°F entering water 13.4 EER 13.4 EER 13.4 EER --
Air-Cooled (Heating Mode)
< 65,000 Btu/h (Single-Phase)
Split System Same as Fed Same as Fed Same as Fed 7.7 HSPF
Single Package Same as Fed Same as Fed Same as Fed 7.7 HSPF
< 65,000 Btu/h (Three-Phase)
Split System 6.8 HSPF 7.7 HSPF Same as Fed 6.8 HSPF
Single Package 6.6 HSPF 7.7 HSPF Same as Fed 6.6 HSPF
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h
47°F db/43°F db outdoor air 3.2 COP 3.2 COP 3.2 COP 3.0 COP
17°F db/15°F db outdoor air -- 2.2 COP -- --
≥135,000 Btu/h
47°F db/43°F db outdoor air 3.1 COP 3.1 COP 3.1 COP 2.9 COP
17°F db/15°F db outdoor air -- 2.0 COP -- --
Water Source (Heating Mode)
< 17,000 Btu/h 68°F entering water
4.2 COP 4.2 COP Same as Fed 4.2 COP ≥17,000 Btu/h and <65,000 Btu/h 68°F entering water
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h 68°F entering water
Groundwater Source
(Heating Mode)
<135,000 Btu/h 50°F entering water 3.6 COP 3.6 COP 3.6 COP --
Ground Source (Heating Mode) <135,000 Btu/h 32°F entering water 3.1 COP 3.1 COP 3.1 COP --
1 Deduct 0.2 from the required EERs and IPLVs for units with a heating section other than electric resistance heat.
2 Federal standards for three-phase units <65,000 Btu/hr increased to 13.0 SEER for both single package and split-system types on June 16, 2008.

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 Air-cooled Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Federal efficiency standards mandate
minimum efficiency requirements for all air-cooled air-conditioners and heat pumps
smaller than 240,000 Btu/hr (10 CFR Part 431.97, 10 CFR Part 430.92). Federal
standards specify minimum efficiency criteria by system type (split-system or package), cooling capacity, and electric phase (1 or 3 phase). In almost all cases, state energy codes match the minimum federal requirements and CEE Tier 1 requirements for sizes less than
65,000 Btu/hr. State codes match ASHRAE 90.1-2004 for larger sizes. The Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 mandates that efficiency standards for 3-phase
central air conditioners and heat pumps less than 65,000 Btu/h will increase to 13 SEER on June 16, 2008. Federal standards for the remaining regulated equipment will increase on January 1, 2010 to match CEE Tier 1 efficiency criteria. Also on January 1, 2010,
previously unregulated federal standards for air-cooled air conditioners and heat pumps
ranging between 240,000 and 760,000 Btu/hr will go into effect. Codes in UT and ID,
will have to be increased to match these higher minimum efficiency requirements. The Washington State energy code and California Title 24-2008 already contains provisions to increase minimum efficiency requirements to match the federal standards on January
1, 2010.
 Water and Evaporatively-Cooled Air Conditioners: Each state’s energy code
specifies minimum efficiency criteria meeting ASHRAE 90.1-2004 for all sizes of water and evaporatively-cooled air conditioners. Federal standards exist only for units less than 240,000 Btu/hr. California adheres to the federal code for sizes less than 240,000 Btu/hr,
and meets ASHRAE 90.1-2004 for larger sizes. No code changes in the minimum
efficiency criteria for water or evaporatively-cooled air conditioners are expected at the
state level. Federal efficiency criteria are set to expire on January 1, 2010.
 Water-Source Heat Pumps: Efficiency standards for water-source heat pumps less than 135,000 btu/hr are identical in UT, ID, WA and federal code and match ASHRAE 90.1-
2004. No standards exist for units larger than 135,000 Btu/hr. California code provides
no direct efficiency provisions for water-source heat pumps and is pre-empted by Federal
standards. No code changes are anticipated for water-source heat pumps at the state level. Federal efficiency criteria are set to expire on January 1, 2010.
 Package Terminal Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps: Federal appliance efficiency
standards exist for PTAC and PTHP units that fall into any of the following size
categories: <7,000 Btu/hr, 7,000 to 14,999 Btu/hr, and ≥15,000 Btu/hr. A formula is
used to calculate the minimum efficiency requirement (EER and COP) based on unit capacity. State energy codes specify minimum efficiency requirements significantly higher than federal code that match ASHRAE 90.1-2004. State minimum efficiency
requirements for units installed in new construction projects are more stringent than for
replacement units. A formula based on unit capacity is used to calculate the minimum
efficiency requirements and is listed in Table 7-6.
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Table 7-6. Minimum Code Requirements for PTAC/PTHP
Measure Description State Code Requirementsa,b Federal Code Requirements
PTAC (Cooling Mode) New Construction 12.5 – (0.213 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER 10.0 – (0.16 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER
PTAC (Cooling Mode) Replacements 10.9 – (0.213 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER 10.0 – (0.16 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER
PTHP (Cooling Mode) New Construction 12.3 – (0.213 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER 10.0 – (0.16 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER
PTHP (Cooling Mode) Replacement 10.8 – (0.213 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER 10.0 – (0.16 ⋅ Cap/1000) EER
PTHP (Heating Mode) New Construction 3.2 – (0.026 ⋅ Cap/1000) COP N/A
PTHP (Heating Mode) Replacement 2.9 – (0.026 ⋅ Cap/1000) COP N/A
a. Cap means the rated cooling capacity of the product in Btu/hr. If the unit’s capacity is less than 7,000 Btu/hr, use 7,000 Btu/hr in the calculation. If the unit’s capacity is greater than 15,000 Btu/hr, use 15,000 Btu/hr in the calculation.
b. Test procedure for all efficiency ratings is ARI 310/380 at 95°F db outdoor air condition.
 Evaporative Cooling: Neither direct nor indirect evaporative coolers are regulated by
state or federal energy codes.
 Programmable Thermostats: IECC 2006 and the Washington State energy code require that all new space-conditioning systems have a programmable thermostat with 7-
day programmable thermostatic setback capabilities, 10-hour battery backup, and a
manual 2-hour override feature. Title 24 of California Code requires similar features but
describes a larger number of exceptions based on building type and use.
 Chillers: Water chilling packages are subject to minimum efficiency requirements as part of the energy codes in UT, WA, ID and CA, as listed in Table 7-7 minimum COP
requirements are identical across all four states, but minimum IPLV requirements are
significantly higher in WA and CA when compared to UT and ID (IECC 2006). No
federal regulations pertain to water chilling packages.
Table 7-7. Minimum Code Requirements for Water-Chilling Packages
Heat Rejection Type Size Category (tons)
Minimum Efficiency
IECC 2006 WSEC 2006 Title 24
Air-cooled With Condenser
<150 2.80 COP
2.80 IPLV
2.80 COP
3.05 IPLV
2.80 COP
3.05 IPLV
≥150 2.50 COP
2.50IPLV
2.80 COP
3.05 IPLV
2.80 COP
3.05 IPLV
Air-cooled Without Condenser All Capacities 3.10 COP
3.10 IPLV
3.10 COP
3.45 IPLV
3.10 COP
3.45 IPLV
Water-cooled Reciprocating All Capacities 4.20 COP
4.65 IPLV
4.20 COP
5.05 IPLV
4.20 COP
5.05 IPLV
Water-cooled Rotary/Screw/Scroll
<150 4.45 COP
4.50 IPLV
4.45 COP
5.20 IPLV
4.45 COP
5.20 IPLV
≥150 & <300 4.90 COP
4.95 IPLV
4.90 COP
5.60 IPLV
4.90 COP
5.60 IPLV
≥300 5.50 COP
5.60 IPLV
5.50 COP
6.15 IPLV
5.50 COP
6.15 IPLV
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Heat Rejection Type Size Category (tons)
Minimum Efficiency
IECC 2006 WSEC 2006 Title 24
Water-cooled Centrifugal
<150 5.00 COP
5.00 IPLV
5.00 COP
5.25 IPLV
5.00 COP
5.25 IPLV
≥150 & <300 5.55 COP
5.55 IPLV
5.55 COP
5.90 IPLV
5.55 COP
5.90 IPLV
≥300 6.10 COP
6.10 IPLV
6.10 COP
6.40 IPLV
6.10 COP
6.40 IPLV
 Occupancy Based PTHP/PTAC Control: State energy codes UT, WA, ID and CA
require thermostatic controls for space-conditioning systems over 2kW (6,824 btu/h)
installed in new construction. The requirement can be met by a standard add-on or integral programmable thermostat. In addition, each state stipulates that a controller that
shuts off the unit during periods of non-use as determined by an occupancy sensor can
meet the requirement. However, none of the codes reviewed in UT, WA, ID or CA
directly required occupancy based controls for PTAC/PTHP units.
 Ground-Source/Geothermal Heat Pumps: State energy codes in UT, WA, ID and CA specify minimum efficiency criteria for both open-loop and closed-loop ground-source
heat pumps that meets ASHRAE 90.1-2004. No federal standards exist for GSHPs.
Environmental codes and permits from state governments or the EPA may be necessary
for open-loop, GSHP systems.
 Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling: Similar to evaporative cooling systems, no appliance or energy codes at the state or federal level pertain directly to an IDEC system. State energy codes in all four states mandate that any fans employed in a variable air
volume system greater than 10HP have an installed variable speed drive. This limits
“pump motor demand to no more than 30% of design wattage at 50% of design air
volume for fans when static pressure set point equals 1/3 the total design static pressure.”
 Portable Classroom Controls: Additional portable classroom controls above those required by the standard provisions of the energy code in each state (e.g. 7-day
programmable thermostats) are not required. Proposals have been made in the past to
add requirements to the energy code for portable classrooms given their unique
characteristics compared to other building types but no additional stipulations have been enacted.
A summary of the current and expected code requirements for HVAC measures is presented in
Table 7-8.
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Table 7-8. Summary of Code Implications for HVAC Measures
Measure Current Code Notes
Unitary AC, 3-phase, >65,000 Btu/hr F, WSEC,
Title 24
Minimum Efficiency criteria rising to CEE Tier 1 on January 1, 2010
Unitary HP, 3-phase, >65,000 Btu/hr F, WSEC,
Title 24
Minimum Efficiency criteria rising to CEE Tier 1 on January 1, 2010
Unitary AC/HP, 3-phase, <65,000 Btu/hr F Minimum Efficiency criteria rose to 13 SEER on June 16, 2008
Unitary AC and AHU with mechanical cooling capacity >110,000 Btu/hr Title 24 Systems that serve single zones shall be designed for variable supply air volume (VAV)
IECC IECC 2009 code changes finalized by Sep. 30, 2008
Title 24 Title 24-2008 becomes effective on August 1, 2009
F = Federal Code
IECC = IECC 2006
WSEC = Washington State Energy Code
Title 24 = California Building Energy Code
Title 20 = California Appliance Energy Code

7.5 HVAC MEASURE VENDORS
Table 7-9 and Table 7-10 contain contact information for vendors that provide service across
PacifiCorp’s territories in CA, ID, WA and UT.
Table 7-9. GSHP Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Jeff Brower @ Browner Mechanical (CA) [phone]
Randy Hastings @ R and R Heating (WA) [phone]
Cary Smith @ Sound Geothermal Corporation (UT) [phone]
Bill O’Donnell @ Quantum Engineering (ID) [phone]
Table 7-10. Portable Classroom Control (365/366 Day Thermostat) Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Mark Ridick @ Proliphix (MA) [phone] x112
Tami Anderson @ RSD Total Control (WA) [phone]
Scott Laing @ ThermoPros (CA) [phone]
Joe Montrone @ TCS Basys (UT) [phone]
As part of this evaluation, Nexant surveyed these vendors and others to gauge current market
awareness and trends associated with potential prescriptive measures. Some key feedback
received included:
 Currently, portable classrooms are the primary market for 365/366 day thermostats. This
is because HVAC systems are either manually controlled or include 7-day thermostats that are not reconfigured for summer vacation and major holidays. One vendor has had
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some success marketing the thermostats as “energy management solutions” to
commercial customers.
 Vendors commented that incentives are extremely helpful to schools because energy
efficiency projects must be budgeted on a long-term basis. Money is usually not available when districts examine installing 365/366 day thermostats.
 Generally, portable classroom controls are sold direct to school districts and all the
portables are retrofitted at once. There is fairly limited product availability of 365/366
day portable thermostats with 3-4 major brands. Each provides a distinct feature set
slightly different from others, but contains the capability to provide 365/366 day scheduling.
 Multiple vendors noted that the commercial sector, especially buildings with 24/7 load
profiles (i.e. casinos, ice rinks, pools/spas, hospitals, etc.) and schools, are a prime target
for GSHP systems, Two vendors expressed surprise that more schools are not looking at
GSHP systems. Adding ground loops to existing buildings in urban areas is sometimes difficult. However, new construction projects are good opportunities since upfront costs can be lowered by piggybacking on existing excavation efforts.
 One vendor noted that system designers are commonly inexperienced, leading to
disagreements with the installer/contractors and/or poorly sized ground loops. It was
suggested that only experienced and/or certified designers should be working with GSHP systems.
 The largest up-front cost for a ground-source system is the excavation/drilling to bury the
ground loop. Multiple vendors noted that lower ground-loop costs would significantly
boost GSHP installations.
Based on past experiences, multiple vendors said that incentive programs have had varying levels of success when attempting to deter the cost of the ground-loop. Also, one noted that prescriptive program offerings are rare but has worked with utilities on “custom” GSHP projects
that require energy modeling.
7.6 PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
The current FinAnswer Express incentive program HVAC measures were reviewed to determine changes to the eligibility requirements, deemed savings, and/or incentive amounts. The majority of HVAC measures should be maintained with existing eligibility requirements and incentive
levels through the end of 2009 cooling season. While the size categories of PTAC/PTHP
incentives used in the existing FinAnswer Express program differ from those categories used in
state and federal codes and other utilities, the existing categories and minimum efficiency criteria should remain unchanged. Previously, Nexant examined the PTAC market for PacifiCorp and identified the existing size categories and minimum efficiency criteria. Only one change to the
existing FinAnswer Express program for HVAC measures is recommended:
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 Reduce the incentive for programmable thermostats installed on heat pumps from $70
per unit to $50 per unit to match amounts offered by other utility programs.
Table 7-11 contains a summary of the measures recommended for inclusion in the prescriptive
incentive program. The existing HVAC trade ally network will be leveraged to facilitate the distribution of additional measures and the scope of membership will be broadened to include GSHP installers and designers.
Of the three potential HVAC measures reviewed, two, GSHPs and 365/366 day thermostats in
portable classrooms, are recommended for post-purchase prescriptive incentive delivery under
the FinAnswer Express program. Separate incentives should be offered for the installation of a ground loop and ENERGY STAR qualified GSHPs. Post-purchase prescriptive incentives with deemed savings and costs are not recommended for indirect/direct evaporative cooling system at
this time because:
 Each unit is custom designed and built, based on the local weather and building
characteristics
 There are few installations per year because IDEC systems are installed exclusively in large, new construction projects
 Verification of proper installation and commissioning is necessary to verify demand and
energy savings
For fully-commissioned IDEC systems, a simplified analysis based on the existing chiller tool (Section 7.9) will be used to calculate the savings and costs will be determined from actual project costs. The tool will be designed to calculate energy and peak demand savings per
average air flow rate.
On January 1, 2010, federal and state codes for commercial air-cooled HVAC equipment will
increase to match the existing incentive program. At that time eligibility requirements and eligibility levels should be increased to match CEE Tier 2 requirements. Existing incentive levels and eligibility requirements for 3-phase central air conditioners and heat pumps less than
65,000 Btu/hr should be maintained through the current program year and then increase in 2009
to match the CEE Tier 2 requirements. It is recommended that the existing incentive structure be
expanded to include higher incentives for units that meet CEE Tier 2 or Tier 3 efficiency criteria. This is recommended to encourage adoption of higher efficiency equipment prior to January 1, 2010, position the utility incentive programs for the change, and prepare vendors and customers.
Nearly 10% of the units listed in the ARI database currently meet CEE Tier 2 requirements and
broader availability is expected as federal and state codes become more stringent. The existing
eligibility requirements and incentive levels for CEE Tier 1 qualifying HVAC equipment (except for 3-phase air conditioners and heat pumps smaller than 65,000 Btu/hr) should remain unchanged until January 1, 2010.
Additionally, ARI Standard 340/360-2007 for unitary air-conditioners and heat pumps >65,000
Btu/hr contains provisions to phase out IPLV ratings on December 31, 2009 in favor of the
Integrated Energy Efficiency Ratio (IEER) rating. In contrast to the IPLV rating, the IEER rating conditions are not fixed temperatures across all load conditions, but vary depending on the part load condition. As all equipment manufacturers, the ARI database, and the applicable
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energy code (IECC 2006) currently utilize IPLV ratings, it is not clear how this change will
immediately affect equipment ratings in the marketplace. FinAnswer Express should continue to
maintain rating criteria consistent with that used by effective energy code in the State of Idaho
(IECC 2006).
Table 7-11 contains a summary of the HVAC prescriptive measure recommendations.
Table 7-11. HVAC Measure Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed
based on measure
Unitary Commercial AC, Air Cooled
(All Sizes, Split/Pkg, 3-phase)
CEE Tier 2  
Unitary Commercial AC, Air Cooled
(All Sizes, Split/Pkg, 3-phase)
CEE Tier 3
 
Unitary Commercial HP, Air Cooled
(All Sizes, Split/Pkg, 3-phase)
CEE Tier 2
 
Unitary Commercial HP, Air Cooled
(All Sizes, Split/Pkg, 3-phase)
CEE Tier 3
 
Ground-Source Heat Pump Loop (All Sizes/Types)  
Ground-Source Heat Pumps
(All Sizes/Types)  
366/365 day Programmable Thermostats in Portable Classrooms  
Indirect/Direct Evaporative Cooling
(All Sizes/Types, New Construction and Retrofit Projects)  
Additional information on recommended baselines, measure eligibility requirements, cost
savings and incentives are provided in the balance of this section.
7.7 MEASURE BASELINE FOR HVAC MEASURES
Each state’s current code for minimum equipment efficiency requirements constitutes the
recommended baseline for the following measures:
 Unitary commercial air-cooled air-conditioners and heat pumps,
 Water and evaporatively-cooled air-conditioners,
 Water-source heat pumps,
 Chillers, and
 Packaged terminal air-conditioners and heat-pumps.
The baseline for ground-source heat pumps is an equivalently sized air-source heat pump that
meets the minimum equipment efficiency established by current codes.
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The baseline for 365/366 day programmable thermostats in portable classrooms is a standard
code-compliant portable classroom with a 7-day programmable thermostat with identical settings
throughout the year.
The baseline for an indirect/direct evaporative cooling system shall be specified by ASHRAE 90.1-2004 – Informative Appendix G. For all other evaporative cooling measures, the baseline shall be a code-compliant unitary commercial air-conditioning unit of comparable size that meets
the required cooling load.
7.8 MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR HVAC MEASURES
Recommended minimum efficiency requirements for the proposed HVAC measures are summarized in Table 7-12. Eligibility requirements for measures already included in the FinAnswer Express program should remain unchanged, except as noted in Section 7.6.
Table 7-12. HVAC Measure Minimum Efficiency Recommendations
Measure Subcategory Recommended Minimum Efficiency Requirements
Unitary Air-Cooled AC 3-phase, All Sizes CEE Tier 2 or 3
Unitary Air-Source HP 3-phase, All Sizes CEE Tier 2 or 3
Ground-Source HP All Types & Sizes ENERGYSTAR qualifying unit
365/366-day Prog. Thermostats Only in Portable Classrooms
365/366 day thermostatic setback capability. Must be installed in a portable classroom that is unoccupied
during the summer months.
7.9 HVAC MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Estimated measure life for the HVAC measures were matched to the values used in the DEER database, except for GSHP units. These units were based on the RTF recommendation for
residential GSHP systems. Unit costs for unitary HVAC equipment were based on data obtained
from Xcel, PG&E, the DEER database, and information supplied by commercial vendors. Data
obtained from the Ground-Source Heat Pump Consortium and GSHP installers was used to
generate unit cost estimates for GSHP systems. Costs for 365/366 day programmable thermostats were directly obtained from vendors. Since all HVAC measures are weather
sensitive, energy savings were calculated using both the weather data from each state and the
incremental improvement in efficiency between incentive qualifying units and code-compliant
units. An energy simulation was developed to estimate energy savings associated with
upgrading to a 365/366 day programmable thermostat in portable classrooms.
Table 7-13 contains the recommended incentive level and incremental customer cost for each
recommended HVAC measure.
Table 7-13. Prescriptive HVAC Measure Unit Cost and Incentives for Idaho
Measure
Subcategory
(btu/hr) Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings2
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings2,3 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost1
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
Unitary Air Conditioner, Air-Cooled
(Tier 2) <65,000 tons 15 239 0.27 $150 $75
>65,000 and <135,000 tons 15 151 0.14 $150 $75
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Measure
Subcategory
(btu/hr) Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings2
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings2,3 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost1
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
>135,000 and <240,000 tons 15 159 0.22 $150 $75
>240,000 and <760,000 tons 15 113 0.15 $150 $75
>760,000 tons 15 149 0.10 $150 $75
Unitary Air Conditioner, Air-Cooled
(Tier 3) <65,000 tons 15 279 0.34 $450 $100
>65,000 and <135,000 tons 15 179 0.19 $300 $100
>135,000 and <240,000 tons 15 188 0.26 $300 $100
>240,000 and <760,000 tons 15 183 0.18 $250 $100
>760,000 tons 15 149 0.16 $250 $100
Unitary Air-Source Heat Pumps
(Tier 2) <65,000 tons 15 423 0.27 $150 $75
>65,000 and
<135,000 tons 15 286 0.14 $150 $75
>135,000 and <240,000 tons 15 269 0.22 $150l $75
>240,000 tons 15 235 0.15 $150 $75
Unitary Air-Source Heat Pumps
(Tier 3) <65,000 tons 15 675 0.34 $450 $100
>65,000 and <135,000 tons 15 320 0.19 $300 $100
>135,000 and
<240,000 tons 15 302 0.26 $300 $100
>240,000 tons 15 310 0.18 $250 $100
GSHP Loop Open Loop tons 30 620 0.45 $700 $25
Closed Loop tons 30 108 0.34 $700 $25
GSHP (ENERGYSTAR qualified) Any Size tons 30 219 0.04 $100 $50
365/366 day Prog. Thermostat - Unit 11 1,310 - $400 $150
ENERGYSTAR Prog. Thermostat Installed on Heat Pump each 11 11,839 - $198 $50
1 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
2 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
3 Minimum efficiency required by code for heat pumps in CA, ID, UT is 10 SEER, and 13 SEER in WA.
The majority of IDEC systems are installed as part of new construction projects in select climate zones. These units are installed only when specified by the owner or building designer. To date,
IDEC savings and incentive calculations in the Energy FinAnswer program have been calculated
using a detailed analysis approach consisting of a whole building energy simulation model.
While detailed project-by-project engineering provides the best savings estimates, it is
expensive, complex, and time-consuming. However, a properly operating IDEC system can provide considerable energy and peak demand savings compared to a standard direct expansion
unit or chilled water coil. A prescriptive approach for calculating and offering incentives for
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IDEC systems could reduce administrative costs, improve measure awareness, and simplify
building energy cost estimating for new building owners and designers.
A simplified savings calculation tool that corrects for the primary independent variables
associated with an IDEC system is recommended to balance the value of a prescriptive-option against the additional savings uncertainty associated with simplified savings calculations. The tool will be fundamentally based on the existing chiller tool developed by Nexant for PacifiCorp.
Energy savings attributed to adding an indirect coil and direct exchange media as a first and
second stage of cooling as compared to a baseline single stage chilled water coil will be
calculated. Additional data required from the customer beyond that already required by the chiller tool will include:
 Capacity of air-handling system (CFM),
 Cooling tower fan/pump motor specifications,
 Direct media water pump specifications, and
 Total system cost.
Methods outlined in ASHRAE 90.1-2004 Appendix G and standard system control parameters and temperature set points based on climate will be utilized in the spreadsheet tool to calculate
the gross peak annual energy and demand savings. Incentives will be calculated based on
estimated kWh and kW savings similarly to the existing FinAnswer Express chiller tool at rates
identical to the Energy FinAnswer program with the commissioning opt-out 20% reduction, equivalent to $0.12/kWh + $50/kW.
7.10 HVAC MEASURE OUTLOOK
Based on the currently scheduled issuance of new federal minimum efficiency requirements for
large commercial unitary air-conditioners and heat pumps in 2010, PacifiCorp will need to revisit
and potentially adjust measure data for 3-phase units. Title 24-2008 and IECC 2009 will be revised before January 1, 2010 and are likely to contain provisions meeting 2010 federal standards for minimum efficiency requirements of HVAC equipment. Additionally, the Energy
Independence and Security Act of 2007 provides the authority to the Department of Energy to
consider separate regional efficiency standards for furnaces, central air conditioners, and heat
pumps. Issuance of regional efficiency standards may require re-evaluation of measure data across the four states in PacifiCorp territory.
Additionally, ARI Standard 340/360-2007 for unitary air conditioners and heat pumps sunsets
the use of IPLV ratings for units >65,000 btu/hr in favor of an IEER rating to measure the part-
load performance of unitary systems. It will be necessary to gauge how quickly the marketplace
and energy codes respond to the new rating criteria and adjust eligibility requirements as necessary to replace the IPLV with IEER requirements.

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Section 8 Irrigation
8.1 IRRIGATION OVERVIEW
Pressurized agricultural irrigation systems use a significant amount of energy. System pumping
energy requirements can be reduced by implementing various efficiency measures to control
system water leakage and to improve water application. Energy efficiency measures where
customer participation and PacifiCorp’s administrative efforts can be streamlined and simplified
were identified. Consistency with neighboring utilities and others offering similar energy efficiency services and incentives is also strongly desired.
PacifiCorp is already well-engaged in the irrigation market in Idaho through the existing
Irrigation Energy Savers program. The program allows irrigators to exchange worn nozzles,
gaskets or drains for new equipment at participating dealers and receive incentives for replacing
worn pressure regulators, low pressure drains, and sprinkler packages on pivot and linear systems. Given the current and continued success of the Irrigation Energy Savers program in
Idaho, offering incentives through the separate FinAnswer Express program is not recommended
at this time. The following information and recommendations are to be used for reference at a
time when PacifiCorp is prepared to implement additional irrigation measures on a prescriptive
basis through the Irrigation Energy Savers program.
Table 8-1 summarizes the initial list of potential irrigation measures evaluated in this section.
Table 8-1. Evaluated Irrigation Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Irrigation Measure Potential New FinAnswer Express Irrigation Measures
None Cut and Pipe Press Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Main Lines
Drip Irrigation Systems
New Low Pressure Sprinkler Nozzles
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket
New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots
New Drop Tube for Low Pressure Pivot Sprinklers
New Flow Controlling Nozzle for Impact Sprinkler
New Gasket for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines and Portable Mainlines
New Gooseneck Elbow for Drop Tubes
New Hubs for Wheel Lines (for Thunderbird type wheel lines)
New Low Pressure Regulators for Pivot Sprinklers
New Multiple-configuration Nozzles for Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinklers
New Multi-trajectory Spray Type Pivot Sprinklers
New Rotating-Type Pivot Sprinklers
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers
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After initial review of other utility offerings, additional measures or portions of measures have
been recognized. Additional measures included in this evaluation are listed in Table 8-2.
Table 8-2. Additional Evaluated Irrigation Measures
Additional Potential New FinAnswer Express Irrigation Measures
New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Sprinkler Leveler
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Feed Hose

8.1.1 Irrigation Measure Descriptions
Detailed descriptions of the irrigation measures identified in Table 8-1 include:
 Cut and Pipe Press Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines: Worn pipe connections can cause leaks and lead to failure. Typically the
connections are replaced with new parts that are pressed on the end of aluminum pipe
sections. This measure reduces water leakage from the irrigation system, resulting in
reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 Drip Irrigation Systems: Drip irrigation systems can operate at lower pressures and
higher application efficiency than typical sprinkler irrigation systems. Reduced energy
demand can occur if the drip irrigation system reduces the pumping pressure and/or flow.
 Low Pressure Sprinkler Nozzles: Some conventional impact sprinklers with operating
pressures above 50 psi can be replaced with other sprinkler types designed to operate at lower pressures. Decreasing the pump’s discharge pressure by trimming the impeller or
otherwise modifying the pump can decrease energy demand, resulting in energy savings
from the pump operation.
 New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket: The center pivot base gasket can wear and cause
significant leaks. Replacing the worn gasket reduces water leakage from the irrigation system, resulting in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump
operation.
 New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots: Replacing leaking drains reduces
the system flow rate, resulting in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Drop Tube for Low Pressure Pivot Sprinklers: This component is required when
converting from overhead sprinklers to lower-pressure drop sprinkler packages. After a
sprinkler package conversion, the required pivot operating pressure is typically reduced.
With less pressure required from the irrigation system, demand on the pumping equipment can be reduced. Individual replacement of leaking drop tubes reduces flow of the irrigation system, resulting in reduced pumping demand and reduced energy
consumption from pump operation.
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 New Flow Controlling Nozzle for Impact Sprinkler: The volume of water distributed
by the impact sprinkler can be reduced by installing new flow control type nozzles that
replace existing worn brass or flow control nozzles of the same size or less. As a result,
less water flows through the irrigation system, resulting in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Gaskets for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines and Portable Mainlines: Replacing
leaking gaskets reduces the irrigation system flow rate, resulting in reduced pumping
demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Gooseneck Elbow for New Drop Tubes: This component is required when converting from overhead sprinklers to lower-pressure drop sprinkler packages. After a sprinkler package conversion, the required pivot operating pressure is reduced. With less
pressure required from the irrigation system, demand on the pumping equipment can be
reduced. Individual replacement of leaking goosenecks reduces flow from the irrigation
system, resulting in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Hubs for Wheel Lines: This measure is specific to Thunderbird brand wheel lines
that have a gasket at the hub of each wheel. This measure can reduce the flow rate by
fixing leaking hubs, resulting in reduced pumping demand and reduced energy
consumption from pump operation.
 New Low-pressure Regulators for Pivot Sprinklers: Worn or faulty regulators can result in excessive amounts of water being distributed by each pivot sprinkler. New
regulators restore the design pressure and flow for the individual pivot sprinkler.
Pumping less water through the irrigation system, results in reduced pumping demand
and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Multiple-configuration Nozzles for Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinklers: This measure includes adding a sprinkler nozzle clip and a second nozzle at each drop tube or
current sprinkler position. This allows irrigators to switch to smaller nozzles and reduce
the average application rate during germination or the early stages of crop growth.
Reducing the total center pivot flow results in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Multi-trajectory Spray type Pivot Sprinklers: Replacing worn spray heads or
overhead impact sprinklers on center pivots with spray type sprinklers restores the pivot
flow to original design conditions. The pivot flow rate with new sprinklers is restricted to
the amount specified by existing design conditions. This measure reduces pivot flow rate and improves the application efficiency, resulting in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Rotating-Type Pivots Sprinklers: Replacing worn sprinklers or overhead impact
sprinklers on center pivots with rotating type sprinklers restores the pivot flow back to
design conditions. The pivot flow rate with new sprinklers is restricted to the amount specified by existing design conditions. This measure reduces pivot flow rate and
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improves the application efficiency, reducing the pivot flow rate results in reduced
pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinkler: Worn impact sprinklers can leak and may not
rotate properly. This measure reduces leaks and improves the application efficiency, resulting in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers: This measure reduces flow from sprinklers by
replacing worn nozzles with new ones of the same flow rate or less. Reducing the flow
results in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.
 Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Sprinkler Levelers: This measure reduces leaks from worn levelers and can improve sprinkler application uniformity by keeping the sprinkler level. Reducing the flow results in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption
from pump operation.
 Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Feed Hose: This measure reduces leaks from worn wheel
line feed hoses. Reducing the flow results in reduced pumping demand and energy consumption from pump operation.

