Ms. Rachel Freeman, MS., a consultant with Summit Blue Consulting, has extensive experience in energy efficiency program evaluation, energy technologies, demand response programs, software engineering, digital control systems, and data analysis. She has a strong analytical and mathematical background, with a B.S. in Mathematics from the University of London and an M.S. in Renewable Energy and the Environment (Eng) from the University of Reading, UK.

Since joining Summit Blue, Ms Freeman has been working on projects related to both demand response and energy efficiency, including program design and integration of demand response within resource planning. Recent project assignments include:

Energy Efficiency Program Evaluation:

• Data analysis of participant and non-participant survey data for NYSERDA's New York Energy $martSM portfolio of programs, including an estimation of inside and outside spillover, non-energy impacts, and free-ridership.
• An evaluation of savings from the Electric & Gas Industries Association (CA) buy-down program for high efficiency HVAC equipment.
• A detailed impact evaluation of Xcel Energy's portfolio of DSM programs in Colorado. These programs include an AC rebate program, a Custom Efficiency program, and a Design Assistance Program. Tasks included a review of the program databases, a characterization of the savings by six different day types, and a verification of program savings.
• An M&V evaluation of the portfolio of energy efficiency programs being run in Texas for the Public Utility Commission of Texas. This included a review of program databases, confirmation of savings calculations, and a deemed savings methodology review.

Demand Side Management Potential:

• A demand side management potential study for Nova Scotia Power that identified potential savings for a wide range of energy efficiency measures, including estimates for energy, and winter and summer peak savings.
• A DSM study for Jacksonville Electric Authority, including modeling of a variety of C&I energy efficiency measures with Equest, estimates of solar PV savings, and design of EE and demand response programs.

Protocol Reviews:

• A review of engineering protocols used to determine energy and demand savings due to efficiency improvements, for the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities.
• A review of energy efficiency savings protocols for natural gas appliances, for Union Gas (Canada). Included items such as low-flow showerheads programmable thermostats, and infrared heaters.

Demand Response Valuation: Extensive research into demand response resources in many different countries for the IEA's Demand Respond Resources (Task XIII) project. This task involved developing tools for member countries to estimate the value of demand response (DR) in their markets. Tasks done in the project include:

• Research into DR modeling methodologies in the USA and Scandinavia.
• Building a risk analysis model to estimate the market potential of DR.
• Working with New Energy Associate's Strategist® utility planning model with data from a large energy system.
• Developing methodologies for valuing DR in a resource planning context.

Recent publications include: Commentary for RE Focus Magazine: Reducing Peak Load and Managing Risk with Demand Response and Demand Side Management DRR Valuation and Market Analysis, Volumes I and II, prepared for the International Energy Agency Demand-Side Programme, Task XIII: Demand Response Resources (Daniel M. Violette, Rachel Freeman, Chris Neil)