WAL-MART STORES, INC.

DEMAND RESPONSE
 Wal-Mart in New York
• Supercenters 45

• Discount Stores 45

• Neighborhood Markets 0

• Sam’s Clubs 17

• Distribution Centers 4
 Wal-Mart
• We operate more than 6,900 stores in 14
countries and serve more than 176 million
customers around the globe each week.

1,040 Wal-Mart Discount Stores

2,326 Supercenters
118 Neighborhood Markets
2,903 Wal-Mart International Facilities
584 Sam’s Clubs
Annual Energy Expense for 2007 in
the U.S. alone:

$2.0 Billion
 Environmental Goals
• To be supplied by 100% renewable
energy

• To create zero waste

• To sell products that sustain our resources

and the environment
 Wal-Mart Environmental
Commitments
• Aggressively investing approximately $500
million annually in sustainable technologies and
innovations.
• Reducing greenhouse gases at our existing
stores, Sam’s Clubs, and Distribution Centers
around the world by 20% by 2012.
• Designing and opening a viable prototype store
that is 25-30 percent more efficient and will
produce up to 30 percent fewer greenhouse gas
emissions by 2009.
 Wal-Mart Environmental
Commitments
• Sharing our learning with the world,
including our competitors.
• Pursue regulatory and policy changes that
will create incentives for utilities to invest
in energy efficiency, to use low or no
greenhouse gas sources of electricity, and
to reduce barriers to integrating these
sources into the power grid.
 Wal-Mart Environmental
Commitments

• Initiate a program in the U.S. that will

show preference to suppliers who set their
own goals and aggressively reduce their
own emissions.
 Wal-Mart’s Profile

• Most new facilities are .75 MW to 1.3 MW

 Energy Efficiency
• Daylighting
• Electronic Dimming Balasts
• Computer Controlled Daylight Sensors
• All new facilities utilize T-8 fluorescent
lamps
• New construction uses LED lighting in all
internally illuminated exterior signage
 Energy Efficiency
• Occupancy sensors in non-sales areas of
new stores
• High efficiency HVAC systems
• White membrane roofs are used in most
areas of the country
• 70% of hot water needs for Supercenters,
Sam’s Clubs, and Neighborhood Markets
are met through a heat reclaim system
• We actively dehumidify our buildings
 Energy Efficiency

• Energy Management System

 Demand Response Project Types
• Formal demand response programs at the
state, utility, and ISO level

• Voluntary demand response to support

states, regions, and utilities

• Experimentation with back-up generators

Demand Response programs are
being set up all across the U.S.
To date we have assisted with the stability
of the grid through curtailment in the
following states:
Arkansas
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Texas
 Demand Response
• We are preparing to implement Demand
Response in:
New York
Tennessee
Maine
Delaware
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
 2006 Voluntary Load Curtailment
• Illinois

• NW Arkansas

• California
 2006 Voluntary Load Curtailment

• Illinois – Reduced load on one day for one hour. There were 36
stores involved.

• NW Arkansas – Reduced load for 3 days at all NW Arkansas stores

and Home Office Campus

• California – Reduced load for three days at 50 locations

• Missouri & Kansas – Reduced load on one day for one hour. There
were 5 stores involved
2006 Wal-Mart Demand Response
California

• PGE – 13 locations, 7 events

• SDG&E – 20 locations, 4 events.

2006 Wal-Mart Demand Response
Connecticut

• Committed to approximately 3,000 kw

• 35 store locations

• 30 minute notice provision

• Actually curtailed over 5,000 kw

2006 Wal-Mart Demand Response

Back-up Generators (System Peak Shaving)

• Georgia

• Municipal Systems in NC and SC

 Demand Response
• Help reduce overall peak and demand loads

• Increase available energy supply

• Help to reduce greenhouse gas emissions

• Help reduce the need for fossil burning generation plants

and construction of new peaker plants.

• Help create a more reliable power grid

What’s Driving Demand Response
Movement
• Need for new generation

• Transmission constraints

• Sustainability/Conservation

• Customer involvement

• Improved technology
 Demand Response
Customers should receive the benefits
they earn by participating in demand
response

• Energy payments/Capacity payments

• Renewable Energy Credits
• White Tags
 Demand Response

• Allow for aggregation

• No minimum participation limits

• Competitive Markets
 Demand Response

• Consumer retention of environmental

attributes.

• Measurement and Verification should be

standardized and affordable.

• Direct Load Control

 Demand Response

• Consistent methods of customer

notification.
 Demand Response
• Customer choice with metering.

• Customers should be allowed to install their own

advanced meters provided they are in compliance with
standards set by the regulatory authority.

• Customers should receive full credit for meter ownership.

• Customers or their authorized representative should

have full, free, frequent and easy access to their own
meter data.
 Demand Response
Real Time Pricing
• Gives customers the most accurate, up
to date information so they can manage
their load accordingly

• Gives large consumers the ability to have

the most impact on load reduction at the
most critical peak times
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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