Phoenix
Tucson
500 kV
345 kV
Luna 2005
190 MW
San Juan 1973
322 MW
SouthVail
Phil Young
Westwing
Navajo 1974169 MW
Saguaro
Four Corners 1969
112 MW
Springerville 1985-1991
800 MW
Existing Resources - Remote
Local Area Resources
3
North Loop80 MW - Peaking
Sundt430 MW – Intermediate40 MW - Peaking
DeMoss Petrie75 MW - Peaking
TEP Service Territory
Unisource Energy Services
4
Black Mountain90 MW
Valencia 60 MW
Kingman
Nogales
Palo Verde Market
Existing Resources
Base Capacity – Coal
» Remote
» 1400 MW
Intermediate - Combined Cycle & Gas/Steam
» Local
» 620 MW
Peaking – Combustion Turbines
» Local
» 200 MW (TEP)
» 150 MW (UES)
Resource Mix - Energy
6
Coal42%
Gas35%
Nuclear 15%
Other8%
WECC Subregion - Arizona, New Mexico & So. Nevada
Coal80%
Gas20%
Tucson Electric Power
Coal70%
Gas30%
UES and TEP Aggregated
Renewable Resources
Springerville PV – 5,000 kW
Landfill Gas – 5,000 kW
Customer Sited Solar
» Residential – 2,500 kW
» Commercial – 1,500 kW
http://www.tep.com/Green/GreenWatts/SolarStats/SolarDescr.asp
Launched in 2003
Designed for staged
construction
Offsets coal burn
Reduced emissions
8
Springerville PV– 5,000 kW
http://www.tep.com/Green/Business/Solar/losreales.asp
Launched in Aug 1999
Methane byproduct of
decay
20 year plus supply
Offsets coal burn
Reduced emissions
9
Los Reales Landfill – 5,000 kW
TEP and UES Resource Planning Workshop 1
Energy Efficiency Program Overview
Denise Richerson-Smith
Director - Energy Efficiency and Renewable Programs
http://www.tep.com/Green/Business/Solar/community.asp
750 kW Global Solar
1 MW City of Tucson
2.5 MW residential systems
Community Projects:
» Reid Park Zoo
» Pima Air Museum
» Tucson Airport Auth.
» Local School Districts
» University of Arizona
11
Distributed Generation Projects – 4,000 kW
Renewable Energy Programs
Commercial & Residential
Residential Non-Residential
Biomass/Biogas
Daylighting
Geothermal
Small hydro
Solar electric-PV
Solar water heating
Solar pool heating
Wind
Residential DSM Programs
Programs TEP UNSE UNSG
Low-Income Weatherization
New Home Construction
Residential HVAC Retrofit
Shade Tree
CFL Bulb Program
TEP and UES Resource Planning Workshop 1
Workshop 2 Thursday, October 22nd 2009
Energy Efficiency and Renewables
Total Firm Load Obligations vs. Firm Capacity Resources
17
-
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
3,000
3,500
4,000
4,500
2010 2012 2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028
Pea
k D
eman
d (
MW
)
Remaining Peak Demand Requirements
Existing Firm PPAs
Current Resource Capacity
Total Firm Load Obligations (Retail, Firm & Planning Reserves)
2010 - TEP Load Duration & Resource Type
18
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90%
Ho
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, MW
620 MW Intermediate Resources
Retail
TEP Retail & Firm Demand
Peaking Capacity Factor
1400 MW Baseload Resources
Intermediate Capacity Factor Baseload Capacity Factor
600 MW Peaking Resources (CTs & PPA)
2010 - TEP Peak Requirement
19
2000
2100
2200
2300
2400
2500
2600
2700
0% 1% 2% 3% 5% 6%
Ho
url
y D
ema
nd
, MW
TEP Retail & Firm Demand
600 MW Peaking Resources (CTs & PPA)
Future Resources
20
Need for Peaking Resources
Short Lead-Time
Responsive
Support Renewables
Reliable Technology
Market
Short-term
Flexible
Availability?
Merchant Plant Surplus?
WECC 2008 Power Supply Assessment
Power Supply Margin - 6% Operating Reserves
21
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Southern California - - - - - (411) (660) (917) (1,574)
Desert Southwest 7,023 6,328 4,897 2,564 330 (477) (2,089) (3,795) (5,142)
Total 7,023 6,328 4,897 2,564 330 (888) (2,749) (4,712) (6,716)
(8,000)
(6,000)
(4,000)
(2,000)
-
2,000
4,000
6,000
8,000
Po
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r Su
pp
ly M
arg
in (M
W)
WECC 2009 Power Supply Assessment (Preliminary)
Power Supply Margin - 6% Operating Reserves
22
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Southern California 3,657 3,866 3,460 2,251 1,019 30 - - -
Desert Southwest 4,829 4,388 4,053 3,467 2,528 1,255 7 3 -
Total 8,486 8,254 7,513 5,718 3,547 1,285 7 3 -
-
1,000
2,000
3,000
4,000
5,000
6,000
7,000
8,000
9,000
Po
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ly M
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in (M
W)