Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Technical Work Group

All documents prepared for the Residential, Commercial and Industrial (RCI) Technical Work Group (TWG) will be posted here, along with other documents of interest. Typically the TWG meets via teleconference.  Members of the public may attend any teleconference call via welcome to attend at the location specified in the Meeting Notice and Agenda.) The Center for Climate Strategies (CCS) facilitates these speakerphone at the location specified in the Meeting Notice and Agenda. (If the TWG meets in-person, members of the public are also calls and prepares various documents for the calls.

Members of the Residential, Commercial, and Industrial TWG (Updated January 28, 2009)

Teleconferences and Documents 

The schedule of TWG conference calls and documents relevant to each call/meeting are listed below:

Teleconference Call/Meeting #13: Wednesday, December 17, 2008 from 10:30 am to 12:30pm. The call-in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public was invited to dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan.

Documents for the call:

• Notice and Agenda for Call #13                                                        
• Draft Summary of Call #12            
• Draft RCI Policy Option Document - [For review prior to meeting; in Track Changes] 

Teleconference Call/Meeting #12: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 [Note this is Veteran's Day. Since state offices were closed, this meeting was only by phone.]

• Notice and Agenda for Call #12                                 
• Powerpoint Presentation                                 
• Draft Summary of Call #11                 
• Draft RCI Policy Option Document - for review prior to meeting             
• Draft ES-1 and ES-12 Policy Options - for review prior to meeting
  

Added Joint TWG meeting: Joint Energy Supply (ES) and Residential Commercial and Industrial (RCI) Technical Work Groups Teleconference Wed., October 22, 2008 from 4:00-5:00 Eastern.  The two work groups held this joint call to discuss overlaps and goal differences between Policy Options ES-1 and ES-12 and RCI-6 and RCI-8. The public was invited to join this call.

The following documents will assist in understanding and addressing these overlaps:  

• Memo regarding quantification issues and overlap among RCI and Energy Supply policy options  (This Sept. 24 Memo raised the issue of overlaps for attention by the RCI working group.)                         
• Estimates of costs and GHG reductions for ES Options 1, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12 and RCI 6 and 8                    
• ES-1 and ES-12 Policy Option Descriptions                            
• RCI-6 and RCI-8 Policy Option Descriptions

Teleconference Call/Meeting #11: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 from 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Eastern Daylight Time.

The call-in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public was intivted to dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan. Documents for the call:

• Notice and Agenda for Call #11                                  
• Powerpoint Presentation 
  • Printer Friendly - 2 slides per page, black and white                           
• Draft Summary of Call #10                                               
• Draft RCI Policy Option Document - in track changes since September 25 meeting  
  • Draft RCI Policy Option Document - revised October 13, 2008 at 11:30 pm.
• MI RCI Quantification Draft (posted 10-14-08)                             
• MI RCI Proposed Inventory & Forecast Changes Powerpoint (posted 10-14-08)

Teleconference Call/Meeting #10: Thursday, September 25, 2008, from 10:00 a.m. to Noon Eastern Daylight Time. Documents for the call:

• Notice and Agenda for Call #10                                                 
• PowerPoint Presentation                                                 
• Draft Summary of Call #9                                                
• Draft RCI Policy Option Document - in track changes since August 28 meeting                                        
• Memo regarding quantification issues and overlap among RCI and Energy Supply policy options

Teleconference Call/Meeting #9: Thursday, August 28, 2008, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern.  Documents for the call:

• Notice and Agenda for Call #9                                                 
• PowerPoint presentation                                                 
• Draft Summary of Call #8                                                 
• Draft RCI Policy Option Document - track changes from August 21 meeting

NOTICE: Teleconference Call/Meeting #8: originally scheduled for Thursday, August 14, 2008, from 3:00 - 5:00 pm was rescheduled for Thursday, August 21, 2008 from 10:30 am - 12:30 pm Eastern Daylight Time. 

Documents for the call:

• Notice and Agenda for Call #8                                                                   
• Draft Summary of Call #7                                                                  
• PowerPoint Presentation                                                                 
• Draft RCI TWG Policy Options [this document shows Track Changes from the July 25 version and was revised on August 13]

Teleconference Call/Meeting #7: Friday, July 25, 2008, from 10:30 am to 12:30 pm Eastern time. The call in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public may dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan.

Documents for Call:

• Notice and Agenda for Call #7                                                                   
• Draft Summary of Call #6                                                                   
• Powerpoint Presentation                                                                   
• Draft RCI TWG Policy Options

Teleconference Call/Meeting #6: Thursday, June 12, 2008, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern time. The call in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public may dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan.

Documents for Call:

• Agenda                                                                              
• Summary of Call #5                                                                                
• PowerPoint for Call                                                                             
• Draft RCI Straw Proposals 

Teleconference Call/Meeting #5: Thursday, May 15, 2008, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern time. The call in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public may dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan.

Documents for Call:

• Agenda                                                                                
• Summary of Call #4                                                                                
• PowerPoint for Call                                                                               
• Results of MCAC Priority Policy Options

Teleconference Call/Meeting #4: Thursday, March 13, 2008, from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern time. The call in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public may dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan.

Documents for Call:

• Agenda                                                                                     
• Call #3 Draft Summary                                                                                     
• PowerPoint for Call                                                                                     
• Summary of Results of Top Ten Balloting                                                                                     
• Annotated Master Catalog of State Actions

Teleconference Call/Meeting #3: Thursday, February 21, 2008 from 3:00 PM to 5:00 PM Eastern time. The call in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public may dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan.

Documents for call:

• Agenda                                                                                           
• Call #2 Meeting Summary                                                                                           
• RCI Catalog Descriptions per MCAC Mtg#2                                                                                           
• RCI Catalog per MCAC Mtg#2                                                                                           
• PowerPoint for call                                                                                          
• Annotated RCI Catalog per TWG Classifications

Teleconference Call/Meeting #2: Thursday, January 31, 2008 from 1:30 PM to 3:30 PM Central time. The call in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. The public may dial in or join the call at the Hart Conference Room, 3rd Floor North, Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan.

Documents for call:

• Meeting and Notice Agenda                                                                                                
• Summary of call 1                                                                                                
• PowerPoint for Teleconference                                                                                               
• Residential, Commercial and Industrial Catalog of Policy Options                                                                                               
• Residential, Commercial and Industrial Catalog Descriptions 

Teleconference Call #1: Thursday, January 17^th, 2008 from 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM Eastern Time.  This meeting is open to the public.  The call in number for the public is 800.704.9804; conference code: 489 781. 

The Katherine Cushman Conference Room has been reserved, located on 1st floor, North Tower, of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's offices at Constitution Hall, 525 W. Allegan Street, Lansing, Michigan 48913.  If you wish to participate in person, please contact Lynn Fiedler at 517-373-7087.  Here is a map showing where MDEQ offices are located in downtown Lansing.

Documents posted for the call:

• Meeting Notice and Agenda                                                                                                          
• Powerpoint for Teleconference                                                                                                             
• RCI Draft Catalog of State Policy Options