In the Council's Seventh Regional Conservation and Power Plan, the Council estimated that efficiency savings in the Northwest can result in 9,700 MW of capacity benefits during the region's winter peak (6:00 p.m. on a weekday in December, January, and February) and 6,600 MW of capacity benefits during the summer peak (6:00 p.m. on weekday in July and August) by 2035. Contained in the 7th Plan was also a directive to the RTF to develop guidelines on a standard methodology for calculating these capacity benefits from energy efficiency measures and informing on the quality (or reliability) of those estimates.
We are currently in Phase 2 of the project. More information, including materials for review are below: