20080715Proposal.pdf

OFFICE OF ENERGY RESOURCES
PAUL KJELLANDER
Administrator
322 East Front Street. P.O. Box 83720
Boise. Idaho 83720-0098
C.L. "BUTCH" OTTER
Governor
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Jean Jewell
Commission Secretar
Idaho Public Utilties Commission
472 W. Washington
PO Box 83720
Boise, ID 83720-0074
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Jean Jewell:
In response to Order No. 30588 (Notice of Status Conference), the Idaho Offce of Energy
Resources (OER) submits the attached proposal for your review. The proposal was prepared in
cooperation with Idaho Power Company (IPC) and the Idaho Deparment of Education (DOE).
This collaborative effort among OER, DOE, and IPC provides a level of established
accountability essential to ensuring that revenues for this project are used for the intended
purpose and can withstand audit review. Ultimately, this provides the IPUC with the necessar
protection to assure utility customers that sulfu dioxide (SOz) emission allowances identified for
this project are appropriately expended.
Specifically, this proposal establishes the OER as the lead agency for an Energy Education
project that utilizes $500,000 of the SOz proceeds referenced in Case No. IPC-E-08-1 1. The
project has two main thrsts: an energy effciency curculum component and an enhanced
energy efficiency funding element. Both efforts are consistent with the intent and scope of the
IPUC's recent orders.
The energy effciency curiculum component has two distinct phases. The fist phase identifies
teachers who wil work with the DOE to identify a curculum, adjust it to meet Idaho's needs,
and utilize it in the classroom. These teachers wil then assist with phase two ofthe project
involving a significant trai the trainer currculum component. The goal ofthis project is to
encourage the use of energy effciency curiculum and to develop a core of educators traied to
utilize the material in the classroom.
The enhanced energy effciency portion of this proposal seeks to kick star an aggressive cost
savings program for public schools in IPC's terrtory. Under the provisions of this segment of
the proposal, existing IPC incentives wil be marketed to schools in conjunction with enhanced
energy efficiency funding generated through SOz fuds. This approach addresses one of the
fundamental problems Idaho schools face; a lack of capital funds to perform energy effciency
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measures. By creating an opportunity for schools to more readily deploy energy efficiency
measures, it is anticipated that schools can immediately begin reducing their energy
consumption, see a quicker pay back for measures implemented, and potentially redirect funds
previously used for utility bils.
If approval is granted, the OER stands ready to respond to any additional provisions the IPUC
deems appropriate. The OER is also prepared to coordinate with IPC and DOE to respond to any
subsequent Commission inquiries and adjust the proposal as needed. Additionally, the OER wil
work with IPUC staff to determe reporting procedures necessar to conform to the
Commission's fial order on this matter.
This proposal is respectfully submitted for your review and I look forward to the opportunity to
address any of your concerns.
Sincerely,
Paul Kjellander
Administrator
Idaho Offce of Energy Resources
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Energy Efficiency Education
Project Proposal H: 59
Overview
Establish an energy effciency education project for existing public school buildings utilizing
energy effciency programs and curriculum, and providing additional cash incentives for energy
effcient school building improvements. This project is restricted to school facilties in Idaho
Power's Service terrtory. Funding for the project wil utilize $500,000 in SOz emissions
allowances originally identified in the Idaho Public Utilties Commission Order No. 30529.
Objectives:
· Develop curicula focusing on energy effciency
. Train teachers
· Educate students about energy effciency
· Capture additional energy savings from schools, beyond what might be captured under
the existing incentive structure from Idaho Power
Task I: Curriculum Development and Delivery $250,000
Develop and energy efficiency curriculum and integrate into K-12 classrooms. Many
organizations have developed strong energy effciency curiculums. To facilitate integration into
Idaho classes, several steps need to be taken. Specifically:
Evaluate existing curricula for applicabilty to Idaho. The National Energy Education
Development (NEED) Project, for example, has an extensive history in classrooms and well-
accepted in schools throughout the United States. The project covers a depth of topics and
activities and already provides curiculum and materials that are closely aligned to state
standards. NEED also provides each state with a budget for implementing the project statewide.
Other examples of existing curicula include those developed by the Allance to Save Energy,
Texas Energy Division-Watt Watchers, California Energy for Keeps, National Energy
Foundation, Bonnevile Environmental Foundation (for the Solar 4R Schools Program) and/or
the U.S. Deparment of Energy. By pulling from NEED and these other available sources, Idaho
can develop a state curculum that best reflects our energy use and concerns.
