RD66 - Energy Conservation Efforts of Virginia’s Investor-Owned Public Utilities In 2008


Executive Summary:
As outlined in Section 67-202.1 of the Code of Virginia, each investor-owned public utility (IOU) that provides electric service in the Commonwealth is required to prepare an annual report delineating its efforts to conserve energy, including but not limited to its implementation of customer demand-side management programs and efforts by the utility to improve energy efficiency and conservation within its internal operations, pursuant to Section 56-235.1 of the Code. The annual reports are to be submitted by November 1 of each year to the Division of Energy of the Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy (DMME). The Division is charged with compiling the utilities’ reports and submitting the compilation to the Governor and the General Assembly. This report is intended to fulfill that requirement.

For the year 2008, DMME’s Division of Energy received reports from Dominion Virginia Power, Appalachian Power Company (APCo), the Potomac Edison Company (PEC) d/b/a Allegheny Power, and Kentucky Utilities Company d/b/a Old Dominion Power Company between October 31 and December 12, 2008. The following is a summary of energy conservation programs being implemented (or in some cases, being considered as noted) by these investor-owned utility companies during the past year. A copy of each utility’s full report is appended to this summary.