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Agricultural: Irrigation Hardware - Irrigation Hardware

CategorySmall Saver
The RTF may determine that the likely savings from a measure are too small to warrant the resources needed to meet the section 3.2 UES quality criteria for Provisional or Proven status. In making this determination, the RTF will consider the size of the regional end use that is affected by the measure or the magnitude of the likely savings. Measure specifications (section 2) and the information described above for the proposed stage is required for small savers and must be provided before the RTF can designate a measure as a small saver. For small savers, the RTF may choose to convene an expert panel to consider the proposed measure and to formulate a consensus opinion on the likely UES values. This process is intended to promote consistent treatment of these measures throughout the region.


StatusActive
These measures have received approval by the RTF and have no other associated review pending.


Sunset date2018-04-30

Measure workbook (show/hide history)

VersionNoteCategoryStatusDecision date
4/26/2013 3.0 Updated to bring back into compliance with guidelines. Currently undergoing QC.Small SaverActive4/16/2013
2/1/2011 2.2 Added Summary sheet(tbd)Out-of-compliance2/1/2011
5/12/2010 2.1 Methodology accepted for calculating deemed savings(none)(none)1/5/2010

Recommendation memos

12/2/2010 This measure category contains some measure types that have strong empirical evidence to back up the UES estimates. These include: rebuilt or new impact sprinklers on wheel/hand line systems, new nozzle on wheel/hand line systems, new gooseneck elbows, new drop tubes, and new hub for Thunderbird wheel line systems. The measure category should be classified as under review while the update recommendations are implemented for these measure types. Other measure types should be classified as Out of Compliance until new studies are completed to provide reliable data on baseline and efficient case input parameters.

RTF decisions

Decision (show decision details)
4/16/2013

Approve the updates to the agriculture irrigation hardware UES measure; change the measure category to “Small Saver”; set the measure status to “Active”; and change the sunset date to April 2018.

Measure category changed: Previous Category: Proven New Category: Small Saver

Measure status changed: Previous Status: Out of Compliance New Status: Active

Energy savings changed: Savings are significantly higher for gaskets, drains, levelers, and pipe repair.

Cost effectiveness changed: Drains and levelers are now cost-effective.

Specifications/Eligibility changed: Many measures now require existing equipment to be leaking or malfunctioning. Added a new measure: tower gaskets. Combined the existing Nozzle measure, Low Pressure Regulator measure, and sprinkler head measures (5) into a new “sprinkler package” measure.

9/18/2012

The RTF approved the Out-of-compliance UES Measure Plans: Ag Irrigation Hardware.

(No changes to status, energy savings, cost effectiveness or specifications.)

Planned future work: The research plan for bringing this measure into compliance with the guidelines was approved. The RTF will review the results of these efforts in February 2013 and work to return the measure to a new (within compliance) status.

5/15/2012

Extend the opportunity to 11/14/2012 to get approval of plans to bring into compliance Agricultural Irrigation Hardware and Agricultural Motors UES Measures (measures’ status will remain ‘out-of-compliance’).

(No changes to status, energy savings, cost effectiveness or specifications.)

Planned future work: The RTF will review proposed plans to bring Ag Irrigation Hardware and Ag Motors measures into compliance with the guidelines. Idaho Power is performing field monitoring on 11 of the Ag Irrigation Hardware measures. The Small/Rural Subcommittee is pursuing "small saver" status for some or all Ag Irrigation Hardware measures. PacifiCorp and BPA expressed interest in providing data for the Ag Motors measures.

2/1/2011

The status of this measure was changed to out-of-compliance

Measure category unchanged

Measure status changed

Energy savings unchanged

Cost effectiveness unchanged

Specifications/Eligibility unchanged

1/5/2010

Methodology accepted for calculating deemed savings numbers on irrigation hardware, with estimates adjusted by state and a sunset within 13 months

(No changes to status, energy savings, cost effectiveness or specifications.)

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