Texas PUC To Form Working Groups On Energy Efficiency Rulemaking Including Role Of Demand Response & REP Participation / Market Structure

A publicly filed memo from the Director of the Texas PUC's Infrastructure Division states that the PUC will form working groups in January 2023 to address the future energy efficiency rulemaking topics listed below:

• Role of Demand Response/Load Management (including REP participation and Market Structure)

• Program Goals (both Energy Savings and Demand Reduction)

• Program Planning (including Avoided Cost of Energy, IOU Performance Incentives, Cost-effectiveness and Marketing/Education)

• Equity and Resilience Goals for Low-Income and Other Underserved Segments (including coordination with other Funding Sources)

Information and a working group interest form will be filed in Project 38578 and distributed to the Energy Efficiency Implementation Project listserv the week of January 3, 2023, the memo said

The topics were informed by an Energy Efficiency Stakeholder Survey conducted in November 2022 (summary findings released Dec. 20 with the memo in Project 38578) as well as the Energy Efficiency Implementation Project meeting discussions held this fall.