20140113AVU to Staff 21,25,43-45,49,50,53,57,60-67.pdf

Avista Corp.
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Aun: Karl T. Klein
Deputy Attorney General
Re: Production Request of the Commission Staff in Case No. AVU-E-l3 -091G-13-02
Dear Mr. Klein,
Enclosed are an original and three copies of Avista's responses to IPUC Staffs production
requests in the above referenced docket. Included in this mailing are Avista's responses to
production requests 21r25, 43, 44, 45, 49r 50, 53, 57, and 60-67. The elechonic versions of the
responses were emailed on 0llt0ll4 and are also being provided in electronic format on the CD
included in this mailing.
If there are any questions regarding the enclosed information, please contact Paul Kimball at
[phone] or via e-mail at [e-mail]
Sincerelv-'2--
Paul Kimball
Regulatory Analyst
Enclosures
CC (Email): IPUC (Klein, English, Donohue, Karpavich)
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TNFORMATTON
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-I3-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StaffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-21
DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Lori Hermanson
DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
(50e) 49s-46s8
REQUEST:
Please explain the purpose of the General Population Survey and how it differs from the
Residential Building Stock Assessment (RBSA) conducted for the region by Northwest Energy
Effi ciency Alliance (NEEA).
RESPONSE:
The General Population study provided additional benefits and information not measured by the
RBSA. The RBSA sample was not statistically significant within Avista's service territory, while
the General Population Study was. The General Population study measured the saturation of
residential progftrms within our service territory, gathered market characterization data to inform
impact, process and market evaluations such as our periodic Conservation Potential Assessments.
In addition, the General Population study contrasts participants with non-participants. The
General Population Survey was the first market-sharacterization and saturation study performed
for Avista's service territory.
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQTIEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StaffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-25
DATE PREPARED: 0110912014
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
David Thompson/ Gr eta Zir.Jr.
DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
(s09) 49s-46s8
REQUEST:
Please explain why the electric Energy Smart grocer program does not use energy savings
estimates from the RTF. If Avista believes that the program mechanism or delivery method is
substantially different from what the RTF evaluated, please explain the differences in detail.
RESPONSE:
The Energy Smart grocer program used the energy savings values provided by PECI as a
component of their management of this third-party progam. During the2010-2012 program years,
Avista was in the process of developing its Technical Reference Manual (TRM) that compiled the
results from Impact Evaluations. This TRM was intended to represent the most accurate valuation
of energy effrciency acquisition relative to the program's delivery method and impact within
Avista's service territory. The Regional Technical Forum's (RTF) body of work was used as a
principal input to the TRM development.
Following the filing of the Company's Biennial Conservation Report for 2010-2011 in
Washington, direction was given to Avista to leverage the RTF's unit energy savings information
wherever possible in late 2012. At this time, the priority of Impact Evaluations was shifted to the
use of RTF values for any program that was determined to be consistent with the methods
described by the RTF. The RTF-based approach became standard practice with Idaho programs
beginning in2014.
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09iAVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StaffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-43
DATE PREPARED: 0l/0912013
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Bruce Folsom
DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
(s09) 495-8706
REQUEST:
Please provide all internal communications that led to the Company's decision to dissolve the
independence of the internal evaluation and the implementation teams.
RESPONSE:
Please see Staff PR_43 Attachments A and B that summarize the outcomes from meetings held to
help clarify roles and responsibilities of the intemal evaluation and the implementationteams. The
internal evaluation team will continue to engage independent EM&V contractors as outlined in
Avista's EM&V Framework and in Avista's soon-to-be-released EM&V RFP for the 2014-2015
period. "Internal evaluation" is one function, of several, performed by Avista's Policy, Planning
and Analysis (PPA) Team. The PPA Team provides, and was always intended to provide, internal
planning and analysis for the Implementation Team. The meetings summarized in the two
PowerPoint Documents further supported that planning (e.g., integrated resource planning and
annual DSM business planning and budgeting) and analysis (i.e., cost-effectiveness
determinations, tariff calculation support, compliance reporting, etc.) are shared activities.
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AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StaffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-44
DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Bruce Folsom
DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
(s09) 49s-8706
REQUEST:
Please explain why Avista never discussed the change in the independent status of the internal
evaluation team with Avista's Energy Efficiency Advisory group.
