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SECTION B SCOPE OF WORK GENERAL INFORMATION The Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) in partnership with its wholesale electric customers wishes to retain a contractor(s) to identify retail level energy efficiency and conservation (EE&C) programs that are technically and economically feasible from an electric generator's perspective in LCRA's service area, and to propose best practices and processes that can be employed by LCRA to promote and support the implementation of EE&C programs by LCRA's wholesale electric customers. This study will be utilized by LCRA and its wholesale electric customers to determine which cost effective energy efficiency and conservation measures to deploy and by LCRA as part of its generation resource planning activities. The LCRA is a conservation and reclamation district created by the Texas Legislature in 1934 to improve the quality of life in the Central Texas area. It receives no state tax money and cannot levy taxes. It operates on revenues from wholesale electric and water sales and other services. LCRA is the primary wholesale provider of reliable, competitively priced electricity in Central Texas. By supplying wholesale power to 42 city-owned utilities and electric cooperatives and one former co-op, LCRA serves more than 1.1 million people in one of the nation's fastest growing regions, helping fuel the growth of rural communities, towns and cities. LCRA's wholesale electric customers range in size from serving 5,000 consumers to more than 250,000. LCRA's 2008 Fiscal Year peak load was 3200 MWs. LCRA also serves numerous water customers, including cities, the rice-growing industry and municipal utility districts. There are many factors driving the electric utility industry towards a greater level of focus on the implementation of effective energy efficiency and conservation efforts. Volatile fuel prices, significant generation development costs, and the likely implementation of more stringent environmental regulations continue to drive upward pressure on the cost of producing power. Both state and federal policies continue to promote and require greater levels of energy efficiency and conservation efforts. Also, recent studies continue to indicate that there is a strong business case for energy efficiency and conservation with both the demand for energy and the cost of electricity projected to increase. LCRA and its wholesale electric customers are undertaking this study to address these drivers with the belief that a continued partnership by LCRA and its wholesale electric customers on energy efficiency and conservation activities will enable the delivery of energy at the lowest possible cost, in an environmentally responsible manner resulting in savings to Central Texas consumers. SCOPE The purpose of this undertaking is to 1) identify the EE&C programs and distributed renewable options that are technically and economically feasible from an electric generator's perspective in LCRA's service area and 2) propose best practices and processes that can be employed by LCRA to promote and support the implementation of EE&C programs by LCRA's wholesale electric customers. The selected vendor(s) is expected to execute the following major tasks. • Estimate the 10-year achievable potential for energy efficiency savings in LCRA's service area considering LCRA's mix of municipal and electric cooperative customers, the geographical spread of its service area, and economies of scale. This information may be used to help determine appropriate goals for LCRA and its wholesale electric customers. Estimate the budget required to realize this 10-year achievable potential focusing on differentiation between municipalities and cooperatives within LCRA's service area. Produce technical, program and engineering data for EE&C programs suitable for LCRA's service area based on a review of recent statewide studies, existing customer programs and industry experience. Estimate end-use customer participation rates/levels by program based on different payback incentive levels. General Services RFP LR Revised 09/15/08 Contract #TBD Page 5