Greening the Co-op:Advancing the Right StrategyFor Your CommunityAtlanta, GeorgiaSeptember 23, 2011
Green Resources Available for Greenhouse Gas Reductions by 2030
Source: ASES
Your challenge
1. Understand the basics of utility resource planning
2. See energy efficiency as a resource 3. Get a clear picture of opportunities for
solar, wind, biomass, other renewables4. Put these in context for your co-op5. Change hearts and minds
Mark Gerken, AMP (Ohio)
• Former chairman, APPA• Former new coal proponent• Outspoken new leader in EE & renewables
Generation in a diverse portfolio
* PV and mixed-renewables in smart-grid fleets promise greater flexibility
Utility programs work with market-driven changes (better building materials and equipment) plus policies, such as codes and standards.
Efficiency first!
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Supply Side Resources
Market- and Policy-Driven EE
Utility-Driven EE
What makes energy efficiency
and DSM a resource?
• Measurable
• Long-term
• Reliable
• Cost-effective
• Suited to the utility
Sample measures*
* There’s a difference between a measure and a program!
Okay, let’sread themeter…
The link between marketing andEE program results*
1) Top-level support2) Utilities? Yes, if mission-oriented3) Trained, motivated trade allies4) Word-of-mouth (social) marketing5) Well-scheduled promotions6) Public participation is an engine for success
* Jane Peters, 30 Years of Process Evaluation (2008)
Can co-ops redefine revenue requirements?
Premium servicesPlug-in electric vehiclesEE FinancingGSHPSWH
Renewables: race the clock
US DOE believes in 15-20% wind & solar… Do you?
Rural America leads in wind development
A story of co-op wind from the heartland…
Wind farm near Atchinson-Holt Electric Cooperative, Missouri
Co-op Wind Survey: Nearly every co-op that invested in wind had looked at the economics earlier & later revisited wind
Often cited reasons driving interest in wind:• Customer interest• Seeking diversity, risk management• Drawn to local resources• Environmental concerns• Long-term outlook for lower energy cost
“Co-ops found manyadvantages after they had
operated their systems.”
Not to minimizeBiomass, biochar,or geothermal…
3 Solar Development Tracks
• Customer-driven PV–Predominant today; most co-ops skeptical of net benefits
• Centralized PV technologies–Similar to conventional generation model; useful, but limited by land & grid requirements, line losses, and resource variability issues that are mitigated by distributed PV strategies (below)
• Utility-Driven Strategic Distributed PVDeployed on land or rooftops, designed to utility specifications(e.g., location, scale, orientation, and operation). Its design, procurement,and operation are strategically planned to deliver value to the utility,in terms of generation, transmission, and/or distribution systembenefits, beyond those that naturally occur whenever PV is sited &operated on the utility system.*
*See Cliburn and Robertson, ASES 2006, 2007
Solar market rolls off the coasts; Prices drop
Utility PV Services Circa 1997NW PPD, Nebraska (NRECA Member)
Starting Point? A community solar garden
Neither this…. Nor that…
Initially 25- to 500-kW PV, usually in partnership with a 3rd Party and/or with a utility, supported by individual ownership, leases, or subscriptions.
Source: Cliburn, CRN 2010
Widely accepted ranges for solar PV value*: APS
Source: RW Beck 2009* REC value may add 10 to 20 cents
It’s time to start looking at theindividual resources—where they are and how they perform.– Bobby Hollis, NV Energy
In confidence thatthere is a renewableenergy solution,your first challengeis help co-opleaders to makethe Switch*.
*using this and many other sources
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