8.2 IRRIGATION TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Table 8-3 identifies the key informational resources utilized to conduct the irrigation technology
review.
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New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots 
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New Rotating-Type Pivot Sprinklers 
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers 
New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers 
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Sprinkler Leveler 
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Feed Hose 
The Regional Technical Forum’s (RTF) list of agricultural measures was compared to the
potential measures. All the evaluated measures are included on the RTF’s list of Agricultural
Sector Measures. No potential or deemed savings were identified from the RTF’s online
information (www.nwcouncil.org/energy/rtf/reports.htm).
8.3 UTILITY MEASURE CATEGORY PROGRAM REVIEW
Table 8-4 identifies which evaluated utilities offer non-residential customers a prescriptive
incentive for the evaluated irrigation measures.
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New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots  
New Drop Tube for Low Pressure Pivot Sprinklers  
New Flow Controlling Nozzle for Impact Sprinkler  
New Gasket for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines and Portable Mainlines  
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New Hubs for Wheel Lines (for Thunderbird type wheel
lines)  
New Low Pressure Regulators for Pivot Sprinklers  
New Multiple-configuration Nozzles for Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinklers 
New Multi-trajectory Spray Type Pivot Sprinklers  
New Rotating-Type Pivot Sprinklers  
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers  
New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers  
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Sprinkler Leveler  
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Feed Hose
BPA and Idaho Power’s prescriptive irrigation equipment programs were evaluated to obtain the
measures already in the marketplace, existing incentives levels, and eligibility restrictions.
These programs include many of the same irrigation equipment measures. BPA’s list of eligible irrigation equipment is very specific to different types of equipment. Idaho Power’s list appears
to be a simplified list of BPA’s measures, grouping similar measures together. The primary
sources of information for each utility’s program include:
Bonneville Power Administration. October 1, 2007. Conservation Rate Credit (CRC) and Conservation Acquisition (CAA) Implementation Manual, Section 5: Agricultural Sector, Pages 36-45. (PDF version downloaded January 2, 2008).
Idaho Power, “Irrigation Efficiency Rewards”. December 3, 2007.
http://www.idahopower.com/energycenter/energyefficiency/Irrigation/irrigationprogram.htm.
(January 16, 2008).
Utility program review showing measure savings is located in Appendix B and incentives are
included in Appendix C.
8.4 IRRIGATION CODE REVIEW
Generally, codes are not applicable to sprinkler equipment. However, standard industry
practices and performance guidelines are the baseline. Pump motors are subject to state and federal energy codes (See Section 10). Water rights control the maximum amount of water
available for irrigation but do not limit irrigation practices or types of equipment.
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8.5 IRRIGATION VENDORS
Table 8-5 contains contact information for three identified vendors of irrigation equipment
within PacifiCorp’s Idaho service territory.
Table 8-5. Representative Idaho Irrigation Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Knudsen Irrigation [phone]
Valley Equipment & Irrigation [phone]
Rain for Rent [phone]
Golden West Irrigation [phone]
Twelve irrigation dealers were contacted and surveyed across PacifiCorp’s service territory
regarding potential irrigation measures and their suitability in the dealer’s local service areas.
These measures were discussed with each dealer and opinion was documented. Dealers provided estimated costs, suggestions for additional measure items, and irrigation equipment program delivery. Also, dealers provided additional information concerning other potential measures and
local market acceptance for each measure.
A summary of comments made by irrigation dealers is provided below. The vendor survey
results can be found in Appendix A.
 Irrigators tend to replace or repair relatively low cost equipment when worn, failing, or at the end of useful life. Routine maintenance and repair is more common for higher priced
items such as pumps and center pivot sprinkler packages.
 Dealers prefer that the irrigator pay for equipment purchased and then submit an
application for reimbursement from the utility. Dealers recognize that they may have to help the irrigator fill out paperwork for reimbursement. Any reimbursement is directly sent to the irrigator.
 Exchanging equipment can lead to unnecessary handling of used items. Generally,
irrigation dealers do not want to be responsible for disposal or recycling of old
equipment. An example would be if an irrigator brings in many center pivot sprinkler packages or parts which can equal several pickup loads.
 Dealers prefer exchanging pivot components rather than entire sprinkler packages.
Rocky Mountain Power’s Idaho program required complete center pivot sprinkler
package changes with a minimum number of sprinklers. Many smaller pivots were not
eligible.
 Utah irrigation dealers are very enthusiastic about participating in an irrigation efficiency program, as one is currently not available through Rocky Mountain Power.
 Dealers wish to include the following items in a potential irrigation efficiency exchange
program:
 Replacement or repair of worn and leaking wheel line feed hoses
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 Include replacement parts for valve openers in the gasket portion of the program.
This includes riser caps (dome discs) and seals for valve openers which can leak
significantly.
 Similarly dealers wish to remove or had very limited interest in the following items:
 Potential incentives for conversion to drip irrigation are either not supported or do not apply, because of the limited amount of permanent drip irrigation in Utah, Idaho and
Northern California. It is assumed that farmers converting to permanent drip
irrigation are motivated by other reasons beyond energy savings such as vineyard
development. Based on the irrigation dealer comments, drip irrigation conversion has been removed from the list of recommended prescriptive measures. An irrigator converting to drip could still be eligible for incentives under a custom analysis, if
available.
 New multiple configuration nozzles (dual nozzles) for pivot sprinkler packages are
popular in a few local areas in Washington. Most irrigation dealers indicated that none or a few pivots in their area would participate in this measure. Based on the irrigation dealer’s comments, this individual measure has been removed from the list
of recommended prescriptive measures. An irrigator installing a new dual nozzle
system may still be eligible for incentives under the standard pivot sprinkler
replacement measure.

8.6 IRRIGATION EQUIPMENT PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Of the 18 potential irrigation measures investigated, 12 measures are recommended for a post-
purchase prescriptive incentive program. The separate measures for rotating type and spray type
pivot sprinkler have been combined into a single measure for all types of pivot sprinklers. The separate measures for new drains and new gaskets for wheel lines, hand lines, pivots and portable main-lines have been combined and expanded to include valve opener seals and caps.
Multi-configuration nozzles sprinklers will qualify for incentives under the more general
category of new pivot sprinkler heads. New drop tubes will only qualify for incentives if sold
with a gooseneck elbow or boomback. Drip irrigation systems and new low pressure sprinkler nozzles are not recommended for a separate prescriptive incentive at this time based on feedback from irrigation dealers. These are better suited for a custom analysis.
Table 8-6 contains a summary of the recommended measures for inclusion in the prescriptive
incentive program. Where appropriate, the list of original measures has been simplified and
some measures have been combined into a single measure. In addition to including these measures in the prescriptive incentive program, a formal trade ally network will be assembled to facilitate the distribution of these measures to the customer.
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Table 8-6. Irrigation Measures Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Delivery
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Cut and Pipe Press or Weld
Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines (invoice must show number of joints repaired)
  
New Rotating or Spray Type Sprinklers or Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinkler Heads with the same flow rate or less
  
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket   
New Drains, Riser caps, and Gaskets for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, Pivots or Portable Main Lines
  
New Flow-Controlling Type Nozzles replacing Existing Brass or Worn-out Flow Control Nozzles of same flow rate or less
  
New Nozzles replacing Existing Worn-out Nozzle of same flow rate or less   
New Gooseneck Elbow with Drop Tube or Boomback   
New Wheel-line hubs (on Thunderbird Wheel Lines)   
New Pressure Regulators   
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers   
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Leveler   
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Feed Hose   
Taking the irrigation dealer comments and existing programs into consideration, the
recommended program delivery will contain the following steps:
 Verify existing equipment is worn
 Purchase qualifying equipment from the irrigation dealer (dealer assists with selection
and may inventory old equipment if necessary or desired)
 Install new equipment
 Irrigator recycles or disposes of old equipment
 Irrigator submits incentive application with copy of invoices and supporting
documentation to the incentive program administrator
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 Utility or program administrator pays qualifying incentives after approving application
and inspecting equipment, if necessary
Additional information on recommended baselines, measure eligibility requirements, cost,
savings, and incentives are provided in the balance of this section.
8.7 IRRIGATION MEASURES BASELINE
Each measure involves repairing or replacing worn or leaking equipment with this equipment
used as the baseline. The energy savings calculations for each measure conservatively represent
the preexisting conditions. The baseline conditions for each recommended irrigation measure
are summarized in Table 8-7.
Table 8-7. Irrigation Measure Baseline for Worn or Leaking Equipment
Measure Baseline Condition
Cut and Pipe Press or Weld Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines (invoice must show number of joints repaired)
Average Leak Flow Rate of 1 gpm
New Rotating or Spray Type Sprinklers or Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinkler Heads with the same flow rate or less
Pivot Flow Rate of 0.5 gpm/acre Greater with Worn Sprinklers than New Sprinklers
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket Average Leak Flow Rate of 6 gpm
New Drains, Risercaps, and Gaskets for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, Pivots or Portable Main Lines
Average Leak Flow Rate of 0.5 gpm
New Flow-Controlling Type Nozzles replacing Existing Brass or Worn-out Flow Control
Nozzles of same flow rate or less
Worn Nozzle Diameter of 11/64 inches (compared to New Nozzle Diameter of 10/64 inches)
New Nozzles replacing Existing Worn-out Nozzle of same flow rate or less
Worn Nozzle Diameter of 11/64 inches (compared to New Nozzle Diameter of 5/32 inches)
New Gooseneck Elbow with Drop Tube or Boomback Average Leak Flow Rate of 0.25 gpm
New Wheel-line hubs (on Thunderbird Wheel Lines) Average Leak Flow Rate of 3 gpm
New Pressure Regulators Pivot Flow Rate of 0.5 gpm/acre greater with Worn Regulators than New Regulators
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers Average Leak Flow Rate of 0.5 gpm
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Leveler Average Leak Flow Rate of 0.25 gpm
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Feed Hose Average Leak Flow Rate of 1 gpm
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8.8 MINIMUM MEASURE CATEGORY ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
In general, customers that have and use electrical pumping systems are eligible. Recommended
minimum eligibility requirements for irrigation measures are summarized in Table 8-8.
Table 8-8. Irrigation Measures Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure Eligibility Limitations
Cut and Pipe Press or Weld Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines (invoice must show number of joints repaired)
Standard Equipment
New Rotating or Spray Type Sprinklers or Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinkler Heads with the same flow rate or less
Covers both rotating-type, spray heads, and low-pressure pivot sprinklers. Lateral moves included. Same design flow or less. Up to 2 per irrigated acre
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket Standard Equipment
New Drains, Risercaps, and Gaskets for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, Pivots or Portable Main Lines
Standard Equipment. Includes seals and riser caps (dome disc) for valve openers. Up to 2 per irrigated acre
New Flow-Controlling Type Nozzles replacing Existing Brass or Worn-out Flow Control
Nozzles of same flow rate or less
Standard flow-control nozzles with flexible orifice. Same design flow or less. Up to 2 per irrigated acre
New Nozzles replacing Existing Worn-out Nozzle of same flow rate or less
Standard brass or plastic range nozzles. Same design flow or less. Up to 2 per irrigated acre
New Gooseneck Elbow with Drop Tube or Boomback Standard Equipment
New Wheel-line hubs (on Thunderbird Wheel Lines) Standard Equipment
New Pressure Regulators Same or lower pressure. Lateral Moves included. Up to 2 per irrigated acre
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers Standard Equipment Up to 2 per irrigated acre
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Leveler Standard Equipment
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Feed Hose Standard Equipment
8.9 MEASURE CATEGORY UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS, AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Estimated measure lifetimes were taken from Rocky Mountain Power’s Irrigation Energy Savers program for Idaho. Annual energy savings were calculated using similar methods to the
Irrigation Energy Saver’s program, with updated information. Savings by state vary based on the
average operating hours and average pumping lift which are displayed in Table 8-9. Gross
customer costs are based on material and installation costs provided by irrigation dealers. The
estimated net-to-gross ratios are similar to those used by the Irrigation Energy Savers program.
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Table 8-10 summarizes the key measure information for the recommended irrigation measures
for Idaho.
Table 8-9. Annual Irrigation Operating Hours and Lift
State Annual Operating Hours Average Lift (ft)
CA 1,500 15
ID 1,900 100
UT 1,450 100
WA 2,100 20
Table 8-10. Prescriptive Irrigation Measure Information for Idaho
Measure Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost 3
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
Cut and Pipe Press or Weld Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines (invoice must show number of joints repaired)
Joint 7 125 0.066 $18.50 $8.00
New Rotating or Spray Type Sprinklers or Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinkler Heads with the same flow rate or less
Each 4 55 0.029 $15.75 $3.004
New Center Pivot Base Boot
Gasket Each 3 788 0.415 $160.00 $80.00
New Drains, Risercaps, and Gaskets for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, Pivots or Portable Main Lines
Each 4 63 0.033 $6.50 $1.00
New Flow-Controlling Type Nozzles replacing Existing Brass or Worn-out Flow Control Nozzles of same flow rate or less
Each 4 61 0.032 $4.15 $1.50
New Nozzles replacing Existing Worn-out Nozzle of same flow rate or less Each 4 61 0.032 $1.30 $0.25
New Gooseneck Elbow with Drop Tube or Boomback Each 4 33 0.017 $13.50 $1.00
New Wheel-line hubs (on Thunderbird Wheel Lines) Each 4 375 0.197 $67.00 $12.00
New Pressure Regulators Each 4 55 0.029 $8.25 $2.75
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers Each 4 63 0.033 $13.00 $3.004
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Leveler Each 4 31 0.016 $5.75 $0.75
Rebuilt or New Wheel-line Feed Hose Each 4 125 0.066 $135.00 $15.00
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent whole customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
4 Incentives are limited for these measures to the lesser of the incentive or 60% of invoice cost.
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8.10 MEASURE CATEGORY OUTLOOK
Irrigation equipment measures can have high participation rates for the first year and then drop
off to a minimal level in subsequent years. Lately, the market price for hay and grains has
increased significantly. As discussed with some irrigation dealers, many farmers may experience higher revenues. With increased revenues, irrigators may be more likely to perform maintenance and make upgrades that previously were not cost effective. This increase in crop revenues may
increase program participation and/or extend the program.
Material costs for irrigation equipment fluctuates regularly. Material costs for brass and metals
are expected to continue to increase. The costs and incentive levels for all measures need to be re-evaluated every few years.

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Section 9 Lighting
9.1 LIGHTING CATEGORY OVERVIEW
As the most common installation, prescriptive lighting incentives comprise the majority of
PacifiCorp’s FinAnswer Express program. To provide knowledge and motivate owners to
switch to more efficient fixtures, rebates should reflect the wide assortment of lighting systems
that are available on the market. Table 9-1 lists existing FinAnswer Express measures as well as
potential new measures.
Table 9-1. Evaluated Lighting Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Lighting Measures Potential New FinAnswer Express Lighting Measures
All current existing measures were reviewed for possible adjustment. See Appendix C and D for a complete listing. >750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5 HO lamps + EB
Lighting controls Bi-level stairwell, hall and garage fixtures
Indoor and outdoor LED channel letter signs Daylighting controls
LED message center signs LED case lighting
Exit signs (existing) Exit signs (photoluminescent and tritium)
9.1.1 Lighting Measure Descriptions
 >750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO lamps + EB: Replace metal halide, mercury
vapor or high pressure sodium lamps drawing greater than 750 W with a fixture of at least 8 T5 high output fluorescent lamps controlled by an electronic ballast.
 Bi-level stairwell, hall and garage fixtures: Lighting fixtures that are wired to provide
2 or more levels of control and an integral occupancy sensor to allow for reduced lighting
when areas are unoccupied. A special electronic ballast may be necessary depending on
levels of power, multiple wall switches, or multiple ballasts per fixture. This measure was expanded to include bi-level fixtures installed in any space type.
 Daylighting controls: An electronic system containing a photosensor which
automatically dims or shuts off lighting when sufficient daylight is present to light the
area. The sensor constantly measures ambient light levels and adjusts the lighting
accordingly. A special electronic ballast that can constantly regulate the power flow and detailed sampling of light levels is required.
 LED case lighting: Replace existing lighting in frozen or refrigerated retail food cases
with energy efficient LED light bars.
 Existing measure review: Review existing measure incentive levels and customer costs
for possible adjustment.
 Lighting controls: Automatic lighting controls are a popular way to save energy by turning off lights when they are not needed or in use. Many different varieties of controls
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are available including ceiling or wall mounted occupancy sensors, built-in occupancy
sensors, photocells, daylighting controls, timer controls, and time clocks.
 Indoor and outdoor LED channel letter signs: Channel letter signs are large,
illuminated signs used for commercial storefronts. These signs emit light through colored, translucent plastic front. Lighting is provided by either fluorescent tubing, neon (single or dual tube) or LED. Even though a wide variety of LED colors are available
currently red and yellow dominate the market because they have demonstrated the
highest lifetime and reliability.
 LED message center signs: LED message center signs are signs able to be programmed to display or scroll information. LED offers monochrome, grayscale, and multi color styles with lower energy demand and consumption than signs using incandescent lamps.
 Exit Signs: Exit signs alert people to the nearest emergency egress location and are
required in any public, commercial or industrial building. Current technologies include
incandescent, fluorescent, cold cathode, electroluminescent, LED, photoluminescent, and tritium.
9.2 LIGHTING MEASURE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
The following resources were reviewed for information regarding lighting measures with
findings summarized in Table 9-2.
Table 9-2. Lighting Measure Informational Resources
Measure CEE DEER Energy Star ITP NW Alliance RTF Web Search
>750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO lamps + EB   
Bi-level Fixtures 
Daylighting Controls    
LED Case Lighting  
Exit Signs  
Retrofits of HID systems to T5 fixtures of 8 or more lamps have been found to be exclusively in
high bay or specialty applications. Bi-level switching has shown to be a significant energy saver in areas with little or intermittent use where constant lighting is required. Daylighting is a
popular topic and provides several benefits including saving energy and occupant preference
over artificial light. On the downside, an improperly calibrated daylight control can lead to less
desirable lighting and increased energy costs. Regarding LED case lighting, LED systems are
hailed as the next major revolution in lighting technology.
9.3 UTILITY LIGHTING DSM PROGRAM REVIEW
The incentive programs of primary utility companies were reviewed for the presence of lighting
measures with the findings summarized in Table 9-3. Complete utility programs are referenced
in Appendix C and D.
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Table 9-3. Lighting Measure Utility Prescriptive DSM Program Review
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LED case lighting  
Lighting Controls           
Indoor and outdoor LED channel letter signs   
LED message center signs  
Exit Signs          
Only Alliant specified an 8 lamp T5 for replacing an HID system while other utilities listed general specifications that would include such a fixture. BPA defines bi-level fixtures as only
for stairwells while PG&E defines bi-level for stairwells, hallways and garages. Incentives for
daylighting controls include flat incentives per controller installed, per kWh saved rate, and per
W connected rate. Some utilities only offer incentives for new construction projects.
9.4 LIGHTING MEASURE CODE REVIEW
Table 9-4 provides a brief summary of the code requirements for the evaluated lighting measures
in Idaho.
Table 9-4. Lighting Measure Code Requirements
Measure Code Requirements Notes
>750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO lamps + EB IECC 2006 Sec 505 Specifies maximum lighting power densities by building area type.
Bi-level Fixtures IECC 2006 Sec 505 Specifies maximum lighting power densities by building area type.
Common custom lighting measures: IECC 2006 Sec 505 Specifies maximum lighting power densities by building area type.
IECC 2006, adopted by Utah and Idaho, specifies the maximum lighting power densities by
building area type. These requirements apply to all new construction projects, alternations or
additions or repairs to the existing system, and any alteration that increases the lighting load
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during a change in occupancy or space type. The IECC 2006 code lighting power densities
for different building types are summarized in Table 9-5.
Table 9-5. IECC 2006 Maximum Lighting Power Densities (W/SF)
Business Type IECC 2006
Automotive Facility
Convention Center
Courthouse
Dining: Bar Lounge/Leisure
Dining: Cafeteria/Fast Food
Dining: Family
Dormitory
Exercise Center
Gymnasium
Healthcare
Hospital
Hotel
Library
Manufacturing Facility
Motel
Motion Picture Theatre
Multi-Family
Museum
Office
Parking Garage
Penitentiary
Performing Arts Center
Police/Fire Station
Post Office
Religious Building
Retail
School/University
Sports Arena
Town Hall
Transportation
Warehouse
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The Energy Security and Independence (EISA) Act of 2007 mandates a graduated phase-out on
all manufacture and import of metal halide luminaries with magnetic probe-start ballasts. As of January 1, 2009, all luminaries between 150W and 500W manufactured or imported to the United States must meet the ballast efficacy requirements stipulated by EISA in Table 9-6.
Table 9-6. Minimum Ballast Efficiency Standards for Metal Halide Luminaries
Ballast Type Lamp Wattage Minimum Ballast Efficiency
Magnetic Probe Start 150W – 500W 94%
Pulse Start 150W – 500W 88%
Non-Pulse Start Electronic 150W – 500W 90%
Non-Pulse Start Electronic 251W – 500W 92%
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Due to technology limitations, in order to meet the EISA requirements, all metal halide
luminaries between 150W and 500 W destined for sale in the United States will essentially be
required to contain pulse-start electronic ballasts. The EISA requirements do not limit the
availability of replacement parts and bulbs for existing probe-start luminaries so long has manufacturers have existing inventories available.
9.5 LIGHTING MEASURE VENDORS
Currently, 9 vendors in Idaho support PacifiCorp’s FinAnswer Express lighting incentive
program. A list of these vendors and their contact information is available on the Lighting
Energy Efficiency Alliance listings accessed through Rocky Mountain Power’s website. Three of the most active vendors were selected from this list and interviewed regarding the program and the new measures. Additionally, Jim Benya, a lighting system design specialist was
contacted for input on daylighting. Table 9-7 contains contact information regarding the lighting
vendors surveyed in Idaho for the study.
Table 9-7. Idaho Lighting Vendors
Vendor Contact Phone Number
Arco Electric Tony Passino [phone]
D&S Electrical Dave Bennett [phone]
Harris Aircraft, Inc. Ryan Harris [phone]
Benya Lighting Design Jim Benya [phone]

As part of this survey, the vendors were questioned regarding current market trends and cost data
of these measures. Relevant responses include:
 The majority of vendors agreed that daylighting installations are rare due to the high
installation cost and difficulty in proper calibration and this could change with an incentive to help offset the initial cost. One vendor quoted a 15 year payback for a recent
large daylighting installation (not counting incentives). Jim Benya, an expert in lighting
design, added that when installed correctly, daylighting yields favorable energy savings.
Important consideration include the amount and size of skylights, window glazing, light
color qualities, and designing controls to harvest every available daylight lumen. When done correctly, daylighting is a good investment.
 Installation of bi-level fixtures in warehouses and parking garages were common while in
halls and stairwells were uncommon. Almost all vendors supplied and installed fixtures
with built-in sensors with prices ranging from $125-$150 per fixture.
 Two vendors replied that they were familiar with replacing high wattage HID systems with 8 lamp T5 fixtures and most felt it was a good upgrade. However, few
manufacturers supply 8 lamp fixtures and most must be special ordered resulting in
quoted prices ranging from $300-$500 without installation.
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 All vendors agreed that LED was still a developing technology and most viewed it as the
future of lighting. Two vendors were familiar with the LED case lighting retrofit while
only one sold the product through special order. One vendor expressed that this retrofit
was an improvement because fluorescent lights can suffer in colder temperatures while LED lights do not. The price quoted was $30 per foot for the fixture.
 Multiple vendors in Idaho expressed a preference for LED exit signs over any other type.
All acknowledged that the high cost and permitting requirements for tritium exit signs
made them undesirable, except in very select locations where electricity could not be
made available.
9.6 EXISTING LIGHTING MEASURE REVIEW
Currently, PacifiCorp offers average incentives when compared to similar incentives offered by
other utilities. PacifiCorp desires to be in the top echelon of utilities offering incentives and,
therefore, must raise incentive levels by 20% on average.
Existing PacifiCorp prescriptive measure incentives were reviewed and compared to similar incentives offered by other utilities. Areas of comparison included maximum, minimum, and average incentives, incentive paid per kWh, the percentage of cost paid by incentive, and simple
payback period. When considering increasing incentive levels, more emphasis was given to
measures that had the most attractive energy savings. The incentive levels for measures with
little energy savings were not raised and some were reduced.
Incentive levels for replacements of 8’ T12 with premium T8s, CFL upgrades, and T5 fluorescent upgrades were kept the same. Also, replacement of HIDs, replacement of exit signs,
addition of photocell and time clock lighting controls, and LED signage were kept the same.
Two of the HID category incentives for replacements of MH, MV, or HPS with MHPS were
reduced. These reductions were incorporated to reduce incentive levels ($/kWh) commensurate with estimated energy savings. All other incentives were increased by approximately 20%. The comparison of replacement measures can by found in Appendix D.
The same review was conducted comparing incentives from other utilities offered on new
construction projects. Since only a smaller number of utilities (Idaho Power, Nevada Power,
Xcel, Alliant and ETO) offer new construction incentives the comparison was more limited. Most incentive levels were kept the same because PacifiCorp already offers incentives about the average. On average there was a 20% increase for the rest of the measures. The new
construction measure table can be found in Appendix D.
Provisions in EISA 2007 stipulate that ballasts installed in metal halide luminaries with rated
wattage of 150 to 500 watts must meet minimum efficiency requirements after January 1, 2009. Accordingly, Nexant recommends revising the eligibility for incentives for pulse-start metal halide fixtures in new construction/major renovation projects so that only fixtures with a rated
wattage larger than 500 watts are eligible.
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9.7 LIGHTING MEASURE PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Table 9-8 contains a summary of the recommended measures to include in the prescriptive
incentive program. In addition, a trade ally network has been assembled to facilitate the
distribution of these measures to the customer.
Table 9-8. Lighting Measure Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Network
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
>750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO lamps + EB   
New Construction 8+ T5HO
lamps + EB   
Bi-level Fixtures   
Daylighting Controls   
LED case lighting   
Exit Signs (photoluminescent,
tritium)   

9.8 LIGHTING MEASURE BASELINES
The suggested baseline equipment for the recommended measures includes:
 >750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO lamps + EB: HID mercury vapor, metal halide
or high pressure fixtures drawing more than 750 watts.
 Bi-level fixtures: Fluorescent fixtures without automated occupancy sensor control.
 Daylighting controls: Fixtures without automatic control systems.
 LED case lighting: Fluorescent fixtures in frozen or refrigerated food cases.
 Exit signs (photoluminescent, tritium): Existing incandescent or fluorescent exit signs.

9.9 MINIMUM LIGHTING MEASURE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
No changes are proposed for the minimum eligibility requirements of existing measures. The minimum requirements for the recommended measures include:
 >750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO lamps + EB: New fixture, at least 8 T5 HO
lamps controlled by an electronic ballast.
 New Construction 8+ T5HO lamps + EB: New fixture, at least 8 T5 HO lamps controlled by an electronic ballast.
 Bi-level fixtures: Fixture must contain an integrated occupancy sensor and vary between
at least 2 levels of switching when space is occupied/unoccupied.
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 Daylighting controls: At least one photo sensor per control, continuous dimming or at
least 3 levels of intensity, unit must be properly calibrated.
 LED case lighting: Replacement with LED light bars, located in a refrigeration case.
 Exit signs (photoluminescent, tritium): Meet visibility requirements, Energy Star and UL approved.

9.10 ESTIMATED LIGHTING COSTS, SAVINGS AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
During the process of lighting review, efforts were sought to find a single, reliable source on the
costs of the lighting measures. While some cost data was found from the sources listed in Table 9-2 and additional data was provided during the vendor surveys, none proved to be a desirable, main source. Reasons for this include
 No one source included data for all the prospective measures
 Dates were highly variable between data with some being more than a few years old
 Cost data was provided in varying metrics including $/area and $/fixture
 Costs for installations greatly differed depending on the vendor, size of the order and the type of installation
 The sources of cost data were not consistently documented or reported
Effort was made to compute as accurately as possible averages and representations from the data
that was collected. Data for daylighting controls especially varied between sources due to the many variables involved in its installation. The numbers for daylighting below were calculated from data provided by Quantec in the 2007 Pacificorp Measures Worksheet. Savings estimates
from various sources ranged from 2% to 50%. Nexant’s estimate of 10.5% is a conservative
estimate that takes into account potential problems with calibration and savings persistence for
this measure. Cost data for stepped and continuous dimming was averaged together to find the energy savings percentage. Since each project’s cost was given in a dollar per square foot metric, this was also averaged ($0.55/sq ft). To find the cost per watt, the maximum power
densities of buildings where daylighting was most likely to be found were also combined
together in an average (1.1 W/sq ft). Dividing the cost with this value yielded a cost per
connected watt metric.
Also note that the savings calculated for LED case lighting takes into account both the reduced lighting load and refrigeration savings due to reduced heat gain from lighting equipment
(reference PG&E LED Refrigerated Case Lighting Workpaper). Table 9-9 below describes the
estimated costs and savings associated with implementing each lighting measure. After taking
these costs into account with what is currently offered by other utilities, the recommended incentive levels for the new measures can also be found below in Table 9-10.
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Table 9-9. Lighting Measure Estimated Cost
Measure Measure Description Measure Unit Size
Measure Cost
($/unit)
Demand Savings (kW/unit)
Energy Savings (kWh/yr/unit) Notes
>750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO
lamps + EB
Replace 750+ W HID with 8 lamp T5
HO fixture
Per fixture $542.67 0.377 784
Cost average from vendor survey and research
New Construction 8+ T5HO lamps + EB
New fixture installation Per fixture $225.00 0.377 784
Cost average
from vendor survey and research
Bi-level fixtures
Replace uncontrolled
fixtures with bi-level controlled fixtures
Per fixture $163.45 - 30%
Cost average from vendor survey and research
Daylighting Controls
Install and calibrate daylighting controls for automatic dimming of fixtures
Per connected Watt $0.50 - 10.5%
Average of 140 items from Quantec study for Pacificorp
LED case lighting Retrofit cases from fluorescent to LED Per linear foot $47.82 0.0109 67.8
Cost average from vendor survey and
research, includes interactive savings
Exit Signs (photoluminescent, tritium)
Replace
incandescent or fluorescent exit sign
Per sign $200.00 0.012 105 Cost estimate from vendor research

Table 9-10. Recommended Lighting Measure Incentives
Measure Measure Description Measure Unit Size
Recommended Incentive
($/unit) Notes
>750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+ T5HO lamps + EB
Replace HID fixtures >750W with 8 lamp T5 HO EB systems
8+ T5 HO lamps per fixture $110.00 At least 8 T5 HO lamps per fixture
New Construction 8+ T5HO lamps + EB New fixture installation
8+ T5 HO lamps per fixture $120.00 At least 8 T5 HO lamps per fixture
Bi-level fixtures
Replace uncontrolled
fixtures with bi-level controlled fixtures
Built-in bi-level
control and sensor
$35.00 Built-in sensor, at least bi-level switching
Daylighting Controls
Add daylighting controls to
uncontrolled systems
Per connected Watt $0.10 At least one photo sensor, control and 3+ levels of switching.
LED case lighting Retrofit cases from Per linear $10.00 Lighting must replace all
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Measure Measure Description Measure Unit Size Recommended Incentive
($/unit) Notes
fluorescent to LED foot fluorescent fixtures
Exit Signs
(photoluminescent, tritium)
Keep existing
description Per sign $20.00 Keep existing measure, allow for photoluminescent and tritium signs also

9.11 LIGHTING MEASURE OUTLOOK
As state and federal building energy and appliance codes continue to tighten, improvements in
lighting efficiency will be driven by new lighting technologies (LED, premium fluorescents) and
implementation of controls to reduce lamp run time and lumen levels in response to daylight availability and occupancy. A brief synopsis of expected developments in energy codes, new
lighting technologies and other issues is provided below.
 State and Federal Codes: State and federal codes continue to tighten, mandating
maximum lighting power densities for different space types and minimum efficacy. The
Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) of 2007 mandates minimum efficacy standards for general service incandescent lamps, modified spectrum general service
incandescent lamps, incandescent reflector lamps, fluorescent lamps and metal halide
lamps, as indicated in Table 9-11 and Table 9-12. The suite of lighting measures offered
through FinAnswer Express will need to be evaluated periodically with respect to code
developments to determine if individual lighting measures warrant inclusion in the FinAnswer Express program.
Table 9-11. Minimum Efficacy Standards for General Service Incandescent Lamps
Rated Lumen Ranges Maximum Rate Wattage Minimum Rate Lifetime (hrs) Federal Effective Date
1490 – 2600 72 1,000 1/1/2012
1050 – 1489 53 1,000 1/1/2013
750 – 1049 43 1,000 1/1/2014
310 – 749 29 1,000 1/1/2014
All 45 lumens/watt 1,000 Final Rule by 1/1/2017

Table 9-12. Minimum Efficacy Standards for Modified Spectrum General Service Incandescent Lamps
Rated Lumen Ranges Maximum Rate Wattage Minimum Rate Lifetime (hrs) Federal Effective Date
1118 - 1950 72 1,000 1/1/2012
788 – 1117 53 1,000 1/1/2013
563 – 787 43 1,000 1/1/2014
232 - 562 29 1,000 1/1/2014

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 New Technologies: Advances in lighting technology continue to redefine the definition
of “high-efficiency” in the marketplace. In particular, LED lighting systems have already
made inroads into certain markets (i.e. traffic lights, refrigerated case lighting) and will
continue to find application in other types of lighting systems. Coordination with lighting research initiatives and lighting manufacturers is recommended for evaluating market-ready, high-efficiency lighting technologies proposed for inclusion in FinAnswer Express
program.
The continued push for higher efficiency lighting in buildings has resulted in more stringent
codes at both the state and federal levels. The definition of high-efficiency lighting continues to change as new lighting technologies are developed and deployed into the market place. Consistent collaboration with lighting manufacturers, energy code developers and lighting
designers will be necessary to insure that appropriate high-efficiency lighting measures are
included in the FinAnswer Express program.

