Date: November 2024

While Tri-State G&T co-op has been an administrator of EE electrification programs for over a decade, the face of the programs to end use customers has always been the member-owner utility co-ops. Tri-State worked with ICF to develop a cost-benefit analysis model that can be used not only to value programs from Tri-State's point of view, but also from the point of view of each member-owner utility. This helps Tri-State to have a vertically coordinated approach to program planning, and empowers each of Tri-State's members to independently assess the value of different program offerings and potential supplemental incentives from their own point of view.This model was built utilizing the principles of the National Standard Practice Manual, and so ensures that the full value of any potential resource is taken into consideration. Using this model, Tri-State has evaluated existing offerings and potential demand response programs to expand its portfolio.

Speakers:
Olivia Patterson, Opinion Dynamics
Abhishek Jain, ICF