Nexant to Conduct System-Wide Energy Efficiency Study for Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association
This news item was posted on Jul 16, 2009
Boulder, CO---July 16, 2009---Nexant, the global energy software and consulting firm, today announced that it has been retained by Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) to assess the market potential for electric energy savings in Tri-State's 250,00-square-mile service area.
Tri-State is a wholesale electric power association owned by 44 electric cooperatives in Colorado, Nebraska, New Mexico, and Wyoming. In addition to providing its member-owners with a reliable, efficient, cost-based supply of electricity, Tri-State has an established track record in helping its member cooperatives develop energy efficiency programs and measures—enabling those members to offer energy efficiency incentives to their customers.
Nexant has designed, delivered, and managed many of the largest demand-side management (DSM) and energy efficiency incentive programs in the United States. For Tri-State and its member co-ops, Nexant will determine the potential for enhancing energy load management and achieving tangible, cost-effective energy efficiency savings that benefit the residential, commercial, irrigation, and industrial customers within the association’s service territory.
The scope of the Nexant assessment spans a 15-year period between 2010 and 2025. When completed, it will help Tri-State’s energy efficiency and demand side management planning efforts, enabling the association to assist its member co-ops in identifying and developing more effective DSM and energy efficiency incentive programs. “This is a significant initiative for Tri-State,” said Lowell Stave, senior manager of member services and rates at Tri-State. “It is an important step to identify the potential for long-term energy and cost savings on a comprehensive scale.”
For this assignment, Nexant is teamed with The Cadmus Group, which will provide load research, forecasting, and other services to support Nexant’s overall assessment. Nexant plans to deliver the assessment to Tri-State by the spring of 2010.