The RTF is a technical advisory committee to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council established in 1999 to develop standards to verify and evaluate energy efficiency savings
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2021 Conservation Achievements
2021 Conservation Achievements In its charter the RTF is tasked with annually surveying the region’s utilities, Bonneville Power Administration, NEEA, and system benefit charge administrators like Energy Trust of Oregon on their efficiency achievements. The RTF supports the compiling of the data into a Regional Conservation Progress (RCP) report, and staff present it to the Council to offer a full picture of the region’s progress against the power plan’s efficiency goals. 2021 is the final year...
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RTF Quarterly Newsletter: Quarter No. 48 April-June 2022
With another quarter in the books, the newest class of RTF members is hitting their stride and keeping the RTF running seamlessly. This quarter members were able to update some long standing measures, approve some new ones, and even tackled updating some underlying supporting materials that RTF measures are built on. With the year halfway done we’re enjoying the fresh eyes and perspectives this new group is bringing to the RTF and we’re excited to continue our work together.
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2021 Annual Report
Every June the RTF publishes an annual report enumerating its accomplishments over the course of the previous year. In 2021 the RTF continued their central work of developing and maintaining conservation measures, including in newer areas like commercial HVAC, as well as improving on old standards like manufactured home duct sealing and irrigation hardware.
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2022 RTF Meetings
2022 meeting dates have been set and can be viewed on our calendar. Meetings early in the year will be held virtually. A decision about in-person meetings will be made, in coordination with the larger Council organization, when it feels safe to do so.
Recent and Upcoming Meetings
Swipe left or rightHow does the RTF help the region achieve its goals?
With the passage of the Northwest Power Act in 1980, Congress defined energy efficiency as a key resource for meeting the region's load growth. The Regional Technical Forum was established as a body that would provide the region with consistent and reliable quantification of energy savings estimates for specific efficient technologies or actions. The energy savings estimates generated through the public processes of the RTF enable accurate estimates of the region's efficiency potential vital to power system planning, as well as a better understanding of the region's efficiency accomplishments. Since 1978, energy efficiency has provided significant benefits to the Northwest:
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$5 billiondollars saved from avoided energy consumption |
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21.9 millionmetric tons of carbon dioxide avoided |
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6,900 aMWsaved making efficiency the NW’s second largest energy resource |