PUC Issues RFP For An Evaluation Contract For Utility Energy Efficiency Programs

The Public Utility Commission this week issued a request for proposal to seek qualified providers of evaluation services for up to four and one-half years to audit program results and confirm specific energy reduction target requirements of electric distribution companies in response to Act 129 specifications.

 

As mandated by Act 129, the seven largest Pennsylvania EDCs are required to file a plan for consumption and peak demand reductions by July 1. The PUC will then review the plans for approval, which require the EDCs to have reduction targets set for May 31, 2011, and May 31, 2013.

 

The evaluator would work with senior Commission staff and assist the PUC to implement a legislative

mandate containing significant consumption and peak demand reduction targets; audit programs to be implemented across Pennsylvania by the seven major Pennsylvania electric utilities; evaluate and improve the EDC's programs in their initial, critical four years of implementation; and provide assessments and recommendations to policymakers for potential programs beyond the initial 2013 program implementation period.

 

More details are available online.