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Section 10 Motors & Drives
10.1 MOTORS & DRIVES OVERVIEW
The existing measures were examined with incentives and savings adjusted according to the
current market. In addition, potential measures were evaluated and can be found in Table 10-1.
Table 10-1. Evaluated Motors & Drives Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Motors & Drives Measures Potential New FinAnswer Express Motors & Drives Measures
Premium Motors 1 to 200 Hp Green Motor Rewinds
ECMs (Electronically Commutated Motors) Escalator Motor Controllers
VFDs Premium Efficiency Motors 201 - 500 Hp

10.1.1 MOTORS & DRIVES MEASURE DESCRIPTIONS
 Green Motor Rewinds: A used motor is rebuilt in a controlled, specified process where the rebuilt motor is as energy efficient as the existing design of the motor allows. New
motors have different energy efficiency requirements than green motor rewinds because
they are not limited by the existing design. A leading proponent of green motor rewinds
is Green Motors Practices Group™ (http://www.greenmotors.org/).
 Escalator Motor Controller: An AC induction motor control device senses the load on the escalator motor(s) and adjusts the voltage and current accordingly. Since an escalator
is a constant speed/variable load application, the escalator motor controller operates the
escalator system at its peak efficiency at all times, reduces the motor energy
consumption, and provides energy savings.
 Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp: This measure includes the 1-200 Hp AC induction motors currently in the program and extends the NEMA Premium standard to
motors up to 500 Hp.
 ECMs: An electronically commutated motor (ECM) is a fractional horsepower direct
current (DC) motor used in commercial refrigeration applications such as display cases,
walk-in coolers/freezers, refrigerated vending machines, and bottle coolers. In addition, ECMs can be used as small fan motors for packaged terminal units or in terminal air
boxes. Generally, ECMs replace shaded pole (SP) motors and offer at least 50% energy
savings. Analysis focused on 10-140 W motors used in refrigeration and 1/3 to 1 Hp
motors used in HVAC applications because these are the most prevalent use of ECMs,.
 VFDs: Variable frequency drives (VFDs) or variable speed drives (VSDs) are electronic controls that regulate motor speed and torque. These controllers reduce motor and pump
energy consumption under partial load conditions.
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10.2 MOTORS & DRIVES RESOURCE REVIEW
The following core resources were reviewed for information regarding motors & drives
measures. The information findings are summarized in Table 10-2.
Table 10-2. Available Measure Information Resources
Measure Description CEE DEER Energy Star ITP NW Alliance RTF Web Search
Green Motor Rewinds   
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp   
Escalator Motor Controller 
ECMs 
VFDs  

 Green Motor Rewinds: There is considerable potential for efficiency penalties associated with rebuilding used motors. Without the correct process control, estimates on this efficiency penalty range from 1-2%. The focus of green motor rewinds is to
formalize the rebuilding process to eliminate these losses.
 Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp: CEE Premium-Efficiency Motors Initiative
highly recommends using the “NEMA Premium" brand name in the Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp measure. Using the NEMA Premium brand name eliminates market confusion as to what constitutes an energy efficient motor. In addition, there are many
NEMA Premium motor manufacturers to choose from. The “NEMA Premium"
trademark is shown in Figure 1.
Figure 1: The “NEMA Premium" Trademark

A significant development since the last market characterization is that the National Electric
Manufacturer’s Association (NEMA) adopted a standard for motors in the Premium
Efficiency Motors 200 - 500 Hp measure in 2007. The new standard is contained in NEMA
MG 1-2006 Revision 1 2007. Signed into law on December 19, 2007, the 2007 Energy
Security and Independence Act adopts the new standard and requires that all new 1-500 Hp motors that are manufactured and sold in the United States meet the new standard by
December 19, 2010. There are now published efficiency standards for 1-500 Hp motors.
With these changes, any 1- 500 Hp motor bearing the “NEMA Premium" trademark will
align with national energy efficiency standards and legislation. The Federal Energy
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Management Program (FEMP) has already adopted NEMA MG 1-2006 Revision 1 2007 in
their Designated Product List for federal customers.

In addition to the new standards for 200 - 500 Hp motors, additional motors in the 1-200 Hp range are now included in the NEMA Premium standard. These new motors are referred to as “General Purpose Electric Motors (Subtype II)” in the standard and act. These additional
types of motors include:
• U-Frame Motors
• Design C Motors
• Close-coupled pump motors
• Footless motors
• Vertical solid shaft normal thrust (tested in a horizontal configuration)
• 8-pole motors
• All poly-phase motors with voltages up to 600 volts other than 230/460 volts (230/460 volt motors are covered by EPAct-92)
Table 10-3 and Table 10-4 compare the unified efficiency standards for 1-500 Hp AC
induction motors currently in place.
Table 10-3. Efficiency Comparison of ODP Motors
1200 RPM 1800 RPM 3600 RPM

EPACT NEMA Premium EPACT NEMA Premium EPACT NEMA Premium Hp
1 80.0% 82.5% 82.5% 85.5% N/A 77.0%
1.5 84.0% 86.5% 84.0% 86.5% 82.5% 84.0%
2 85.5% 87.5% 84.0% 86.5% 84.0% 85.5%
3 86.5% 88.5% 86.5% 89.5% 84.0% 85.5%
5 87.5% 89.5% 87.5% 89.5% 85.5% 86.5%
7.5 88.5% 90.2% 88.5% 91.0% 87.5% 88.5%
10 90.2% 91.7% 89.5% 91.7% 88.5% 89.5%
15 90.2% 91.7% 91.0% 93.0% 89.5% 90.2%
20 91.0% 92.4% 91.0% 93.0% 90.2% 91.0%
25 91.7% 93.0% 91.7% 93.6% 91.0% 91.7%
30 92.4% 93.6% 92.4% 94.1% 91.0% 91.7%
40 93.0% 94.1% 93.0% 94.1% 91.7% 92.4%
50 93.0% 94.1% 93.0% 94.5% 92.4% 93.0%
60 93.6% 94.5% 93.6% 95.0% 93.0% 93.6%
75 93.6% 94.5% 94.1% 95.0% 93.0% 93.6%
100 94.1% 95.0% 94.1% 95.4% 93.0% 93.6%
125 94.1% 95.0% 94.5% 95.4% 93.6% 94.1%
150 94.5% 95.4% 95.0% 95.8% 93.6% 94.1%
200 94.5% 95.4% 95.0% 95.8% 94.5% 95.0%
250 95.4% 95.4% 95.4% 95.8% 94.5% 95.0%
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1200 RPM 1800 RPM 3600 RPM

EPACT NEMA Premium EPACT NEMA Premium EPACT NEMA Premium Hp
300 95.4% 95.4% 95.4% 95.8% 95.0% 95.4%
350 95.4% 95.4% 95.4% 95.8% 95.0% 95.4%
400 none 95.8% 95.4% 95.8% 95.4% 95.8%
450 none 96.2% 95.8% 96.2% 95.8% 95.8%
500 none 96.2% 95.8% 96.2% 95.8% 95.8%

Table 10-4. Efficiency Comparison of TEFC Motors
1200 RPM 1800 RPM 3600 RPM

EPACT NEMA Premium EPACT NEMA Premium EPACT NEMA Premium Hp
1 80.0% 82.5% 82.5% 85.5% 75.5% 77.0%
1.5 85.5% 87.5% 84.0% 86.5% 82.5% 84.0%
2 86.5% 88.5% 84.0% 86.5% 84.0% 85.5%
3 87.5% 89.5% 87.5% 89.5% 85.5% 86.5%
5 87.5% 89.5% 87.5% 89.5% 87.5% 88.5%
7.5 89.5% 91.0% 89.5% 91.7% 88.5% 89.5%
10 89.5% 91.0% 89.5% 91.7% 89.5% 90.2%
15 90.2% 91.7% 91.0% 92.4% 90.2% 91.0%
20 90.2% 91.7% 91.0% 93.0% 90.2% 91.0%
25 91.7% 93.0% 92.4% 93.6% 91.0% 91.7%
30 91.7% 93.0% 92.4% 93.6% 91.0% 91.7%
40 93.0% 94.1% 93.0% 94.1% 91.7% 92.4%
50 93.0% 94.1% 93.0% 94.5% 92.4% 93.0%
60 93.6% 94.5% 93.6% 95.0% 93.0% 93.6%
75 93.6% 94.5% 94.1% 95.4% 93.0% 93.6%
100 94.1% 95.0% 94.5% 95.4% 93.6% 94.1%
125 94.1% 95.0% 94.5% 95.4% 94.5% 95.0%
150 95.0% 95.8% 95.0% 95.8% 94.5% 95.0%
200 95.0% 95.8% 95.0% 96.2% 95.0% 95.4%
250 95.0% 95.8% 95.0% 96.2% 95.4% 95.8%
300 95.0% 95.8% 95.2% 96.2% 95.4% 95.8%
350 95.0% 95.8% 95.3% 96.2% 95.4% 95.8%
400 none 95.8% 95.3% 96.2% 95.4% 95.8%
450 none 95.8% 94.5% 96.2% 95.4% 95.8%
500 none 95.8% 94.8% 96.2% 95.4% 95.8%

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 Escalator Motor Controller: None of the resources contained information on Escalator
Motor Controllers because it is a new technology. Escalator Motor Controllers are a
subset of a larger group of equipment called Motor Efficiency Controllers. Both are
“variable torque” devices that operate at constant speed and vary the output torque of the motor to match the necessary motor load. According to two studies from Xcel Energy and Nevada Power, energy savings of approximately 30-40% are possible with Escalator
Motor Controllers.
The following design characteristics apply to Escalator Motor Controllers:
• Solid state motor controllers are designed to dynamically optimize the efficiency of a 3-phase electric motor in constant speed, variable load applications.
• The motor load is continuously monitored and the controller adjusts voltage and
current accordingly, without losing any speed or performance.
 ECMs: Since ECMs are currently part of the program, the resource review was an update to the previous report and can be found in Table 10-5.
Table 10-5. Review of ECM Measure Information
Measure
Resource Application
Annual Energy Demand Incremental
Information Savings1 Savings1 Cost 2
Available (kWh/unit) (kW/unit) ($/unit)
No Ecotope 2003
Yes PG&E 2005 Evaporator Fan 673 0.086 $161
No DEER
No CEE
No RTF
No NPCC 2005
Yes ACEEE
Condenser Fan – Refrigerator 141 $22
Evaporator Fan – Refrigerator 294 $48
Condenser Fan – Beverage Merchandiser 179 $60
Evaporator Fan – Beverage Merchandiser 1087 $120
1 Savings values reflect gross savings at the customer meter
2 Customer costs reflect gross incremental measure cost unless otherwise noted

10.3 MOTORS & DRIVES UTILITY PROGRAM REVIEW
Table 10-6 identifies which of the evaluated utilities currently offer non-residential customers
prescriptive incentives for the potential measures.
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Table 10-6. Measure Category Utility Program Review
Measure Description Alliant APS Avista BPA Energy Trust MidAmerican Energy Motor Up Nevada Power PG&E
Green Motor Rewinds
Premium Efficiency Motors
(1 - 500 Hp)      
Escalator Motor Controller 
ECMs  
VFDs 

 Green Motor Rewinds: A number of utilities are looking at the potential for green motor rewinds including:
• Energy Trust
• Tacoma Power
• Puget Sound Energy
• Idaho Power
• BPA
• Cowlitz PUD
• BC Hydro
• PacifiCorp
The Green Motor Practice Group (GMPG) began implementing the Green Motor Initiative
(GMI) on behalf of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) beginning September 1,
2008. Incentives are offered through BPA to GMPG members who complete motor rewinds
on motors 15 – 5,000 hp for customers located in participating utility’s territories. The
GMPG member receives $2.00/hp for a green motor rewind, of which $1.00/hp is passed along as to customer as an incentive at the point of sale. RTF recently finalized a deemed
savings and costs spreadsheet for Green Motor Rewinds. GMPG members can be found in
all states in PacifiCorp service territory.

 Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp: Because there is a standard for energy efficient 200 - 500 Hp motors, prescriptive programs are becoming more popular. The most
comprehensive prescriptive program is offered by APS. This program offers an incentive
of $1.50/Hp on all 1200, 1800, and 3600 RPM motors meeting the efficiency
requirements. This is the simplest prescriptive program in that there is only one
efficiency requirement for the entire range of motors.
PG&E offers a well documented, comprehensive program. Prescriptive incentives are only
offered up to 350 Hp motors in Avista’s prescriptive program. There are two tiers of
incentives; the higher tier is for continuous duty motors while the lower tier is for
intermittent duty motors. With this structure, a motor operating continuously receives more
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incentives than the same motor operating intermittently. The incentive for continuous duty is
twice that for intermittent duty. The average incentive is $5.25/Hp. Comparisons of
evaluated programs are shown in Table 10-8, Table 10-9, Table 10-10, and Table 10-11.
 Escalator Motor Controller: Presently, only Nevada Power offers incentives for Escalator Motor Controllers. This program pre-qualifies manufacturers and offers $20/Hp controlled. Most escalators have 20 Hp motors, resulting in a typical incentive of
$400 per motor controller.
 ECMs: The utility review and cost and savings are shown in Table 10-5 and Table 10-7,
respectively.
Table 10-7. ECM Unit Measure Cost and Savings1, 2
Measure
Gross Net
Incremental Customer Cost
Demand Savings Annual Energy Savings
Incremental Customer Cost
Demand Savings Annual Energy Savings
Refrigeration applications $ 1.00/W 0.001 kW/W 9.3 kWh/W $ 0.96/W 0.001 kW/W 8.9 kWh/W
HVAC applications $ 400/Hp 0.660 kW/Hp 2895 kWh/Hp $ 384/Hp 0.634 kW/Hp 2779 kWh/Hp
1 Savings values reflect gross savings at the customer meter.
2 Net cost, demand, and energy savings assume an estimated Net to Gross (NTG) ratio of 0.96 (DEER 2006).

Table 10-8. Comparison of Incentives for Premium Efficiency Motors (/motor)1
Hp
Current FinAnswer Express
Recommended FinAnswer Express APS Avista2 PG&E ETO

MidAmerican Energy1 Motor Up
1 $45 $45 $7 $15 $33 $10 $35 $50
1.5 $45 $45 $11 $15 $33 $15 $45 $50
2 $54 $54 $12 $25 $33 $20 $50 $60
3 $54 $54 $18 $30 $38 $30 $50 $60
5 $54 $54 $30 $35 $47 $50 $55 $60
7.5 $81 $81 $38 $70 $57 $75 $65 $90
10 $90 $90 $40 $75 $66 $100 $80 $100
15 $104 $104 $45 $95 $76 $150 $80 $115
20 $113 $113 $50 $120 $85 $200 $120 $125
25 $117 $117 $63 $440 $128 $250 $170 $130
30 $135 $135 $75 $495 $218 $300 $200 $150
40 $162 $162 $100 $730 $284 $400 $220 $180
50 $198 $198 $113 $710 $303 $500 $300 $220
60 $234 $234 $120 $810 $336 $600 $385 $260
75 $270 $270 $131 $1,180 $511 $750 $520 $300
100 $360 $360 $150 $1,505 $681 $1,000 $645 $400
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Hp
Current FinAnswer Express
Recommended FinAnswer Express APS Avista2 PG&E ETO

MidAmerican Energy1 Motor Up
125 $540 $540 $188 $1,825 $894 $1,250 $700 $600
150 $630 $630 $225 $1,750 $1,192 $1,500 $675 $700
200 $630 $630 $300 $2,500 $1,192 $2,000 $725 $700
250 - $687 $375 $2,330 $1,419 - - -
300 - $770 $450 $3,110 $1,703 - - -
350 - $960 $525 $3,245 $1,987 - - -
400 - $1,049 $600 - $2,270 - - -
450 - $1,139 $675 - $2,554 - - -
500 - $1,229 $750 - $2,838 - - -
1 Incentives for 1800 rpm TEFC motors
2 Average incentive including continuous and non continuous incentives
- Information not available

Table 10-9. Estimated Annual Energy Savings for the Premium Efficiency Motors (kWh/motor)1,2
Hp FinAnswer Express PG&E (2006) DEER RTF
1 97 61 52 47
1.5 95 101 - 72
2 106 168 - 107
3 143 143 - -
5 192 271 156 149
7.5 349 331 - 210
10 443 529 456 250
15 493 566 425 350
20 718 1,032 775 457
25 1,054 890 956 544
30 1,334 1,213 - 706
40 1,458 1,590 - 1,242
50 1,994 2,421 2,352 1,629
60 2,036 3,087 - 1,884
75 2,344 3,211 - 1,999
100 3,103 3,452 2,643 3,056
125 5,633 3,664 - 3,146
150 5,862 3,543 4,624 3,820
200 7,403 8,478 - 6,653
250 - 12,135 - 25,217
300 - 13,240 - 25,965
350 - 11,422 - 27,277
400 - 7,516 - 31,238
450 - 29,961 - 46,704
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Hp FinAnswer Express PG&E (2006) DEER RTF
500 - 19,843 - 40,324
1 Savings are for 1800 rpm TEFC motors
2 Savings values reflect gross savings at the customer meter
- No data available
Table 10-10. Estimated Peak Demand Savings for the Premium Efficiency Motors (kW/motor)1,2
Hp FinAnswer Express PG&E (2006) DEER RTF
1 0.04 0.02 0.02 0.01
1.5 0.03 0.03 - 0.01
2 0.04 0.05 - 0.01
3 0.05 0.04 - -
5 0.07 0.07 0.07 0.02
7.5 0.11 0.07 - 0.03
10 0.14 0.12 0.15 0.03
15 0.15 0.12 0.14 0.04
20 0.22 0.23 0.26 0.06
25 0.29 0.16 0.19 0.07
30 0.37 0.22 - 0.09
40 0.40 0.29 - 0.15
50 0.55 0.44 0.47 0.20
60 0.44 0.43 - 0.23
75 0.50 0.45 - 0.25
100 0.67 0.48 0.55 0.38
125 1.13 0.52 - 0.39
150 1.18 0.50 0.73 0.47
200 1.49 1.21 - 0.82
250 - 1.46 - 3.10
300 - 1.60 - 3.19
350 - 1.38 - 3.35
400 - 0.91 - 3.84
450 - 3.62 - 5.74
500 - 2.39 - 4.95
1 Savings are for 1800 rpm TEFC motors
2 Savings values reflect gross savings at the customer meter
- No data available

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Table 10-11. Estimated Incremental Motor Costs for the Premium Efficiency Motors ($/motor) 1
Hp FinAnswer Express PG&E (2006) DEER RTF MotorMaster+
1 ($36.00) ($14.06) $67.51 $33.15 $50.05
1.5 $90.00 $11.68 - $79.30 $72.80
2 $96.00 $8.69 - $85.80 $64.68
3 $42.00 $18.28 - - $73.45
5 $52.00 $48.44 $59.03 $44.85 $98.80
7.5 $72.00 ($47.84) - $98.80 $70.85
10 $96.00 ($30.11) $122.45 $109.20 $90.35
15 $119.00 $79.10 $240.45 $103.35 $167.70
20 ($22.00) $116.63 $109.51 ($18.20) $164.78
25 $237.00 $250.75 $467.96 $205.40 $328.58
30 $223.00 $305.92 - $193.05 $330.53
40 $516.00 $518.45 - $451.10 $398.45
50 $398.00 $663.21 $688.86 $344.50 $384.15
60 $270.00 $1,272.66 - $233.35 $332.15
75 $36.00 $1,627.30 - $30.55 $366.28
100 $130.00 $1,999.71 $213.71 $112.45 $555.10
125 $1,153.00 $3,268.42 - $1,000.35 $960.70
150 $657.00 $3,818.65 $1,270.68 $569.40 $608.72
200 $624.00 $4,280.05 $484.31 $540.80 $963.95
250 - $6,146.04 - $3,124.55 $1,607.45
300 - $6,287.55 - $2,945.80 $1,539.85
350 - $8,357.06 - $3,090.10 $2,176.20
400 - $9,540.92 - $4,277.00 $2,474.23
450 - $9,743.97 - $321.75 ($3,249.35)
500 - $9,974.70 - ($3,576.30) ($4,862.65)
1 Where costs varied, values shown are for 1800 rpm TEFC motors.
- No data available
10.4 MOTORS & DRIVES MEASURE CODE REVIEW
Concerning the existing Premium Motor program, all motors up to 500 Hp will be required to meet NEMA premium efficiency requirements by the end of 2010. The program requirements for AC induction motors will need to be increased. A summary of the code
requirements is given in Table 10-12.
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Table 10-12. Measure Code Requirements
Measure Description Code Requirements Notes
Green Motor Rewinds None Program attempts to maintain existing efficiency
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp 2007 Energy Security and Independence Act Requires NEMA MG-1 (2006) standard
Escalator Motor Controller None None
ECMs None None
VFDs IECC 2006
Variable Air Volume systems with motors 10 hp or larger shall be driven
by a VFD, or controls that limit fan motor demand to no more than 30% of design wattage at 50% of design air volume

10.5 MOTORS & DRIVES MEASURE VENDORS
Some of the vendors serve multiple measures and PacifiCorp service territories. A matrix of the
vendors various technologies and service territories is shown Table 10-13. The vendor survey instrument and additional vendor responses are provided in Appendix A.
Table 10-13. Representative Rocky Mountain Power Motors & Drives Measure Vendors
Measure1 Territory
GM PEM EMC ECMs VFDs Vendor Contact Name Phone Number UT ID
X X Electric Motor Service Co. Brad Kellogg [phone] X
X X Western Industrial Motor & Machine,Inc. Pete [phone] X X
X X X CW Silver Industrial Services, Inc. Paul Sellers [phone] X X
X Power Efficiency Corporation Pete Knight [phone] X X
X ProProducts, Inc. Bill Enright [phone] X X
X Kone (EcoStart) Jay Ferguson [phone] X X
X Refrigeration Supplies Distributor Larry Guiver [phone] X X
1 GM (green motor rewinds), PEM (Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp), EMC (Escalator Motor Controllers)
 Green Motor Rewinds: Several of the vendors expressed enthusiasm with the potential
offering of this measure because most of their business is in motor rewinding. CW Silver
Industrial Services, Inc. and Western Industrial Motor & Machine, Inc. indicated that they are already rewinding to green motor rewind standards and are not charging extra for it because they cannot cost effectively maintain two different processes. They indicated
that a controlled rebuild process is the only effective way to produce quality, warranty
guaranteed motors and that green motor rewinds make good business sense.
Unfortunately, many of these quality shops get limited rewind business because shops that are providing inferior rewinds charge less. Consequently, to be competitive the vendors must receive incentives.
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In talking with the Green Motors Practices Group™ and green motor rewinds vendors the
following implementation process was identified.
EEA Participant Process
• The EEA Participant seeks and obtains membership with the Green Motors Practices Group™
• The EEA Participant notifies the Motor & Drives EEA Participant Coordinator that they
have become members of the Green Motors Practices Group™ and requests to join the
green motor rewind program by completing an EEA application and signing the EEA agreement.
• The Motor & Drives EEA Participant Coordinator verifies the EEA Participant’s
membership with the Green Motors Practices Group™, reviews other information on the
EEA application, approves the EEA agreement, and lists the EEA Participant in the green motor rewind program.
Incentive Process
• The Green Motor Participant rebuilds a customer’s motor in accordance with the process
established by the Green Motors Practices Group™.
• The green motor rewind participant reports the rebuild to the Green Motors Practices
Group™ who records it in their database and reports the rebuild to the Motor & Drives
EEA Participant Coordinator on a monthly basis.
• The green motor rewind participant submits an application for incentives on motors they have rebuilt monthly.
• The Motor & Drives EEA Participant Coordinator receives, verifies, and pays qualifying
incentives to the EEA Participant. EEA Participants can elect to pass along a portion of the incentive to the customer ($1.00/hp is practice in BPA territory and part of the Green Motor Initiative)

 Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp: CW Silver Industrial Services, Inc. and
Dykman Electrical, Inc. are top vendors in the current 1-200 Hp premium motor program and find the extension of prescriptive incentives to the 201-500 Hp size a natural extension of their business. However, they believe that there will be minimal additional
sales because most business in this size range is rewinds.
With EPACT motors still available, there is a need for premium motor incentives because
currently premium motor sales are only 40% of the market. In order to increase market penetration of premium motors, Dykman recommends that Rocky Mountain Power encourage their CCMs to educate customers on the benefits of premium motors and offer
regional training seminars for customers.
Intermountain Fuse markets 1-5 Hp motors. Most motors in this size range are premium
efficiency and, therefore, there is little choice in motor efficiency. Intermountain Fuse would
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like to see more economic development effort from Rocky Mountain Power so that more
companies using motors are brought into Utah. Also, they would like to see more work done
with the OEMs on the benefits of premium motors.
 Escalator Motor Controllers: Many of the escalator motor controller vendors expressed interest in helping bring this emerging technology to the market. Potential markets include airports and shopping malls where the escalator operating hours are long and
loads are variable. Many are willing to stock the units because emergency escalator
breakdowns are common and this is the most advantageous time for installations.
 ECMs: Refrigeration Supplies Distributor is finding the ECM market difficult to penetrate. Primarily, this is due to “hidden labor charges” involved in unloading and re-loading refrigerator cases to remove and replace the motors. When these costs are
included in the retrofit costs, the incentives that are currently available are not enough to
motivate customers to retrofit their cases. Refrigeration Supplies Distributors questions
the quality and life of some of the ECMs they have demonstrated for their customers and is actively looking for better ECMs.
 VFDs: CW Silver Industrial Services, Inc. reports that they are having difficulty
penetrating the retrofit market where the program incentives are most significant.
However, they feel that this is no fault of the program but is a matter of pursing the
retrofit business more aggressively. In general, they find the incentives for VFDs very attractive and think they will eventually become successful.
10.6 MOTORS & DRIVES PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
Table 10-14 contains a summary of the recommended measures to include in the prescriptive
incentive program. In addition to including these measures, a trade ally network has been
assembled to facilitate the distribution of these measures to the customer. Where available, the exiting motor ally networks will be utilized.
Table 10-14. Recommended Measures
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Network
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual
Deemed
based on project
Deemed
based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed
based on project
Deemed
based on measure
Green Motor Rewinds   
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp   
Escalator Motor Controller   
ECMs   
VFDs   

Some of the criteria used to decide whether or not a submitted Escalator Motor Controller is
eligible for incentives are as follows:
• The controller measures the phase angle between the current and the voltage,
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• The controller calculates the displacement power factor which is a function of the
mechanical load,
• The controller utilizes this data to optimize the RMS voltage supplied to the motor by appropriately modulating series SCR switches,
• The process is continuous to ensure minimum energy consumption and maximum motor
performance under changing load conditions, and
• The controller must be installed on a constant speed, 3-phase escalator motor.

10.7 MOTORS & DRIVES RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Table 10-15 contains the recommended incentive level for each measure in the motors and drives
category.
Table 10-15. Recommended Measure Incentives
Measure Measure Unit Size Recommended Incentive ($/unit)
Green Motor Rewinds Hp Table 10-16
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp Hp Table 10-20
Escalator Motor Controller Hp $38.00
Refrigeration ECMs W $0.50
HVAC ECMs Hp $50.00
VFDs Hp $65

 Green Motor Rewinds: Nexant's research of the GMPG data in the Quality Motor
Rewinding an Energy Efficiency Measure Regional Technical Forum Submittal shows incremental costs are between $4 and $5 per hp. Incentives were determined by looking at the incremental cost percentage ratio in the current 1-200 Hp premium motor program
and using similar ratios for the green motor rewind incentives. This resulted in an
incentive of $2 per Hp for green motor rewinds.
On average, 52% of the green motor rewinds incremental cost will be covered by the proposed $2.00/hp incentive. This is a reasonable cost share and should be significant enough to encourage motor shops to accommodate green motor rewinds.
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Table 10-16. Recommended Green Motor Rewind Measure Information
Hp
Annual Operating Hours Load Factor
Energy Savings1 Demand Savings1 Customer Cost Incentive
(kWh/yr/motor) (kW/motor) ($/motor)1 ($/motor)
10 3074 50% 192 0.062 $133 $20
15 3074 50% 285 0.093 $173 $30
20 3074 50% 379 0.123 $193 $40
25 3473 60% 563 0.162 $220 $50
30 3473 60% 607 0.175 $242 $60
40 3473 60% 713 0.205 $296 $80
50 3473 60% 777 0.224 $328 $100
60 4470 50% 1,041 0.233 $386 $120
75 4470 50% 1,082 0.242 $418 $150
100 4470 50% 1,438 0.322 $518 $200
125 4764 70% 1,750 0.367 $582 $250
150 4764 70% 2,092 0.439 $648 $300
200 4764 70% 2,781 0.584 $780 $400
250 6132 75% 4,097 0.668 $1,003 $500
300 6132 75% 4,913 0.801 $1,013 $600
350 6132 75% 5,732 0.935 $1,062 $700
400 6132 75% 6,542 1.067 $1,186 $800
450 6132 75% 7,349 1.198 $1,297 $900
500 6132 75% 8,165 1.332 $1,401 $1,000

 Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp: The recommended incentive levels for 1 - 500
Hp premium efficiency motors are shown in Table 10-20. Determination of incentives
was influenced by the near-term phase out of incentives in response to the 2007 Energy
Security and Independence Act. No changes were made in the incentives offered for 1-200 Hp motors. For 201-500 Hp motors, the incentive was based on a smooth transition
from the 200 Hp size, the current incremental costs, and the incentives being offered by
other utilities. The recommended incentives for 201-500 Hp motors are estimated to
cover 39% of the incremental costs on average. The retrofit market for 201-500 Hp
motor is entirely rewinds as seen in Table 10-21. Therefore, these incentives will be limited to new construction projects and purchases of spare motors.
 Escalator Motor Controller: Since escalator motor controllers are relatively new, little
data for comparison is available. However, Nexant was able to evaluate the savings
estimates and incremental cost based on two studies, one by Nexant for Xcel Energy and
another by Nevada Power. Currently, Nevada Power runs the only prescriptive program offering a $20 per Hp incentive. Nexant’s analysis indicates that this would be too low to
achieve market penetration under PacifiCorp’s rate structure. Therefore, an incentive of
$38 per Hp is recommended.
There are no changes are recommended for ECM or VFD incentives at this time.
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10.8 MOTORS & DRIVES MEASURE BASELINE
The Motors & Drives measure baselines are summarized in Table 10-17.
Table 10-17. Motors & Drives Measure Baseline
Measure Baseline
Green Motor Rewinds EPACT and NEMA Premium A/C Motors
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp EPACT
Escalator Motor Controller Escalator motor without Escalator Motor Controller
ECMs Shaded Pole (SP) Motor
VFDs None

10.9 MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Recommended minimum efficiency requirements for the Motors & Drives measures are
summarized in Table 10-18.
Table 10-18. Motors & Drives Measure Minimum Efficiency Recommendations
Measure Recommended Minimum Efficiency Requirements
Green Motor Rewinds Meets GMPGTM Standards
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp NEMA Premium
Escalator Motor Controller Qualifying Motor Controller
ECMs None
VFDs
HVAC fans and pumps ≤ 100 horsepower. Throttling or bypass devices, such as inlet vanes, bypass dampers, three-way valves or throttling valves must be removed or permanently disabled to
qualify for HVAC fan and pump VFD incentives. Incentives are not available where VFDs are required by code. Idaho energy code requires a VFD on HVAC fans ≥ 10 horsepower (where a variable flow system is required).

10.10 MOTORS & DRIVES MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS, AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Table 10-19 summarizes the key measure information for the evaluated measures.
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Table 10-19. Prescriptive Motors & Drives Measure Information
Measure Subcategory Unit
Measure Lifetime (yrs)
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost 2
($/unit) Incentive ($/unit)
Green Motor Rewinds - Hp 15 Table 10-16
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp - Hp 15 Table 10-20
Escalator Motor Controller - Hp 15 Calculated3 0.061 $140 $38
ECMs Refrigeration W 15 9.3 0.001 $1.00 $0.50
HVAC Hp 15 2,895 0.660 $400 $50
VFDs, Idaho Fan Hp 15 1,184 0 $187 $65
Pump Hp 15 919 0 $187 $65
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 1.0 for these measures.
2 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
3 Calculated by simplified analysis based on a deemed demand savings of 0.061 kW/Hp, the rated motor Hp, and the customer’s operating hours. For example, if a customer installs the escalator motor controller on a 10 Hp escalator motor operating 8760 hrs/yr, the calculated energy savings would be (10 Hp)( 8760 hrs/yr)( 0.061 kW/Hp) = 5,344 kWh.
Table 10-20. Recommended Premium Motor Measure Information
Hp
Annual Operating Hours Load Factor
Energy Savings1,3
Demand Savings1,3 Customer Cost 2 Incentive
(kWh/yr/motor) (kW/unit) ($/motor) ($/motor)
1 2608 50% 40 0.015 $50 $45
1.5 2608 50% 95 0.035 $73 $45
2 2608 50% 106 0.039 $65 $54
3 2608 50% 143 0.052 $73 $54
5 2608 50% 192 0.070 $99 $54
7.5 3074 50% 208 0.065 $71 $81
10 3074 50% 443 0.138 $90 $90
15 3074 50% 493 0.154 $168 $104
20 3074 50% 718 0.224 $165 $113
25 3473 60% 634 0.175 $329 $117
30 3473 60% 865 0.239 $331 $135
40 3473 60% 1,133 0.313 $398 $162
50 3473 60% 1,994 0.550 $384 $198
60 4470 50% 2,036 0.437 $332 $234
75 4470 50% 2,344 0.503 $366 $270
100 4470 50% 3,103 0.666 $555 $360
125 4764 70% 3,269 0.658 $961 $540
150 4764 70% 3,161 0.636 $609 $630
200 4764 70% 7,403 1.489 $964 $630
250 6132 75% 11,209 1.828 $1,607 $687
300 6132 75% 11,390 1.857 $1,540 $770
350 6132 75% 12,072 1.969 $2,176 $960
400 6132 75% 13,472 2.197 $2,474 $1,049
450 6132 75% 28,295 4.614 $3,598 $1,139
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Hp
Annual Operating Hours Load Factor
Energy Savings1,3
Demand Savings1,3 Customer Cost 2 Incentive
(kWh/yr/motor) (kW/unit) ($/motor) ($/motor)
500 6132 75% 27,289 4.450 $4,722 $1,229
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter.
2 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
3 Savings are for 1800 rpm TEFC motors

10.11 MOTORS & DRIVES MEASURE OUTLOOK
The detailed outlook for each Motors & Drives measure includes:
 Green Motor Rewinds: Green motor rewinds are an emerging technology and appear to
have some promise for prescriptive incentives. This is particularly true in the 201-500
Hp motor sizes as shown in Table 10-21. Determining if and when customers will rewind their motors depends on factors including how cost effective and timely it is to get a new motor. However, a growing trend is that customers are stocking spare motors to
install during breakdowns. The time required to rebuild the broken down motor is no
longer a driving factor and, therefore, motors are being rebuilt. Green motor rewinds will
give access to these rewind savings that are becoming more popular in today’s market.
Table 10-21. Motor Rewind Trends1
Motor Size (Hp) % Rewind
1 to 5 20%
6 to 20 61%
21 to 50 81%
51 to 100 90%
101 to 200 91%
201 to 500 100%
1 Pacific Gas & Electric Company. 2006 Work papers. 2006 Motors unit savings V14.xls.

