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Q3 2025 RETAC Agenda Packet
The Regional Emerging Technology Advisory Committee (RETAC) will hold their third quarterly meeting of 2025 on September 24th. Topics include a committee “round robin” discussion of energy efficiency initiatives within the region, and an update on emerging technology projects from Puget Sound Energy.
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Extended Motor Products Savings Validation Research on Clean Water Pumps and Circulators
As part of the Extended Motor Products (XMP) Initiative, the Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) contracted with Cadeo Group to execute research on the installation characteristics and operation of Commercial and Industrial Clean Water Pumps and Commercial and Residential Circulators in the Northwest. The team designed this research effort to leverage both primary data collection…
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Drive Power Initiative – 2018 Long Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) Report
This report, prepared by The Cadmus Group (“Cadmus”) presents the 2018 Long-Term Monitoring and Tracking findings for green motor rewinds. Cadmus collected a range of data to meet three major objectives: (1) update the size of the motor rewind market in the Northwest; (2) establish the market share of green motor rewinds; and (3) calculate…
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Drive Power Initiative Long Term Monitoring and Tracking (LTMT) Report and ACE Model Assumption Update
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s (NEEA) Drive Power Initiative (DPI) (via the Green Motor Initiative (GMI) and the Green Motors Practices Group (GMPG)) encouraged adoption of green motor rewind practices by northwest motor service centers between 1999 and 2004. The GMPG has continued to promote these practices actively. Green rewind practices are rigorous and include motor testing.…
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Electric Motors Standard Evaluation
NEEA contracted with Cadmus to evaluate the effectiveness of NEEA’s efforts during the rulemaking process for the amended federal electric motors standard and the impact of all energy efficiency stakeholders on the final rule.
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Evaluation of Key Alliance Cost Effectiveness Model Assumptions for Motor Rewinds
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged Cadmus in November 2014 to conduct research to update the key Alliance Cost Effectiveness (ACE) model assumptions for motor rewinds performed in 2014 in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, and Washington.
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Marginal Impact of Electric Heat Pumps on Home Sale Price
In November 2008, Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance (NEEA) engaged ECONorthwest to estimate the effect that electric heat pumps have on the sale price of homes in the Northwest. In this memorandum, we describe the analytical methods followed and the results of the analysis. A summary of our findings is as follows:
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NEEA Previously Funded Initiative: Drive Power
In 1999, clear energy-efficiency data and life cycle analysis information were not available to customers making the decision to repair, rewind or buy new industrial motors. Rewinding a motor keeps operating costs the same or sometimes raises them, while investing money in a more energyefficient model reduces operating costs over the motor’s lifetime. Service centers…
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Energy Savings from NEMA Premium Electric Motors in the Northwest in 2012
In late 2010, energy efficiency standards that require electric motors to meet National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) Premium™ efficiency levels became effective in the United States. This federal regulation represented a significant increase in the energy efficiency requirements that the Energy Policy Act (EPAct) mandated for electric motors. This report estimates the annual energy savings…
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Non-Intrusive Motor Efficiency Estimators
In order to be useful in assisting decisions of replacement of electric motors in industry, efficiency instrumentation is required that must be of “acceptable” accuracy and non-intrusive operation. This study has examined the state-of-the-art in instruments to meet these requirements.
Commercial + Industrial