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<br />Position Statement <br />accrue over the period of time that the measure is in <br />use. But the CIP law recognizes the energy savings of a <br />given measure only in the year in which it is installed or <br />adopted. For measures with useful lives of more than <br />one year, the energy savings accruing during those years <br />should be recognized rather than ignored. <br />Current law provides a greater incentive for utilities <br />to create energy savings from measures affecting the <br />amount of energy consumed by the customer than from <br />measures that could be taken to prevent energy waste <br />from generation, transmission and distribution to the <br />customer's location. Savings such as these should be <br />valued and recognized right along with other types of <br />energy savings. <br />Energy audits identify potential energy savings. The <br />value of this step in the efficiency and conservation <br />process should not be underestimated and should <br />continue to be recognized under the savings program. <br />The use of shade trees to reduce the amount of air <br />conditioning used at a residential, commercial or <br />industrial electric customer can produce <br />quantifiable energy savings and should be <br />recognized in the program. <br />Educational efforts -Much of the <br />potential energy savings from utility efforts <br />could come from the changing behaviors <br />of customers. Utilities cannot make those <br />changes happen without communicating <br />the benefits of making energy-conscious decisions to <br />customers. These educational efforts are some of the <br />moat effective means of creating energy savings, but <br />they are the hardest to quantify in terms of how much <br />energy savings ultimately result from them. If the CIP <br />program could better recognize these savings on paper, <br />the state would better realize the improvement in energy <br />consumption the program is actually creating and <br />promote more of the same. <br />Work Group - It may be possible to address some of the <br />CIP program's problems by tweaking certain aspects of <br />it. However, some of the deeper problems that prevent <br />the CIP program from realizing its true potential and <br />future suetainability require more comprehensive <br />reforms. Solutions may require regulatory or legislative <br />changes. With a clear focus on fixing those limitations <br />outlined above, a working group of people from the <br />utility industry could determine what those solutions <br />might be. <br />kWh <br />2011 State Position Statements / 5 <br />