Bonneville Power Adminstration recently unveiled the Green Motor Initiative, providing prescriptive incentives for Green Motor Rewinds. PacifiCorp should tie in with the Green Motor Initiative and mirror program style, incentives and qualified motor rewind shops for
consistency across the Pacific Northwest.
 Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 Hp: Premium efficiency 200 - 500 Hp motors are a
natural extension of the current program and have excellent potential now that efficiency standards have been established. While there is only two years before the new code requirements, incentives should be provided for premium efficiency motors because
nearly 40% of the market is still buying available EPACT motors. Since the lifetime of
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these EPACT motors is 15 years, offering incentives will get long-term savings now.
From market feedback, the net to gross ratio for the entire Motors and Drives section is
approximately 80%. The recommended measure information is shown in Table 10-20.
These incentives should be phased out around December 2010.
 Escalator Motor Controller: Escalator Motor Controllers is an emerging technology that appears to have promise for prescriptive incentives.
 ECM: ECMs have only been in the program for a year and increased savings is expected
as the technology becomes more familiar to customers and EEA Participants. One of the
most significant barriers with the refrigeration retrofit market for ECMs is the hidden labor costs associated with loading and re-loading the refrigerated cases while removing and replacing the motors. From a utility standpoint, this barrier is difficult to overcome
because the program incentives are not able to incorporate such hidden labor costs. The
best approach is to focus on having new equipment specified with ECMs and having
vendors stock ECMs. Therefore, they are readily available to install in emergency breakdowns of existing refrigerated cases.
 VFD: VFDs have only been in the program for a year and already they have begun to
catch on in the market. While the new construction market is limited due to energy code,
the retrofit market is just beginning to be tapped and there should be good growth at the
recommended incentive levels.

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Section 11 Office Equipment
11.1 OFFICE EQUIPMENT OVERVIEW
According to the Department of Energy’s Building Technology Program, “Office equipment is
the fastest-growing use of electricity in commercial buildings in the United States, accounting for
7% of all commercial-sector power consumption” (www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/). In light of
the load growth in this sector, an expanded set of high-efficiency office equipment based on
ENERGY STAR office products was evaluated. These measures are in addition to the existing plug load occupancy sensor measure. Table 11-1 summarizes the evaluated office equipment
measures.
Table 11-1. Evaluated Office Equipment Measures
Existing FinAnswer Express Office Equipment Measures Potential New FinAnswer Express Office Equipment Measures
Plug Load Occupancy Sensors Computers (including Notebooks and Tablet PCs)
Copiers and Fax Machines
Digital Duplicators
External Power Adapters
Mailing Machines
Monitors
Printers, Scanners, and All-in-Ones
Water Coolers
Network PC Power Management Software
Single Outlet Server Power Supplies
11.1.1 Office Equipment Measure Definitions
Detailed descriptions of the office equipment measures identified in Table 11-1 as well as
ENERGY STAR requirements, were applicable, are listed below:
 Plug Load Occupancy Sensors: Plug load occupancy sensors
control low wattage devices using an occupancy sensor. Common
applications are computer monitors, desk lamps, printers, and other desktop equipment. Under the current FinAnswer Express
program, only equipment with passive infrared (line-of-sight
technology that senses changes in the heat emitted by occupants)
and/or ultrasonic (senses occupants by the changes in ultrasonic
waves that it transmits and receives) detectors controlling electric plug loads are eligible.
 Computers: Computers account for significant energy use in a typical
office. A large portion of this energy use can be attributed to leaving
computers on overnight and inefficient power supplies. An ENERGY
STAR computer has a power supply that is at least 80% efficient and
has a power factor >0.90. In addition to the power supply requirements, ENERGY STAR requires computers enter a stand-by mode that
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consumes <2W compared to >50W when the computer is in use.
 Copiers and Fax Machines: Copy machines make duplicates of original
hard-copy documents. ENERGY STAR copiers and fax machines are
rated based on total energy consumption per week as a function of output speed and are equipped with a low power “sleep-mode”. ENERGY STAR models consume approximately 25% less electricity than traditional
models and include a power-down function when not in use.
 Digital Duplicators: A digital duplicator employs the ink-on-paper
process to copy documents. A "master" copy of a document is wrapped around a print cylinder, ink squeezes through the cylinder into tiny holes in the master, and onto a sheet of paper. ENERGY STAR models
consume approximately 25% less electricity than traditional models.
 External Power Adapters: External power adapters convert
alternating line current to direct current to be used by devices such as
cell phones and notebook computers. They consume over 300 billion kWh/yr and account for 11% of the nation’s electrical use. ENERGY
STAR models require a higher efficiency than standard models based
on the size of the adapter. ENERGY STAR models are required to
consume <0.75W when in a no-load status. Overall, ENERGY STAR
adapters use approximately 30% less energy than traditional models.
 Mailing Machines: Mailing machines save time and money by
automatically postmarking correspondence. ENERGY STAR mailing
machines are rated based on total energy consumption per week as a
function of output speed and are equipped with a low power “sleep-
mode”. ENERGY STAR models are approximately 25% more efficient than traditional models.
 Monitors: Monitors are used to view the output from computers. One common
misconception is that screen savers reduce energy use, when in fact they may
actually increase the energy consumed by a monitor. ENERGY STAR requires
that monitors use <2W while in sleep mode and <1W while in standby mode. ENERGY STAR units use between 25 and 60% less energy than traditional
units.
 Printers, Scanners and All-in-Ones: Printers, scanners and all-in-ones take a digital input and create a hard-copy or visa versa. ENERGY STAR requires that
printers have double sided print capability, thus, saving paper. ENERGY STAR
models can use up to 25% less energy and cost the same as traditional units.
 Water Coolers: Standard water coolers can use the same amount of energy
in a year as a typical refrigerator. Nationwide, water coolers consume four billion kWh per year. By utilizing better insulation, separating hot and cold,
and using better cooling mechanisms, ENERGY STAR water coolers use up
to 50% less energy than traditional models.
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 Network Power Management Software: Network power management software reduces
energy use by remotely placing computers and monitors in a low power sleep mode after
a predefined period of inactivity. While most computers already include this individual
functionality, it is typically not enabled or used by individual users. When computers are connected to a network, the network power management software automatically controls the power settings of networked personal computers at the server level.
 Single Outlet Server Power Supplies: These power supplies take A/C
line voltage and change it to D/C for use by solid state computer
electronics. New ENERGY STAR computer requirements and the 80-Plus initiative require an efficiency of >80% at 20%, 50%, and 100% of nameplate loading and a power factor > 90%.
11.2 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
Table 11-2 identifies the key informational resources utilized to conduct the office equipment
measure technology review.
Table 11-2. Office Equipment Measure Informational Resources
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Mailing Machines 
Monitors  
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Water Coolers 
Network PC Power Management Software   
Single Outlet Server Power Supplies    
The most useful resource for the evaluated measures was ENERGY STAR. ENERGY STAR
currently rates the evaluated measures and provided cost and savings data. ENERGY STAR
updated the specification for computers in November 2008 and external power supplies in July
2008. Revised specifications for imaging equipment and monitors are currently under development. These revisions focus on increasing performance efficiency requirements both during active equipment use and stand-by mode. Updated imaging equipment and monitor
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specifications are expected in April 2009. ENERGY STAR is also drafting a new specification
for high-efficiency enterprise servers, with a final specification expected in February 2009.
In June of 2007, CEE began a consumer electronics initiative. While focused on the residential
market sector, initial market data compiled overlaps with some evaluated measures.
Additional cost and savings information for the single outlet power supply measure was obtained from the 80-Plus program managed by ECOS Consulting. This program is an industry initiative
to increase the efficiency of desktop computer and server power supplies. It sets a minimum
efficiency requirement of 80% under 20%, 50%, and 100% of nameplate loading for internal
power supplies and >90% power factor requirement.
The 80-Plus program began with the development of a testing protocol to demonstrate compliance with the program eligibility requirements. NEEA became the first sponsor of the
program in 2004 and the program has continued to gather utility and industry support. In July
2007, the 80-Plus requirements were incorporated into the revised ENERGY STAR computer
specification. The program continues to incorporate efficiency power supplies into desktop computers and servers and is now targeting data center and enterprise computer servers.
Detailed cost and savings data obtained from the sources identified in Table 11-2 are provided in
Appendix B.
11.3 UTILITY OFFICE EQUIPMENT DSM PROGRAM REVIEW
Table 11-3 identifies which of the evaluated utilities currently offer non-residential customers a prescriptive incentive for the evaluated office equipment measures.
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Table 11-3. Office Equipment Measure Utility Prescriptive DSM Program Review
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Copiers and Fax Machines 
Digital Duplicators
External Power Adapters
Mailing Machines
Monitors  
Printers, Scanners, and All-in-Ones
Water Coolers
Network PC Power Management Software     
Single Outlet Server Power Supplies 1  2 2
1 BPA recommends supporting NEEA’s sponsorship of the 80-Plus program, but does not offer a credit for this measure.
2 Sponsoring utility in the 80-Plus program (www.80plus.org).
With the exception of Idaho Power, there is a lack of prescriptive incentives offered for
ENERGY STAR office equipment. PG&E’s incentive program is an up-stream effort for high-efficiency monitors that exceed the ENERGY STAR requirements by 25% or more. A
preliminary search identified only one other Investor Owned Utility (IOU) offering an incentive
for ENERGY STAR office equipment. Southern California Edison (SCE) offers a $100 incentive
for ENERGY STAR copiers.
A common approach is the promotion of ENERGY STAR office equipment through customer educational brochures, web sites, and energy savings tips. Utilities utilizing this approach include
APS, Avista, PSE, NYSERDA, and BC Hydro.
Idaho Power was the only utility offering a customer incentive for purchase of high-efficiency
single outlet server power supplies. The other utilities promoting this effort where working with
the 80-Plus program through upstream market delivery channels.
Several utilities offer incentives for network power management software applications. Idaho
Power and PG&E provide incentives for plug load occupancy sensors similar to the current
FinAnswer Express program. In addition, Eugene Water and Electric Board and SCE offer
incentives for plug load occupancy sensors.
A detailed summary of the utility incentives and qualification requirements corresponding with information contained in Table 11-3 is presented in Appendix C.
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11.4 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE CODE REVIEW
Applicable code requirements were only identified for external power adaptors. The Washington
and California state appliance standards address minimum efficiency requirements for external
power adaptors with both having the same requirements. As part of the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act signed into law on December 19, 2007, a new federal minimum efficiency standard for external power adaptors becomes effective for units manufactured on or
after July 1, 2008 and will supersede the Washington and California requirements. This act
requires DOE to complete a rulemaking for revised standards for external power adaptors by July
2011. The requirements for external power adaptors are summarized in Table 11-4.
Table 11-4. Minimum Efficiency Requirements for External Power Adaptors
Reference Nameplate Output Required Efficiency
Revised Code of Washington (RCW 19.260.040) & California 2007 Appliance Efficiency Regulations (Section 1605.3(u))
Active Mode (decimal equivalent of a percentage)
• < 1 watt
• > 1 watt & < 49 watts
• > 49 watts
• 0.49
• 0.09 * Ln(Nameplate output) + 0.49
• 0.84
No-Load Mode (maximum consumption)
• < 10 watts
• > 10 watts & < 250 watts
• 0.50
• 0.75
2007 Energy Security and Independence Act (Section 301(c))
Active Mode (decimal equivalent of a percentage)
• < 1 watt
• > 1 watt & < 51 watts
• > 51 watts
• 0.50
• 0.09 * Ln(Nameplate output) + 0.50
• 0.85
No-Load Mode (maximum consumption)
• < 250 watts • 0.50 watts
11.5 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE VENDORS
Table 11-5 contains contact information for three representative vendors of office equipment
measures within PacifiCorp’s Idaho service territory.
Table 11-5. Representative Idaho Office Equipment Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Staples [phone]
Best Buy [phone]
Office Max [phone]
Valley Office Systems [phone]
These vendors provide products for most of the office equipment measures. Table 11-6 contains
the contact information of two water cooler suppliers.
Table 11-6. Representative Idaho Water Cooler Vendors
Vendor Phone Number
Culligan [phone]
Echo Spring Water [phone]
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Plug load occupancy sensors, high-efficiency single outlet power supplies, and network power
management software products are sold directly from the manufacturer. Representative contact
information for these technologies is presented in Table 11-7.
Table 11-7. Representative National Office Product Vendors
Measure Vendor Phone Number
Plug Load Occupancy Sensors
Watt Stopper [phone]
Bayview Technology [phone]
Micro Energetics [phone]
Mytech [phone]
Garcy/SLP [phone]
Single Outlet Power Supplies
Amax [phone]
Apex Computer Technology [phone]
Arrow [phone]
ASI (800) 2000-ASI
Comtronic [phone]
Jameco Electronics [phone]
My PC Case [phone]
Pucka Computer Corporation [phone]
Supercom [phone]
Network Power Management Software
Big Fix [phone]
EIP [phone]
Faronics [phone]
Verdiem [phone]
1E [phone]
As part of this evaluation, Nexant surveyed a subset of equipment vendors across PacifiCorp’s
service territories to identify current market awareness and trends associated with these
measures. Some key feedback received included:
 Several Staples representatives from different states remarked that many products offered
are ENERGY STAR rated. However, most consumers are unaware of the rating and
don’t ask for it.
 Many independent office equipment dealers offering mostly imaging equipment stated
that all of their products are ENERGY STAR rated and that this was due to manufacturer initiatives rather than consumer demand.
 There were many vendors that had never heard of ENERGY STAR nor recalled any
customers asking about it.
 Some water cooler vendors remarked that reliability was their primary concern and that
they were hesitant to switch to something that they didn’t know or trust. Other water cooler vendors remarked that they had switched to ENERGY STAR rated equipment
because that was all that their manufacturers sent them anymore. A water cooler vendor
that had not yet switched was aware of ENERGY STAR water coolers and was in the
process of evaluating whether or not they were economically justified. This vendor
mentioned that an incentive would surely affect his decision to buy ENERGY STAR.
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The vendor survey instrument and additional vendor responses are provided in Appendix A.
11.6 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE PRESCRIPTIVE RECOMMENDATIONS
For the existing office equipment measure, plug load occupancy sensors, Nexant recommends
expanding the description of eligible equipment to include plug strips which limit stand-by power consumption of plug-load appliances by completely switching off power to the strip when a minimum electrical load is sensed, or by using a timer. The new measure category should be
renamed “Smart Plug Strips” and use the provisional deemed savings and costs identified by
RTF.
Of the potential prescriptive office equipment measures, only one, network power management software, is recommended for post-purchase prescriptive incentive delivery under the FinAnswer Express program. Post-purchase prescriptive incentives are not recommended for the suite of
ENERGY STAR office products at this time because:
 The limited presence of prescriptive incentives from other utilities for these measures.
 Market reports from CEE and ENERGY STAR that show significant market penetration of these measures
 Procurement regulations and guidelines that require all federal facilities, and many state
government, schools, and large corporations to specify ENERGY STAR or better
equipment.
 Little to no customer incremental costs associated with purchasing ENERGY STAR qualified office products.
Incorporation of prescriptive incentives for single outlet power supplies is not recommended at
this time for the FinAnswer Express program for the following reasons:
 The 80-Plus performance requirements were incorporated into the recently upgraded
ENERGY STAR computer specifications, and as such, their market penetration is expected to increase significantly for the same reasons as noted above.
 Only one other utility, Idaho Power, offers a direct customer incentive for this measure.
Should PacifiCorp choose to pursue this measure more aggressively, participating in the
existing 80-Plus program with its established upstream marketing and promotional
channels will likely provide a more cost-effective means to realize savings from this technology.
To maintain consistency in the marketplace, recommended eligibility requirements and
incentives for network PC power management software are based on similar utility incentive
programs. Estimated savings and cost data are taken from a number of reports done by Quantec
LLC.
Table 11-8 contains a summary of the office equipment measure prescriptive recommendations. Additional information on the recommended baseline, measure eligibility requirements, cost,
savings and incentives for this measure are provided in the balance of this section.
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Table 11-8. Office Equipment Measure Prescriptive Recommendations
Measure
Pre-Purchase Agreement Required
Trade Ally Delivery
Reported Costs Reported Savings
Actual Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Simplified Analysis
Deemed based on project
Deemed based on measure
Smart Plug Strips   
Network PC Power Management Software  

11.7 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE BASELINES
The baseline assumption for network PC power management software will be the absence of a
qualifying software package. The baseline assumption for Smart Plug Strips will a standard plug
strip that does not limit electricity supplied to connected plug-load appliances.
11.8 MINIMUM OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Recommended minimum efficiency requirements for new office equipment measures are
summarized in Table 11-9.
Table 11-9. Office Equipment Measure Minimum Efficiency Recommendations
Measure Subcategory Recommended Minimum Efficiency Requirements
Smart Plug Strips --
 Incentive applies to any plug strip that eliminates idle or stand-by power consumption of connected plug-load appliance through the use of an occupancy sensor, electric load sensor, or timer.
 Applies only to electric plug-load applications (e.g. computer monitors, desk lamps, etc.)
Network PC Power Management Software --
• Installed software must automatically control the power settings of networked personal computers (PC) at the server level
• The software must be capable of managing power consumption for each individual PC
• The software must include the capability to report energy savings results
• Incentive applications must include
o A copy of the Software License Agreement
o A report directly from the software that verifies the number of PCs that are being controlled by the system
o The number of computers authorized per License
11.9 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE UNIT COSTS, SAVINGS, AND RECOMMENDED INCENTIVES
Estimated measure lifetime and incremental customer costs were taken from RTF. Energy
savings are provided by a number of inspection, verification, and market evaluation reports done
by Quantec LLC. The savings provided in this report represent a weighted average of these
findings. Corresponding incentive recommendations are based on the average utility incentive levels. Table 11-10 summarizes the key information for the recommended office equipment
measure.
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Table 11-10. Office Equipment Measure Information
Measure Subcategory Unit Measure Lifetime (yrs)5
Energy Savings1
(kWh/yr/unit)
Demand Savings1,2 (kW/unit)
Customer Cost 3
($/unit)
Incentive4 ($/unit)
Smart Plug Strips -- Each 4 115 0.000 $20 $15
Network PC Power Management Software
-- PC controlled 4 196 0.013 $18.55 $7
1 Savings are gross values at the customer meter. The estimated net-to-gross ratio is 0.80 for these measures.
2 Demand savings are estimated summer peak savings that result in reduced demand charges for participating customers from June – August.
3 Costs represent incremental customer costs without consideration of available incentives.
4 The incentive paid to customers shall not exceed the purchase cost of the software.
5 Measure life is based on PacifiCorp experience with this measure through the Energy FinAnswer program.
11.10 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE OUTLOOK
While ENERGY STAR will continue to revise equipment specifications to identify those
products in the top-tier of energy efficiency, the ENERGY STAR label and customer purchasing
trends associated with office equipment described in this section are expected to continue. Continued customer awareness training and outreach is expected to be the best approach for
these measures.
Incentives for network PC power management software should continue to be viable unless
future ENERGY STAR computer specifications disallow user overrides of power management
functions. This change appears unlikely in the near future.
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Appendix A General Vendor Survey Results
A.1 APPLIANCE MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-1 Summary of Appliance Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 Home Depot [phone] ID
2 Lowes [phone] ID
3 Northgate Appliance [phone] ID
Number indicates a “yes”
No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Does your company have any experience or familiarity with these measures?
(1)
2. Are there any other high-efficiency measures that you’re familiar with?
3. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products? For example, are they for emergency repair? Retrofit or remodeling? New construction?
(1) People are looking for something to replace an old unit. 50% of the time they want
something new, 50% because the old one is broken.
4. How many of these measures do you have available in your daily inventory?
(1) About 75% of inventory is energy efficient
5. For those that aren’t stocked, do you have any feel for the availability and lead times to obtain them?
6. What percentage of your customers do you see installing these measures?
(1), (2) Half of our customers are looking to buy energy efficient appliances.
7. Can you estimate the average percentage incremental cost and customer payback for these higher-efficiency measures?
8. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
All respondents – an incentive would help.
9. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?
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A.2 COMPRESSED AIR MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-2 Summary of Compressed Air Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 Air Equipment Co. [phone] ID
2 Atlas Copco [phone] ID
3 Maddox Compressor [phone] ID
4 Baxter Air Engineering [phone] -
5 G.E. Energy [phone] -
6 EAG/Goyen [phone] -
Vendors 4-6 were contacted in regards to automatic bag house filter cleaner controls. Complete vendor feedback was provided in the body of the report.
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A.3 ENVELOPE MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-3 Summary of Envelope Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 LC Insulation & Supply [phone] ID
2 Harrington and Company [phone] ID
3 Johnson Brothers [phone] ID
The survey tool used for envelope measures differed from the standard survey tool.
Number indicates a “yes”
No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Do you sell/install any of the following measures?
Attic Insulation
(1) (2) Only rarely with special order
Wall Insulation
(1)
(2) Only rarely with special order
High-efficiency Windows
(1), (2)
(3) Primarily whole window products from Marvin Windows and Amsco Windows
Reflective Window Films
Cool Roof Products
(1) No, is not a roofing company
2. What percentage of your work is divided between commercial and residential?
(1) 50% Commercial (mostly small commercial), 50% Residential
(2) 2% Commercial, 98% Residential. Of residential customers about 60% is new
construction, 40% is retrofit. (3) 60% Commercial, 40% Residential
3. Can you estimate what percentage of work is performed on commercial new construction or
retrofit projects?
(1) 25% New construction, almost all new construction, very little retrofit work (of
commercial customers) 75% Retrofit, primarily residential, very little commercial. (2) 60% New construction, 40% retrofit
4. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products?
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(2) Generally in the residential market, 90% of purchased windows are standard code-compliant windows that builders install in spec homes. Only on custom homes (about
10% of market) are EnergyStar windows common.
5. What percentage of commercial customers request/install elevated levels of attic or wall
insulation? Do you attempt to sell additional attic/wall insulation?
(1) 0% New construction, 0% Retrofit. Projects usually meet the specifications supplied by general contractor. Very little opportunity to up-sell additional insulation unless
working directly with customer. Sometimes in small commercial spaces for new
construction the insulation levels are increased from R-38 to R-49.
6. What percentage of commercial customers request/install high-efficiency windows (i.e. EnergyStar)?
(1) Very few new construction projects. Retrofit is more common, but generally only code-
compliant windows (double-pane, low-e). Very little commercial work is done. Best
opportunity to sell windows is on existing residential homes replacing older windows.
On new construction projects, the incentive to cut costs prevents many customers from installing high-efficiency windows. (3) The EnergyStar specification is confusing in ID, so a low-e double glazed product is
recommended, but doesn’t always comply with EnergyStar. In ID climate, breather
tubes are required, which hurts the thermal performance of the window. Best
achievable U-factor with breather tubes is 0.33.
7. How many cool roofs have you installed for commercial customers in the last year?
(1) None, only do gables and roof vents.
8. How many commercial customers have you installed window films for in the last year?
(1) None
9. What is the average cost to install attic/roof insulation per square foot in commercial buildings?
(1) Blown-in fiber glass in attic costs $0.68/sf for R-38 and $0.85/sf for R-49. Cellulose
costs a bit more.
10. What is the average cost to install wall insulation per square foot in commercial buildings?
(1) Don’t generally apply ci insulation to existing buildings. Drill and fill is rare as the mesh netting/screen in wall cavities prevents additional insulation from being added.
11. What is the average cost to install EnergyStar windows per square foot/per window? How
does the price of EnergyStar windows compare to standard code-compliant windows?
(1) Unknown
(3) Provided material cost info for standard 3’ x 4’ casement window (most popular) Clear on Clear – air-filled - $430.00
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Low-e 272 with clear interior lite – air-filled - $460.00 (U-factor = 0.35, SHGC = 0.29) High-R triple pane with low-e (<15 sq. ft.) - $660.00 (Very uncommon)
In ID where breather tubes are required, cannot do argon gas fill.
12. Would an incentive provided to Customers from <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID),
Pacific Power (WA and CA)> encourage more customers to install additional insulation, high-
efficiency windows, window films?
(1) Probably
(2) Helps a bit. Used to participate in Home Energy Savings program as a contractor.
(3) Likely. The cost differential isn’t so large that it inhibits customers from going with a
higher efficiency window, but incentives encourage the fair number of customers who install code-compliant windows to go with higher-efficiency.
13. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
(1) Incentives would help.
(2) Incentive should encourage proper installation of windows. Suggest they should be wrapped and siliconed, not just taped. (3) 1. Don’t use the EnergyStar specification – it isn’t optimized for ID and just causes
confusion. Instead, specify U-factor and SHGC and require the NFRC certification. 2.
Make the Rocky Mountain Power website clearer – it is incredibly confusing,
especially when trying to distinguish between Idaho and Utah program differences.
14. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?

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A.4 FARM EQUIPMENT MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-4 Summary of Farm Equipment Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 Keith’s Dairy Service and Supply [phone] ID
2 Alliance Dairy Service and Supply [phone] ID
3 Magiix [phone] ID
Number indicates a “yes” No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Does your company have any experience or familiarity with these measures?
(4)
(5) Mostly VSDs
2. Are there any other high-efficiency measures that you’re familiar with?
(4) High efficiency motors
3. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products? For example, are they for emergency repair? Retrofit or remodeling? New
construction?
(4) Mainly retrofit and new construction, for an emergency repair it is more important to get equipment online as soon as possible than it is to upgrade efficiency
(5) New construction projects are 100% energy efficient, retrofits are 50/50 energy
efficient
4. How many of these measures do you have available in your daily inventory?
(4) Most (5) Full line, backup parts for everything
5. For those that aren’t stocked, do you have any feel for the availability and lead times to
obtain them?
(4) Not a problem getting things quickly (5) 1 day
6. What percentage of your customers do you see installing these measures?
(4) 100% of farmers have some form of energy efficient equipment; almost everyone
has drives on motors
(5) >80% (6) Low percentage
7. Can you estimate the average percentage incremental cost and customer payback for these
higher-efficiency measures?
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(4) 2.5 years or less, some 1.5 year payback (5) Varies place to place, in the range of 1-2 years
8. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
(4), (5) Incentives.
9. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?
(5) Any time you can put things into print it helps. When new equipment comes out it
would be helpful to have a direct mailing, or mass printing in farm publications.
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A.5 FOOD SERVICE MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-5 Summary of Food Service Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 Bargreen – Ellingson [phone] ID
2 Rush’s Kitchen Supply Co. [phone] ID
3 Standard Restaurant Equipment [phone] ID
Number indicates a “yes” No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Does your company have any experience or familiarity with these measures?
EnergyStar Commercial Dishwashers
(1), (2)
Commercial Reach-In Solid-Door Refrigerators
(1), (2)
Commercial Reach-In Glass-Door Refrigerators
(1), (2)
EnergyStar Air-Cooled Ice Machines
(1), (2)
EnergyStar Electric Commercial Fryers
(1), (2)
EnergyStar Electric Insulated Holding Cabinets
(1), (2)
EnergyStar Electric Steam Cookers
(1), (2)
Electric Convection Oven
(1), (2)
Electric Combination Oven
(1), (2)
Electric Griddle
(1), (2)

(1) Really pushing EnergyStar. Representatives for many food service equipment manufacturers. Serve areas in Southern Idaho, Western Wyoming, Eastern Oregon. Satellite Store in Spokane, WA cover the northern portions of Idaho and Eastern
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Washington. Have worked with Avista and Energy Trust of Oregon on Food Service Incentives.
(2) Carry all of the above products, but not aware if any are EnergyStar. Only thing with
EnergyStar sticker on show floor is Solid-Door refrigerators.
(3) Yes – major retailer of food service equipment in Intermountain West.
2. Are there any other high-efficiency measures that you’re familiar with?
(1) Not energy-specific, but also focus on clean air, and water conservation aspects of
food service equipment.
(3) Customers are becoming much more interested in high efficiency ice-machines,
primarily because major manufacturers have stopped selling ones that don’t comply with CA energy code and/or EnergyStar.
3. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products? For example, are they for emergency repair? Retrofit or remodeling? New
construction?
(1) Most equipment is replaced at end of life or upon failure. Very few customers upgrade before equipment fails. Incentive would be required to encourage before-end-of-life replacement. Most equipment replaced on failure. Not much of a price up-charge for
some EnergyStar Equipment. Pretty seamless transition for customers into the
EnergyStar equipment. No lines are exclusively EnergyStar equipment – some are
90%energy star. (2) Usually end-of-life replacement or for a new building. Customers interested only in first cost, not energy savings. Customers are not requesting EnergyStar.
(3) Equipment generally lasts 5-7 years – Customers start shopping for replacements
around year 5, but aren’t generally interested in upgrading before that time.
2 reasons to replace equipment:
1. Failure (Major failures generally occur when weather is hot – 2nd week of June is extremely busy month)
2. Features – Chefs preference plays a big role in purchasing decisions, also any
features which make equipment safer, increase longevity, or easier to use generally
compel users to buy before their equipment breaks. Energy-efficiency is becoming a larger concern for customers. For example, special filters in fryers that allow oil to be used longer and kept clean are a big draw for commercial fryers.
4. How many of these measures do you have available in your daily inventory?
(1) Refrigeration is in stock. Other cooking equipment is custom order.
(2) None on show floor, except EnergyStar solid-door refrigerators. (3) All products with EnergyStar logos are stocked in warehouse – many displayed on showroom floor with EnergyStar stickers.
Sales across all states (CO, NM, AZ, NV, ID) were about 300-400 combi ovens last
year, 100-150 convection ovens, and over $6 million in refrigerators.
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5. For those that aren’t stocked, do you have any feel for the availability and lead times to obtain them?
(1) Generally 2-3 weeks.
(2) Couple of weeks.
6. What percentage of your customers do you see installing these measures?
(1) 40%-50%. Really try to push EnergyStar products. Some products sold are primarily EnergyStar (i.e. refrigerators) and are relatively cost-effective to upgrade. Other
equipment is more difficult to get customers to upgrade to EnergyStar – an incentive
would help.
(2) None. Customers are only interested in first cost. (3) Not sure – for new construction projects, EnergyStar is definitely encouraged over other products, but for retrofit, generally defer to customers judgment.
7. Can you estimate the average percentage incremental cost and customer payback for these
higher-efficiency measures?
(1) Minimal upgrade cost for refrigerators. No feel for upgrade cost for cooking equipment, other than that is fairly significant, particularly fryers. (2) Not very familiar with equipment.
(3) $100 more per unit or 10-20% on average for a high-efficiency unit.

8. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
(1) Work with State and Industry organizations that serve restaurants and food service
equipment manufacturers to inform them of incentives. Talk to General Manager for
more information.
(2) Had to serve customer. (3) Seasonal promotions are a big draw to customers when shopping around for equipment. Incentives.
9. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?
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A.6 HVAC MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-6 Summary of HVAC Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 Brower Mechanical [phone] CA
2 R and R Heating [phone] WA
3 Sound Geothermal Corporation [phone] UT
4 Quantum Engineering [phone] ID
5 Proliphix [phone] MA
6 RSD Total Control [phone] WA
7 ThermoPros [phone] CA
8 TCS Basys [phone] UT
Vendors 1-4 were contacted in regards to geothermal heat pumps. The remainder was contacted
about portable classroom controls. The survey tool used for HVAC measures differed from the
standard survey tool. Summaries of the conversations with these vendors can be found below.
Geothermal Heat Pump Vendors:
Product Offered
(1) Geothermal heat pumps to residential and commercial customers. Mostly prefers water-
to-water heat pumps as they can be tied into the HW/CHW system and are good for
radiant heating, which is common in the bay area and many parts of CA. Vendor installs
only closed-loop systems so as not to have to deal with legal issues surrounding water rights, EPA, etc. Typical lifetime of system is 20-25 years.
(2) Vendor is a geothermal heat pump contractor – mostly for residential customers. Vendor
installs the slinky style ground loop most commonly.
(3) Designer for geothermal heat pump systems for commercial customers. Mentioned
ASHRAE Typical lifetime of system is 20-25 years. Schools can be major beneficiaries of GSHP, as well as hotels, extended care facilities, apartment buildings, office buildings
 just about any commercial building.
(4) Designer for geothermal heat pump systems for commercial customers.
Costs
(1) Costs are highly variable depending on the type project. Largest upfront cost is the cost to drill the well for the ground-loop. Costs average about $10/ft and it takes
approximately 250 drilled feet per ton of cooling. A typical house with 3-4 tons of
cooling would face drilling costs of $7500-$10,000. Commercial applications much
more expensive – must drill 10s to 100’s of vertical wells for the ground loop. Any
building with a constant 24/7 load is a “no-brainer” for geothermal heat pump installation.
(2) Cost is highly variable depending on the type of project. Costs average about $7/ft for
vertical bore drilling in WA. Costs depend on type of soil and can be as low as $3/ft in
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Florida. Can’t understand why schools don’t install geothermal heat pumps as it is a good payback for them.
(3) More expensive than conventional systems up to about 300-400 tons, then geothermal
can be cheaper because of reduced mechanical room costs, maintenance, etc. Definitely
more expensive then conventional ASHP for smaller systems. Largest cost component of
the system is installation of the ground loop. Costs quoted for Utah are $9.75-11/vt ft. and 185-200 vertical feet are required per ton of cooling = $1800 to $2200 per ton of
cooling. Costs will be highly dependent on soil conductivity, water content, soil type,
etc.
Operating costs are about half of conventional chilled water system at about $0.125/yr/sq. ft. Usually a ground source heat pump (single stage) is about $250 more than a water-source heat pump. A single stage GSHP is about $1000 more than a water source heat
pump (per unit)
(4) Major cost is the ground-loop system. Closed-loop is most expensive option. Open-loop
(pump and dump) systems cheaper, especially if existing well or well must be drilled anyway. Paybacks range from 2-10 years. Vertical bore hole closed ground loop systems can be as high as $12/ft, and use 200ft/ton.
Incentive Program Results
(1) SMUD attempted a program some time back and tried to defray the upfront drilling costs
with some success. Goal was to reduce peak kW consumption of cooling/heating systems in commercial buildings. Sierra Power had a very successful program. Doesn’t remember any details, but should look into it.
Best place to target incentive is on the drilling costs. If costs can be reduced from $10/ft
to $7-8/ft, that will lower costs of the whole system by up to $500-1,000 per installed ton.
Other key is to make sure qualified personnel are designing/installing/servicing these systems. If not a qualified contractor, huge problems can occur. Suggest involving IGHSA or other type of certification agency.
(2) Residential and commercial incentive programs are available but rarely advertised –
usually it is a “custom” project where contractor, customer and utility work together from
the beginning. No prescriptive programs he is aware of.
(3) Utah offers up to a $50,000 tax incentive for renewable energy systems (including GSHP) as of the last legislative session. See R-638-2 in the tax code or Utah Code
sections 59-7-614, 59-10-1014, and 59-10-1106 or Utah Senate Bill 223.
Goal for utilities is to have general energy reduction, peak shifting and or load leveling.
GSHP have significant load leveling characteristics since they operate at peak efficiency with constant ground temp rather than part-load efficiency with changing air temp. General energy reduction occurs in the summer, but is partly offset by electric energy use
in the winter.
Vendor suggests that multi-stage systems be incentivized differently than single-stage
systems. Moon Lake Electric has a ground-source heat pump program. Nevada Power offers incentives for GSHP only at the custom level and requires energy modeling. Also
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suggests incentivizing types of systems differently. 80% of systems installed are hybrid systems (smaller ground loop and includes a cooling tower) which can control the
entering water temperature more precisely and boost efficiency of heat pumps. Vendor
also suggested that minimum efficiency criteria be set for these systems.
Problem with fixed incentive per ton of cooling in the past was that installers used it as
excuse to raise costs. However, commercial marketplace has changed significantly in the past few years and competition is fierce, so that is unlikely to happen. For any system,
the ground loop is typically contracted out separately from the design/heat pump
installation, so there is less of a chance that the end customer will be overcharged.
(4) BPA incentives are available for residential systems - $3,000/system for PTCS certified systems. BPA apparently also provides incentives for commercial customers - $0.13/kWh for existing buildings and $0.20/kWh for new buildings.
Federal tax deduction - $300/system
ID – low-interest loans (4%) for com/res heat pump systems
UT - $50,000 tax deduction for qualifying heat pump systems (up to 10% of system cost)
Federal Builders Tax Credit – up to $1.80/sf
Marketing Approach
(1) Mostly work with large homes in California that can afford system. Geothermal system
has multiple benefits – lower variability of monthly conditioning bills, longer-life
equipment, etc. Commercial buildings should be targeted during the new construction phase because excavation costs are significantly lower if you can piggyback on existing foundation, pipes, and drainage excavations.
(2) Vendor noted that it is difficult to install geothermal heat pump systems because of a lack
of design expertise. No one is really that experienced with designing them and it results
in contractors/engineers with conflicting opinions, which only hurts the customer.
(3) Discussed the Trade Ally approach to marketing. Felt that the incentives program would benefit greatly from a coordinated approach where installers/designers work with utility
to “sell” geothermal heat pumps to commercial customers.
(4) Focused on commercial buildings and high-end residential. Annual projects are 20-30
per year, about 70% commercial/30% residential. Lots of schools are getting GSHP systems.
Savings and Payback
(1) One project done in Nevada had $1,000,000 investment to drill 300 wells. Constantly
loaded – simple payback was around 4 years.
Best commercial products are those with constant cooling/heating loads such as spas/pools, ice rinks, year-round schools, 24/7 buildings (i.e. casinos). Water-to-Water options open up possibilities of process cooling in industrial settings (but not that
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(3), (4) Did not discuss in depth. Suggested that there are a number of case studies that provide this information and underscored how variable the costs are based on individual
project circumstances.
Other Sources and Info
(1) Geooutlook, Climatemaster.com, Waterfurnace
(2) See additional questions below.
(3) GSHP systems typically are only sized up to 35 tons, some up to 50 tons.
(4) Open-loop systems require state permitting generally. The permitting is usually easy to
get for open-loop systems since water isn’t actually consumed. Re-injection permits are
required in WY and ID. No federal or EPA oversight. Usually deal directly with the State department of water resources.
GSHP systems are generally the same devices as water-source heat pumps, but are rated
at different standards than WSHP. Generally a water-well driller used for open-loop
system installation and a common mechanical contractor installs the heat pumps system
in the building. Common configuration is to size ground-loop for heating and install a cooling tower in the loop to take care of peak cooling days.
Vendor (2) offered to provide more information about geothermal heat pumps in response to e-
mail questions. The following questions were sent for response and the vendor replied with the
answers listed:
1. What is the percentage of commercial customers you serve compared to residential customers?
25% commercial, 75% residential
2. Approximately how many heat pumps a year do you install?
250
3. Are heat pumps primarily installed in existing buildings or as part of new construction projects?
75% new, 25% retrofit
4. Who are the primary commercial customers you see installing heat pumps (i.e. schools,
hospitals, municipal buildings)
Our Design build customers and a very few others as Engineers do no spec. them as much as we do.
5. What is the most common reason why you think geothermal heat pumps aren't more
commonly installed? (i.e. lack of design expertise, not enough qualified installers, high
upfront costs, poor environment for heat pumps etc.)
Up front cost and contractors, engineers being able to calculate ROI to show pay back.
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6. What is the most expensive component associated with a typical ground source heat pump installation? What percentage of total project cost is the most expensive component?
Equipment, but could be heat exchanger depending on design
7. Can you approximate what the installation cost is for a typical 20 ton, ground-source (closed-
loop), water-to-air heat pump system installed in a commercial setting? What is the average
payback on such a system?
$60,000 4-5 years for additional cost over a conventional system, and 10-12 years total.
8. What are one or two key items you think would promote wider adoption of ground source
heat pumps by commercial customers (i.e. up-front incentives, greater education through the
utilities, more installer/design expertise, etc.)
Incentives and educations, SHOW THEM THE MONEY – (ENERGY SAVINGS)
Portable Classroom Controls:
Product Offered
(5) Web-enabled thermostat w/ integral web server can be connected directly to Ethernet
cable in portable classroom. Product offers 366-day schedule capability with three different daily schedule types. Can be configured and locked remotely via internet – manual one-touch override if necessary.
Even if portables already have programmable thermostats, rarely are they configured to
account for vacation, summer, holidays on a regular basis since they must be manually
configured in each portable. Web-enabled thermostat allows all to be scheduled at once and 366-day scheduling capability allows for vacation, summer scheduling.
1996 telecom act requires that every classroom have a portable computer, so plugging
unit into Ethernet cable generally very easy (~30 min install)
(6) Vendor offers Honeywell T7350B 366-day programmable thermostat. Offers setback
capability during summer, spring break – pre-programmed holidays. Reduces nuisance callbacks over normal EMS systems or programmable thermostats with three separate stages of lockout. Each can be easily programmed through IR with a Palm Pilot.
(7) Consulting Firm that offers Energy Management Services. Installed 90 Prophilix
thermostats on contract for office building and dental office.
(8) TCS Basys controls – offers 365-day thermostats that communicate via RS-232 interface. Usually put in new construction projects like small strip malls with 13-14 units that can be centrally controlled via internet.
Costs
(5) NT130 – Most popular for commercial, portable classrooms  $425 retail  Volume
discounts are offered to school districts: 150+ @ $365 each, 400+ at $325 each.
NT160 – more premium model with auxiliary relay that can be used to control OA dampers, lighting based on input occupancy schedule  Retail Cost = $499
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(6) $300 each + install costs
(7) Typically $400 + installation costs for each thermostat.
(8) SZ1033 – 2 stage Heat Pump thermostat w/ communications interface - $306
Comparable product – Honeywell T7350-1004 non-communicating - $138.50
Incentive Program Results
(5) Xcel Energy (approved in CO, possibly pending in MN) and Puget Sound Electric offer incentives for these devices. Xcel Energy incentive makes up about 1/3 of total
(equipment and labor install) and Puget Sound Electric makes up about 2/3 of total
(equipment and labor install). Incentives of been very helpful for selling to school
districts. Ideally, the incentives would be enough to buy-down the cost of 366-day web-enabled thermostat to the point where they cost the same as a standard programmable thermostat. School budget cycles are difficult to work with since they constrain how
much money can be spent on a short-term basis and it is difficult to plan for upgrades on
a long-term basis, so any incentive really helps them make the business case for existing
or upcoming budgets.
(6) Avista was running a program where they paid for the entire thermostat. As a result, all portable classrooms in Spokane and Couer d’Alene school districts were replaced
recently.
(7) Disappointed to see the SMUD ($50) incentive for programmable thermostats
discontinued in 2006 and the PG&E ($100) incentive for programmable thermostats discontinued in 2008. Has been trying to get utilities to see the Prophilix device and other 366-day programmable thermostats as energy management systems and incentivize
them accordingly.
Marketing Approach
(5) Direct Sales to School Districts. Usually sell equipment, districts install the units themselves. If wanted, Prophilix will contract with a national installer (Network Access Products) to go to the schools and install for a nominal fee.
A proxy for market size is the growth of the area – generally rapidly growing areas have
larger number of portables existing and being installed. Large market – estimated
number of portables is: United States = 300,000 California = 80,000
Texas = 35,000
Florida = 35,000
(6) None discussed. Sounds like the sales of these thermostats into portable classrooms were a utility/school district initiative and not aimed at population at large or through a trade-ally network.
(7) Offers these thermostats as part of total energy management service package to business,
schools, etc. Incentives are a key to helping make the sale to customers who are skeptical
of the controllers’ ability to save energy  uses energy management contract to monitor
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and verify savings to customer. Believe incentives help overcome customers skepticism and become easier to convince.
(8) No real market for 365 day programmable thermostats except in portable classrooms –
even churches have daily activities and events that preclude use of 365 day programming
capability. Any building that is occupied 95% of the time will just use a cheaper 7-day
thermostat.
Savings and Payback
(5) Generally estimate a 9-12 month payback. Schools usually use internal labor to install
which lowers upfront cost. Prophilix has assumed that going from a non-programmable
thermostat to a programmable thermostat is about the same savings as going from a programmable thermostat (configured poorly or not optimized) to their web-enabled 366 day thermostat. As such, they use the EnergyStar calculator to get kWh estimates. BIG
WARNING – your mileage may vary.
(6) HUGE. A small study was conducted with the Avista thermostat replacement program.
(7) For the dental office, saw monthly electricity bill reduced from 1200 – 850 kWh/month. Generally, would expect 15-30% savings.
The following questions were sent to vendor (6) for response and the vendor responded with the
answers listed:
1. Typical retail cost and installation cost of the T7350B thermostat.
Referred to Dan Craner in SLC.
2. Any energy savings estimates for the recent upgrade to T7350B thermostats in the Spokane and CDA school district portable classrooms.
Referred to Matt in the CDA school district (208-929-1028)
3. Do you see any types of customers other than schools installing these devices (i.e. contractors
purchasing them for installs, facilities managers at commercial buildings, etc.)
No response
4. Most often, do the T7350B thermostats replace existing programmable or non-programmable
thermostats?
Can replace any type of thermostat, has added benefit over 7-day t-stats to be able to
schedule holidays, vacation.
5. Do you think an incentive would encourage customers and contractors to install more of these?
Incentives are a big help, especially with school districts who would not shell out the
extra cash for a 365 day programmable thermostat ordinarily.
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A.7 IRRIGATION MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-7 Summary of Irrigation Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 Knudsen Irrigation, Inc. [phone] ID
2 Valley Equipment & Irrigation [phone] ID
3 Rain for Rent [phone] ID
4 Golden West Irrigation [phone] ID
5 Isaacs & Associates [phone] WA
6 Irrigation Specialist [phone] WA
7 Wilson Irrigation [phone] WA
8 J.W. Kerns, Inc. [phone] CA
9 United Pipe and Supply [phone] CA
10 Alsco, Inc. [phone] CA
11 Reigning Irrigation System [phone] UT
12 Moyle Irrigation [phone] UT
13 Harward Irrigation [phone] UT
14 Mountainland Supply Co. [phone] UT
The survey format used for irrigation measures differed from the standard survey form. The
results of these surveys are shown in Table A-8.
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Table A-8 Irrigation Measure Vendor Survey Results
Dealer ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Material Avg. Cost
Labor Avg. Cost General Comments Measure Description Generally Agrees: X, No, or Blank (no comment)
New Flow Controlling Nozzle for Impact Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $3.25 $0.90
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X $12.00 $1.00 about $8/rebuild
New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $0.40 $0.90
New Rotating-Type Sprinkler that Replace Impact Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $15.00 $0.75
New Gasket for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines and Portable Main Line X X X X X X X X X X X X $3.00 $3.00 $2-7 mtl cost
New Low Pressure Regulators for Pivot Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $7.00 $1.25
New Rotating-Type Sprinklers that Replace Low-Pressure Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $15.00 $0.75
New Multiple-configuration Nozzles for Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinklers X X no no X no X X X X X X $3/head $0.75 Popular in a few areas
New Multi-trajectory Sprays that Replace Impact Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $6.00 $0.75
New Multi-trajectory Sprays that Replace Low-Pressure Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $6.00 $0.75
New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots X X X X X X X X X X X X $4.00 $3.00 $2-7 mtl cost
New Hubs for Wheel Lines X X X X no no X X X X $42.00 $25.00 Only Thunderbird Brand
New Gooseneck Elbow for Drop Tubes X X X X X X X X X X X X $4.00 $0.75
New Drop Tube for Low Pressure Pivot Sprinklers X X X X X X X X X X X X $8.00 $0.75
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket X X X X X X X X X X no X $10.00 $150.00
Cut and Pipe Press Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines X X X X X X X X X X $9.50 $9.00
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Levelers X X X X X X X X X X X X $0.75 $5.00 $14/new leveler, $0.75/seal
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Dealer ID 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Material Avg. Cost
Labor Avg. Cost General Comments Measure Description Generally Agrees: X, No, or Blank (no comment)
New Low Pressure Sprinkler Nozzles X X X X X X X X unclear what this means
Drip Irrigation Systems no no no no no no no no no no typically not applicable
Additional Measures Discussed:
Springs for hand line gaskets (Ames ball & socket and
McDowell)
X X X X on some mfgs
Replacing Leaking Valve Openers (seals and dome disc) X X X X X X X X X X $7.00 $10.00
Incentive for installing Variable Frequency Drives ($/hp or similar) no
Replacing Wheel line feed hose X X X X X X X X X X X $130.00 $5.00
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A.8 LIGHTING MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-9 Summary of Lighting Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 ARCO Electric [phone] ID
2 D&S Electrical [phone] ID
3 Harris Aircraft, Inc. [phone] ID
Number indicates a “yes” No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Does your company have any experience or familiarity with these measures?
8+ T5HO High Bay Fixtures
(1) (2) No. Work with 4-lamp and 6-lamp primarily (3) Only have worked with 6 Lamp – never used 8 Lamp
Bi-Level Fixtures with Integral Occupancy Sensors
(1)
(2) Long daylighting in dairies – helps boost milk production. (3) Not used before. Probably good for areas where lighting needed for security, but want to reduce lighting load.
Daylighting Controls
(1)
(2) Aware of it, but haven’t used it. Some customers have asked.
LED Case Lighting
(1)
(2) Aware of it and it is available. Not used with customer yet. Distribute GE – which is
all over the LED Case lighting.
(3) No. Interested in learning more.
Exit Signs
(1)
(2) Photolumeniscent/Tritium – rather do the LEDs since once you take possession of
nuclear you own it forever. “Permalite” offers non-electric exit signs.
(3) Worked with a few of them. Not a fan. Don’t want to mess with radioactive licensing, etc. LED fixtures are much better and cheaper than the $300 – 400 to install tritium exit signs.
Misc.
(2) Worked with LED in retail situations for PAR lamps. Still very expensive, but looking
at 100,000 hours of life which makes it worth it.
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2. Are there any other high-efficiency measures that you’re familiar with?
(2) Program is pretty complete. Work mostly with 2, 3, 4 lamp 4 footers, 8 ft 2 Lamps and
MH.
(3) Probably.
3. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products? For example, are they for emergency repair? Retrofit or remodeling? New construction?
T5HO
(1) New Construction – Warehouse, Manufacturing – mostly specified by engineers.
Bi-Level
(1) Structures that are limited maintenance, but require constant lighting for safety or other reasons
Daylighting
(1) More common with Green Design – mainly office structures, occupied 12 hours per
day or less, and with lots of windows, multiple stories – try to add daylighting controls to lighting retrofits – most customers like the idea, but it adds cost (large control panels, rewiring, different low voltage ballasts and controls wiring).
LED Case Lighting
(1) Refrigerated cabinets, not used any yet – would save a lot of energy
Exit Signs
(1) Prefer LED – tritium is only for places where it is too expensive to transfer power – not real common, each sign must be registered with nuclear regulatory agency.
Misc.
(1) LED lighting is promising technology in the next 1-2 years. It currently is too cost-
prohibitive. Extra incentive may be required to drive customers over the top. Building in IF looking to backlit with LED, but was cost-prohibitive and not installed. (2) About 15-20% of customer (mostly in Jackson Hole) request that lighting audit be
performed and energy-efficiency lighting installed. Remaining customers must be
approached about upgrading to high-efficiency lighting.
(3) Just a matter of customer being aware of value of high-efficiency lighting. Manufacturers/ distributors don’t do a good job of advertising energy savings associated with high-efficiency lighting.
4. How many of these measures do you have available in your daily inventory?
(1) Order all measures on a special order basis.
(3) None.
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5. For those that aren’t stocked, do you have any feel for the availability and lead times to obtain them?
(1) High-bay lighting – 2-6 weeks depending on special options. Normal is 2-4 weeks.
(2) Couple weeks.
(3) All are special order. 1-3 weeks.
6. What percentage of your customers do you see installing these measures?
(1) T5HO - <12% - majority are lower lamp counts or T8 high-bays. Really good
efficiencies on high-bay reflectors– longer lamp life
(3) Very small percentage - 8L T5 is possible – but 6L is more common. Very small
percentage - tritium exit signs are possible in certain applications.
7. Can you estimate the average percentage incremental cost and customer payback for these higher-efficiency measures?
(1) Depends on the baseline. There are many options.
(3) Not easily. It is project specific.
8. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
(1) Outdoor lighting is a potential market for high-efficiency lighting. Cold weather mini-
fluorescents for soffit lighting a possibility for outdoor lighting (ballasts rated for -
20F), lighting level is as good or better, and have long-life.
(2) Improve the lighting tool to allow more accurate estimates of savings. Currently, the tool uses a F34T12 as baseline for T12, when most fixtures are F40T12. Has the result of understating savings. Idaho Power and BPA lighting tool both allow F40T12 to be
selected by user. For a school recently, RMP tool gave 33% savings but BPA tool gave
48% savings. Currently uses BPA sheet to calculate savings, then submits to Rocky
Mountain Power for conversion to RMP lighting tool.
Make all lighting tools between Idaho Power, BPA and Rocky Mountain Power use the same calculation methodology and establish uniform savings numbers.
Provide a way to query customer rate schedule and billing rates in advance so lighting
proposal to customer is accurate at the outset.
9. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?
(2) Offer separate incentives for light retrofit or fixture replacement - If retrofit fixture – BPA has separate incentive that is lower ($30) than whole fixture replacement ($120)

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A.9 MOTORS MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-10 Summary of Motors Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 KONE (EcoStart) [phone] CO
2 Power Efficiency Corporation [phone] NV
3 ProProducts, Inc. [phone] MN
4 CW Silver Industrial Services, Inc. [phone] UT
5 H&N Electric [phone] WA
6 Western Industrial Motor & Machine, Inc. [phone] ID
Vendors 1-3 were contacted in regards to escalator motor controllers. The remainder was contacted about green motors.
Number indicates a “yes”
No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Does your company have any experience or familiarity with these measures?
(1) EcoStarts (from Power Efficiency Corp) at Denver International Airport, Xcel rebates, $170-180 per unit. 30-40 hp, 160 units. Xcel Energy testing. First
installations were in 1999.
(2) Manufacturer
(3) Yes, became familiar with new technologies like this after an effort in MN to produce energy efficient equipment. (4), (5) Yes, part of GMPG
(6) Serves Hill AFB and ski resorts in UT. Quite familiar with Green Motors, about 5-6
years of experience. Did it all the time to avoid warranty issues and call backs.
1998 is when they got into it. Currently certified with GMPG and works for RMP generation systems.
2. Are there any other high-efficiency measures that you’re familiar with?
(3) High-bay industrial lightings
(4) NEMA Premiums, controlled burn-off, core loss testing helps efficiency.
(5) Maintain efficiency, familiar with NEMA Premium (6) Raising or lowering hp on motors, systems approach. Aware of NEMA Premium speed increase. Currently involved with FX program. Aware of efficiency
penalties especially on large motors and educates customers.
3. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products? For example, are they for emergency repair? Retrofit or remodeling? New construction?
(1) 95% retrofits, 5% new construction
(2) Retrofit or upgrade remodeling
(3) Retrofit and remodeling, though new construction is emerging.
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(4) Emergency repair goes to new motors. Need 3 day turn around on Green Motors. Mostly retrofit basis. No inventory on green motors.
(5) Not much new construction, mostly retrofit. Emergency repairs would use new
motors.
(6) Retrofit
4. How many of these measures do you have available in your daily inventory?
(1) 2 in the location offices
(2) Varies across the board. Inventory is usually readily available. Delivery is usually
2-3 weeks. Not usually too important because they aren’t being installed in
emergencies. (3) About 7 (4), (5) Don’t stock. Motors are rebuilt as customers bring them in.
5. For those that aren’t stocked, do you have any feel for the availability and lead times to
obtain them?
(1) 1 or 2 days. Emergencies are not common because there is a bypass. (3) Lead time is 6-8 weeks. Microprocessor manufacturing and overseas shipping (manufacturer is UK based) delay orders.
6. What percentage of your customers do you see installing these measures?
(1) A lot!
(3) Escalator motor controller business is a low priority. Industrial motor controllers are their top priority. (4) Can’t say, they quote both new and Green motors and let the customer decide.
Important to note that in order to remain competitive they do not charge extra for
Green Motors.
(5) Only offers Green Motors (6) Rebuilds are 100% if they can be done to original efficiency. If new is not available in time, will rebuild less efficient and go with that. Will order new and replace less
efficiency rebuild when available.
7. Can you estimate the average percentage incremental cost, customer payback, or average life
for these higher-efficiency measures?
(1) 35% savings annually, 10, 15, 20 hp sizes. 15 hp is very popular (2) $1100 cost for 80% of the controls that are sold.
(4) Although the customer is not charged a higher price, it costs the vendor 10% more
to rebuild motors to Green Motor standards. They are unable to estimate customer
payback because they are presently not charging anything more for green motors. Motors mostly fail for mechanical reasons such as bearings, etc. About the same life time as standard motors, 15-20 years. Generally any motor over 100 hp will be
rebuilt rather than replaced.
(5) 5-10% greater cost. Average life is as good as OEM, about 5-10 years.
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(6) 95% of the time it will be better than when it came in. Probably last longer than a new one. Sometimes motors have been rebuilt new to last longer.
8. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
(1) Rebates, press releases, publicity on the savings.
(2) Rebates, field representative support on sales calls. Green power and energy efficiency promotion.
(3) Promote awareness of technology to our customer base. Incentives would be good.
(4) Lead the way in advertising, trade magazines, and case studies. Incentives wouldn’t
help much because they currently charge the same for green motors and new motors. (5) Rebates, customer education that rebuilt can be as good as new with Green Motors.
It is not possible to rebuild an EPACT compliant motor into a NEMA Premium
Efficiency motor due to design constraints. Emphasize recycling.
(6) Incentives would be nice, but they are going to do Green regardless in order to avoid warranty issues.
9. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?
(4) Doesn’t think green motors will be very effective until customers are educated as to
what the impacts are. Top down education is necessary.
(5) Keep paper work simple. Likes the sound of $2/hp (6) Keep mailings, email is good.
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A.10 OFFICE EQUIPMENT MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-11 Summary of Office Equipment Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 Staples [phone] ID
2 Best Buy [phone] ID
3 Office Max [phone] ID
4 Valley Office Systems [phone] ID
Number indicates a “yes”
No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Does your company have any experience or familiarity with these measures?
(4) All products offered are EnergyStar rated.
2. Are there any other high-efficiency measures that you’re familiar with?
3. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products? For example, are they for emergency repair? Retrofit or remodeling? New construction?
(4) EnergyStar is all we provide customers
4. How many of these measures do you have available in your daily inventory?
(4) All of our projects are EnergyStar
5. For those that aren’t stocked, do you have any feel for the availability and lead times to obtain them?
6. What percentage of your customers do you see installing these measures?
(4) All
7. Can you estimate the average percentage incremental cost and customer payback for these
higher-efficiency measures?
(4) None or minimal incremental cost.
8. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
9. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?
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A.11 REFRIGERATION EQUIPMENT MEASURE VENDOR SURVEY RESULTS
Table A-12 Summary of Refrigeration Equipment Measure Vendors
Vendor Phone Number State
1 All American Refrigeration [phone] ID
2 Callen Commercial Refrigeration [phone] ID
3 CS Techs Inc [phone] ID
Number indicates a “yes” No number indicates a “no” or no response
1. Does your company have any experience or familiarity with these measures?
(1) Auto-closers, door gaskets, evaporator fan controllers, night covers, high-efficiency
multiplex compressor systems, strip curtains, insulation, VFDs, high-efficiency compressors, high-efficiency condensers, central computer control, floating pressure controllers.
(2) Anti-sweat heater controls, door gaskets, high-efficiency display cases, night
covers, high-efficiency multiplex compressor systems, strip curtains, insulation,
high-efficiency compressors, high-efficiency condensers, floating pressure controllers. (3) Anti-sweat heater controls, auto-closers, door gaskets, strip curtains, insulation,
high-efficiency compressors, high-efficiency condensers, electronic compressor
unloading control, floating pressure controllers.
2. Are there any other high-efficiency measures that you’re familiar with?
(2) ECM motors (3) Microprocessor controls, but those generally pertain to floating pressure.
3. How would you categorize the nature of the customers’ purchase of energy efficient
products? For example, are they for emergency repair? Retrofit or remodeling? New
construction?
(1) Emergency repair (2) We cover it all, but nobody has any money for upgrades.
(3) Mostly emergency repair
4. Do you have any of these measures do you have available in your daily inventory?
(1) No (3) Some
5. For those that aren’t stocked, do you have any feel for the availability and lead times to
obtain them?
(1) Can get almost immediately from supplier. If the supplier needs to order them it’s
around 1 week
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(3) Highly variable.
6. What percentage of your customers do you see installing these measures?
(1) Not a lot of customers install high-efficiency equipment. Roughly 20%
(2) A pretty small percent. Some stores have brand new equipment, but it is difficult to
get customers to upgrade.
(3) Small percentage.
7. Can you estimate the average percentage incremental cost and customer payback for these
higher-efficiency measures?
(1) Not sure
(2) Cost to upgrade is usually prohibitively high.
8. What one or two key items could <Rocky Mountain Power (UT and ID), Pacific Power (WA
and CA)> do to help increase the percentage of the measures installed by customers today?
(1) Rebates
(2) Rebates that are offered upfront would help.
9. Is there anything else you would like to add that may help us with this effort?
(2) Stores and equipment in this region is generally 20-30 years old, so there is room to upgrade, but the cost is too high.

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Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
The following tables provide the cost and savings estimates reported by resources and utility companies reviewed for this report. Savings data for compressed air measures was not reported by any of the reviewed resources and as such a table reporting estimated savings is absent.
Due to the variability associated with HVAC equipment, the savings and cost data collected from
the key resources and utilities was extremely varied and in some cases irrelevant. Savings data
for HVAC measures was calculated and is listed in the body of the report. The cost data averaged from utilities and key resources is provided below.
Customer cost estimates for irrigation measures was provided by vendors, and is therefore listed
in Appendix A.
Cost and savings data for motor measures is listed in Section 10 of this report and is therefore not
included in this appendix.
Appendix B Report Costs and Savings

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Table B-1 Appliance Measures Reported Energy Savings1
Measure CEE DEER ENERGY STAR
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Stud
RTF Xcel
Energy
2006
PG&E Questar Xcel Energy
Ceiling Fans -- -- 50% reduction -- -- -- -- -- --
Clothes Washers
(Commercial)
1,686-2,186 2
3,300-4,300 --
797 (3,EW)3
80 (3,GW)
1,594 (6,EW)
159 (6,GW)
0.1748
kWh/sqft
479 (GW, ED)
229 (GW,GD)
2,167 (EW,ED)
1,916 (EW, GD)
-- 261 -- --
Clothes Washers
(Residential)1 --
199 (1.42, - )4
253 (1.8,1.5)
477 (1.8,2.65)
590 (1.8,3.5)
145 (EW)
9 (GW) --
58.2–298.2
depending on
efficiency and
fuel source
595 (C1)
671 (C2)
786 (C3)
1,014 (C1,EW)
1,099 (C2,EW)
1,163 (C3,EW)
87 (C1,GW)
87 (C2,GW)
99 (C3,GW)
203 (C2,GW)
222 (C3)
282 (EW)
235 (GW)
Room Air Conditioners5 -- -- 10% reduction --
15-191
depending on
size and
location
79 127 -- --
Water Heaters
(Residential)5 -- 93 -- --
30-168
depending on
size and
efficiency
80 179 -- --
1 Values are kWh/yr/unit except where noted. EW = Electric hot water; GW = Gas hot water; ED = Electric dryer; GD = Gas dryer; C1 = CEE Tier 1; C2 = CEE Tier 2; C3 = CEE Tier 3
2 Values are based on three (3) and six (6) loads per day respectively
3 (3,EW): Number represents the number of load per day;
4 (1.42, 1.5): Numbers represent MEF and CF respectively. All units are fully electric.
5 Values are for residential sector, not commercial.

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Table B-2 Appliance Measures Reported Costs1
Measure DEER ENERGY
STAR
PacifiCorp 2007
Market Study RTF
Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study
PG&E Questar Xcel Energy
Ceiling Fans -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Clothes Washers
(Commercial) -- $300 -- -- -- $175 (C1)
$262 (C2) $300 $200
Clothes Washers
(Residential)
$785 (1.8,1.5)
$593 (1.8, 2.65)
$765 (1.8,3.5)
--
$0.03-$0.65/sqft
depending on
building type
and size
$39.70 (ES,1.72-1.99)3
$146.40 (ES,2.0+)
181 (C1)
549 (C2)
593 (C3)
$412 (MEF≥2.2)
$325 (MEF≥2.0)
$325 (MEF≥1.8)
$195 (C2)
$220 (C3) --
Room Air Conditioners -- -- -- $75-299 depending on
size and efficiency $169 -- -- --
Water Heaters
(Residential) $72 -- -- $20-50 depending on
size and efficiency $72 $75 --
--
1 All values are per unit prices except where noted. C1 = CEE Tier 1; C2 = CEE Tier 2; C3 = CEE Tier 3; ES = EnergyStar Unit
2 (1.8, 1.5): Numbers represent MEF and CF respectively. All units are fully electric
3 (ES,1.72-1.99): Numbers represent MEF value.

