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Reliable Public Power Provider Program (RP3) • Submitted multiple sets of comments to DOE on • Achieved all-time high of 184 RP3-designated public the need for a new Grid Interactive Water Heater power utilities. Standard and in reference to the International Energy • Met with a variety of outside companies,including Conservation Code. national insurance providers, to ensure that the benefits of • Worked with the National Rural Electric Cooperative the RP3 program are understood beyond the public power Association and Edison Electric Institute to provide community. feedback and submit comments on DOE's Unified • Coordinated the RP3 webinar series to help educate Methods Project on evaluation, measurement and membership on the program. verification of efficiency programs. • Delivered RP3 presentations in California, Georgia, Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, Mutual Aid Washington and Wisconsin, • APPA staff continued to organize a national mutual aid effort in 2012. Preparedness was tested with Superstorm Advanced Grid Technologies Sandy restoration in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, • APPA staff actively participated in NIST-led Smart Grid West Virginia,Ohio,Connecticut and Virginia.Storm Interoperability Panel(SGIP) to encourage standards restoration efforts were substantially improved as a result harmonization and provide a public power voice to the of the significant contributions of public power. discussions, • Following Superstorm Sandy,APPA staff was embedded • Acted as a peer reviewer for DOE's Smart Grid Research in the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National and Development program. Response Coordinating Center in Washington to assist • Developed APPA's Cyber Security Essentials—A Public FEMA, DOE, Department of Homeland Security, Power Primer publication Department of Defense and other federal agencies with • Represented APPA membership in classified briefings coordination of responders across the country related to cyber and physical security for the electric power industry in Electricity Subsector Threat Workshop. ?012 A PPA Accumpl sh,m en c; • Participated in DOE's Grid Integration Distribution LL ;3 * � Workshop to provide input on what R&D and institutional activities DOE should be working on in fiscal L 41111,, 7L1V,.-%, yeas 2014[0 2018. a im 3 Department of Energy • Worked with transformer manufacturers and other industry 'A lCI advocates in an attempt to keep the proposed"Energy Conservation Standards for Distribution Transformer Efficiencies"at levels that balance cost and efficiency. ' • This effort included drafting Letters to DOE Secretary Steven Chu, participating in technical meetings, ,' coordinating member submissions to provide baseline for utility experiences,and requested,with industry APPA's Energy Efficiency Resource Central (EERCnet.org) coalition, a meeting with Office of Management and continues to be a major source of online information and Budget(OMB) that coincides with the disclosure of assistance to members, and its 37 joint action agency and DOE's final rule. state and regional association partners continue to serve as • Coordinated with water heater manufacturers and other channels for delivering information and education. industry advocates to educate DOE staff in hopes of APPA's Energy Efficiency Management Certificate Program, correcting the Energy Conservation Standards for Residential launched in August 2010,is one of the association's most Water Heaters. highly attended educational offerings,with more than 100 • Performed an extensive survey of the membership in program participants and 40 graduates. This week-long early 2012 to gauge the impact of the current DOE program provides a complete overview of the need for energy water heater rule on demand response (DR)programs efficiency programs, integrated resource planning, how to and coordinated member comment submissions. develop and implement programs and measure the success • Met with DOE staff on three occasions to educate of the programs. Our goal continues to be to train and them on the unexpected impacts of the existing certify one individual in each APPA member utility in energy water heater mule on DR programs using smart grid efficiency program management. interoperability