RESPONSE:
Management decisions regarding potential improvements for internally aligning Avista's Policy,
Planning and Analysis (PPA) Team with the Implementation Team remain ongoing and are part of
the review of roles and responsibility initiative and when the review is complete, the Company will
certainly discuss any further changes with its Energy Efficiency Advisory group. As noted in the
Avista's response to StafLPR_43, the PPA team will continue to engage with independent EM&V
contractors. The internal evaluation is one function, of several, performed by Avista's PPA Team
and was always intended to provide, intemal planning and analysis for the Implementation Team.
AVISTA CORPORATION
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JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: Bruce FolsomTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
REQUEST NO.: Staff-45 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please explain how Avista's intemal evaluation team can effectively evaluate the work of Avista's
implementation team if it is no longer independent from the implementation team.
RESPONSE:
Independent evaluation of Avista's Implementation Team is performed by third-party contractors
with the Avista's Policy, Planning and Analysis (PPA) Team continuing to be accountable for
managing the evaluation, measurement and verification (EM&V) third-party contracts. The
changes being made as a result of the roles and responsibility review regarding the independence
role of the PPA Team was intended to provide for increased sharing of information thereby
improving the technical review process and increasing the effectiveness of the both teams.
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-I3-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StafTTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-49
DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Bruce Folsom
DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
(s09) 49s-8706
REQUEST:
The planned process improvements include a Technical Review and Administrative Review
(formalized as "Top Sheets"), both of which are conducted by the implementation team. Please
explain how having the implementation team check its own work is a suffrcient replacement for
the previously independent review of the PPA group.
RESPONSE:
The Top Sheet procedures accomplish multiple improvements. This provides a structured
documentation protocol for each project. It ensures second review, at a minimum, for each project.
This procedure places quality assurance at the source, or beginning, of a project as a
'obest-practice" with the intent of increasing quality control. Third-party contractors perform the
independent review.
To complement the deployment of the Top Sheet procedures within the Implementation team for
project, policy, and contract review, the PPA team also performs an internal review of a subset of
completed site-specific and prescriptive projects. The projects selected for internal review are
generally randomly selected. The information resulting from the internal review is communicated
back to the Implementation Team to be incorporated into the continuous process improvement
activities.
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR TNFORMATTON
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
CASE NO: AVU-E-I3-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: Bruce FolsomTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
REQUEST NO.: Staff-50 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please explain how having the evaluation team "spot check" the implementation team's work after
the project has entered into a contract or after the incentive has been paid protects ratepayers
against funding imprudent incentive expenses.
RESPONSE:
The referenced o'spot checks" are for process improvement regarding future projects. This is a
means to review appropriate protocols to ensure compliance measures are in place for
documentation of source data and calculations. This allows for improved controls and corrective
actions for incentive expenses.
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StaffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-53
DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Patrick Lynch
Energy Solutions
(s09) 4es-4246
REQUEST:
Please provide the number of employees or FTEs by whichthe natural gas DSM team was reduced
after the suspension of Idaho natural gas DSM. If there was no reduction in staff, please explain
why not.
RESPONSE:
Avista does not have a separate o'natural gas DSM team." Program delivery supports measures
that may be dual-fuel. For example, residential programs are offered for new construction or
existing homes and have both electric and natural gas measures. Electric and natural gas projects
are integrated and natural gas savings often follow electric savings in project analysis. We still
continue to run natural gas programs in Washington and we continue to manage natural gas DSM
contracts as they wind down in Idaho, though we are not charging any natural gas DSM labor to
Idaho customers. With all that said, we have reduced DSM staff by 2 % positions in the past year:
1 DSM program manager; 1 DSM engineering tech; and I commercial-industrial account
executive who charged 25 percent of his time to DSM.
AYISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StaffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-57
DATE PREPARED: 0110812014
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Jon Powell
DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
(s09) 49s-4047
REQUEST:
Please provide the amount of measures ("legacy measures") and incentives that were paid after
each DSM tariff revision from 2010 through 2012. Please provide the date the rebate was
calculated and subsequently processed.
RESPONSE:
Please see Staff PR_57 Attachment A. The Company established transition policies to govern the
treatment of site-specific projects impacted by (1) the imposition of a l3 year maximum energy
simple payback in Schedules 90 and 190 revisions; and (2) the suspension of incentives available
under Schedule 190. Projects paid after the effective date of this tariff that would not otherwise
qualifu are defined as "legacy" projects.
The site-specific projects paid during the 2010-2012 period under these two "legacy" provisions
sum to $728,471in total payments.
