KANSAS CITY POWER & LIGHT (KCP&L)

BLOCK BIDDING REVERSE AUCTION

2016 - 2019

Project Details

Location: Kansas City Metropolitan Area
2018 kWh Savings: 6,214,464
2018 kW Savings: 777
Over $400,000 in Auction Incentives

Overlay Services

Program Design and Guidelines
Targeted Telephone Marketing and Outreach
Online Auction Platform
Participant Training
Program Participant Survey and Report
Winning Bidder Project Tracking

Overview:

The Block Bidding Program utilizes a real-time online auction that drives down incentive rates achieving the lowest incentive cost the market will bear

Block Bidding allowed commercial and industrial projects to apply for auction rebates that would be calculated in addition to existing Focus on Energy prescriptive and custom rebate offerings

Focuses on large commercial and industrial customer targets

The program offered additional incentive funding to auction participants who did not place a winning bid at a “Buy Now” rate

Results:

Over 6.2 GWh saved in 2018