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• Estimate the expected energy efficiency savings or shifts for each program. • Provide information on the type of retail rate structures typically used in conjunction with these programs. • Define and analyze significant barriers including infrastructure, communication and governance barriers that wholesale electric customers face when investing in energy efficiency programs; • Provide an analysis of infrastructure and communication barriers currently impeding the adoption of energy efficiency and conservation measures as well as recommendations on how to address any barriers. • Provide a comparative analysis of the role of small-scale, distributed and renewable energy options as an avenue for wholesale electric customers to secure `conservation-like' energy savings. • Provide recommendations on best practices and processes that LCRA can adopt to promote and support the implementation of the energy efficiency potential by its wholesale customers. Recommendations should cover the economic (financial incentives, time-of-use pricing, etc.), communication and technological sectors. Respondents are encouraged to propose different, or additional, tasks if they would achieve the same result more efficiently or effectively. It is LCRA's intent that vendors utilized for the preparation of this study not be contracted by LCRA to also implement recommended solutions. This does not preclude potential vendors from providing program implementation services directly to LCRA's wholesale customers. In addition, the selected vendor(s) will take the following key process steps and produce the required deliverables. Step 1: Conduct Project Initiation Meeting: July 1 The Contractor shall conduct a project initiation meeting with LCRA and its wholesale customers. Additional parties such as the State Energy Conservation Office (SECO) and contractors working for wholesale electric customers may be included in this opening meeting or may be brought in to discussions at a later time. The Contractor shall prepare an agenda for the project initiation meeting which shall be submitted to LCRA and its wholesale customers for review and approval prior to this meeting. The purpose of the meeting is to: • Review and refine the research objectives and discuss data requirements, and clarify current data availability and quality; • Review and reconfirm the schedule for the project, including key milestone dates; • Review, clarify and refine cost effectiveness criteria; • Review and adjust (as necessary) the project approach outlined in the proposal; and • Develop project management and communication protocols to ensure that the information needs of LCRA, its wholesale customers and the Contractor are satisfied. The Contractor shall prepare and submit to LCRA and its wholesale customers, a detailed memorandum documenting the results of the project initiation meeting. Step 2: Refine List of Programs to Be Included The Contractor shall prepare and submit to LCRA and its wholesale customers a draft list of all the efficiency programs to be included in the evaluation including, for each measure, estimates of typical savings and usage per customer, etc. The list will be approved by LCRA and its wholesale customers before advancing to the next stage of research. Step 3: Produce Draft Report, Presentation of Findings and Final Report The Contractor will produce a draft report of all findings by August 14. The report will be read by LCRA and its wholesale electric customers for initial feedback. After receiving this initial feedback, the Contractor will then make a formal presentation to LCRA and its wholesale electric customers in late August. After the presentation, LCRA, based on consultations with its wholesale electric customers may provide additional comments to the Contractors. A final report will then be produced by September 11 and both paper and PDF electronic format copies will be submitted to LCRA and its wholesale customers. General Services RFP LR Revised 09/15/08 Contract #TBD Page 6