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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    2024 Annual Report

    The report details the RTF’s many accomplishments in 2024. This includes maintaining and updating its measure library; considering new opportunities for potential future measures; and refining the RTF’s tools to further support energy efficiency and demand response work. In looking to continue to develop energy efficiency measures applicable to the region, the RTF spent time in 2024 researching the data center market with a specific lens on identifying energy savings opportunities.

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    2024 Conservation Achievements

    The Council collects information each year about energy efficiency achievements from Northwest utilities, the Bonneville Power Administration, and the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance and reports on the region’s progress toward the Council’s energy efficiency targets. In 2023 the region achieved 160 aMW.

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2025 RTF Meetings
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The RTF is seeking a Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) contractor to provide independent, third party review of RTF work products on an as-needed basis. The RTF expects to develop work products throughout 2026 to submit to the QA/QC contractor for review to ensure that the RTF work products accurately implement RTF decisions and document the source materials. Proposals are due by December 5, 2025 to Laura Thomas.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

Recent and Upcoming Meetings

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JUN 2024
27
THU
Modeling Training: ModelKit Model Applications
9:00 am—11:00 am
JUN 2024
28
FRI
Implementers Group Meeting
11:00 am—12:00 pm
JUL 2024
23
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
AUG 2024
20
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—12:00 pm
AUG 2024
23
FRI
Residential HVAC Meeting
10:00 am—11:30 am
SEP 2024
04
WED
Small and Rural Utilities Meeting
11:00 am—12:00 pm
SEP 2024
06
FRI
Residential HVAC Meeting
10:00 am—12:00 pm
SEP 2024
17
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
SEP 2024
20
FRI
Refrigeration Meeting
9:00 am—10:30 am
OCT 2024
10
THU
Implementers Group Meeting
1:00 pm—2:30 pm
OCT 2024
16
WED
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
OCT 2024
25
FRI
New Homes Meeting
10:30 am—12:00 pm
NOV 2024
01
FRI
Residential Gas FAF Measure Savings
9:00 am—11:00 am
NOV 2024
19 - 20
TUE WED
RTF Meeting
NOV 2024
21
THU
SEM Subcommittee
2:00 pm—3:30 pm
DEC 2024
04
WED
Small and Rural Utilities Meeting
10:00 am—11:00 am
DEC 2024
17
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
JAN 2025
10
FRI
Non-Residential Lighting Subcommittee
10:30 am—12:00 pm
JAN 2025
22
WED
RTF New Member Orientation
1:00 pm—4:00 pm
JAN 2025
23
THU
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
FEB 2025
20
THU
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—12:15 pm
FEB 2025
28
FRI
Heat Pump Water Heaters Meeting
1:30 pm—3:30 pm
MAR 2025
04
TUE
Small and Rural Utilities Meeting
11:00 am—12:00 pm
MAR 2025
18
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
MAR 2025
25
TUE
Implementers Group Meeting
1:00 pm—2:00 pm
MAR 2025
28
FRI
Demand Response Meeting
10:00 am—11:30 am
APR 2025
15
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—11:30 am
APR 2025
18
FRI
Research and Evaluation Meeting
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
MAY 2025
02
FRI
Residential HVAC Meeting
1:30 pm—3:00 pm
MAY 2025
22
THU
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—2:30 pm
MAY 2025
28
WED
Small and Rural Utilities Meeting
1:00 pm—2:00 pm
JUN 2025
17
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
JUN 2025
26
THU
Implementers Group Meeting
10:00 am—11:00 am
Connected Thermostats Meeting
2:00 pm—4:00 pm
JUL 2025
10
THU
Distribution Efficiency Meeting
2:00 pm—3:30 pm
JUL 2025
22
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
AUG 2025
19
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—1:00 pm
AUG 2025
26
TUE
Connected Thermostats Meeting
1:00 pm—3:00 pm
SEP 2025
11
THU
Small and Rural Utilities Meeting
1:00 pm—2:00 pm
SEP 2025
16
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—3:30 pm
OCT 2025
03
FRI
Residential HVAC Meeting
9:00 am—11:00 am
OCT 2025
21
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
OCT 2025
31
FRI
Implementers Group Meeting
1:00 pm—2:30 pm
NOV 2025
04
TUE
New Homes Subcommittee
2:00 pm—4:00 pm
NOV 2025
13
THU
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—1:00 pm
DEC 2025
03
WED
Small and Rural Utilities Meeting
10:00 am—11:00 am
DEC 2025
09
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
JAN 2026
21
WED
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
FEB 2026
18 - 19
WED THU
RTF Meeting
MAR 2026
17
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
APR 2026
21
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
MAY 2026
19
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
JUN 2026
23 - 24
TUE WED
RTF Meeting
JUL 2026
21
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
AUG 2026
18 - 19
TUE WED
RTF Meeting
SEP 2026
15 - 16
TUE WED
RTF Meeting
OCT 2026
20
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm
NOV 2026
10
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—1:00 pm
DEC 2026
08
TUE
RTF Meeting
9:00 am—4:00 pm

How 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:

$5 billion

dollars saved from avoided energy consumption

25 million

metric tons of carbon dioxide avoided

7,865 aMW

saved making efficiency the NW’s second largest energy resource