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Public Utilities Commission Annual Report 2011-12 State of Hawaii Page 25 Table 6. NEM Status as of December 31, 2011 Utility # of Installations Installed kW HECO* 3,424 18,518 HELCO* 1,649 10,243 MECO* 1,962 12,563 KIUC** 166 784 Total 7,201 42,108 *From the HECO Companies 2011 NEM Status Report **From the KIUC 2011 Annual NEM Program Summary Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards In March 2010, the Commission instituted an investigation in Docket No. 2010-0037 to examine the establishment of energy efficiency portfolio standards (“EEPS”) for the State of Hawaii, pursuant to Act 155, Session Laws of Hawaii (“SLH”) 2009 (“Act 155”) and HRS § 269-96. Act 155 requires, among other things, that the Commission establish EEPS “designed to achieve four thousand three hundred Gigawatt hours of electricity use reductions statewide by 2030; provided that the Commission shall establish interim goals for electricity use reduction to be achieved by 2015, 2020, and 2025 and may also adjust the 2030 standard by rule or order to maximize cost-effective energy-efficiency programs and technologies.” This docket resulted in a Framework for Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standards, which establishes EEPS interim goals that will set the course for achieving the 2030 standard set in the HRS. The Framework establishes a Technical Working Group (“TWG”) that will represent Commission-regulated and non-regulated entities in the EEPS reporting process. On February 17, 2012 the Commission named members of the EEPS TWG. Public Benefits Fee HRS Chapter 269, Part VII, pertaining to Hawaii’s Public Benefits Fee (“PBF”), authorizes the Commission to contract with a third party administrator (“TPA”) to implement and manage energy efficiency programs in the State of Hawaii. On March 3, 2009, following a competitively bid selection process, the Commission selected Science Applications International Corporation (“SAIC”) to serve as the TPA of energy efficiency programs within the HECO Companies’ service territories. SAIC began administering the Hawaii Energy Efficiency Program (“Hawaii Energy”) on July 1, 2009 and later transferred its program responsibilities to its subsidiary, R.W. Beck. As part of the PBF implementation process, the Commission also selected Bank of Hawaii as the Fiscal Agent; James Flanagan Associates (“JFA”) as the Contract Manager; Accuity LLP as the independent auditor; and Economic Consultants Oregon Ltd., dba ECONorthwest as the independent evaluator of Hawaii Energy’s programs.
Public Utilities Commission Annual Report 2011-12 State of Hawaii Page 26 In 2011, ECONorthwest’s contract was transferred to Evergreen Economics (“Evergreen”). In 2009, the Commission set the initial PBF surcharge amount for 2009 and 2010 at 1.0 percent of the projected total electric revenue of the HECO Companies, plus revenue taxes. In 2011, the Commission increased the PBF surcharge to 1.5 percent of the HECO Companies’ projected total electric revenue, plus revenue taxes. The increase in the surcharge follows the timing in the agreement between the HECO companies and the Consumer Advocate. 26 This increase in the collection percentage was accompanied by an increase in the program year budget for Hawaii Energy, from $21,223,458 in Plan Year (“PY”) 2010 to $32,138,390 in PY 2011. The Commission established the PBF two-year budget for Program Years 2011 and 2012 at $71,103,608. During this past fiscal year, the Commission also awarded SAIC its performance award of $509,215 for PY 2010. This performance award is awarded based on meeting specified targets in the areas of residential and business energy savings, peak demand savings, total resource benefit, market transformation, and island equity for the program year. The numbers reported by SAIC are verified after the completion of the plan year by the independent evaluator, Evergreen. As of June 30, 2012, Hawaii Energy completed its third program year, PY 2011. Preliminary Results of the PY 2011 are presented below, subject to Evergreen’s independent review. This Plan Year, Hawaii Energy continued to refine their incentive program, adding new efforts in market transformation, adjusting the budget so that the business incentive program received more focus and more of the overall budget, and modifying the residential market incentives to make them more effective. Hawaii Energy continues to operate at about a 70 percent pass through of PBF collections to ratepayers through incentives. The remaining 30 percent is used for outreach, time and materials (see Table 7, Total Non-Incentives Billed), and supporting services, including administrative services. Additional information may be found on the Hawaii Energy website at www.hawaiienergy.com. 26 Order filed December 15, 2008 in Docket No. 2007-0323.
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