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Table B-3 Envelope Measures Reported Savings
Measure PacifiCorp 2006 DSM 
Study1 RTF2 Xcel Energy DSM Study3 
Cool Roofs 5-10% -- 2-18%
Attic Insulation 6% 4.7 kWh/yr per sq. ft. --
High Efficiency Windows 3-5% 9.4 kWh/yr per sq. ft. --
Reflective Window Film -- -- 2-12%
Wall Insulation 10% 2.3 kWh/yr per sq. ft. --
1 PacifiCorp 2006 savings are estimated relative to a defined baseline for the entire market as listed in the report Appendix. kWh/yr savings per
unit not provided.
2 RTF estimates are averaged across three heating zones for small retail and office spaces less than 5,000 sq. ft. Savings are stated per squarfoot of office space, not per square foot of insulation or window area.
3 Xcel DSM Study savings are estimated relative to a defined baseline for the entire market as listed in the report Appendix. kWh/yr savings per unit not provided.

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Table B-4 Envelope Measures Reported Costs
Measure DEER RTF Xcel Energy DSM Study 
Cool Roofs $84.55 per sq. ft.1 -- $0.35 per sq. ft.4
Attic Insulation $0.62 per sq. ft. $1.13 per sq. ft. --
High Efficiency Windows $44.2 per sq. ft.2 $21.56 per sq. ft3 --
Reflective Window Film -- -- $3.07 per sq. ft.
Wall Insulation -- $0.69 per sq. ft --
1 DEER database costs for cool roof assume a roof absorptivity of 0.45.
2 DEER database costs for high-efficiency windows assume that SHGC is 20% better than required by Title 24 of California Code.
3 RTF window costs assume replacement with Energy Star qualifying window.
4 Xcel Energy provides only the material cost of a cool roof product and does not include the installation labor.

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Table B-5 Farm Equipment Measures Reported Savings1
Measure DEER RTF Alliant Energy BPA 
Automatic Milker Takeoffs -- -- 31/cow/# of daily milkings --
Block Heater Timers -- -- 559/kW of heater --
Circulating Fans -- -- -- --
Heat Reclaimers (electric water heating) -- -- 33.5/cow/of daily milkings --
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers 900-1500 -- -- --
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems -- --
24" fan: 750/fan
36" fan: 1,500/fan
48" fan: 3,000/fan
--
Milk Precoolers 21.2/cow/# of daily milkings 36/cow/# of daily milkings
Programmable Ventilation Controller -- -- 0.68 per kWh saved from high
efficiency ventilation fans2 --
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps3 2,505/hp 2,646/hp 2,722/hp 2,042/hp
1 All values are kWh/yr
2 Savings correlation is estimated based on online calculator. Actual savings from calculator are given as total of fan motor savings and controller savings. Actual
savings calculated are: 24" fan with thermostat control: 1260 kWh; 36" fan with thermostat control: 2520 kWh; 48" fan with thermostat control: 5040 kWh
3 Based on 20 hour daily operation

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Table B-6 Farm Equipment Measures Reported Costs1
Measure DEER 
PacifiCorp 
2007 Market 
Study 
Automatic Milker Takeoffs -- $610
Block Heater Timers -- $20
Circulating Fans -- --
Heat Reclaimers (electric water heating) -- $1,910
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers $350-4502 --
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems -- $500
Milk Precoolers -- $4,440
Programmable Ventilation Controller -- --
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps $340/hp $2,440
1 Values are cost per unit except where noted.
2 Cost varies with tank volume

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Table B-7 Food Service Measures Reported Savings1
Measure  CEE  DEER ENERGY STAR ITP PG&E 
Dishwasher (Commercial unit) -- -- 1196-33685 -- --
Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial
facility) -- 405-685 137 72 --
Electric Commercial Fryers 1024 -- 1002 -- 1166
Electric Steam Cookers -- -- -- -- 11166
Ice Machines 53-3158 -- -- 2500 1661-4380
Insulated Holding Cabinets -- -- -- -- 1095-2190
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial
facility) -- -- -- -- --
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial) 1091-3287 -- -- -- Tier I: 712 - 1889
Tier II: 1183 - 3129
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers 511-3966 -- -- -- Refrigerator: 445 - 1351
Freezer: 558 - 3303
Electric Combination Oven -- -- -- -- 18432
Electric Convection Oven -- -- -- -- 2262
Electric Griddle -- -- -- -- 1637
Variable Speed Control of Vent Hood Make-Up
Air Unit (MAU) -- -- -- -- --
Vent Hood Variable Speed Control W/ Electric
Space Heat -- -- -- -- --
1 All values are kWh/yr/unit

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Table B-8 Food Service Measures Reported Costs1
Measure ENERGY STAR PG&E 
Dishwasher (Commercial unit) -- --
Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility) $545 --
Electric Commercial Fryers $3000 $4708
Electric Steam Cookers -- $4150
Ice Machines -- $296-$2194
Insulated Holding Cabinets $3000 $3153
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial
facility) -- --
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial)
-- Tier I: $266-
$1839
Tier II: $1839-
$2793
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers
-- Refrigerator:
$1825-$2849
Freezer: $747-
$2324
Electric Combination Oven -- $16884
Electric Convection Oven -- $2713
Electric Griddle -- $3604
Variable Speed Control of Vent Hood Make-
Up Air Unit (MAU) -- --
Vent Hood Variable Speed Control W/
Electric Space Heat -- --
1 All values are cost per unit

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Table B-9 HVAC Measures Reported Costs
Measure Size Category
Sub-category or
Rating Condition
FinAnswer Express Market Averages1
CEE Tier 1 CEE Tier 2 CEE Tier 3 CEE Tier 1 CEE Tier 2 CEE Tier 3
Air
Conditioners,
Air-Cooled
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Single-Phase)
Split System $100 $150 $200 $131 $406 $541
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $251 $406 $541
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Three-Phase)
Split System $100 $150 $200 $119 $315 $421
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $107 $200 $467
≥65,000 Btu/h and <135,000 Btu/h Split System and Single Package $100 $150 $200 $107 $200 $304
≥135,000 Btu/h and
<240,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $91 $128 $255
≥240,000 Btu/h and
<760,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $74 $95 --
≥760,000 Btu/h Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $84 -- --
Air
Conditioners,
Water and
Evaporatively
Cooled
< 65,000 Btu/h Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $168 -- --
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $213 -- --
≥135,000 Btu/h and
<240,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 -- -- --
Air-Source Heat
Pump
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Single-Phase)
Split System $100 $150 $200 $97 -- --
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $209 -- --
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Three-Phase)
Split System $100 $150 $200 $145 -- --
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $86 $240 --
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $266 -- --
≥135,000 Btu/h and
<240,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $109 -- --
≥240,000 Btu/h Split System and
Single Package $100 $150 $200 $120 -- --
PTAC
< 7,000 Btu/h $100 -- -- $211 -- --
≥7,000 Btu/h and
<15,000 Btu/h
$100 -- -- $166 -- --
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Measure Size Category
Sub-category or
Rating Condition
FinAnswer Express Market Averages1
CEE Tier 1 CEE Tier 2 CEE Tier 3 CEE Tier 1 CEE Tier 2 CEE Tier 3
≥15,000 Btu/h $100 -- -- $94 -- --
PTHP
< 7,000 Btu/h $100 -- -- $263 -- --
≥7,000 Btu/h and
<15,000 Btu/h
$100 -- -- $206 -- --
≥15,000 Btu/h $100 -- -- $188 -- --
1 Market average incremental customer costs have been aggregated by CEE Tier. Data sources for cost data include DEER Database, PG&E, Xcel, and cost information provided by major HVAC vendors.

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Table B-10 HVAC Measures: Reported Costs for Chillers ($/ton)
Source Heat Rejection Chiller Type Size
Range
(tons)
Baseline
Efficiency
(kW/ton)
New
Efficiency
(kW/ton)
Incremental
Cost ($/ton)
Incremental
Cost
($/ton/0.1Δη)
KEMA 20061 Water Centrifugal ≥300 0.58 0.51 35 50
Xcel 20062 Water Centrifugal ≥300 3 3 80
Xcel 20062 Water Centrifugal 150-300 3 3 77
Xcel 20062 Air 250 1.26 1.15 34 31
RTF Water Centrifugal + VSD ≥300 0.53 0.40 39 30
DEER Water Centrifugal <150 0.700 0.560 146 104
DEER Air Reciprocating All 1.260 1.008 40 16
DEER Water Centrifugal + VSD <150 0.700 0.560 66 47
DEER Air Screw All 1.260 1.008 42 17
DEER Water Reciprocating All 0.837 0.672 16 10
DEER Water Centrifugal 150-300 0.634 0.507 94 74
DEER Water Centrifugal ≥300 0.576 0.461 66 57
DEER Water Screw <150 0.790 0.632 49 31
DEER Water Screw 150-300 0.718 0.574 25 17
DEER Water Screw ≥300 0.639 0.511 11 9
DEER Water Centrifugal + VSD 150-300 0.634 0.507 77 61
DEER Water Centrifugal + VSD ≥300 0.576 0.461 83 72
1 Colorado DSM Market Potential Assessment, Volumes 1 and 2. Prepared for Xcel Energy.
2 Xcel Energy 2007-2009 CIP Filing.
3 Unit sizes not given with data, so per ton efficiencies could not be calculated.

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Table B-11 Irrigation Measures Reported Savings1
Measure BPA  Energy Trust Idaho Power PG&E 
Cut and Pipe Press Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines 60 -- 60 --
Drip Irrigation Systems -- -- -- --
New Low Pressure Sprinkler Nozzles -- -- -- --
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket 850 -- 850 --
New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots 30 -- 30 --
New Drop Tube for Low Pressure Pivot Sprinklers 20 -- 10 est. --
New Flow Controlling Nozzle for Impact Sprinklers 20 -- 20 --
New Gasket for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines and Portable Main Line 30 -- 30 --
New Gooseneck Elbow for Drop Tubes 20 -- 10 est. --
New Hubs for Wheel Lines (for Thunderbird type wheel lines) 40 -- 40 --
New Low Pressure Regulators for Pivot Sprinklers 20 -- 40 --
New Multiple-configuration Nozzles for Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinklers 20 -- -- --
New Multi-trajectory Spray Type Pivot Sprinklers 10 -- 40 --
New Rotating-Type Pivot Sprinklers 20 -- 40 --
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers 25 -- 40 --
New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers 15 -- 20 --
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Sprinkler Leveler 60 -- 20 --
1 All values are kWh/yr
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-14
Table B-12 Lighting Measures Reported Savings
Measure DEER
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study
RTF PG&E
>750 W MH, MV, HPS
with 8+ T5 HO lamps +EB -- 35%
savings 784 kWh/yr --
Bi-level stairwell, hall and
garage fixtures -- 1-4%
savings -- 245 kWh/yr
Daylighting controls 84-106 kWh 10.5%
savings -- 1-13 kW peak
demand reduction
LED refrigerated case
lighting -- -- -- 67.8 kWh/yr
Table B-13 Lighting Measures Reported Costs
Measure DEER
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study
PG&E
>750 W MH, MV, HPS
with 8+ T5 HO lamps +EB -- $0.15 per
sq ft --
Bi-level stairwell, hall and
garage fixtures -- $0.07 per
sq ft $163.45
Daylighting controls
$103.00-
$1226.91 per
installation
$0.55 per
sq ft
$286.40-$7051.36
per installation
LED refrigerated case
lighting -- -- $47.82 per linear
foot
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-15
Table B-14 Office Equipment Measures Reported Savings
Measure DEER ENERGY STAR
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study
RTF
Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study
PG&E Xcel Energy
Plug Load Occupancy
Sensors 143 kWh/unit -- 1.17%
reduction 0.157 kWh/sqft -- 143 kWh/unit --
Computers 103 kWh/PC -- -- -- -- 109 kWh/PC
Copiers and Fax
Machines
142 – 323 kWh/unit
depending on speed 25% reduction -- -- 21% reduction -- --
Digital Duplicators -- 25% reduction -- -- -- -- -
External Power Adapters -- 30% reduction -- -- -- -- --
Mailing Machines -- 25% reduction -- -- -- -- --
Monitors -- 99 – 470 kWh/unit
depending on size -- -- 56% reduction 48 kWh/unit --
Printers, Scanners, and
All-in-Ones -- 226 kWh/unit -- -- -- -- --
Water Coolers -- 47 kWh/unit (cold only)
361 kWh/unit (hot & cold) -- -- -- -- --
Network PC Power
Management Software -- 380-393 kWh/PC -- 170 kWh/PC 68% reduction -- --
Single Outlet Server
Power Supplies -- -- 0.73%
reduction
85 kWh/PC
300 kWh/Server -- 85 kWh/PC
301 kWh/Server
105 kWh/PC
280 kWh/Server
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-16
Table B-15 Office Equipment Measures Reported Costs
Measure DEER ENERGY
STAR
PacifiCorp 2007
Market Study RTF Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study
PG&E Xcel Energy
Plug Load Occupancy Sensors $75 – 82/unit -- $78/unit $0.0429/sqft -- $82/unit --
Computers -- $0/PC -- -- -- -- $10/PC
Copiers and Fax Machines $39 - $3,000/copier
depending on speed $0/copier -- -- $0/copier -- --
Digital Duplicators -- -- -- -- -- -- --
External Power Adapters -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Mailing Machines -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Monitors -- $0/unit -- -- $0/unit $1.80/unit --
Printers, Scanners, and All-in-
Ones -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Water Coolers -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Network PC Power Management
Software -- -- -- $18.55/PC $8/PC -- --
Single Outlet Server Power
Supplies -- -- -- -- -- $5/PC
$10/server
105 kWh/PC
280 kWh/Server
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-17
Table B-16 Refrigeration Equipment Measures Reported Savings
Measure CEE DEER NW
Alliance
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study
RTF
Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study1
PG&E
Anti-Sweat Heater
Controls 35-300/ln ft 2 387/control 2
46/control -- 1.17/sq ft 300-400/ln ft 1.07/sq ft 343/ln ft
Auto Closer for Main
Refrigerator/Freezer
Doors
-- 2,366/closer 2
963/closer -- -- 3,535/walk-in -- 3,535/closer
Auto Closer for Reach-in
Refrigerator/Freezer
Doors
-- -- -- -- -- -- 1,297/ln ft 2
243/ln ft
Door Gaskets on Glass
Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- 105/ln ft
Door Gaskets on Solid
Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- 105/ln ft
Evaporator Fan Controller
for Walk-in Coolers -- 473/motor -- -- 1,109/walk-in 0.214/sq ft 361/fan
High-efficiency Doors for
Low Temperature Display
Cases
-- 537/door -- -- 749/door -- 749/door
High-efficiency Open
Display Cases -- -- -- -- -- -- 365/ln ft 6
146/ln ft
High-efficiency Reach-In
Display Cases -- -- -- -- -- -- 1,365/ln ft
Insulation for Bare Suction
Lines -- -- -- -- -- -- 17/linear ft
Night Covers for Open
Vertical and Horizontal Display Cases
-- 15/ln ft -- -- V: 148/ln ft
H: 59/ln ft 1.284/sq ft V:148/ln ft
H:59/ln ft
High-efficiency Multiplex
Compressor System 409/ton 3,5
1132/ton -- -- -- 7,000-8000/ton 3,4
3,800-4,300/ton
Dock Door Seals for
Electrically Heated Spaces -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Dock Door Seals for
Freezers -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-18
Measure CEE DEER NW
Alliance
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study
RTF
Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study1
PG&E
Dock Door Seals for
Refrigerators -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Cooler Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Freezer Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Strip Curtains for Walk-in
Units and Refrigerated
Warehouse Spaces
-- -- -- 0.94/sq ft 9,774/walk-in 0.856/sq ft 465/sq ft
Cooler Condenser Fan
VFD -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Freezer Condenser Fan
VFD -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Compressor VFD -- 1,674/ton 1.45/sq ft -- 1.284/sq ft --
Evaporator Fan VFD -- -- 2,400/hp7
3,500/hp -- -- -- --
Auxiliary Evaporative
Condenser -- -- -- -- -- -- --
High efficiency
Compressors -- -- -- 0.71/sq ft 1,051/ton -- 1,051/ton
High-efficiency Condensers -- 400/ton3
205/ton -- -- 500/ton -- 1,484/ton 3
1,621/ton
New Evaporative
Condenser -- 783/ton -- -- 300/ton -- 963/ton
Central Computer
Refrigeration Control -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electronic Compressor
Unloading Control -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Floating Condenser Head
Pressure Controls 7,744/walk-in 746/ton 3,4
1,007/ton -- 0.73/sq ft 1,000/ton 1.498/sq ft 2,200-3,000/ton 3
Floating Suction Pressure
Controller -- 288/ton -- -- -- -- --
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-19
Measure CEE DEER NW
Alliance
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study
RTF
Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study1
PG&E
1 Based on standard 40,000 sq ft food store
2 Values represent savings from a freezer and cooler respectively
3 Values represent savings with an air cooled condenser and an evaporative condenser respectively
4 Savings vary with climate zone
5 Savings are based on upgrading a single compressor system to a multiplex system with standard efficiency condensers
6 Values represent savings from replacing an old display case and a standard display case respectively
7 Values represent savings from conditioned air storage and refrigerated warehouses respectively
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-20
Table B-17 Refrigeration Equipment Measures Reported Costs
Measure CEE DEER NW
Alliance
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study1
RTF
Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study
Alliant PG&E
Anti-Sweat Heater Controls $500/sensor -- -- $0.60/sq ft $85/control $6,450/store2 $85/door $56/door
Auto Closer for Main
Refrigerator/Freezer Doors -- -- -- -- $125/closer -- -- $125/closer
Auto Closer for Reach-in
Refrigerator/Freezer Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Freezer: $300/closer;
Cooler: $125/closer
Door Gaskets on Glass Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- -- $4/linear ft
Door Gaskets on Solid Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- -- $4/linear ft
Evaporator Fan Controller for
Walk-in Coolers -- $145/motor -- -- $265/walk-in $300/control -- $265/controller
High-efficiency Doors for Low
Temperature Display Cases -- $28/door -- -- $231/door -- -- $193/door
High-efficiency Open Display
Cases -- -- -- $0.09/sq ft -- -- -- --
High-efficiency Reach-In
Display Cases -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Insulation for Bare Suction
Lines -- -- -- -- -- -- -- $1.72/linear ft
Night Covers for Open Vertical
and Horizontal Display Cases -- $37/linear ft -- $0.05/sq ft $9/linear ft $9.25/linear ft -- $9.25/linear ft
High-efficiency Multiplex
Compressor System -- Air Cooled: $3,052/ton;
Evap Cooled: $2,787/ton -- -- -- -- -- $3,446/ton
Dock Door Seals for
Electrically Heated Spaces -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Dock Door Seals for Freezers -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Dock Door Seals for
Refrigerators -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Cooler Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Freezer Doors -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Strip Curtains for Walk-in Units
and Refrigerated Warehouse
Spaces
-- -- -- $0.05/sq ft $67/walk-in $1,995/store 2 -- $3-12/sq ft
Appendix B Reported Costs and Savings
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho B-21
Measure CEE DEER NW
Alliance
PacifiCorp
2007 Market
Study1
RTF
Xcel Energy
2006 Market
Study
Alliant PG&E
Cooler Condenser Fan VFD -- $39/ton -- -- -- -- --
Freezer Condenser Fan VFD -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Compressor VFD -- $266/ton -- $0.37/sq ft -- $16,200/store2 -- $279/ton
Evaporator Fan VFD -- -- $238/hp3
$577/hp -- -- -- -- --
Auxiliary Evaporative
Condenser -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
High efficiency Compressors -- -- -- $0.10/sq ft $132/ton -- -- $132/ton
High-efficiency Condensers -- Air Cooled: $805/ton;
Evap Cooled: $677/ton -- -- $702/ton -- -- --
New Evaporative Condenser -- -- -- -- $781/ton -- -- $781/ton
Central Computer
Refrigeration Control -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Electronic Compressor
Unloading Control -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Floating Condenser Head
Pressure Controls $174/circuit Air Cooled: $386/ton;
Evap Cooled: $221/ton -- $0.24/sq ft $280/ton $4,995/store 2 -- --
Floating Suction Pressure
Controller -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
1 Averaged from study, based on square footage of grocery store
2 Cost is based on standard 40,000 sq ft food store
3 Values are based on cost for conditioned air storage and refrigerated warehouse respectively

2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-1
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
The following tables provide the incentive levels and minimum eligibility requirements of utilities offering the measures reviewed in this report. The Energy Trust of Oregon is the only utility currently offering prescriptive incentives for compressed air. Recommended incentives
for FinAnswer Express are aligned with the Energy Trust of Oregon prescriptive offering and
detailed in Section 3 of the report.
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data

2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-2
Table C-1 Appliance Measures Utility Incentive Levels1
Measure Alliant Energy Avista BPA Energy Trust Idaho Power PG&E PSE Questar Seattle City Light Xcel Energy
Ceiling Fans $20 -- -- -- -- $20 -- -- -- --
Clothes
Washers
(Commercial)
-- -- $180 (EW)
$75 (EW/GW)
$225 (EW)
$180 (GW)
$200 (EW)
$25 (GW)
$150 (C1,GW)
$150 (C2,GW) $200 $230 (GW) $300 --
Clothes
Washers
(Residential)
$100 (HA)
$50 (VA) $25 (EW/GW) $70 (EW)
$25 (GW) $100 (MU) $25 (EW) $35 (C2,EW/GW)
$75 (C3,EW/GW)
$100(≥2.22,EW/GW)
$75 (≥2.0,EW/GW)
$50 (≥1.8,EW/GW)
$50 C2,GW)
$75(C3 GW)
$100 (≥2.22,EW/GW)
$75 (≥2.0,EW/GW)
$50 (≥1.8,EW/GW)
$50 (C2,EW/GW)
Room Air
Conditioners $50 -- -- -- -- $50 -- -- -- --
Water
Heaters
(Residential)
$50 (EW) $25 (EW) -- $25 (MU) -- $30 (EW) -- -- -- --
1 All values are incentive per unit. EW = Electric hot water; GW = Gas hot water; C1 = CEE Tier 2; C2 = CEE Tier 2; C3 = CEE Tier 3; HA = Horizontal Axis; VA = Vertical Axis; MU = Multi-unit building
2 Number represents MEF value

Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-3
Table C-2 Appliance Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements1
Measure Alliant Energy Avista BPA Energy Trust Idaho Power PG&E PSE Questar Seattle City Light Xcel Energy
Ceiling Fans EnergyStar with
CFL fixture -- -- -- -- EnergyStar with
CFL fixture -- -- -- --
Clothes
Washers
(Commercial)
-- -- EnergyStar MEF>2.0 (EW/GW) CEE Tier 1 CEE Tier 1 or
CEE Tier 2 (GW)
CEE Tier 1 or
better EnergyStar CEE Tier 2 or
above --
Clothes
Washers
(Residential)
EnergyStar EnergyStar EnergyStar MEF>2.0 (EW/GW) EnergyStar
50 cycles/yr
CEE Tier 2
CEE Tier 3
(EW/GW)
MEF≥2.2
MEF≥2.0
MEF≥1.8
(EW/GW)
CEE Tier 2 or
CEE Tier 3
(GW)
MEF≥2.2
MEF≥2.0
MEF≥1.8
(EW/GW)
EnergyStar
(EW/GW)
Room Air
Conditioners EnergyStar -- -- -- -- EnergyStar -- -- -- --
Water
Heaters
(Residential)
EF>0.93
>40 gal and EF > 0.912 --
EF>0.93 (30,40,50 gal)2
EF >0.91 (65, 80 gal)
EF>0.85 (119 gal)
-- EF > 0.932 -- -- -- --
1 EW = Electric hot water; GW = Gas hot water
2 Electric heaters only
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-4
Table C-3 Envelope Measures Utility Incentive Levels
Measure Alliant Energy1 BPA  Idaho Power Nevada 
Power PG&E Questar 
Cool Roofs -- -- $0.05/sq. ft. -- -- --
Attic Insulation
70% of total cost or
$500/unit for multi-family
dwellings up to $10,000
$0.13/kWh Increase to R24: $0.10/sq. ft.
Increase to R38: $0.20/sq. ft. -- $0.15/sq. ft. $0.35/sq. ft.
High Efficiency Windows $25/each -- Efficient Windows: $0.50/sq. ft.
Premium Windows:2 $1.00/sq. ft. -- -- $0.95/sq. ft.
Reflective Window Film -- -- $0.50/sq. ft. $0.70/sq. ft. $1.35/sq. ft. --
Wall Insulation
70% of total cost or
$500/unit for multi-family dwellings up to $10,000 $0.13/kWh Increase to R11: $0.05/sq. ft.
Increase to R19: $0.10/sq. ft. -- $0.15/sq. ft. $0.45/sq. ft.
1 Listed incentives and eligibility requirements for Alliant Energy in IA. Slightly different eligibility and incentive levels apply in WI and MN.
2 Premium windows require a minimum Visible Light Transmittance (VLC) of 0.50 in addition to the requirements for SHGC and U-factor.
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-5

Table C-4 Envelope Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure Alliant 
Energy1 BPA  Idaho Power Nevada Power PG&E Questar 
Cool Roofs -- -- EnergyStar Rated
Solar Reflectivity≥0.70 -- -- --
Attic Insulation Retrofit Only
Office or Retail
Bldg< 5,000 sq.
ft.
Limited to areas with
mechanical air
conditioning
--
Limited to conditioned spaces.
Existing insulation≤R11. Final
insulation≥R30
Limited to spaces
conditioned w/ natural gas.
R5 or higher above code.
High Efficiency Windows
EnergyStar
qualified >8 sq. ft. ea.
Only as part of
EnergySmart
Design New Construction
Offices
Efficient Windows
U factor ≤ 0.42
SHGC ≤ 0.40 Premium Windows 2
VLC ≥ 0.50
-- -- U-value of 0.42 or less
Reflective Window Film -- --
Only S, E or W facing.
Limited to areas with
mechanical cooling.
Must be professionally
installed. SHGC≤0.40
Minimum 5-yr warranty.
Only S, E or W facing.
1. SHGC < 0.39 for clear,
single-pane glass, or
2. SHGC < 0.25 for clear,
double-pane glass, or
3. SHGC = 0.47 and
VT/SHGC > 1.3
Minimum 5-yr warranty.
Only S, E or W facing.
1. SHGC < 0.39 for clear,
single-pane glass, or
2. SHGC < 0.25 for clear,
double-pane glass, or
3. SHGC = 0.47 and
VT/SHGC > 1.3
--
Wall Insulation Retrofit Only
Office or Retail
Bldg<5,000 sq.
ft.
Limited to areas with
mechanical air
conditioning
--
Limited to conditioned spaces.
No existing insulation. Final
insulation ≥ R13
Limited to spaces
conditioned w/ natural gas.
R3.7-ci or higher above
code.
1 Listed incentives and eligibility requirements for Alliant Energy in IA. Slightly different eligibility and incentive levels apply in WI and MN.
2 Premium windows required a minimum Visible Light Transmittance (VLC) of 0.50 in addition to the requirements for SHGC and U-factor.
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-6
Table C-5 Farm Equipment Measures Utility Incentive Levels
Measure Alliant Energy 1 BPA
Automatic Milker Takeoffs $5/cow --
Block Heater Timers $10/timer --
Circulating Fans
12-35": $25/fan;
36-47": $50/fan; ≥48": $75/fan
--
Heat Reclaimers (electric water heating) $5/cow --
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers $40/waterer;
FOE: $50/waterer
$165/tank;
$225/tank2
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems
14-23": $45/fan;
24-35": $75/fan;
36-47": $125/fan; ≥48": $150/fan;
FOE: $2/blade inch
--
Milk Precoolers $3.40/cow;
FOE: $750/unit --
Programmable Ventilation Controller $20/fan --
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps $5/cow;
FOE: $750/unit $2,200/VFD
1 Alliant offers incentives through its own incentive program as well as through Focus on Energy (FOE)
2 BPA offers $165/tank in heating zone 2 and $225/tank in heating zone 3
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-7
Table C-6 Farm Equipment Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure Alliant Energy BPA
Automatic Milker Takeoffs Removal of milking claw at
preset flow rate --
Block Heater Timers UL listed device with 15 amp
minimum continuous duty --
Circulating Fans1
12-23": 11cfm/W;
24-47": 18cfm/W; ≥48": 25cfm/W;
--
Heat Reclaimers (electric water heating) Install qualifying heat
reclaimer2 --
High-efficiency Livestock Waterers
2" of insulation, adjustable
thermostat; FOE: 2"
insulation maximum 250 W
heating element
Must meet RTF
specifications
High-efficiency Ventilation Systems1
14-23": 11 cfm/W;
24-35": 13 cfm/W;
36-47": 17 cfm/W; ≥48": 19.5 cfm/W;
FOE: 21cfm/W @ 0.00"
static pressure; 20cfm/W @
0.05" static pressure
--
Milk Precoolers Install milk precooler --
Programmable Ventilation Controller Install thermostat or
programmable controller --
VFDs for Dairy Vacuum Pumps Install VFD on dairy vacuum
pump
Install VFD on dairy vacuum
pump under 10 hp
1 All fan/motor combinations must be tested by the Bioenvironmental and Structural Systems Lab at the University of Illinois.
Motors must be wired for 208 or 240 volts
2 Qualifying brands include: Century-Therm, Fre-Heater, Sunset, Heat Bank, Therma-Stor, Superheater
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-8
Table C-7 Food Service Measures Utility Incentive Levels1
Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista BPA  Energy Trust PG&E PSE 
Dishwasher (Commercial unit) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility) -- -- -- -- -- $30-50 --
Electric Commercial Fryers $150 -- $50 -- -- $200/ vat $250
Electric Steam Cookers $100/pan -- $450-720 -- $300 $750 $750
Ice Machines $100-500 $45 $100-380 -- $300-500 $50-500 --
Insulated Holding Cabinets $300 -- $185-370 -- $400 $200-300 $500
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial
facility) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial) -- -- -- $100-200 -- $75-150 --
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers $75-150 $75 $70-140 $100-700 $150 $75-500 --
Electric Combination Oven $1000 -- $900 -- -- $1000 --
Electric Convection Oven $200 -- $100 -- -- $350 --
Electric Griddle $200 -- $50 -- -- $300 --
Variable Speed Control of Vent Hood Make-Up Air
Unit (MAU) -- -- $60/hp -- $300/hp $350/hp --
Vent Hood Variable Speed Control W/ Electric
Space Heat -- -- $650/kCFM -- -- -- --
1 All values are incentive per unit except where noted.
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-9
Table C-8 Food Service Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista BPA  Energy Trust PG&E PSE 
Dishwasher (Commercial unit) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Dishwasher (Residential unit in commercial facility) -- -- -- -- -- EnergyStar --
Electric Commercial Fryers EnergyStar -- EnergyStar -- -- EnergyStar EnergyStar
Electric Steam Cookers EnergyStar -- EnergyStar -- EnergyStar EnergyStar EnergyStar
Ice Machines EnergyStar ‘High
efficiency’ EPACT05 -- See Table C-9 EnergyStar +
CEE Tier 3 --
Insulated Holding Cabinets EnergyStar -- EnergyStar -- EnergyStar <20 W/ cu ft EnergyStar
Refrigerators (Residential unit in commercial
facility) -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Refrigerators - Glass Door (Commercial) -- -- -- CEE
Tier II -- CEE
Tier II --
Reach-in solid door refrigerators and freezers EnergyStar ‘High
efficiency’ EnergyStar CEE
Tier II EnergyStar CEE
Tier II --
Electric Combination Oven None stated -- -- -- -- >60% eff. --
Electric Convection Oven None stated -- >70% eff. -- -- >70% eff. --
Electric Griddle None stated -- >70% eff. -- -- >70% eff. --
Variable Speed Control of Vent Hood Make-Up Air
Unit (MAU) -- -- None stated -- None stated None stated --
Vent Hood Variable Speed Control W/ Electric
Space Heat -- -- None stated -- -- -- --

Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-10
Table C-9 Energy Trust of Oregon Eligibility Requirements for Ice Machines
Ice Harvest Rate (lbs/day) Efficiency (kWh/100 lbs)
101-200 9.4
201-300 8.5
301-400 7.2
401-500 6.1
501-1000 5.8
1001-1500 5.5
>1500 5.1
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-11
Table C-10 HVAC Measures: Normalized Utility Incentive Levels for Air Conditioners1
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy2 Focus on Energy APS Energy Trust Idaho Power
MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power3 PSE Seattle City Light Xcel ENergy4
Air
Condition
ers, Air-
Cooled
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Single-Phase)
Split System (C1) D/Q $20/ton D/Q $92/ton D/Q
$200+($100*
(SEER-14.0)
Max Rebate
$400
D/Q -- D/Q D/Q
Split System (C2) $40/ton $20/ton D/Q $92/ton $25/ton $12/ton -- $14/ton $25/ton
Split System (C3) $80/ton $20/ton D/Q $92/ton $50/ton $22/ton -- $29/ton $55/ton
Single Package (C1) D/Q $77/ton D/Q $92/ton D/Q D/Q -- D/Q D/Q
Single Package (C2) $40/ton $83/ton D/Q $92/ton $25/ton $12/ton -- $14/ton $60/ton
Single Package (C3) $80/ton $91/ton D/Q $92/ton $50/ton $22/ton -- $29/ton $110/ton
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Three-Phase)
Split System (C1) D/Q $20/ton D/Q $92/ton D/Q
$100+($100*
(SEER-14.0 )
Max Rebate
$400
$20/ton -- D/Q D/Q
Split System (C2) $40/ton $20/ton D/Q $92/ton $25/ton $32/ton -- $14/ton $25/ton
Split System (C3) $80/ton $20/ton D/Q $92/ton $50/ton $44/ton -- $29/ton $55/ton
Single Package (C1) D/Q $77/ton D/Q $92/ton D/Q $20/ton -- D/Q D/Q
Single Package (C2) $40/ton $83/ton D/Q $92/ton $25/ton $32/ton -- $14/ton $60/ton
Single Package (C3) $80/ton $91/ton D/Q $92/ton $50/ton $44/ton -- $29/ton $110/ton
≥65,000 Btu/h
and <135,000
Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package (C1) D/Q $75/ton D/Q R $17.5/ton
NC $73/ton $50/ton

($50*(EER-
10.9))*tons
$45/ton $30/ton $15/ton $50/ton
Split System and
Single Package (C2) $40/ton $85/ton $53/to
n
R $17.5/ton
NC $73/ton $50/ton $53/ton $30/ton $26/ton $70/ton
Split System and
Single Package (C3) $80/ton $95/ton $68/to
n
R $17.5/ton
NC $73/ton $50/ton $61/ton $30/ton $37/ton $90/ton
≥135,000 Btu/h
and <240,000
Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package (C1) -- $75/ton $25/to
n
R $11.3/ton
NC $79/ton $50/ton

($50*(EER-
10.7))*tons
$50/ton $30/ton $29/ton $78/ton
Split System and
Single Package (C2) -- $89/ton $46/to
n
R $11.3/ton
NC $79/ton $50/ton $62/ton $30/ton $43/ton $98/ton
Split System and
Single Package (C3) -- $99/ton $61/to
n
R $11.3/ton
NC $79/ton $50/ton $70/ton $30/ton $53/ton $58/ton
≥240,000 Btu/h
and <760,000
Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package (C1) -- $75/ton D/Q R $12/ton
NC $75/ton $50/ton
($50*(EER-
9.9))*tons
D/Q $30/ton $8/ton $58/ton
Split System and
Single Package (C2) -- $85/ton D/Q R $12/ton
NC $75/ton $50/ton $50/ton $30/ton $21/ton $78/ton
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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-12
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy2 Focus on Energy APS Energy Trust Idaho Power
MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power3 PSE Seattle City Light Xcel ENergy4
Split System and
Single Package (C3) -- $91/ton $49/to
n
R $12/ton
NC $75/ton $50/ton $55/ton $30/ton $29/ton $90/ton
≥760,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package (C1) -- -- D/Q -- $50/ton

($50*(EER-
9.6))*tons
D/Q $30/ton $8/ton $58/ton
Split System and
Single Package (C2) -- -- D/Q -- $50/ton D/Q $30/ton $8/ton $58/ton
Split System and
Single Package (C3) -- -- D/Q -- $50/ton $45/ton $30/ton $29/ton $78/ton
Air
Condition
ers,
Water
and
Evaporati
vely
Cooled5

< 65,000 Btu/h Split System and Single
Package (C1) -- -- D/Q -- -- ($50*(EER-
12.5))*tons $25/ton $30/ton $31.4/ton $25/ton
≥65,000 Btu/h
and <135,000
Btu/h
Split System and Single
Package (C1) -- -- D/Q -- --
($50*(EER-
12.0))*tons $25/ton $30/ton $31.4/ton Not
Specified
≥135,000 Btu/h
and <240,000
Btu/h
Split System and Single
Package (C1) -- -- D/Q -- --
($50*(EER-
11.5))*tons $25/ton $30/ton $31.4/ton Not
Specified
≥240,000 Btu/h
Split System and Single
Package (C1) -- -- -- -- --

($50*(EER-
11.5))*tons -- -- -- --
1 Table shows approximate incentive levels for qualifying equipment normalized on a per ton basis for all utility incentive programs. Individual incentive calculations vary greatly between and within programs – incentives
for a unit meeting CEE Tier 1, 2 and 3 efficiency requirements were calculated for each incentive program on a per ton basis and listed in table. For CEE Tier efficiency criteria, please see website www.cee1.org.
(C1) = CEE Tier 1; (C2) = CEE Tier 2; (C3) = CEE Tier 3; NC = New Construction; R = Retrofit
D/Q Indicates that units at CEE Tier 1, 2 or 3 do not qualify for incentives.
2 Incentive amounts listed for Alliant service territories in Iowa. Minnesota territory has incentives which are approximately 40% of Iowa incentives.
3 Nevada power only offers upstream prescriptive incentives for air-cooled AC equipment, and post-purchase customer incentives for water/evaporatively cooled equipment.
4 Incentive levels listed are for Xcel territory in Colorado. Slight variations to these levels occur for Xcel territory in Minnesota.
5 CEE does not provide a recommended efficiency specification for Tier 2 or 3 for water and evaporatively cooled AC units.

