Milton Hydro gets approval for its DSM plan
Tuesday, 19 October 2004
The Ontario Energy Board today (19 October 2004) issued an order granting interim approval of Milton Hydro's 2004 DSM plan. The Milton Hydro plan is the first DSM plan of an electric local distribution company in Ontario to be submitted and granted such an approval. IndEco and Milton Hydro collaborated in developing the plan.
The 2004 plan includes a number of innovative and aggressive initiatives, including:
- a price response program that involves planning to provide all customers with interval meters, on-going assessment of retrofit meter technology, and customer education programs including: a web-based tool for customers to track their energy use and costs of energy use, development of a notification procedure to advise customers when prices are expected to exceed a customer-specified threshold or when supply is contrained, and workshops for customers on how to use the web-based tool and notification options to reduce their electricity costs.
- a pilot implementation of The Energy Drill Program™, modelled on fire drills, that encourages actions to reduce electricity demand at times of high prices or constrained supply. The pilot is expected to be run in buildings representing the municipal, institutional and commercial building sectors.
- partnership building programs with retailers, existing energy-efficiency program providers, the professional building community and the Net Zero Energy Home Coalition.
- a Conservation Assets Program to purchase interval meters, and cost-effective equipment that will improve the efficiency of the electricity distribution system.
Milton Hydro has begun design of the Energy Drill Program™ and is initiating other components of the plan.
Related information
An IndEco report on: Milton Hydro DSM plan for 2004 (including full text of plan)
Ontario Energy Board documents on Electricity Distributor Conservation and Demand Management
Ontario Minister of Energy's initial announcement on what he plans to do
IndEco services in energy management
IndEco services in regulatory affairs
IndEco services in strategic planning
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