SLIDE 1 Workshop D
New to the Energy Field? Fun Way to Learn the Basics … Energy Game Show 101
Tuesday, February 19, 2019 10:45 a.m. to Noon
SLIDE 2 Biographical Information Louis M. D’Alessandris, Senior Market Policy Specialist FirstEnergy Corp. 76 S. Main St., General Office 16th Floor, Akron, OH 44308-1890 330-384-3761 ldalessandris@firstenergycorp.com Lou D’Alessandris is a Senior Market Policy Specialist for FirstEnergy Corp. His current responsibilities include regulatory research and market monitoring at PJM and FERC. Prior to joining the company in 2006, Lou held marketing positions in the marketing group at Malco Products, Inc., and worked on demand side management programs for Ohio Edison, a FirstEnergy subsidiary, and Cincinnati Gas & Electric. During his years in the energy industry, Lou has worked in various capacities on the regulated and deregulated side of the business, building an adept understanding of complex utility issues, functioning market structures and energy-related proceedings. Lou participates in the FirstEnergy Speakers Bureau, presenting topics such as Energy Efficiency and Energy Markets to various civic organizations. He earned a bachelor of arts degree from Washington and Jefferson College and a master’s
- f Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati.
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Electricity Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Rates & Tariffs Retail Choice
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“Watt”
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Electricity - 100 A megawatt-hour is equal to this many kilowatt-hours.
SLIDE 5 Electricity - 100 What is 1,000?
(To change a price from dollars per megawatt-hour to cents per kilowatt-hour, move the decimal one place to the left − e.g., $40/MWh = 4 cents/kWh.)
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Electricity - 200 Consumption is measured/billed in kilowatt- hours while demand is measured/billed in this value.
SLIDE 7 Electricity - 200 What is a kilowatt (or megawatt)?
(Think of your car’s speedometer and odometer. The
- dometer tracks miles driven, while the speedometer
measures speed. If you drive 70mph for one hour, you have driven 70 miles. If you use 7 kilowatts for one hour, you have used 7 kilowatt-hours.)
SLIDE 8 Electricity - 300 Of distribution rates, transmission rates or generation rates, they are the ones still regulated by the state utility commission in states with retail choice.
SLIDE 9 Electricity - 300 What are distribution rates?
(When states restructured, states retained jurisdiction over the distribution system while the federal government has jurisdiction over transmission and wholesale generation.)
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Electricity - 400 In 2017, Ohio ranked 2nd in the United States in consumption of electricity by industrial customers. This state ranked first.
SLIDE 11 Electricity - 400 What is Texas?
(Energy policy is especially critical to Ohio due to the large amounts of industrial production in the state.)
SLIDE 12 Electricity - 500
The Reliability Pricing Model, or RPM, is used by PJM to price this component of your electricity price; it is typically 20% of your supplier’s charge.
SLIDE 13 Electricity - 500 What is capacity?
(SHAMELESS PLUG ALERT: Session H at 1:45 today will provide a wonderful overview of PJM’s Reliability Pricing Model.)
SLIDE 14 Energy Efficiency- 100
Program launched by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and administered by the EPA and Department of Energy to alert customers to energy efficient products.
SLIDE 15 Energy Efficiency - 100 What is Energy Star?
(You can find the Energy Star label on more than 75 different product categories, indicating that the product uses less energy than standard models.)
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Energy Efficiency - 200 Of incandescent, CFL or LED, it is the bulb that produces the most lumens per watt (most efficient).
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Energy Efficiency - 200 What is an LED?
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Energy Efficiency - 300 True or False, using the clothes dryer less often or turning down the heat in the winter are examples of energy efficiency.
SLIDE 19 Energy Efficiency - 300 What is False?
(Those are examples of energy conservation; Energy efficiency maintains the same amount or quality of output while using less energy. Installing a more efficient furnace and keeping the temperature unchanged from before is an example of energy efficiency.)
SLIDE 20 Energy Efficiency - 400 A theoretical unit of power representing the amount of electrical power (measured in Watts) saved through conservation or efficiency measures.
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Energy Efficiency - 400 What is a negawatt?
SLIDE 22 Energy Efficiency - 500
Edgar Winter fans probably like this term, used for a customer that would have installed an energy efficiency measure without any program incentives, but receives a financial incentive anyway.
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Energy Efficiency - 500 What is a free rider?
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Renewable Energy - 100 Ohio ranks 26th among states in installed wind megawatts; this state ranks first.
SLIDE 25 Renewable Energy - 100 What is Texas?
(Texas has 1.3 million megawatts of wind potential; the U.S. currently has 1.1 million megawatts of installed generation capacity.)
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Renewable Energy - 200 Of 1, 6, 12 or 24, the number of hours needed to meet the world’s energy demands for a whole year if all the sunlight on Earth was captured.
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Renewable Energy - 200 What is 1 hour?
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Renewable Energy - 300 Ohio ranks 27th in installed solar capacity; this state ranks first.
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Renewable Energy - 300 What is California?
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Renewable Energy - 400 In PJM, wind output peaks in winter and is lowest during this season.
SLIDE 31 Renewable Energy - 400 What is summer?
(PJM load peaks in summer when wind output is at its lowest; wind output peaks during PJM’s winter peak.)
SLIDE 32 Renewable Energy - 500
Yuma, Arizona averages 242 sunny days per year (defined as less than 30% cloud cover during daylight hours). How may sunny days does Columbus have each year? (answer +/- 10 days)
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Renewable Energy - 500 What is 72?
