Triennial Plan V (Fiscal Years 2023-2025)

Stakeholder Meeting
Document Draft
Informational Workshops
Request for Information Comments Received 

The Efficiency Maine Trust (the Trust) has released the first draft of its next three-year strategic plan (Triennial Plan V) for the period spanning fiscal years 2023, 2024, and 2025.

Stakeholder Meeting

The Trust will hold a public hearing to present this draft plan, answer questions, and take oral comments and suggestions from the public. The hearing will be held online on Wednesday, July 14, 2021, from 8:30 AM – 3:00 PM.

By registering you will be given an opportunity to offer comment during the period for public comment and questions. A list of commenters – taken in the order they register – will be posted in advance of the meeting. 

Agenda

• To watch live, click here for the Live Stream. Registration is not required. You will not be able to provide comments while streaming, but written comments are welcomed through the link below.
• To provide oral comments or testimony during the stakeholder meeting, please register here. The Trust will receive oral comments during a two-hour segment of the Forum. If a large number of commenters register to speak, the Trust may limit each commenter to a maximum of three (3) minutes. Registering automatically adds you to the list of potential commenters. A list of commenters — taken in the order they register — will be posted on this webpage in advance of the meeting. Registration will close at 12:00 PM on July 13.

The Trust will continue to welcome written comments on the draft through July 28, 2021. After comments have been considered, the Trust Staff will present a final draft to its Board of Trustees for review and approval. The Trust is aiming to file an approved Triennial Plan at the Maine Public Utilities Commission in September or October of this year.

Document Draft

Please find the first draft of the Triennial Plan posted below. Draft appendices will be posted as they become available.

Triennial Plan V: Staff’s First Draft (6/9/2021)

Appendices:
A. Budget and Performance Metrics (to be posted mid-July)
B. Measure List and Screening (to be posted mid-July)
C. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Funding Forecast (to be posted late-June)
D. Long-Term Target Results (to be posted late-July)
E. Commercial Lighting Baseline Study (to be posted late-July)
F. Potential Study for the C&I Custom Program and C&I Prescriptive Initiatives Refrigeration and Compressed Air Solutions (to be posted mid-July)
G. 2021 Avoided Energy Supply Component Study (posted 6/9/2021)
H. Statutory Allocation Requirements (to be posted late-June)
I. Heat Pump Analysis and Considerations (to be posted late-June)
J. Heat Pump Water Heater Analysis and Considerations (to be posted late-July)
K. Status and Potential Outcomes of the Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) (posted 6/9/2021)
L. Demand Management Program Analysis and Considerations (to be posted mid-July)
M. Residential New Construction Baseline Study (to be posted late-July)

Informational Workshops

December 9, 2020 Board Meeting
Triennial Plan Legal Framework and Process Overview

February 24, 2021 Board Meeting
Heat Pump Targets and Trajectory
Statewide Avoided Transmission and Distribution Costs for Maine

March 24, 2021 Board Meeting
Small Business Initiative (SBI) Evaluation

April 14, 2021 Board Workshop
Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Funding Priorities

April 28, 2021 Board Meeting
Small Business Initiative (SBI): Program Evaluation (con’t)
Avoided Energy Supply Component (AESC) 2021 Study

May 12, 2021 Board Workshop
Retail Lighting and Distributor Lighting Impact Evaluation
Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) Status and Potential Impact on Lighting Measures

May 26, 2021 Board Meeting
Identifying Cost-Effective Opportunity — Methodology and Assumptions
Demand Management Program

June 16, 2021 Board Workshop
Low-Income Initiatives
Other Initiatives
Statutory Allocations

June 23, 2021 Board Meeting
[TBD]

For all Board Meeting information and to register for Board Meeting notifications, please click here. For all other evaluations and reports, please click here. 

Request for Information Comments Received

Acadia Center
Alonetics
EFI
Enervee
GDS
Greater Portland Board of Realtors
Libby Evan
Midcoast Heat Pumps
Natural Resources Council of Maine
NECEC
NEEC
NEEP
SMRT
Sunrun
VEIC