Submit a BE Pilot Idea

Fill out this form to submit your idea. Please see the BE Pilots pages for the most up-to-date information on the current status of annual planning and for announcements on upcoming opportunities.

Your entries may not be saved if you leave the session and come back to them later, so it’s recommended that you have your responses prepared. This form is for BE Pilots submissions only. For more information about the BE Pilot focus areas, please visit the BE Pilots page.

If you are looking to submit an idea related to the energy efficiency and peak load reduction focus areas for Customer Innovation, please visit Resources.

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If you have questions about use of this form or would like to submit any additional information, please reach out to [email protected].

Idea Screening

Ideas will be scored using the process and criteria outlined for BE Plan 1: Download Pilot Evaluation Process and Criteria.

Criteria used to screen ideas include:

  • Focus area alignment: Projects must fall into one of the eight focus areas defined in BE Plan 2 to be considered.
  • Promotion of beneficial electrification: Projects should promote beneficial electrification by producing one or more of the following benefits:
    • Grid impact, such as increased operational effectiveness, capacity, resiliency, reliability, or power quality
    • Customer impact, in the form of economic or energy benefits
    • Environmental impact, in the form of greenhouse gas emissions reductions or reduced local air pollution
  • Equitable Electrification Benefits: benefits to income eligible customers or equity investment eligible communities
  • Implementation potential: including cost-effectiveness, lifetime of investment, and expected market adoption
  • Concept potential: including technology readiness and scalability

Additional information on the remaining criteria will be requested for ideas that are selected to move forward to the proposal stage.