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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-13
Table C-11 HVAC Measures: Normalized Utility Incentive Levels for Air-Source Heat Pumps1
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy2 Focus on Energy APS Energy Trust5 Idaho Power

MidAmerican Energy
Nevada Power3 PSE Seattle City Light Xcel Energy4
Heat Pumps,
Air-Source
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Single-Phase)
Split System (C1) D/Q $20/ton D/Q NC $150/ton D/Q

$400+($100*
(SEER-14.0 )
Max Rebate
$600
-- -- $21/ton --
Split System (C2) $40/ton $20/ton D/Q NC $150/ton $25/ton -- -- $60/ton --
Split System (C3) $80/ton $30/ton D/Q NC $150/ton $50/ton -- -- $97/ton --
Single Package
(C1) D/Q -- D/Q NC $150/ton D/Q -- -- D/Q --
Single Package
(C2) $40/ton -- D/Q NC $150/ton $25/ton -- -- $32/ton --
Single Package
(C3) $80/ton -- D/Q NC $150/ton $50/ton -- -- $68/ton --
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Three-Phase)
Split System (C1) D/Q $20/ton D/Q NC $150/ton D/Q

$300+($100*
(SEER-14.0 )
Max Rebate
$600
-- -- $21/ton --
Split System (C2) $40/ton $20/ton D/Q NC $150/ton $25/ton -- -- $60/ton --
Split System (C3) $80/ton $30/ton D/Q NC $150/ton $50/ton -- -- $97/ton --
Single Package
(C1) D/Q -- D/Q NC $150/ton D/Q -- -- D/Q --
Single Package
(C2) $40/ton -- D/Q NC $150/ton $25/ton -- -- $32/ton --
Single Package
(C3) $80/ton -- D/Q NC $150/ton $50/ton -- -- $68/ton --
≥65,000 Btu/h
and <135,000
Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package
(C1)
D/Q -- $50/ton R $17.5/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton

($50*(EER-
10.9))*tons
-- $30/ton $37/ton --
Split System and
Single Package
(C2)
$40/ton -- $65/ton R $17.5/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton -- $30/ton $43/ton --
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Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy2 Focus on Energy APS Energy Trust5 Idaho Power

MidAmerican Energy
Nevada Power3 PSE Seattle City Light Xcel Energy4
Split System and
Single Package
(C3)
$80/ton -- $68/ton R $17.5/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton -- $30/ton $50/ton --
≥135,000 Btu/h
and <240,000
Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package
(C1)
-- -- D/Q R $11.3/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton

($50*(EER-
10.7))*tons
-- $30/ton $37/ton --
Split System and
Single Package
(C2)
-- -- $46/ton R $11.3/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton -- $30/ton $47/ton --
Split System and
Single Package
(C3)
-- -- $61/ton R $11.3/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton -- $30/ton $54/ton --
≥240,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package
(C1)
-- -- D/Q R $12/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton

($50*(EER-
9.9))*tons
-- $30/ton $34/ton --
Split System and
Single Package
(C2)
-- -- D/Q R $12/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton -- $30/ton $40/ton --
Split System and
Single Package
(C3)
-- -- $49/ton R $12/ton
NC $150/ton $50/ton -- $30/ton $56/ton --
1 Table shows approximate incentive levels for qualifying equipment normalized on a per ton basis for all utility incentive programs. Individual incentive calculations vary greatly between and within programs – incentives for a
unit meeting CEE Tier 1, 2 and 3 efficiency requirements were calculated for each incentive program on a per ton basis and listed in table. For CEE Tier efficiency criteria, please see website www.cee1.org.
(C1) = CEE Tier 1; (C2) = CEE Tier 2; (C3) = CEE Tier 3; NC = New Construction; R = Retrofit
D/Q Indicates that units at CEE Tier 1, 2 or 3 do not qualify for incentives.
2 Incentive amounts listed for Alliant service territories in Iowa. Minnesota territory has incentives which are approximately 40% of Iowa incentives.
3 Nevada power only offers upstream prescriptive incentives for air-cooled AC equipment, and post-purchase customer incentives for water/evaporatively cooled equipment. No incentives for air-source heat pumps are
offered.
4 Xcel Energy does not offer incentives for air-source heat pumps in either CO or MN service territories.
5 Incentives are only offered by ETO for units less than 65,000 Btu/h in new construction applications

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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-15
Table C-12 HVAC Measures: Normalized Utility Incentive Levels for Water and Ground-Source Heat Pumps1
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy2 Energy Trust3
MidAmerican Energy
Nevada Power
Seattle City Light4 Xcel Energy5
Water Source (Cooling
Mode)
< 17,000 Btu/h 86F entering
water (C1) -- NC $200/ton ($50*(EER-
11.7))*tons $25/ton $61/ton $50/ton
≥17,000 Btu/h and
<65,000 Btu/h 86F entering
water (C1) -- NC $200/ton ($50*(EER-
12.5))*tons $25/ton $50/ton $50/ton
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
86F entering
water (C1) -- NC $200/ton ($50*(EER-
12.5))*tons $25/ton $50/ton $50/ton
Groundwater Source
(Cooling Mode) <135,000 Btu/h 59F entering
water
$300/ton (Loop)
$150/ton (Heat
Pump)
--

-- -- -- $138/ton
Ground Source
(Cooling Mode) <135,000 Btu/h 77F entering
water
$300/ton (Loop)
$150/ton (Heat
Pump)
NC $300/ton
$300 per heating
ton plus $300 per ton ground
loop6
-- -- $90/ton
1 Table shows approximate incentive levels for qualifying equipment normalized on a per ton basis for all utility incentive programs for water-source heat pumps. Individual incentive
calculations vary greatly between and within programs – incentives for a unit meeting CEE Tier 1, 2 and 3 efficiency requirements were calculated for each incentive program on a per ton
basis and listed in table. For CEE Tier efficiency criteria, please see website www.cee1.org.
(C1) = CEE Tier 1; NC = New Construction; R = Retrofit
2 Incentive for ground-source heat pump system is limited to systems less then 20 tons in size. Separate incentives are available for installation of a new ground-loop, meeting the cooling
efficiency criteria, meeting the heating efficiency criteria and installing a desuperheater.
3 ETO provides incentives for non air-source heat pumps only for new construction projects.
4 Seattle City Light offers incentives for any unit that surpasses the minimum efficiency requirements specified by Washington State Energy Code.
5 Xcel Energy offers incentives for water-source heat pumps in CO and MN, but stipulates that the heating mode must meet a 4.1 COP requirement only in MN.
6 New ground loop installation only. Maximum rebated loop size determined by the rated heat capacity of installed unit.
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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-16
Table C-13 HVAC Measures: Utility Incentive Levels for Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps and Air Conditioners and Evaporative Coolers1
Measure Size Category Focus on Energy Idaho Power MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power PG&E Seattle City Light2 Xcel Energy
PTAC
< 7,000 Btu/h
$50/ea --

$50/unit $50/ton $100/ea $0.20/kWh $50/ton ≥7,000 Btu/h and
<15,000 Btu/h
≥15,000 Btu/h
PTHP (Cooling
Mode)
< 7,000 Btu/h
$75/ea --

$50/unit $50/ton $100/ea $0.20/kWh -- ≥7,000 Btu/h and
<15,000 Btu/h
≥15,000 Btu/h
Occupancy
Based
PTHP/PTAC
Controls
- $75/room --

-- $55/sensor -- --
Custom
Incentive
based on
savings
Evaporative
Coolers
Direct -- $200/ea -- -- $123/ton -- --
Indirect -- $300/ea -- -- $123/ton -- --
1 Table shows approximate incentive levels for qualifying equipment normalized on a per ton or per unit basis for all utility incentive programs.
2 Seattle City Light offers incentives for any unit that surpasses the minimum efficiency requirements specified by Washington State Energy Code.
Appendix C Utility DSM Program Data
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-17
Table C-14 HVAC Measures: Utility Incentive Levels for Chillers
Heat Rejection Equipment Type Size Category (tons)
Incentive Amount ($/ton)
Focus on Energy1 APS2 ETO3 MidAmerican Energy Seattle City Light4 Xcel5
Air-cooled With Condenser
<150
Min/Max: $32/$81
$5 + 15 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton $50 (($400*(1.25-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons $0.23/kWh $8 + 2 per add’l 0.1
EER ≥150 $10 + 15 per add’l 0.1
kW/ton $50 (($400*(1.25-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
Air-cooled Without Condenser
<150
Min/Max: $32/$81
$5 + 15 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
$50
--
$0.23/kWh $8 + 2 per add’l 0.1
EER ≥150 $10 + 15 per add’l 0.1
kW/ton
--
Water-cooled Reciprocating
<40 Min/Max: $20/$45 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
a
$50
(($400*(0.70-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$0.23/kWh D/Q
≥40 &<150 Min/Max: $20/$45 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
a
(($400*(0.70-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
≥150 & <300 Min/Max: $44/$112 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
b
(($400*(0.63-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
≥300 Min/Max: $44/$111 $6 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton c (($400*(0.58-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
Water-cooled Rotary/Screw/Scroll
<40 Min/Max: $20/$45 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
a
$50
(($400*(0.70-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$0.23/kWh
$10 + 30 per add’l 0.1
kw/ton
≥40 &<150 Min/Max: $20/$45 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
a
(($400*(0.70-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$10 + 30 per add’l 0.1
kw/ton
≥150 & <300 Min/Max: $44/$112 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
b
(($400*(0.63-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$10 + 30 per add’l 0.1
kw/ton
≥300 Min/Max: $44/$111 $6 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton c (($400*(0.58-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons D/Q
Water-cooled Centrifugal
<40 Min/Max: $20/$45 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
a
$50
(($400*(0.70-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$0.23/kWh
$12 + 30 per add’l 0.1
kw/ton
≥40 &<150 Min/Max: $20/$45 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
a
(($400*(0.70-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$12 + 30 per add’l 0.1
kw/ton
≥150 & <300 Min/Max: $44/$112 $7 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton
b
(($400*(0.63-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$12 + 30 per add’l 0.1
kw/ton
≥300 Min/Max: $44/$111 $6 + 20 per add’l 0.1 kW/ton c (($400*(0.58-
kW/ton))+$10)*tons
$12 + 30 per add’l 0.1
kw/ton
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Heat Rejection Equipment Type Size Category (tons)
Incentive Amount ($/ton)
Focus on Energy1 APS2 ETO3 MidAmerican Energy Seattle City Light4 Xcel5
1 Focus on Energy incentives vary based on the submitted efficiencies of the chillers. The minimum incentive is listed for units that meet, but do not surpass the eligibility requirements and the maximum incentive is listed for units that are the most efficient available.
2 APS uses different size categories than codes or other incentive programs and is notated as follows:
a. ≤200 tons
b. 201 to 400 tons
c. >400 tons
3 The Energy Trust of Oregon offers incentives for chillers only on new construction projects.
4 Seattle City Light pays incentives for any chillers more efficient than required by Washington State Energy based on the calculated kWh saved. For water-cooled centrifugal chillers not exposed on the rooftop, the
incentive rate is higher at $0.29/kwh saved.
5 Chiller incentives from Xcel Energy were reviewed only in the CO service territory. D/Q Indicates the unit type does not qualify for incentives.

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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-19
Table C-15 HVAC Measures: Utility Eligibility Requirements for Air-Conditioners1
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy4 Focus on Energy APS Energy Trust Idaho Power8 MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power9 PSE Seattle City Light10 Xcel Energy11
Air
Conditioners,
Air-Cooled
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Single-Phase)
Split System 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER7 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER -- 13.0 SEER 14.0 SEER
Single Package 14.0 SEER 13.0 SEER
11.3 EER 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER7 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER -- 13.0 SEER 13.5 SEER
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Three-Phase)
Split System 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER7 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 13.0 SEER -- 13.0 SEER 14.0 SEER
Single Package 14.0 SEER 13.0 SEER
11.3 EER 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER7 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 13.0 SEER -- 13.0 SEER 13.5 SEER
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package
12.0 EER2
11.0 EER3 11.0 EER3 11.4 IPLV 11.0 EER 11.0 EER 11.0 EER 11.0 EER 11.0 EER
11.4 IPLV 10.3 SEER 11.0 EER
≥135,000 Btu/h and
<240,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package -- 10.8 EER3 11.2 IPLV 10.8 EER 10.8 EER 10.8 EER 10.5 EER 10.8 EER
11.2 IPLV 9.7 EER 10.8 EER
≥240,000 Btu/h and
<760,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package -- 10.0 EER3,5 11.2 IPLV 10.0 EER5 10.0 EER 10.0 EER
10.2 EER 10.0 EER
10.4 IPLV 9.7 IPLV 9.8 EER
≥760,000 Btu/h Split System and
Single Package -- -- 11.2 IPLV -- 10.0 EER 10.0 EER 10.2 EER 9.7 EER
10.1 IPLV 9.4 IPLV 9.5 EER
Air
Conditioners,
Water and
Evaporatively
Cooled
< 65,000 Btu/h Split System and
Single Package -- -- 11.6 IPLV6 -- -- 12.6 EER
14.0 EER 14.0 EER 12.1 EER Not
specified
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package -- -- 11.4 IPLV6 -- -- 12.1 EER 14.0 EER 14.0 EER 11.5 EER Not
specified
≥135,000 Btu/h and
<240,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package -- -- 11.2 IPLV6 -- -- 11.6 EER 14.0 EER 14.0 EER 11.0 EER Not
specified
≥240,000 Btu/h Split System and
Single Package -- -- 11.2 IPLV6 -- -- 11.6 EER 14.0 EER 14.0 EER 10.3 EER Not
specified
1 Table describes minimum eligibility to qualify for incentive – in many cases, eligibility criteria and incentive levels vary for units with efficiency beyond the minimum eligibility
2 Split system unit only
3 Packaged unit only 4 Minimum eligibility criteria listed for Alliant Service territories in Iowa. Minnesota territory does not offer rebates for single package AC units. 5 Prescriptive incentives only offered for units ≤ 300,000 Btu/h 6 Incentive available only for water-cooled units 7 Incentive available only for new construction projects 8 Incentive available only for retrofit projects 9 Nevada Power only offers upstream prescriptive incentives for air-cooled AC equipment, and post-purchase customer incentives for water/evaporatively cooled equipment. 10 Seattle City Light offers incentives for any unit that surpasses the minimum efficiency requirements specified by Washington State Energy Code.
11 Minimum efficiency requirements listed are for Xcel territory in Colorado. Slight variations to these requirements for Xcel territory in Minnesota.
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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-20
Table C-16 HVAC Measures: Utility Eligibility Requirements for Air-Source Heat Pumps1
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy4 Focus on Energy APS Energy Trust Idaho Power7 MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power8 PSE Seattle City Light9 Xcel Energy10
Heat Pumps,
Air-Cooled
(Cooling
Mode)
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Single-Phase)
Split System 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER6 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER -- -- 10.0 SEER --
Single Package 14.0 SEER -- 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER6 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER -- -- 9.7 SEER --
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Three-Phase)
Split System 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER6 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER -- -- 10.0 SEER --
Single Package 14.0 SEER -- 11.6 IPLV 13.0 SEER6 14.0 SEER 14.0 SEER -- -- 9.7 SEER --
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package
12.0 EER2
11.0 EER3 -- 11.4 IPLV 10.6 EER 11.0 EER 11.0 EER -- 11.0 EER
11.4 IPLV 10.1 SEER --
≥135,000 Btu/h and
<240,000 Btu/h
Split System and
Single Package -- -- 11.2 IPLV 10.1 EER 10.8 EER 10.8 EER -- 10.8 EER
11.2 IPLV 9.3 EER --
≥240,000 Btu/h Split System and
Single Package -- -- 11.2 IPLV 10.0 EER5 10.0 EER 10.0 EER -- 10.0 EER
10.4 IPLV 9.2 IPLV --
Heat Pumps,
Air-Cooled
(Heating
Mode)
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Single-Phase)
Split System -- -- -- 7.7 HSPF6 -- 8,5 HSPF -- -- 6.8 HSPF --
Single Package -- -- -- 7.7 HSPF6 -- <8,5 HSPF -- -- 6.6 HSPF --
< 65,000 Btu/h
(Three-Phase)
Split System -- -- -- 7.7 HSPF6 -- 8,5 HSPF -- -- 6.8 HSPF --
Single Package -- -- -- 7.7 HSPF6 -- 8,5 HSPF -- -- 6.6 HSPF --
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
47F db/43F db
outdoor air -- -- -- 3.5 COP -- 3.4 COP -- 3.4 COP 3.2 COP --
17F db/15F db outdoor air -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2.4 COP -- --
≥135,000 Btu/h and
<240,000 Btu/h
47F db/43F db
outdoor air -- -- -- 3.5 COP -- 3.2 COP -- 3.2 COP 3.1 COP --
17F db/15F db
outdoor air -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.1 COP -- --
≥240,000 Btu/h 47F db/43F db outdoor air -- -- -- 3.5 COP5 -- 3.2 COP -- 3.2 COP 3.1 COP --
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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-21
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition Alliant Energy4 Focus on Energy APS Energy Trust Idaho Power7 MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power8 PSE Seattle City Light9 Xcel Energy10
17F db/15F db
outdoor air -- -- -- -- -- -- 3.1 COP -- --
1 Table describes minimum eligibility to qualify for incentive – in many cases, eligibility criteria and incentive levels vary for units with efficiency beyond the minimum eligibility
2 Split system unit only
3 Packaged unit only
4 Minimum eligibility criteria listed for Alliant Service territories in Iowa. Minnesota territory does not offer rebates for air-source heat pumps.
5 Prescriptive incentives only offered for units ≤ 300,000 Btu/h
6 Incentive available only for new construction projects
7 Incentive available only for retrofit projects
8 Nevada Power does not offer incentives for air-source heat pumps.
9 Seattle City Light offers incentives for any unit that surpasses the minimum efficiency requirements specified by Washington State Energy Code.
10 Xcel Energy does not offer incentives for air-source heat pumps in either Colorado or Minnesota territory.
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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho C-22
Table C-17 HVAC Measures: Utility Eligibility Requirements for Water and Ground-Source Heat Pumps1
Measure Size Category Sub-category or Rating Condition
Alliant Energy2 Energy Trust3
MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power Seattle City Light4 Xcel Energy5
Water Source
(Cooling Mode)
< 17,000 Btu/h 86F entering
water -- 14.0 EER 11.8 EER 14.0 EER 11.2 EER 14.0 EER
≥17,000 Btu/h and
<65,000 Btu/h 86F entering
water -- 14.0 EER 12.6 EER 14.0 EER 12.0 EER 14.0 EER
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
86F entering
water -- 14.0 EER 12.6 EER 14.0 EER 12.0 EER 14.0 EER
Groundwater
Source (Cooling
Mode)
<135,000 Btu/h 59F entering
water 16.2 EER -- -- -- -- Not specified
Ground Source
(Cooling Mode) <135,000 Btu/h 77F entering
water 14.1 EER 15.0 EER 3.3 COP -- -- Not specified
Water Source
(Heating Mode)
< 17,000 Btu/h 68F entering
water -- 4.6 COP 11.8 EER -- 4.2 COP --
≥17,000 Btu/h and
<65,000 Btu/h
68F entering
water -- 4.6 COP 12.6 EER -- 4.2 COP --
≥65,000 Btu/h and
<135,000 Btu/h
68F entering
water -- 4.6 COP 12.6 EER -- 4.2 COP --
Groundwater
Source (Heating Mode) <135,000 Btu/h 50F entering
water 3.6 COP -- -- -- -- --
Ground Source
(Heating Mode) <135,000 Btu/h 32F entering
water 3.3 COP 3.4 COP -- -- -- --
1 Table describes minimum eligibility to qualify for incentive – in many cases, eligibility criteria and incentive levels vary for units with efficiency beyond the minimum eligibility
2 Incentive for ground-source heat pump system is limited to systems less then 20 tons in size. Separate incentives are available for installation of a new ground-loop, meeting
the cooling efficiency criteria, meeting the heating efficiency criteria and installing a desuperheater. Efficiency requirements to qualify for the cooling/heating incentives are
listed here.
3 Energy Trust provides incentives for non air-source heat pumps only for new construction projects.
4 Seattle City Light offers incentives for any unit that surpasses the minimum efficiency requirements specified by Washington State Energy Code.
5 Xcel Energy offers incentives for water-source heat pumps in CO and MN, but stipulates that the heating mode must meet a 4.1 COP requirement only in MN.

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Table C-18 HVAC Measures: Utility Eligibility Requirements for Packaged Terminal Heat Pumps and Air Conditioners and Evaporative Coolers1
Measure Size Category Focus on Energy Idaho Power MidAmerican Energy Nevada Power PG&E Seattle City Light2 Xcel Energy
PTAC
< 7,000 Btu/h 13 SEER or 11.3 EER -- 10.5 EER
20% above Federal
code
11.29 EER
Above WA
Energy Code 11.0 EER ≥7,000 Btu/h and
<15,000 Btu/h 13 SEER or 11.3 EER -- 10.5 EER 10.27 EER
≥15,000 Btu/h 13 SEER or 11.3 EER -- 10.5 EER 10.27 EER
PTHP (Cooling
Mode)
< 7,000 Btu/h 13 SEER or 11.3 EER -- 10.5 EER
20% above Federal
code
11.29 EER
Above WA
Energy Code -- ≥7,000 Btu/h and
<15,000 Btu/h 13 SEER or 11.3 EER -- 10.27 EER
≥15,000 Btu/h 13 SEER or 11.3 EER -- 10.5 EER 10.27 EER
PTHP (Heating
Mode)
< 7,000 Btu/h 3.2 COP -- 10.5 EER
20% above Federal
code
--
Above WA
Energy Code -- ≥7,000 Btu/h and
<15,000 Btu/h 3.2 COP -- -- --
≥15,000 Btu/h 3.2 COP -- -- --
Occupancy Based
PTHP/PTAC Controls -
Motion, heat or key-
activated. Front desk-
only control does not
qualify.
-- --
Occupancy-sensor
controls only. Front
desk-only control
does not qualify.
-- --
Varies with
Project -> Custom
Incentive
Evaporative Coolers Direct -- Replace AC -- -- Replace AC -- --
Indirect -- Replace AC -- -- Replace AC -- --
1 Table describes minimum eligibility to qualify for incentive – in many cases, eligibility criteria and incentive levels vary for units with efficiency beyond the minimum eligibility
2 Seattle City Light offers incentives for any unit that surpasses the minimum efficiency requirements specified by Washington State Energy Code.

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Table C-19 HVAC Measures: Utility Eligibility Requirements for Chillers
Heat Rejection Equipment Type Size Category (tons)
Minimum Efficiency Required for Incentive
Focus on
Energy APS1 ETO MidAmerican
Energy
Seattle City
Light
Xcel2
Air-cooled With Condenser <150 2.93 COP 2.81 IPLV 3.30 IPLV <1.25 kW/ton 3.05 IPLV 2.93 COP ≥150 3.18 IPLV <1.25 kW/ton
Air-cooled Without Condenser <150 2.93 COP 2.81 IPLV 3.59 IPLV -- 3.45 IPLV 2.93 COP ≥150 --
Water-
cooled Reciprocating
<40 4.45 COP 4.75 IPLVa
6.41 IPLV
<0.70 kW/ton 5.05 IPLV
D/Q
≥40 &<150 4.45 COP 4.75 IPLVa <0.70 kW/ton 5.25 IPLV
≥150 & <300 5.58 COP
7.18 IPLV 5.25 IPLVb <0.63 kW/ton 5.90 IPLV
≥300 6.06 COP
7.81 IPLV 6.51 IPLVc <0.58 kW/ton 6.40 IPLV
Water-
cooled Rotary/Screw/Scroll
<40 4.45 COP 4.75 IPLVa 5.40 IPLV <0.70 kW/ton 5.05 IPLV 5.41 COP
≥40 &<150 4.45 COP 4.75 IPLVa 5.40 IPLV <0.70 kW/ton 5.25 IPLV 5.41 COP
≥150 & <300 5.58 COP
7.18 IPLV 5.25 IPLVb 5.80 IPLV <0.63 kW/ton 5.90 IPLV 5.50 COP
≥300 6.06 COP
7.81 IPLV 6.51 IPLVc 6.56 IPLV <0.58 kW/ton 6.40 IPLV D/Q
Water-
cooled Centrifugal
<40 4.45 COP 4.75 IPLVa 5.94 IPLV <0.70 kW/ton 5.05 IPLV 5.41 COP
≥40 &<150 4.45 COP 4.75 IPLVa 5.94 IPLV <0.70 kW/ton 5.25 IPLV 5.41 COP
≥150 & <300 5.58 COP
7.18 IPLV 5.25 IPLVb 6.73 IPLV <0.63 kW/ton 5.90 IPLV 5.50 COP
≥300 6.06 COP
7.81 IPLV 6.51 IPLVc 7.40 IPLV <0.58 kW/ton 6.40 IPLV 6.28 COP
1 APS uses different size categories than codes or other incentive programs and is notated as follows:
a. ≤200 tons
b. 201 to 400 tons
c. >400 tons
D/Q Indicates the unit type does not qualify for incentives.
2 Chiller incentives from Xcel Energy were reviewed only in the CO service territory.

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Table C-20 Irrigation Measures Utility Incentive Levels1
Measure BPA  Idaho Power PG&E 
Cut and Pipe Press Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines $8/pipe section $8/joint --
Drip Irrigation Systems -- -- $44/Acre
New Low Pressure Sprinkler Nozzles -- -- $1.15/ea
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket $125.00/ea $125.00/ea --
New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots $1.00/ea $1.00/ea --
New Drop Tube for Low Pressure Pivot Sprinklers $3.00/ea $0.50 est. --
New Flow Controlling Nozzle for Impact Sprinklers $3.00/ea $1.50/ea --
New Gasket for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines and Portable Main Line $1.00/ea $1.00/ea --
New Gooseneck Elbow for Drop Tubes $1.00/ea $0.50 est. --
New Hubs for Wheel Lines (for Thunderbird type wheel lines) $6.00/ea $12.00/ea --
New Low Pressure Regulators for Pivot Sprinklers $3.00/ea $5.00/ea --
New Multiple-configuration Nozzles for Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinklers $2.00/ea $2.75/ea --
New Multi-trajectory Spray Type Pivot Sprinklers $1.00/ea $2.75/ea --
New Rotating-Type Pivot Sprinklers $3.00/ea $2.75/ea --
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers $3.75/ea $2.75/ea --
New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers $0.25/ea $0.25/ea --
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Sprinkler Leveler $0.75/ea $0.75/ea --
1 Incentive amounts and number of items per measure may be limited or have additional requirements.
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Table C-21 Irrigation Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure BPA  Idaho Power PG&E 
Cut and Pipe Press Repair of Leaking Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, and Portable Mainlines Per pipe section Per joint
Drip Irrigation Systems -- -- High-pressure
conversion
New Low Pressure Sprinkler Nozzles -- -- High-pressure
conversion
New Center Pivot Base Boot Gasket -- -- --
New Drains for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines, or Pivots Entire line muse be
upgraded 1
Incentive
restrictions1,3 --
New Drop Tube for Low Pressure Pivot Sprinklers Minimum 3 feet length 2 Per outlet, with
gooseneck --
New Flow Controlling Nozzle for Impact Sprinklers Incentive restrictions 1 Incentive
restrictions 1 --
New Gasket for Wheel Lines, Hand Lines and Portable Main Line -- Incentive
restrictions 1, 3 --
New Gooseneck Elbow for Drop Tubes -- Per outlet, with
trop tube --
New Hubs for Wheel Lines (for Thunderbird type wheel lines) Entire line must be
upgraded -- --
New Low Pressure Regulators for Pivot Sprinklers
Entire pivot must be
upgraded, flow not
increased 1,2
-- --
New Multiple-configuration Nozzles for Low-Pressure Pivot Sprinklers Incentive restrictions 1,2 -- --
New Multi-trajectory Spray Type Pivot Sprinklers
Entire pivot must be
upgraded, flow not
increased 1,2
Incentive
restrictions 1,3 --
New Rotating-Type Pivot Sprinklers
Entire pivot must be
upgraded, flow not
increased 1,2
Incentive
restrictions 1,3 --
Rebuilt or New Brass Impact Sprinklers Incentive restrictions 1 Incentive
restrictions 1,3 --
New Nozzles for Impact Sprinklers Incentive restrictions 1 Incentive
restrictions 3 --
Rebuilt or New Wheel Line Sprinkler Leveler -- -- --
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Table C-22 Lighting: New Measures Utility Incentive Levels
Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista BPA  Energy Trust Idaho 
Power Nevada Power PG&E Seattle 
City Light 
>750 W MH, MV, HPS with
8+ T5HO lamps + EB $120.00/fixture $75.00/fixture -- -- -- -- $30.00/fixture $125.00/fixture --
New Construction 8+ T5HO
lamps + EB $120.00/fixture -- -- -- $35.00/fixture -- $50.00/fixture -- --
Bi-level stairwell, hall and
garage fixtures -- -- -- $50.00/fixture -- -- -- $25.00/fixture --
Daylighting Controls
Stepped: $175
Continuous: $275
Full building: $2000
$0.12/connected
Watt $10.00/ballast -- -- $20.00/unit $0.10/connected
Watt
$0.04/kWh
saved
$0.17-
$0.20/kWh
saved
LED case lighting $25.00/case -- -- -- -- -- -- $45.00-
$60.00/case --

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Table C-23 Lighting: New Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure Alliant 
Energy APS Avista BPA  Energy 
Trust 
Idaho 
Power 
MidAmerica
n Energy 
Nevada 
Power PG&E Seattle City 
Light 
>750 W MH, MV, HPS with 8+
T5HO lamps + EB
New fixture
<500W High output -- -- -- -- - New fixture New fixture,
high output --
New Construction 8+ T5HO
lamps + EB
Fixture ≤
500 W total -- -- --
Ceiling
height ≥15
feet
-- - High bay
fixture -- --
Bi-level stairwell, hall and garage
fixtures -- -- --
Integrated
occupancy sensor -- -- - --
Integrated
occupancy sensor --
Daylighting Controls Tiered1 4+ levels of switching Individually controlled -- -- Photocell controlled -
Controller
specificatio
n2
Controller
specification3
Yields
energy
savings
LED case lighting
Replace all
fluorescent
lighting in
food case
-- -- -- -- -- - --
Replace all
fluorescent
lighting in
food case
--
1 Alliant offers three levels of rebates for day lighting controls with the following eligibility requirements: Level 1: Stepped-level control with 3+ levels. Level 2: Continuous dimming control. Level 3: Requires at least 10 kW
connected, no manual switches, and meet minimum power densities and codes. Level 3 is designed for complete building daylighting.
2 Nevada Power requires a control with: a photosensor, continuous or 4+ levels of dimming, no manual overrides, regulation of a minimum of 4 ballasts. Rebate is offered for new construction projects only.
3 In addition to daylighting controller specifications, daylighting projects must also meet glazing requirements. For sidelighting glazing must have a minimum performance index of 1.28. For toplighting glazing must have a minimum performance index of 0.08 and skylighting must comprise at least 2% of the roof area above the spaces being daylit. Photocontrols must regulate primary luminaires in the daylit area(s) as defined by Title 23. Photo sensor controls must be capable of automatically adjusting illuminance levels and must have both deadband and time delay features as defined by Title 24. This rebate is available for new construction.
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Table C-24 Lighting Measures: Existing Utility Incentive Levels
Measure Alliant APS Avista1 BPA 
Energ
y 
Trust 
Idaho Power MidAmerican 
Energy 
Nevada 
Power PG&E PSE2 
Seattl
e City 
Light 
Xcel 
Energy 
Occupancy Sensor
(wall) $15.00 $0.12 per
connected Watt
$20.00
$40.00
$30.0
0
$25.0
0 $25.00 $20
$12.00
(wallbox)
$30.00
$16.50 (wallbox)
$20.00 (<500 W)
$44.00 (>500 W)
$30.00
$60.00 $30.00 $12.00
Occupancy Sensor
(ceiling) $30.00 $0.12 per
connected Watt
$20.00
$40.00
$30.0
0
$75.0
0 $25.00 $20 $30.00 $20.00 (<500 W)
$44.00 (>500 W)
$30.00
$60.00 $90.00 $36.00
Occupancy Sensor
(integrated) -- $0.12 per
connected Watt
$20.00
$40.00
$30.0
0
$50.0
0 -- $20 -- $20.00 (>12’)
$7.00 (<12’)
$30.00
$60.00 -- --
Photocell -- -- -- $30.0
0 -- $20.00 - -- $7.00 -- -- $12.00
Timeclock -- -- -- $30.0
0 -- $20.00 - -- $36.00 -- -- --
Timer Control -- -- -- -- -- $10.002
$20.00 - -- -- $30.00
$60.00 -- --
LED Channel Indoor
Red <=2’ high -- -- $15.00/sig
n -- -- $20.00/sq ft
sign - -- $4.00/ln ft -- -- --
LED Channel Indoor
Red >2’ high -- -- $15.00/sig
n -- -- $20.00/sq ft
sign - -- $6.00/ln ft -- -- --
LED Channel
Outdoor Red <=2’
high
-- -- $15.00/sig
n -- -- $20.00/sq ft
sign - -- $2.00/ln ft -- -- --
LED Channel
Outdoor Red >2’ high -- -- $15.00/sig
n -- -- $20.00/sq ft
sign - -- $3.00/ln ft -- -- --
LED Message Center
Sign -- -- $15.00/sig
n -- -- $20.00/sq ft
sign - -- -- -- --
Exit Sign
Replacement -- $25.00 $25.00 -- $20.0
0 $15.00 $5 $22.00 $15.00-$27.00 $35.00 $30.00 $6.00
1 Avista offers $20.00 for units controlling under 200 W and $40.00 for units controlling greater than 200 W.
2 Incentive levels are for units controlling 100-200 W and greater than 200 W respectively.

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Table C-25 Motor Measures Utility Incentive Levels
Measure APS Avista BPA Energy 
Trust 
MidAmerican 
Energy Motor Up Nevada 
Power PG&E 
Green Motors -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 HP See
Section 10
See
Section 10 -- See
Section 10
See Section
10
See
Section 10 -- See
Section 10
Escalator Motor Controller -- -- -- -- -- -- $20.00/hp --
ECMs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- $20.00
VFDs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Table C-26 Motor Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure APS Avista BPA  Energy Trust MidAmerican 
Energy Motor Up Nevada 
Power PG&E 
Green Motors -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
Premium Efficiency Motors 1 - 500 HP NEMA Premium Efficiency NEMA Premium Efficiency NEMA Premium Efficiency NEMA Premium Efficiency NEMA Premium Efficiency NEMA Premium Efficiency -- NEMA Premium Efficiency
Escalator Motor Controller -- -- -- -- -- -- Install controller --
ECMs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Install ECM
VFDs -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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Table C-27 Office Equipment Measures Utility Incentive Levels
Measure Avista BPA Idaho Power PG&E Seattle City Light Xcel Energy
Plug Load Occupancy Sensors -- -- $10/sensor $15/sensor -- --
Computers -- -- $10/PC -- -- --
Copiers and Fax Machines -- -- $25/copier -- -- --
Monitors -- -- $10/monitor $10/monitor -- --
Network PC Power Management
Software $10/PC $17/PC $10/PC $15/PC $7/PC --
Single Outlet Server Power
Supplies -- -- $5/PC
$10/desktop server
80-Plus
Sponsor -- 80-Plus Sponsor

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Table C-28 Office Equipment Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure Avista BPA Idaho Power PG&E Seattle City Light Xcel Energy
Plug Load Occupancy Sensors -- --
Passive infrared and/or
ultrasonic occupancy
sensor controls must
control electrical plug
loads of at least 100
watts1
Passive infrared and/or
ultrasonic detectors only.
Plug-load sensors must
control electricity using
equipment in offices or
cubicles, including
shared copiers and /or
printers.
-- --
Computers -- -- EnergyStar Version 4.0
Tier 1 rating -- -- --
Copiers and Fax Machines -- -- EnergyStar Copier2 -- -- --
Monitors -- --
EnergyStar listed liquid
crystal display monitor
replacing a cathode ray
tube monitor
25% more efficient (uses
25% less power) than
EnergyStar -- --
Network PC Power Management Software Must meet software
requirements3
Must use Verdiem's
Surveyor™ software
or equivalent
Must meet software
requirements4
Must meet software
requirements5
Must meet software
requirements6 --
Single Outlet Server Power Supplies -- -- 80-Plus requirements 80-Plus requirements -- 80-Plus requirements
1 This could apply to PCs and other plug loads such as printers, personal heaters, desk lamps, and radios. This technology may also be applied to video arcade games or other equipment with electric loads of 100
watts or more.
2 Must replace a similarly-sized copier without an idle/off control. Copier must have default settings that automatically enter “low-power” and/or “off” modes after a period of inactivity.
3 Software must be able to provide quarterly energy use reports indicating: the overall average PC energy savings and average PC energy savings by similar groups of PC's, usage data prior to controls being
installed (i.e. pre-monitoring of uncontrolled PC's). The software must control every available level of power management offered by the customers PC hardware and monitor at the time of installation (e.g. on, off,
hibernating, suspended etc.) Available levels of control may differ based on operating system. User over-ride capabilities must be able to be reset by the software at a minimum of every 24 hours. The software
must achieve a minimum average savings of 120 annual kWh per controlled PC. Network power management software must remain in operation for a minimum of three years.
4 System controls must provide a network-level management interface for the control of power functions of networked PCs. Qualifying products use time-regulated power schemes to switch PCs into low power
states.
5 Installed software must: automatically control the power settings of networked PC’s at the server level, be capable of managing power consumption for each individual PC, and be capable of reporting energy savings results. This software is to be used as part of a customer’s system-wide best practice strategy for energy efficiency.
6 Software must be able to: detect and alter power management settings of connected PCs, allow for the grouping and scheduling of connected PCs with similar operating patterns, be capable of shutting down groups of PCs according to user-defined schedules. Only educational institutions and libraries are eligible.
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Table C-29 Refrigeration Equipment Measures Utility Incentive Levels
Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista Idaho Power Nevada Power PG&E PSE Seattle City Light
Anti-Sweat Heater
Controls $40/door $200/unit $20/linear ft $40/door $14/linear ft $14/linear ft $14/linear ft;
$26/linear ft 1 $70/door
Auto Closer for Main
Refrigerator/Freezer
Doors
-- -- Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer
Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer -- Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer
Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer --
Auto Closer for Reach-in
Refrigerator/Freezer
Doors
-- -- Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer
Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer -- Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer
Cooler: $40/closer;
Freezer: $50/closer --
Door Gaskets on Glass
Doors -- -- Cooler: $4/linear ft;
Freezer: $7/linear ft $7/linear ft -- $4/linear ft Cooler: $5/linear ft;
Freezer: $7/linear ft --
Door Gaskets on Solid
Doors -- -- Cooler: $4/linear ft;
Freezer: $7/linear ft $7/linear ft -- $4/linear ft Cooler: $5/linear ft;
Freezer: $7/linear ft --
Evaporator Fan
Controller for Walk-in
Coolers
-- -- $75/controller $25/fan -- $75/controller --
High-efficiency Doors for
Low Temperature
Display Cases
-- -- $50/door -- -- $50/door -- --
High-efficiency Open
Display Cases -- -- $20/linear ft -- $20/linear ft $20/linear ft --
High-efficiency Reach-In
Display Cases -- -- $100/linear ft;
$150/linear ft 4
$150/linear ft;
$55/linear ft;
$100/linear ft 5
-- $200/linear ft $55/linear ft;
$150/linear ft 4 --
Insulation for Bare
Suction Lines -- -- $1/linear ft $1/linear ft -- $1/linear ft $1/linear ft --
Night Covers for Open
Vertical and Horizontal
Display Cases
-- $10/linear ft V: $9/linear ft;
H: $5/linear ft
V: $9/linear ft;
H: $5/linear ft $8/linear ft $9/linear ft V: $9/linear ft;
H: $5/linear ft
V: $20/linear ft;
H: $8/linear ft
High-efficiency Multiplex
Compressor System -- -- $300/ton $300/ton -- $300/ton $300/ton --
Dock Door Seals for
Electrically Heated
Spaces
-- -- $45/linear ft of door
perimeter -- -- -- -- --
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Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista Idaho Power Nevada Power PG&E PSE Seattle City Light
Dock Door Seals for
Freezers -- -- $60/linear ft of door
perimeter -- -- -- -- --
Dock Door Seals for
Refrigerators -- -- $10/linear ft of door
perimeter -- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Cooler
Doors -- -- $30/sq ft -- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Freezer
Doors -- -- $80/sq ft -- -- -- -- --
Strip Curtains for Walk-
in Units and Refrigerated
Warehouse Spaces
-- $5/linear ft $10/sq ft -- $3/sq ft $3/sq ft $10/sq ft $3/sq ft
Cooler Condenser Fan
VFD -- -- $190/motor hp;
$100/motor hp 2 -- -- -- -- --
Freezer Condenser Fan
VFD -- -- $190/motor hp;
$100/motor hp2 -- -- -- -- --
Compressor VFD -- -- $70/compressor hp -- -- -- -- --
Evaporator Fan VFD -- -- $280/motor hp -- -- -- -- --
Auxiliary Evaporative
Condenser -- -- $410/condenser
ton -- -- -- -- --
High efficiency
Compressors -- -- $45/ton -- -- $45/ton $45/ton --
High-efficiency
Condensers -- -- $110/ton $100/ton;
$200/ton 3 -- $110/ton $110/ton --
New Evaporative
Condenser -- -- $195/ton $200/ton -- $195/ton $195/ton --
Central Computer
Refrigeration Control -- -- $80/compressor hp -- -- -- -- --
Electronic Compressor
Unloading Control -- -- $80/compressor hp -- -- -- -- --
Floating Condenser
Head Pressure Controls -- -- $60/hp $60/hp -- $60/hp With VFD: $70/hp;
Without VFD: $50/hp --
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Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista Idaho Power Nevada Power PG&E PSE Seattle City Light
Floating Suction
Pressure Controller -- -- $10/compressor hp $10/compressor hp -- $10/compressor hp $10/compressor hp --
1 PSE offers $14/linear ft with energy management system, $26/linear ft without energy management system
2 Avista offers an incentive through the Refrigerated Warehouse Program as well as through the EnergySmart program
3 Values are for air or water cooled condensers and evaporative condensers respectively.
4 Values are for replacing a standard coffin case and a standard reach-in case respectively.
5 Values are for replacing standard low temperature reach-in or open cases, low temperature coffins, and medium temperature open cases respectively.
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Table C-30 Refrigeration Equipment Measures Utility Minimum Eligibility Requirements
Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista Idaho Power Nevada Power PG&E PSE Seattle City Lights
Anti-Sweat Heater
Controls
Humidity
sensing
controls
Humidity
sensing
controls
50% savings increase
Humidity or
condensation
sensing controls
Humidity or
condensation
sensing
controls
Humidity sensing
controls
50% savings
increase
Humidity
Sensing
Controls
Auto Closer for Main
Refrigerator/Freezer
Doors
-- -- -- Must close from 1"
or more open -- Must close from 1" or
more open
Must close from 1"
or more open --
Auto Closer for Reach-
in Refrigerator/Freezer
Doors
-- -- Minimum 16’ door perimeter Minimum 15’ door
perimeter -- Minimum 16’ door
perimeter
Minimum 16’ door
perimeter --
Door Gaskets on Glass
Doors -- -- Must meet manufacturers
specifications
Must meet
manufacturers
specifications
--
Must meet
manufacturers
specifications
Must meet
manufacturers
specifications
--
Door Gaskets on Solid
Doors -- -- Must meet manufacturers
specifications
Must meet
manufacturers
specifications
--
Must meet
manufacturers
specifications
Must meet
manufacturers
specifications
--
Evaporator Fan
Controller for Walk-in
Coolers1
-- -- Minimum fan control of 1/20
hp. Reduce power by 75%
Minimum fan
control of 1/20 hp.
Reduce power by
75%
--
Minimum fan control
of 1/20 hp. Reduce
power by 75%
-- --
High-efficiency Doors
for Low Temperature
Display Cases
-- --
Doors with low/no ASH. Door
current at 120 volts<0.39
amps/ linear ft
-- --
Doors with low/no
ASH. Door current at
120 volts<0.39 amps/
linear ft
-- --
High-efficiency Open
Display Cases -- -- Motors, lighting, and set point
specifications13 -- --
Motors, lighting, and
set point
specifications13
Motors, lighting, and
set point
specifications13
--
High-efficiency Reach-
In Display Cases -- --
T-8 lamps with electronic
ballasts, ECM motors, and
low/no anti-sweat double
paned doors.
T-8 lamps with
electronic ballasts,
ECM motors,
low/no anti-sweat
doors, and suction
temp increase of
3°F
--
T-8 lamps with
electronic ballasts,
ECM motors, and
low/no anti-sweat
double paned doors.
T-8 lamps with
electronic ballasts,
ECM motors, low/no
anti-sweat door or
triple paned doors
with ASH control
--
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Insulation for Bare
Suction Lines 3 -- -- Any line size 2.25" lines or
smaller -- 1.625" lines or smaller Any line size --
Night Covers for Open Vertical and Horizontal
Display Cases 4
-- Cover an open
case
Cover in use for minimum 6
hours daily
Cover in use for minimum 6 hours
daily
Cover an
open case
Cover in use for minimum 6 hours
daily
Cover in use for minimum 6 hours
daily
Cover an
open case
High-efficiency
Multiplex Compressor
System
-- -- Must meet TD specs and
have floating head control11
Must have floating
head control,
staged or VFD fan,
5°F subcooling12
--
Must meet TD specs
and have floating
head control and 5°F
subcooling11
Must meet TD specs
and have floating
head control and 5°F
subcooling11
--
Dock Door Seals for
Electrically Heated
Spaces
-- -- Install dock door seal 6 -- -- -- -- --
Dock Door Seals for
Freezers -- -- Install dock door seal 6 -- -- -- -- --
Dock Door Seals for
Refrigerators -- -- Install dock door seal 6 -- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Cooler
Doors -- --
Bi-fold doors must switch in
1.5s and roll-up doors must
switch 4s with R-value ≥4
-- -- -- -- --
Fast-Acting Freezer
Doors -- --
Bi-fold doors must switch in
1.5s and roll-up doors must
switch in 4s with R-value≥4
-- -- -- -- --
Strip Curtains for Walk-
in Units and
Refrigerated
Warehouse Spaces5
--
Add strip
curtains
to open
doorway
Add strip curtains to open
doorway --
Add strip
curtains to
open doorway
Add strip curtains to
open doorway --
Add strip
curtains to
open doorway
Cooler Condenser Fan
VFD -- -- Install VFD on condenser fan -- -- -- -- --
Freezer Condenser
Fan VFD -- -- Install VFD on condenser fan -- -- -- -- --
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Compressor VFD -- -- Install VFD on compressor -- -- -- -- --
Evaporator Fan VFD -- -- Install VFD on evaporator fan -- -- -- -- --
Auxiliary Evaporative
Condenser -- -- Augment air-cooled or evap
condenser -- -- -- -- --
High efficiency
Compressors8 -- -- Install disc valve or Discus
Compressor -- -- Install disc valve or
Discus Compressor
Install disc valve or
Discus Compressor --
High-efficiency
Condensers -- --
Must meet TD specs with
EER>105, floating head
control, 5°F subcooling9
Must meet TD
specs with floating
head controls and
5°F subcooling10
--
Must meet TD specs
with floating head
controls and 5°F
subcooling10
Must meet TD specs
with EER>105,
floating head control,
5°F subcooling9
--
New Evaporative
Condenser -- -- Must have 25°F TD. Only
available in dry climates
Must have 25F TD
and EER>240 -- Must have 25F temp
difference14
Must have 25°F TD.
Only available in dry
climates
--
Central Computer
Refrigeration Control -- -- Reduce head 22 psig and
boost suction pressure 4 psig -- -- -- -- --
Electronic Compressor
Unloading Control -- -- Boost suction pressure 10
psig -- -- -- -- --
Floating Condenser
Head Pressure
Controls 2
-- --
Variable pressure with
minimum saturated temp<70°
F
Variable pressure
with minimum
saturated temp<70°
F
--
Variable pressure with
minimum saturated
temp<70° F
Variable pressure
with minimum
saturated temp<70°
F
--
Floating Suction
Pressure Controller7 -- -- Use highest pressure to
maintain set- point temps
Use highest
pressure to
maintain set- point
temps
--
Use highest pressure
to maintain set- point
temps
Use highest
pressure to maintain
set- point temps
--
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Measure Alliant Energy APS Avista Idaho Power Nevada Power PG&E PSE Seattle City Lights
1 Hp reduction is when operating continuously at full speed. Power reduction is when operating at reduced speed.
2 Most utilities require evaporative condensers to use VFDs and air-cooled condensers to use VFD or 3 staged fans. Idaho power requires staged or VFD fan control, but does not differentiate between air-cooled and evaporative condensers.
3 Low temp lines: 1" insulation. Medium temp lines: 3/4" insulation. Insulation must be closed cell nitrite rubber or equivalent R-value. Lines exposed to the elements must be jacketed with medium gauge
aluminum. New construction is not eligible.
4 All utilities recommend covers that include small perforations to decrease moisture build-up. It is also recommended that compressor capacity reduction mechanisms be considered. PSE requires covers to
have a 1 year manufacturer’s guarantee against defects.
5 No utilities offer incentive for replacement of old strip curtains.
6 Seals requiring blowers to inflate are not eligible.
7 For multiplex systems only
8 All utilities require an evaporator temperature of -10°F or less to be eligible for this incentive.
9 Air-cooled condenser must use 3 staged fans or VFD and have TD<8°F for low temperature and TD<13°F for medium temperature systems. Evaporative condenser must use VFD and have TD<18°F.
10 Air or water cooled condensers may have 3 staged fans or VFD, must have TD<10°F for low temperature, TD<15°F for medium temperature systems and an EER>105. Evaporative condensers must have VFD,
TD<25°F, and an EER>240.
11 Air cooled condenser must have VFD or staged fans and a TD<10°F for low temperature and TD<15°F for medium temperature systems. Evaporative condenser must have TD<25°F and VFD.
12 Disc valve compressors replacing reed valve compressors can qualify when evaporator temperature is < -10°F
13 Cases must have ECM fan motors, T-8 lamps with electronic ballasts, high efficiency evaporators with set conditions as follows: Produce≥29°F, Deli/Dairy≥26°F, Meat≥22°F. Must raise suction temperature by
at least 3°F
14 Only available in California Energy Commission climate zones CZ09-CZ15

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Appendix D Lighting Utility Program Measure Information

Table D-1 Lighting Existing Measure Review
Baseline fixture Proposed Fixture Unit Incentive (tariff) Max Incentive Min Incentive Incentive Flag Average Incentive
1LF40T12Mag 1LF32T8Elec $5.00 $35.00 $3.00 $9.16
1LF40T12Mag Prem 1T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $10.00 $35.00 $4.00 $9.92
1LF40T12Mag Prem 1T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $10.00 $35.00 $4.00 $9.92
1LF96T12Mag Prem 2T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $20.00 $45.00 $4.00 $11.65
2LF40T12Mag 2LF32T8Elec $5.00 $35.00 $5.00 Increase $11.06
2LF40T12Mag Prem 1T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $15.00 $35.00 $5.00 $12.14
2LF40T12Mag Prem 2T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $10.00 $35.00 $5.00 $11.55
2LF40T12Mag Prem 2T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $10.00 $35.00 $5.00 $11.55
2LF96T12HOMag 2LF96T8HOElect $15.00 $35.00 $4.00 $18.22
1LF96T12Mag 1LF96T8Elect $10.00 $35.00 $4.00 $11.36
2LF96T12Mag 2LF96T8Elect $10.00 $35.00 $4.00 $14.13
2LF96T12Mag Prem 4T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $20.00 $50.00 $4.00 $16.33
2LF96T12Mag Prem 4T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $20.00 $50.00 $4.00 $16.33
3LF40T12Mag 2LF32T8Elec $15.00 $50.00 $5.00 $16.94
3LF40T12Mag 3LF32T8Elec $10.00 $40.00 $5.00 $15.19
3LF40T12Mag Prem 1T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $20.00 $20.00 $5.00 $10.89
3LF40T12Mag Prem 3T8 < 30W Lmp 0.8 BF $15.00 $40.00 $5.00 $15.08
3LF40T12Mag Prem 3T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $15.00 $40.00 $5.00 $15.08
4LF32T8Elec Prem 4T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $15.00 $40.00 $5.00 $18.33
4LF40T12 Mag 2LF32T8Elec $25.00 $50.00 $5.00 $19.06
4LF40T12 Mag 3LF32T8Elec $15.00 $50.00 $5.00 $19.22
Appendix D Lighting Utility Program Measure Information
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho D-2
Baseline fixture Proposed Fixture Unit Incentive (tariff) Max Incentive Min Incentive Incentive Flag Average Incentive
4LF40T12 Mag 4LF32T8Elec $10.00 $40.00 $5.00 $16.33
4LF40T12 Mag Prem 2T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $30.00 $50.00 $5.00 $18.72
4LF40T12 Mag Prem 2T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $30.00 $50.00 $5.00 $18.72
4LF40T12 Mag Prem 3T8 < 30W Lmp 0.8 BF $20.00 $50.00 $5.00 $18.86
4LF40T12 Mag Prem 3T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $20.00 $50.00 $5.00 $18.86
4LF40T12 Mag Prem 4T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $15.00 $40.00 $5.00 $16.30
4LF40T12 Mag Prem 4T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $15.00 $40.00 $5.00 $16.30
Exit FL Exit LED $15.00 $35.00 $15.00 $21.00
Exit Incan Exit elctro/luminescent $15.00 $35.00 $6.00 $21.11
Exit Incan Exit LED $15.00 $35.00 $6.00 $21.11
HPS250 4LF32T8Elec $75.00 $80.00 $30.00 $57.00
HPS400 6LF32T8Elec/Highbay $75.00 $160.00 $30.00 $80.00
HPS400 6LF55T5HO $75.00 $75.00 $30.00 $58.33
HPS400 MHPS320 $75.00 $100.00 $25.00 $51.88
Incandescent <10 W Hardwired CFL Fixture $10.00 $20.00 $1.75 $8.46
Incandescent ≥10<20 W Hardwired CFL Fixture $15.00 $20.00 $1.75 $8.79
Incandescent ≥20 W Hardwired CFL Fixture $20.00 $25.00 $1.75 $14.28
Incandescent100W CFL17W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent100W CFL22W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent100W CFL27W/screw-in $2.00 $6.00 $1.75 $2.82
Incandescent100W CFL42W/screw-in $2.00 $5.00 $1.75 $2.79
Incandescent150W CFL42W/screw-in $2.00 $12.00 $1.75 $4.11
Incandescent300W CFL30W/screw-in $2.00 $6.00 $1.75 $3.25
Incandescent40W Exit LED $15.00 $35.00 $6.00 $21.11
Incandescent60W CFL12W /screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent60W CFL14W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent60W CFL15W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent60W CFL17W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent60W CFL20W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent60W CFL22W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho D-3
Baseline fixture Proposed Fixture Unit Incentive (tariff) Max Incentive Min Incentive Incentive Flag Average Incentive
Incandescent60W CFL26W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent60W CFL27W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.13
Incandescent75W CFL12W /screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL14W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL15W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL17W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL19W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL20W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL22W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL25W/screw-in $2.00 $3.00 $1.75 $2.25
Incandescent75W CFL26W/screw-in $2.00 $6.00 $1.75 $2.68
MH1000 6LF55T5HO $75.00 $150.00 $30.00 $96.00
MH1000 MHPS750 $100.00 $150.00 $30.00 $89.29
MH400 6LF32T8Elec/Highbay- $75.00 $160.00 $60.00 $89.29
MH250 MHPS175 $60.00 $100.00 $25.00 $49.17
MH250 4LF32T8Elec $75.00 $80.00 $40.00 $66.00
MH400 4LF55T5HO $75.00 $160.00 $40.00 $87.86
MH400 4LF55T5HO/OCS $75.00 $160.00 $40.00 $87.86
MH400 6LF32T8Elec/Highbay $75.00 $160.00 $40.00 $86.43
MH400 6LF32T8Elec/Highbay/OCS $75.00 $160.00 $40.00 $86.43
MH400 6LF55T5HO $75.00 $75.00 $30.00 $52.50
MH400 MHPS320 $75.00 $100.00 $30.00 $58.57
MV400 4LF55T5HO $75.00 $160.00 $60.00 $92.86
MH250 3LF55T5HO $70.00 $75.00 $40.00 $57.50
1LF40T12Mag 1LF28T5 NA $10.00 $4.25 $6.35
2LF40T12Mag 2LF28T5 NA $10.00 $5.00 $7.20
3LF40T12Mag 3LF28T5 NA $16.00 $5.00 $10.75
4LF40T12 Mag 2LF55T5HO $25.00 $20.50 $5.00 Decrease $12.63
Indoor Incandescent or Neon < 2’ high LED Channel Signage - Indoor Red <
2’ high $4.00/ft $20.00 $4.00 $13.00
Appendix D Lighting Utility Program Measure Information
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho D-4
Baseline fixture Proposed Fixture Unit Incentive (tariff) Max Incentive Min Incentive Incentive Flag Average Incentive
Indoor Incandescent or Neon > 2’ high LED Channel Signage - Indoor Red >
2’ high $6.00/ft $20.00 $6.00 $13.67
Outdoor Incandescent or Neon < 2’ high LED Channel Signage - Outdoor Red
< 2’ high $2.00/ft $20.00 $2.00 $12.33
Outdoor Incandescent or Neon > 2’ high LED Channel Signage - Outdoor Red
> 2’ high $3.00/ft $15.00 $3.00 $9.00
non-controlled fixtures Occupancy Sensor Ceiling $30.00 $50.00 $0.12 $31.51
non-controlled fixtures Timer Control $20.00 $36.00 $0.12 $23.22

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2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho D-5
Table D-2 Lighting New Construction Measure Review
Proposed Fixture Unit Measure Incentive Max Rebate Min Rebate Average Rebate Flag
1LF28T5 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00 $10.00
2LF28T5 $25.00 $40.00 $10.00 $25.00
4LF55T5HO $60.00 $60.00 $10.00 $27.33
6LF32T8Elec/Highbay $45.00 $60.00 $12.00 $39.25
6LF55T5HO $60.00 $50.00 $12.00 $31.00 Decrease
MHPS320 $30.00 $60.00 $12.00 $32.33
MHPS400 $30.00 $70.00 $12.00 $35.67
Prem 2T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $7.00 $16.00 $1.25 $6.25
Prem 3T8 3100 lum<0.8 BF $10.00 $18.00 $1.25 $7.38
Prem 4T8 <30W Lmp 0.8 BF $10.00 $20.00 $1.25 $8.38
2LF55T5HO $20.00 $40.00 $10.00 $25.00

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Appendix E Trade Ally Marketing Guidelines
Trade ally marketing channels provide a cost-effective means of enhancing program
participation. Energy Efficiency Alliance participants have expressed confusion regarding the level of marketing allowed by the program, the process for approval of their marketing materials, and their ability to identify their business as a participant of the alliance. The following
guidelines have been established as a draft set of procedures from which to build a final version
for distribution.
1. Energy Efficiency Alliance Participants (Ally) may promote the availability of incentives from the FinAnswer Express program to customers who wish to upgrade their building or equipment. These guidelines apply to the program calendar year only. It is the Ally’s
responsibility to review the guidelines at the beginning of each calendar year at
www.rockymountainpower.net/idsave.
2. Ally shall not use Rocky Mountain Power’s or PacifiCorp’s corporate name, trademark, trade name, logo, identity or any affiliation for any reason (except as noted below), including soliciting customers, without Rocky Mountain Power’s prior written consent.
This shall apply to, but not be limited to: seller proposal forms; envelopes; business
cards; vehicle panels; telephone directories (including white pages, yellow pages and
business directories); trade publications; advertising (including newspaper, radio and television); door-to-door flyers; clothing; briefcases; clipboards; billboards; or mailings.
NOTE: Nexant recommends investigation of allowing a logo for use by trade ally that
relates to the program. If the Rocky Mountain Power logo is not acceptable for use,
consider the use of a specific program-level logo that pertains specifically to the
program. In this case, additional description regarding the proper use of the logo would
be substituted here.
3. There are some exceptions to the above usage rules. Participating allies may include the
following pre-approved FinAnswer Express program copy in public promotional materials.
Text listed in brackets {} is optional and may or may not be included at individual dealer’s
discretion:
― “Take advantage of incentives from Rocky Mountain Power when you install qualifying high-efficiency {lighting,HVAC,etc}equipment”
― “Incentives available from Rocky Mountain Power for qualifying
{lighting,HVAC,etc}equipment”
― “{ally name}, a participating vendor in Rocky Mountain Power’s FinAnswer Express
Energy Efficiency Alliance”
― “Take advantage of incentives from Rocky Mountain Power when you install new {lighting,HVAC,etc}equipment”

Appendix E Trade Ally Marketing Guidelines
2008 FinAnswer® Express Market Characterization and Program Enhancements – Idaho E-2
Websites
If an ally website is co-branded, the page(s) that mentions Rocky Mountain Power must include
a link to www.rockymountainpower.net/idsave.
Approval Process
Rocky Mountain Power will review ally materials at no cost. Any requests for such marketing
should be made to the program administrator with a minimum of 10 business days to review and provide written approval.
Cooperative Marketing
Rocky Mountain Power will also work with equipment manufacturers and distributors to
incorporate the Rocky Mountain Power name and logo into brand-specific materials for use by multiple allies. Any requests for such cooperative marketing should be made to the program administrator with a minimum of 10 business days to review and provide written approval.