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
Annual
Report
The RTF accomplished a lot in 2024: maintaining and updating its measure library; considering new opportunities for potential future measures; and refining tools to further support energy efficiency and demand response work.
Conservation
Achievements
Over the past two decades, collaborative work by the Council, the Regional Technical Forum, BPA, regional utilities, and other partners have delivered a major success in power planning for the Northwest’s electricity grid.
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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 RTF was formed to provide the region with consistent and reliable quantification of energy savings estimates for specific efficient technologies or actions. The energy savings estimates generated through its public processes 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.
Quick stats from the RTF’s most recent Conservation Achievements report:
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$5 billiondollars saved from avoided energy consumption |
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25 millionmetric tons of carbon dioxide avoided |
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7,865 aMWsaved making efficiency the NW’s second largest energy resource |