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Spring/Summer Edition
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2013
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Another
Sizzling Summer Ahead!
 Business
continues to be red-hot for
Johnson Consulting Group.
We've completed a number of
exciting projects in the
past few months for clients
ranging from the City of
Springfield, Missouri to
FortisBC in British
Columbia.
While we will be busy
working on a variety of EM&V
projects coast-to-coast, we
will be taking some time off
to visit some of the most
beautiful vacation spots in
the US including Asheville,
NC and Lake Tahoe, NV.
We hope every has a happy
and healthy summer.
Dr. Katherine
Johnson,
President
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Arkansas 2012 IEM Report Filed
As the Independent Evaluation Monitor
(IEM) for the Arkansas Public Service
Commission (APSC), one of our primary
responsibilities is to review the nine
Evaluation, Measurement & Verification
(EM&V) reports prepared for the following
energy organizations:
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 Arkansas
Oklahoma Gas Corporation (AOG)
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Arkansas Oklahoma Gas
Corporation/Oklahoma Gas & Electric
Company (AOG/OG&E Weatherization
Program)
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Arkansas Weatherization Program
(AWP)
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CenterPoint Energy Arkansas Gas
(CenterPoint)
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Empire District Electric Company
(Empire)
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Entergy Arkansas, Inc. (EAI)
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Oklahoma Gas & Electric Company
(OG&E)
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SourceGas Arkansas (SourceGas)
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American Electric Power-
Southwestern Electric Power Company
(SWEPCO)
The IEM, led by Katherine included
input from other team members: Scott
Dimetrosky, Apex Analytics, Dr. Jim
Bradford, Mesa Point Energy, Gregg
Eisenberg, Eisenberg Energy, Mike Frischmann,
Michael's Energy, and Afroz Khan, Rouleau
Consulting Group. The team worked very hard
during the past two months to synthesize the
key findings, develop a summary report, and
provide additional recommendations on ways
to improve and enhance EM&V activities
across the state. Thanks to all the hard
working team members, including Corine and
Diane Mahon for the hours of editing and
formatting to make the report "letter
perfect." To read the report, or learn more
about the scope of energy efficiency
activities in Arkansas, please visit: link
to docket for filing:
13-002-U Docket.
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Energy Efficiency is Underway in
Virginia
 Columbia
Gas of Virginia is now moving
into Phase 2 of Conservation and
Ratemaking Efficiency
(CARE) Plan for its next three-year
plan (2013-2016). The emphasis
of this next effort will be
focus on increasing energy
efficiency installations among small
C&I customers throughout its
territory. Katherine will be working
the Columbia Gas team to help
implement the recommendations from
the last year's process
evaluation including refining
marketing and outreach strategies
and increasing the
overall contractor network.
Katherine and her team
will also be developing the EM&V
plans
 for
Washington Gas's
recently approved suite of
energy efficiency programs for
residential and commercial
customers in Northern Virginia.
These activities include
conducting a full suite of EM&V
activities for its energy
efficiency programs during the
next three-year period including
an audit of its behavioral
program run by Opower.
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Technical
Reviewer in Texas
Katherine is also
serving as the technical
reviewer on the Tetra
Tech team that will be
conducting EM&V
activities on behalf of
the Public Utility
Commission of Texas for
the next two years. In
this role, Katherine
will be drawing on her
experience with similar
engagements in Arkansas
and Missouri to review
key EM&V documents
including EM&V plans,
TRM guidance documents,
presentations, and
reports for this
multi-year project.
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Re-appointed to the Utility
Advisory Board for the City of
Winter Park
Mayor Ken Bradley of Winter
Park re-appointed Katherine
to another three-year term
as the Utility Advisory
Board for the City of Winter
Park. During the past three
years, Katherine has been
involved in a variety of
utility activities including
reviewing water and sewer
rate structures, power
supply options, and
monitoring the progress of
the city's first energy
efficiency program.
During the next few
months, the City Utility will
initiate a pilot project for low
income seniors. Leveraging a
grant from the Edyth Bush
Charitable Foundation, Katherine
has been assisting the City in
determining the scope of this
pilot project that will provide
free audits and weatherization
upgrades to a selected number of
low-income seniors.
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Meet our new summer
intern:
Ariel Blouin.
We also expanded
our team to include our first
intern, Ms. Ariel Blouin, a
rising Junior majoring in
Entrepreneurship
at Johnson & Wales in
Providence, RI . Ariel lives in
Quebec City, Quebec and will be
helping Katherine in developing
proposals as she learns more
about the world of energy
efficiency program evaluation.
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Quick Link
Johnson Consulting Group Website
Click on the link above to view a
list of our
other publications, services, and
clients.
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On a very personal note:
October was Breast Cancer
Awareness month, but it is a
year-round battle for too
many women (and men). Please
consider continuing to
donate to this worthwhile
cause year round -- because
for too many the fight
continues. (Link to American
Cancer Society
Breast Cancer donation
webpage.)
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Financing Update at IEPEC
Conference in Chicago
Katherine will be
providing an update on
innovative financing
program strategies at
the upcoming IEPEC
conference. This paper,
Coast-to-Coast: An
Update on On-Bill
Financing Program
Strategies summarizes
successful practices and
lessons learned from
financing programs from
two separate process
evaluations focusing on
emerging strategies and
"best practices." It
draws on the findings
from a literature review
of successful practices
for Efficiency Maine
Trust's PowerSaver
Program and a
comprehensive process
evaluation conducted for
Clean Energy Works of
Oregon.
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Fun Stuff
* Emily's
Relay for Life Raised
$1,000 in
honor of Carolyn! Thanks
to all who
contributed.
Click to view photos.
* Jasper is in
Japan, check out his
blog at
JasperinJapan.blogspot.com.
* It is a small
world - after all!
Ms. Kana
Murakoshi, daughter of our Japanese
colleague, Dr. Chiharu Murakoshi from
the Jyukankyo Research Institute
was our
houseguest for a few days in May. Dr.
Murakoshi visited the US
several years
ago to visit with Katherine to learn more
about innovative financing strategi es.
The
two met at the eceee
conference in Southern
France in 2007. After
visiting the
D.C. area,
she went on to
visit
Carolyn in New York
City. Later this
month,
Kana will be showing
Carolyn and Jasper
around Tokyo.
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Where in the World
is Dr. KJ?
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June 18-19
NEEP Energy
Efficiency
Summit,
Springfield, MA
* July 9
and August 6 Utility Advisory
Board Meeting,
City of Winter
Park Utilities,
Winter Park, FL
* July
15-17th
AESP Strategic
Board Retreat,
Lake Tahoe, NV
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August 12-15
IEPEC
Conference,
Chicago, IL
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