This quarter the RTF has continued their progress through this year’s work plan, despite still only meeting remotely. Despite these changes, RTF meetings remain engaging and fruitful. This summer the RTF updated our first Standard Protocols of the year, developed a few new measures, allocated funding to explore some potential future measures, and adopted next year’s work plan and budget.

This quarter has seen the RTF into uncharted territory, we had our first all remote meeting in March and haven’t met in person since. We can’t know how the rest of the year is going to go, but in light of this uncertainty, the RTF has shifted all meetings until the end of the year to a webinar format. So far this new arrangement has proven effective and meetings this quarter have been productive and engaging. The RTF is still updating measures, developing new measures, conferring with subcommittees and supporting our members and stakeholders as best we can.  You can …

Here at the RTF we’re adapting to our new all remote reality as best we can with a number of changes to the traditional RTF meeting structure.  All meetings through the end of the year have now been shifted to a webinar format.  To accommodate virtual participation as best we can, all remaining meetings have been shortened to half days (9:00am to 1:00pm) and a second meeting day has been added to July, September and October in hopes of getting through more of the work plan. As the first meeting since adopting this new format, June’s RTF meeting served as …

RTF staff are pleased to release the 2019 Annual Report, which details the main themes of 2019, and provides a glimpse into work already underway in 2020. The full report is available at the link below.

April’s meeting was the second time the RTF has convened in an all remote format and it went pretty well, all things considered.  While we’re continuing to learn and adapt to this new reality, the few changes we’ve made from last month have already made a big difference. Things are moving a little slower than they would in-person, but the group is still having good conversation and working through important measures. May’s meeting will also be held remotely and we’re working with members to learn from previous meetings to make the experience as effective and productive as we can. If …

It’s a new year and the RTF has been keeping busy. 2020 marks the start of a new funding cycle, which sees the RTF opening its doors to new funders and natural gas measure work. This year has already proved eventful. As the Council barrels towards the deadline for the draft 2021 Power Plan, the RTF has stepped up to offer technical support to the development of the energy efficiency supply curves and has spent time considering the ways in which this new Plan will affect future RTF work. Beyond Plan work, the RTF has found the time to develop …

Now that SEEM has been calibrated, the contract analysts moved on to updating the many measures that rely on SEEM for estimating savings.  Updating measures like DHPs, ASHPs and Weatherization, took up a bulk of the quarter, but the RTF managed to get a few other things done, like the annual Non-residential midstream lighting UES update as well as a look at allocating resources to developing some new measures in the new year.  2020 will see a few changes in the RTF, having added both natural gas and demand response to the charter earlier this year and entering a new …

The RTF ended its year with a bang, dedicating most December’s meeting to understanding and improving Air Source Heat Pump measures. The group spent the remaining meeting time getting an update on Commissioning, Controls and Sizing, a measure that will be discussed early this year, and considering the second batch of potential measures to develop in 2020. If you weren’t able to make the final meeting of the year, here’s what you missed.