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQTTEST FOR TNFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110912014
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: Lori HermansonTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
REQUEST NO.: Staff-60 TELEPHONE: [phone]s9
REQUEST:
Please explain how Idaho ratepayers benefit from paying for a Conservation Potential Assessment
every two years.
RESPONSE:
The updated potential studies incorporate changes in measure/equipment pricing, saturation levels,
updates in market characteristic, known impacts from codes and standards, changes in levels of
non-incentive utility costs, updates in unit energy savings (UES), as well as changes in Avista's
assumptions such as anticipated changes in retail rates, customer growth, weather forecast and
other variables such as income data, home sizes, persons per households, price elasticity's, and
changes in avoided costs. Avista has transitioned from completing this intemally to contracting
with an independent contractor to perform this assessment.
AYISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQTTEST FOR INT'ORMATTON
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110712014
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: David ThompsonTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
REQUESTNO.: Staff-61 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please explain Avista's "new approach" for reviewing site-specific projects (Cadmus memo,
August 2,2013).
RESPONSE:
Please see Avista's response to Staff PR_49.
AYISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQIIEST FOR TNFORMATTON
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110312013
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: Tom LienhardTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: Energy Solutions
REQUEST NO.: Staff-62 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please explain how the 2012 claimed energy savings for the non-residential Standby Generator
Block Heater program increased by 54% from 2011, but only increased by I rebate (from 4 rebates
in 2011 to 5 rebates in20l2).
RESPONSE:
The savings for each Standby Generator Block Heater rebate are calculated individually using the
engine liter size and if they are located in a conditioned or unconditioned space. Each rebate will
differ depending on the individual factors involved. For example, one customer rebate was for a
50 liter engine in a conditioned space with a savings of 1,034 kWh/yr and another customer rebate
was for a 6.6 liter engine in an unconditioned space with a savings of 1,867 kWh/yr. The table
below includes all Idaho standby block heaters for 201I and2012:
lncentive Payment MeasureElec Kwh Date Cost Liters Space
50
50
16
400
400
400
400
06-L7-20Lt
07-22-20LL
07-22-201L
08-L2-20L7
s1,250.54
52,st3.z7
52,693.97
Sooz.so
7867
LO34
1034
2239
6.6 Unconditioned
Conditioned
Conditioned
Unconditioned
2011 total
400
400
400
400
400
07-L3-2072
o7-t3-2072
07-L3-20L2
07-L3-20L2
04-27-2072
5s6e.oo
Ssoa.zs
ss68.7s
s1,178.84
s8s6.s0
6L74
1873
2000
1988
1885
1696
4.4 Unconditioned
8.7 Unconditioned
8.3 Unconditioned
7.5 Unconditioned
2.5 Unconditioned
2012 total 9442
AYISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: ' IPUC StaffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-63
DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Bruce Folsom
DSM
(s09) 4es-8706
REQUEST NO. 63:
How many educational training sessions did the Company host for Residential New Construction
vendors? Please provide the information by year and location.
RESPONSE:
Educating Residential New Construction vendors about Avista's programs continues to be an
on-going commitment. This education aims to provide information about program availability,
requirements and rebate levels. The education component is presented in a variety of formats;
from scheduling one on one meetings with a contractor, vendor or builder group, presenting at
trade shows and association meetings, to hosting the Company's own information session. In
2010 and 2011, most of the outreach was through the commercial account executive (AE)
responsible for the builder/developer segment. ln2012, an expanded and more formalized effort
for vendor outreach was established, in addition to the ongoing AE efforts. Avista also supported
NEEA's regional emphasis on new homes which included its own outreach efforts.
Avista vendor outreach events, formalized in 2012, provided an overview of rebates including
those related to new construction. During the timeframe in question, new construction rebates
were available for high efficiency equipment (e.g. furnaces, boilers, heat pumps, hot water heaters,
variable speed motors) or Energy Star certified homes. Below is a list of the events that would
have incorporated a reference to programs or rebates available for new construction projects.
Vendor Outreach 2010
Every Little Bit campaign - a multi-year effort that involved television, print, radio, billboard
and website information throughout the year explaining different ways people can make small
energy efficiency improvements to their homes. Call to action always involved at a minimum a
link to the everylittlebit.com website where more details about programs were listed.
