Vermont Department of Public Service

Calculate annual and peak day realization rates to inform future program design.

Customer
Vermont Department of Public Service
The Vermont Department of Public Service is an agency within the executive branch of Vermont state government. Its charge is to represent the public interest in matters regarding energy, telecommunications, water and wastewater.

Goal
The goal of this savings verification was to assess the reasonableness of Vermont Gas Systems’ 2016 commercial/industrial and custom residential new construction reported savings.

Objective
The objective was to calculate annual and peak day realization rates at the program and sector levels while leveraging information garnered during the process to inform future program design.

Services
DNV (former ERS) worked with four subcontractors to assess the impact of Efficiency Vermont’s and Burlington Electric Department’s commercial and industrial energy efficiency programs. The evaluation scope includes verifying the energy impacts and calculating the forward capacity market’s (FCM’s) peak demand impacts. The FCM component of this evaluation includes metering, analysis, and reporting that is compliant with the ISO‐NE measurement and verification guidelines.