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Rates & Tariffs - 100 These type of rates vary by winter or summer.
SLIDE 35 Rates & Tariffs - 100 What are seasonal rates?
(Many utility default supply rates vary by summer to
- winter. Some Ohio utilities have “summer” periods that
are three months long and others have summer lasting four months long.)
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Rates & Tariffs - 200 True or False: Ohio utilities may set rates without utility commission approval.
SLIDE 37 Rates & Tariffs - 200 What is false?
(All utility rates – or the formulas that set the rates – are approved by the PUCO. On the bottom of each tariff sheet is a listing of what PUCO case the tariff was filed in or what order it was filed in response to.)
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Rates & Tariffs – 300 It is a ratemaking method of removing the distribution- related through-put incentive; it’s also the act of separating train cars.
SLIDE 39 Rates & Tariffs - 300 What is decoupling
(Utility rates are set based on expected customer use – if the weather is more extreme than typical, customers will consume more electricity and the utility will earn more money than expected. If the weather is milder than typical, customers consume less and the utility earns less than
- expected. Decoupling ensures that the utility earns what is
expected – no more, no less.)
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Rates & Tariffs - 400 Utilities use these to update prices charged on a monthly or quarterly basis, eliminating the need to wait for a full rate case to recover costs.
SLIDE 41 Rates & Tariffs - 400 What is a Rider?
(Rather than going through a full rate case, utilities establish riders that will update automatically.)
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Rates & Tariffs - 500 The flat $/month charge on your bill that represents a portion of the cost of connecting you to the system.
SLIDE 43 Rates & Tariffs - 500 What is a service charge (or customer charge)?
(In reality, your customer charge should be much higher than it is, however costs have historically been moved to volumetric fees, or kWh use.)
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Retail Choice - 100 It’s the price you would pay if you did not shop with a supplier and stayed with the utility default service.
SLIDE 45 Retail Choice - 100 Who is the Price to Compare (PTC)?
(The PTC is what you would pay if you did not shop – the PTC can change from month-to-month or quarter-to- quarter, so you need to understand how the price is set and what changes may be coming.)
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Retail Choice - 200 It doesn’t take a clairvoyant to know that these are utility rate cases for the supply and pricing of electric generation service.
SLIDE 47 Retail Choice - 200 What is an Electric Security Plan (ESP)?
(Each utility files an electric security plan – typically every two or three years or longer – that establishes how generation will be procured.)
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Retail Choice - 300 True or False; when you shop you pay your retail supplier for all of your transmission charges.
SLIDE 49 Retail Choice - 300 What is False?
(Typically you pay for your retail supplier for market-based transmission charges, and your electric distribution utility for non-market based transmission charges.)
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Retail Choice - 400 Shopping customers may be able to control these costs by managing their Peak Load Contribution.
SLIDE 51 Retail Choice - 400 What is capacity?
(Your Peak Load Contribution is the average of your consumption on PJM’s five peak summer hours. By managing your consumption on hot summer afternoons, you may be able to reduce the price you pay for capacity, which is typically 20+% of your electric rate.)
SLIDE 52 Retail Choice - 500 It is the PUCO website that allows you to easily compare prices, contract terms and
retail choice offers.
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Retail Choice - 500 What is Energy Choice Ohio (or Apples to Apples)?
SLIDE 54 “Watt” – 100 She was twice nominated for an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in 2004 and 2013.
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“Watt” – 100 Who is Naomi Watts?
SLIDE 56 “Watt” – 200 He was the 11th pick in the first round of the 2011 NFL Draft and is a five time Pro Bowl selection.
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“-IO” - 200 Who is J.J. Watt?
SLIDE 58 “Watt” – 300 He is the cartoonist who created the comic strip “Calvin and Hobbes” while living in the Cleveland suburb of Chagrin Falls.
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“Watt” – 300 Who is Bill Watterson?
SLIDE 60 “Watt” – 400
In The Big Lebowski, Jeffrey Lebowski (and I’m talking about the millionaire and not The Dude) embezzles a million dollars from the “Little Lebowski Urban Achievers” charity; money intended to provide scholarships to residents of this Los Angeles neighborhood.
SLIDE 61 What is Watts?
“Watt” – 400
SLIDE 62 “Watt”- 500
U.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1981 to 1983, in 2008 he was named by Time magazine as one of the ten worst cabinet members in modern history.
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“Watt”– 500 Who is James Watt?
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SLIDE 65 Generic Gameshow Rules
- Divide into teams of no more than 5 people
- Each team has 45 seconds to write their answer on
the paper and bring up to the scorer’s table
– Correct answers are rewarded with the point value of the question – Answer must match listed answer (the “Moops” Rule) – Incorrect/blank answers receive no points – Scorer’s decision is final
- Groups alternate in picking the category / dollar
values
Let’s Play The Game!
SLIDE 66 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100 200 300 400 500 100
Electricity Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy Rates & Tariffs Retail Choice
100 200 300 400 500
“Watt”
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Electricity
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Energy Efficiency
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Renewable Energy
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Rates & Tariffs
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Retail Choice
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“Watt”
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Final Generic Gameshow Question
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Famous Columbus Natives
SLIDE 75 Known as the “Stephen King of children’s literature”, this writer grew up less than five miles from this hotel and graduated from Ohio State in 1965 before moving to New York and eventually selling
- ver 400 million copies of his
books
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Who is R.L. Stine?
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Thank you for playing today’s game and enjoy the rest of the conference!