Builder/Developer Meetin gs
The commercial Account Executive responsible for builders and developers met with those
entities and contractor associations (i.e. North Idaho Building Contractors Association, Panhandle
Building Council, Spokane Home Builders Association) in primarily one on one meeting formats
throughout the year to educate on Avista's Energy Star Home rebate. Interested builders were
referred to the NEEA regional program that trained builders and certified homes. Green built
homes and incentives were promoted in the 2010 Homebuilder shows in Spokane and Coeur d'
Alene.
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Vendor Outreach 2011
Every Little Bit campaign - ongoing effort as described for 2010.
Builder/Developer Meetings
Builder meetings also included efforts to re-write local Built Green certification requirements to
incorporate Energy Star and increase throughput. In addition, there was coordination with North
Idaho Builders Contractors Association to display an Energy Star certified home in the
construction phase. The home was made available to the general public, realtors multiple listing
service and appraisers to showthe components involved in this type of construction. The Company
also participated in the "At Home in North Idaho Expo" at the Coeur d' Alene Resort; a free event
to the public that offered information about building products, buying and selling homes that
included builders and developers.
Vendor Outreach 2012
Every Little Bit campaign - ongoing effort as described for 2010 and 2011.
Builder/Developer Meetings
On-going involvement with builders, developers and contractor associations to continue the
discussion around green building and promotion of Energy Star Home rebates. Avista met with
and co-promoted Energy Star Homes with the local utility co-op in north Idaho.
Avista Sponsored Meetings
Face to face and webinar presentations to vendor groups in Idaho and Washington that provided a
general overview of the Company's rebate programs and more detailed information involving
residential and commercial opportunities. Total vendors attended: 103
Feb. 1Oth
Feb 24th
Feb 28th
Mar. Tth
Mar. 20th
June 20tr
June22"d
June 27th
Residential and General Program Meeting - Spokane
l0 vendors attended
Commercial Lighting Meeting - Spokane
12 vendors attended
Webinar Commercial_Li ghting
l2 vendors attended
Residential and General Program Meeting - Coeur d' Alene
7 vendors attended
Commercial Lighting Meeting - Lewiston
9 vendors attended
Residential and General Program Meeting - Lewiston
I I vendors attended
Webinar Residential and General Program
7 vendors attended
Commercial Lighting Meeting - Spokane (NW TAN)
35 vendors attended
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AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO
CASE NO: AVU-E-I3-09/AVU-G-13-02
REQUESTER: IPUC StAffTYPE: Production Request
REQUEST NO.: Staff-64
DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
WITNESS:
RESPONDER:
DEPARTMENT:
TELEPHONE:
Bruce Folsom
DSM
(s09) 49s-8706
REQUEST NO. 64:
Why did the Residential Energy Star Homes program decline by over 50% from 2010? What
outreach was done by the Company to solicit participants? Please delineate by year.
RESPONSE:
Energy Star Homes is a regional program offered by NEEA that has its own outreach, training and
certification process. Avista has also promoted the Energy Star Homes rebate and encouraged
builders to learn more about the regional training and certification. Anecdotally, Avista found that
most Energy Star Homes builders used the program to promote energy effrciency and differentiate
their product, especially when the new homes market was robust. Furthermore, as new
construction starts declined local builders began building smaller and lower first cost homes at the
expense of energy efficiency upgrades. This is supported by the regional program findings.
According to the *2012 NEEA Northwest Energy Star Homes Market Progress Evaluation
Report" the Energy Star Homes program was declining throughout the region. Higher costs for
Energy Star homes are a key purchasing barrier as the regional homes market softened and existing
home prices were on the decline. Although homebuyers value energy efficiency and will pay
somewhat more for it, they remain very cost-conscious and can quickly be priced out of the market
they want to buy into. Energy Star homes also appear to be targeted by higher-income households
and broader market transformation will require selling more program homes to lower-income
households when the housing market expands. Increasing state energy codes are a goal of the
program, but also make it difficult to achieve high program market share, since the program is
leading a changing market. Lastly, compared to 2009, builder recruitment into the Energy Star
Homes program declined in Washington indicating there may be fewer builders building to Energy
Star standards in our service tenitory.
Please see the Company's response to StaflPR_63 for a broader overview of outreach on rebates,
including new construction. Below is a summary of outreach directed at builders to encourage
participation in Energy Star Homes.
2010
A variety of meetings were scheduled throughout 2010 with local and regional organizations as
well as monthly presentations at various home builder events (i.e. North Idaho Building and
Contractors Association, Spokane Home Builders Association and Panhandle Building Council).