Align curriculum to Idaho State Educational Content Standards developed by the Idaho
State Department of Education. The State Deparment of Education wil review all existing
curcula to ensure it meets Idaho content standards before implementing a program in K-12
schools statewide. Durig this analysis, the Deparment wil also determe the best grade level
or levels in which to implement such a program across the state so it meets the necessar content
standards and reaches a wide audience.
Integrate into the classroom. Stand-alone curiculum delivery has been successfully integrated
into classrooms at a variety oflevels using the train-the-trainer modeL. The train-the-trainer
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model is an effcient use of funding, time and resources. The train-the-trainer models utilize
curiculum coordinators to both train and support educators in integrating the coursework into
existing classroom activity. Teachers are traied at anual events at the national or statewide
level, such as the Idaho Science Teachers Association meeting or Idaho Environmental
Educators Association meeting, or at sumer teacher camps and year-round weekend sessions.
These courses can be designed provided continuing education credits to teachers, thereby
providing teachers with an additional incentive to complete the traiing. This method reach
many educators across the state: Using the trai-the-trainer modeL for example, Project Wet
hosts about 20 to 30 workshops a year but ends up reachig about 300 teachers and 24,750
students in a single year. Another example ofthe effective use of the train-the-traier mode is
with the Idaho National Laboratory's JASON Project. The Idaho National Lab sent 15 teachers
from Idaho to a national training, and then those teachers came back to Idaho and trained other
teachers across the state. Ultimately, 20,000 students leared the curculum after these
traiings. This model is also curently used in Idaho's Project Wet (sponsored by the Idaho
Water Research Resources Institute), Project Wild (sponsored by the Idaho Deparment ofFish
and Game) and Project Learing Tree (sponsored by the American Forest Foundation and Idaho
Forest Products Commission).
For this project, energy effciency curiculum wil be developed and two teachers wil be
selected to incorporate the curculum in their classroom. These teachers wil pilot the
curculum and offer feedback on ways in which the curculum could be improved to best meet
students' needs. Then the teachers wil attend a trai-the-trainer program using the developed
curculum. Those teachers would then train up to 30 teachers per workshop.
Estimated Costs:
. Curiculum development (includes copyright licensing, teacher review and testing,standards correlation, priting and distribution) $ 80,000. Select two teachers to use curculum $ 10,000
. Train the trainer workshops (includes trainer costs, continuing
education credits, substitute teacher pay, location materials, food)
30 workshops over 2 years
. Administration .80 FTE $55,000/anually for two years
Total
$ 50,000
$110,000
$250,000
Timelie:
Fall 2008:
Winter 2008:
Spring 2009:
Fall 2009-201 0:
Identify grade level and develop curriculum
Select two teachers to use curculum in classroom
Hold train-the-trainer workshops
Training workshops
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Task 2: Additional Incentives for Energy Effciency Projects $250,000
Encourage initiation and completion of energy effciency projects in school
facilties.
Provide additional incentive to existing schools. Existing schools throughout Idaho Power's
service terrtory are struggling with declining budgets and many are looking at every opportunity
to reduce expenses. In this project, schools wil be able to take advantage of not only the curent
school incentive program that Idaho Power is now offering for energy effciency measures, but
an additional 10-20% incentive on top of that wil be available.
In Idaho Power's service terrtory there are approximately 62 public school districts with 355
buildings. Many districts spend more money on energy each year than on supplies. Schools can
lower energy bils and redirect dollars into facilities, teachers' salaries, computers, textbooks and
more, simply by using energy more effciently.
By offering 10-20% in addition to Idaho Power's curent program the Offce of Energy
Resources can take advantage of the existing maket structure, and incentives and achieve energy
effciency savings greater than those achievable via the utility program alone.
Estimated Costs:
. Marketing
. Incentives
· Admininstration.50 FTE for one year (includes OER staff time
for curculum support phase ofproject)
$ 13,989
$185,000
Total
$ 51,011
$250,000
Timelie:
Fall 2008:
Sprig 2009:
Summer 2009:
Identify existing Idaho Power school incentive
programs
Establish incentive criteria for energy effciency upgrades
Develop pre-approval process for schools
Develop specific targets for bonus incentive
Identify marketing strategy
Deploy marketing strategy
Quantify and measure impact of energy effciency measures
Make payments to schools
Report results
Winter 2008:
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