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The <strong>program</strong> will continue and expand upon the current Large C&I Solutions <strong>program</strong>. The <strong>program</strong> will<br />

offer incentives for measures that result in a verifiable electric usage reduction as well as technical<br />

assistance in identifying and qualifying energy efficiency measures. <strong>Inc</strong>entives will be paid on a $/kWh<br />

saved basis using existing <strong>program</strong> caps. <strong>Inc</strong>entives may be assigned from the customer to the contractor<br />

in order to reduce first cost to the customer. As an additional feature for eligible school and city<br />

accounts, the <strong>program</strong> will offer benchmarking and Energy Master Planning (EMP) services to encourage<br />

participation within these sectors. The <strong>program</strong> will consider expanding benchmarking and EMP services<br />

to other C&I customers for <strong>program</strong> years 2014 and 2015.<br />

The <strong>program</strong> is designed to minimize market barriers to energy efficiency implementation for large<br />

nonresidential customers. These include:<br />

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Lack of energy efficiency information and awareness of energy and non-energy benefits<br />

The perception that energy efficient technologies have high “first costs”<br />

Lack of awareness of energy efficient technologies<br />

Lack of easy access to qualified vendors and installers<br />

Absence of tools to quantify savings<br />

Lack of access to capital<br />

Split incentives between owners and tenants in leased spaces<br />

The Large C&I Solutions <strong>program</strong> will offer all eligible customers comprehensive audits or studies to<br />

assist customers in identifying efficiency opportunities and analyzing associated costs and savings, and<br />

offer incentives to install custom measures and measures that are included in the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Orleans</strong> Deemed<br />

Savings, Installation and Efficiency Standards. The Large C&I <strong>program</strong> will also include technical assistance<br />

components to help customers in comprehensively evaluating energy efficiency opportunities, including<br />

retro-commissioning and M&V projects for large commercial and industrial facilities<br />

Program<br />

Description<br />

Schools and Cities Initiative<br />

The <strong>program</strong> implementer will provide benchmarking and Energy Master Planning (EMP) services for<br />

school and city accounts. These services will support school and city accounts in identifying and<br />

prioritizing energy improvements and creating a <strong>plan</strong> to achieve them.<br />

The Schools and Cities Initiative will include technical assistance components to help customers in<br />

comprehensively evaluating energy efficiency opportunities, including:<br />

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Benchmarking services and reports that include the collection of building characteristics, EPA<br />

Portfolio Manager score, ranking of buildings in portfolio in terms of energy usage and other<br />

metrics<br />

Energy Master Planning Services will be provided to school districts and city government in order<br />

to prioritize energy efficiency improvements and create a Energy Master Plan for improved<br />

energy management<br />

Custom Initiative<br />

The <strong>program</strong> implementer will provide pre-approval of measure and customer eligibility, and provide<br />

review and approval of claimed savings. Custom projects must be able to show specific and verifiable<br />

energy savings and costs and must be cost-effective to obtain <strong>program</strong> approval. Customer savings<br />

claims may be developed by a third-party engineering firm and will be subject to <strong>program</strong> measurement<br />

and verification activities.<br />

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