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Second Quarter 2005

NEEP kicks off Regional Protocols Project

NEEP's Regional Protocols Project, an effort to develop common measures to value energy efficiency program savings in the Northeast, officially kicked off on June 15.

To launch the project, NEEP policy staff met with a newly formed advisory committee representing a broad range of stakeholders including utilities, air regulatory agencies and energy efficiency program administrators. Committee members responded to a needs assessment prepared by NEEP and discussed the reasons and priorities for developing common protocols in light of regional policy developments and state specific needs. In the next phase of the project, NEEP will research options for how to best develop common protocols, building from experience where these protocols already exist. The research strategy will focus on program savings, program attributes, and cost-effectiveness, and will consider the technical, institutional and political opportunities and challenges of each. NEEP will present its research findings and recommendations to the advisory committee this fall.

Regional Protocols Project Advisory Committee
  • Cindy Arcate, Massachusetts Division of Energy Resources
  • Mike Ambrosio, New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
  • Denis Bergeron, Efficiency Maine
  • Al Contente, Rhode Island Division of Public Utility Carriers
  • Paul DeCotis, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)
  • David Erlich, Independent Service Operator (ISO)- New England
  • Sue Gander, US Environmental Protection Agency
  • Chuck Guinn, Coalition of Northeast Governors (CONEG)
  • Robert Harrold, Massachusetts Department of Telecommunications and Energy
  • Cindy Jacobs, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
  • Chris James, Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
  • Paul Keller, New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
  • Gary Kleiman, Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)
  • Lisa Shea, NSTAR Electric & Gas
  • Dan Strout, US Department of Energy Region 1
  • Carole Welch, Vermont Department of Public Service
  • Carol White, National Grid
Regional Protocols Project Advisors
  • Tom Eckman, Northwest Power and Conservation Council
  • John Plunkett, Optimal Energy, Inc.
  • Cathie Murray, Regulatory Assistance Project

For more information on the Regional Protocols Project, please contact Julie Michals.