DEER 2021

DEER2021 Update

The DEER2021 Update Resolution E-5009 was adopted on September 12, 2019.

The draft DEER2021 Update Resolution was posted for review and comment July 10, 2019. Comments were due by July 31, 2019 and a webinar (link to the webinar slides) on the changes was presented on July 25, 2019.

The DRAFT DEER Scoping Memo for PY2021 became available for review and comment at https://pda.energydataweb.com on 2019-04-29. Comments were due by 2019-05-13.

Suspend below-code NTG adjustment factor

Per the DEER2021 DRAFT Update Scoping Memo, issued 2019-04-29, the below-code NTG adjustment factor for AR applications has been suspended, effective 2019-01-01 and lasting indefinitely. The DEER2020 Update Resolution E-4952, Section 5.4 introduced the requirement for a below-code Net-to-Gross adjustment factor for accelerated replacement measures. (See DEER2020 Update Resolution E-4952, Section 5.4 Net-to-Gross for Accelerated Replacement Measure, pages A-42 to A-47, http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/publisheddocs/published/g000/m232/k459/232459122.pdf.) This concept was adapted from the “Energy Efficiency Potential and Goals Study for 2018 and Beyond” as a way to adjust for savings already accounted for by Codes and Standards, and potential differences for below- and above-code free-ridership. (See http://docs.cpuc.ca.gov/PublishedDocs/Efile/G000/M194/K614/194614840.PDF, Aug 23, 2017, Navigant Consulting, Inc.) The adjustment was assumed to be effective for 2019 programs, as part of the general change in Measure Application Type from Early Replacement (ER) to Accelerated Replacement (AR) that was also directed in the Resolution.

However, Energy Division Staff has asked the Program Administrators not to make this change for 2019 claims or for future reporting and filing needs. We have had multiple meetings with utility staff and we appreciate their work, but it would be difficult to make the needed structural data system changes at this time due to limited resource availability and to meet the future reporting schedule. Staff also decided that a manual, interim fix is not desirable given the complications around communicating it to third party implementers, resulting in over/underestimated savings, and uncertainty around tracking and verifying the manual updates. Finally, the portfolio impact of net-to-gross for to-code savings is not clear at this time, as not all PAs appear to have a high presence of accelerated replacement measures in their portfolios. Notice of this change was previously communicated to the PAs via email on 2019-04-16, but will be included in the DEER2021 update resolution to be issued later this year. Comments on the future viability and application of this concept were requested in response to the DRAFT DEER2021 Update Scoping Memo.