Outreach promoted Energy Star Home building through on-going "Green'o Building programs
through each association. The Avista Builder/Developer Account Executive sat on the Green
Building Council Board for both Home Builders Associations in Spokane and Coeur d' Alene in
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an effort to promote higher construction standards through Energy Star and to communicate
information about the Energy Star Homes rebate. Both organizations held "Green" Home shows
that year specifically to promote Energy Star homes and sustainable building practices. The
Company also hosted a booth at the Premier Home Improvement Show and featured Energy Star
Home rebates as part of the four day event.
20rt
The recession continued for the 3'd year in our region and bank lending criteria tightened creating a
large decline in overall new home construction starts; this resulted in a significant decline in
certification for Energy Star. Many builders who may have been certified began to drop from the
program or fell out of the industry all together. Conversations with local inspectors and certif,rers
for Energy Star reported that builders and end-users were making decisions based on limited
funding. There were also a limited number of qualified home buyers at the time who were
challenged to qualify for the additional costs to build to Energy Star specifications. Outreach
continued through the monthly builder networking meetings. The Company continued to identify
ways to showcase the value of Energy Star certification by meeting with local realtors and
appraisers to see if there was an opportunity to designate Energy Star certified homes on the MLS
system.
2012
The lack of builder participation has caused both home builders organizations to step away from
the promotion of green building practice as many builders are filing bankruptcy. The Company
relies on the regional effort through NEEA's Northwest Energy Star Homes to assist with
promotion and implementation. Avista continues to attend monthly meetings with both home
builder associations green teams and promotes the Energy Star rebate availability but very little
construction is taking place. One builder has recently dropped their 100% Energy Star builder
status as the cost to meet Washington State Energy Star code in Idaho is too high and home buyers
are still seeking lower cost options.
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AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST F'OR INFORMATION
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110212014
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: Lori HermansonTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
REQUESTNO.: Staff-65 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please provide all labor costs charged to the DSM rider for DSM rider for the years 2008-2012,
both in dollar amount and as a percentage of total DSM expenditures.
RESPONSE:
Please see StafLPR_65 Attachment A for the Idaho electric and natural gas labor and labor
loadings charged to the DSM rider in dollar amount and as a percentage of total DSM expenditures
for the requested years.
PR-55 and PR-55 ldaho Labor as Percentage of Expenditures and ldaho FTE
Electric DSM Expense (S)
Natural Gas DSM Expense (S)
Electric Labor (S)
Natural Gas Labor ($)
Electric Labor % of Expenditures
Natural Gas Labor % of Expenditures
Electric Labor (FTE)
Natural Gas Labor (FTE)
2012
7,3OL,079
7,453,221
668,041
347,825
9Yo
24Yo
2011
7,269,052
1,960,552
685,098
393,415
9%
zo%
2010
5,44L,L24
1,956,919
607,L36
378,L36
tlYo
L9%
2009
5,335,909
2,469,529
539,793
337,67L
LO%
t4%
2008
4,365,9L7
188,665
458,L97
265,L96
LO%
741Yo
4.86
2.s3
5.24
2.92
4.65
2.86
4.04
2.70
3.99
2.53
Staff_PR_65 Attach me nt A.xlsx Page 1 of 1
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST ['OR TNFORMATTON
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110212014
CASE NO: AVU-E-I3-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: Lori HermansonTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: DSM Policy, Planning & Analysis
REQUESTNO.: Sraff-66 TELEPHONE: [phone]
REQUEST:
Please provide the number of FTE's funded by the DSM rider for the years 2008-2012.
RESPONSE:
Please see Avista's response to Stafl PR_65 for the Idaho electric and natural gas FTE funded by
the DSM rider for the requested years.
AVISTA CORPORATION
RESPONSE TO REQUEST FOR INFORMATTON
JURISDICTION: IDAHO DATE PREPARED: 0110912013
CASE NO: AVU-E-13-09/AVU-G-13-02 WITNESS:
REQUESTER: IPUC Staff RESPONDER: Bruce FolsomTYPE: Production Request DEPARTMENT: DSM Policy, Plaruring & Analysis
REQUEST NO.: Staff-67 TELEPHONE: (509) 49s-8706
REQUEST:
Please indicate if there is an incentive threshold at which incentives require approval from the
intemal evaluation team or PPA team.
RESPONSE:
The PPA team does approve or disapprove incentives for the Implementation Team. The level of
"signing authority" for DSM expenditures, within the Implementation Team organization, mirrors
that of other Avista account payable procedures based on the amount of the payment.