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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Findings from the 2021 Power Plan
At their February 2022 meeting the Council voted to approve the 2021 Northwest Power Plan. This culmination of years of work by staff, Council members, and many participants from around the region reveals very different results than we have seen in Plans past. Since the start of the year, the RTF has been having discussions about what the new 2021 Power Plan is telling us about energy efficiency and how these findings will affect the RTF’s work going forward. Starting with a larger discussion...
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RTF Quarterly Newsletter: Quarter No. 46 October-December 2021
In the fourth and final quarter of the year the RTF stayed as busy as ever. We were able to approve some new measures, restructure some old ones, and plan for the coming year thanks to the hard work of our tireless members in the last quarter of their service term. This quarter we said goodbye to one member class, prepared to welcome a whole new slate of members starting in 2022, and set ourselves up to take on new exciting projects in the new year. You can stay up to date on all RTF decision...
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Looking Forward to 2022
As 2021 comes to a close, the RTF is already looking forward and preparing for next year. Staff and members have been busy approving a new work plan, releasing 6 new requests for proposal to support that work plan, setting 2022 meeting dates, and preparing to welcome and onboard a new class of RTF members.
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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 |