# Measurement and Verification

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- **citation:** 4 CCR 723-4 Rule 4755
- **title:** Measurement and Verification
- **source type:** regulation
- **agency:** Colorado Public Utilities Commission
- **status:** current
- **official:** true
- **published on:** Not available
- **effective on:** Not available
- **summary:** (a) Each utility shall implement a measurement and verification (M & V) program to evaluate the actual performance of its DSM program. The utility shall present its M & V plan as a part of its DSM plan application, pursuant to rule 4753, and shall include the complete M & V evaluation results with i
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(a) Each utility shall implement a measurement and verification (M & V) program to
evaluate the actual performance of its DSM program. The utility shall present its
M & V plan as a part of its DSM plan application, pursuant to rule 4753, and shall
include the complete M & V evaluation results with its annual DSM report in
those years when the M & V is conducted.
(b) As a part of its M & V program, the utility shall, at a minimum, design a M & V
plan to evaluate the effectiveness of the actual DSM measures and programs
implemented by the utility. The M & V plan shall address: sampling bias; a data
gathering process sufficient to yield statistically significant results; and generally
accepted methods of data analysis. The M & V plan shall also include an
evaluation of free ridership, spillover, and the net-to-gross ratio. The M & V
evaluation shall be implemented at least once per the DSM plan period.
Subsequent DSM plan applications shall reflect the results of all completed M &
V evaluations.
(c) The M & V evaluation shall, at a minimum, include the following:
(I) an assessment of whether the DSM programs have been implemented as
set forth in its Commission approved DSM plan;
(II) a measurement of the actual energy savings for each DSM program, in
dekatherms per dollar expended and in total dollars, and a comparison to
the corresponding utility projections in the approved DSM plan;
(III) to the extent feasible, an assessment of the period of time that each DSM
measure actually remains in service, and a comparison to the
corresponding utility projections in the approved DSM plan;
(IV) a summary of the actual benefit/cost ratio for each DSM program within
the approved DSM plan;
(V) an assessment of the extent to which education and market
transformation efforts are achieving the desired results; and
(VI) recommendations for how the utility can improve the market penetration
and cost effectiveness of individual DSM programs.
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