Florida Department of Agriculture

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Florida Public Service Commission
Renewable Energy Workshop January 19,
2007 Overview of the Potential for More
Renewable Energy in Florida

• Florida Department of Agriculture
• and Consumer Services
• CHARLES H. BRONSON COMMISSIONER

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Outline

• Current Energy Situation
• Recent Initiatives
• Biomass Potential

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Source Energy Information Administration (2004
Data)
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Source Energy Information Administration
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Renewable Energy in Florida

• "Renewable energy" means electrical energy
  produced from a method that uses one or more of
  the following fuels or energy sources hydrogen
  produced from sources other than fossil fuels,
  biomass, solar energy, geothermal energy, wind
  energy, ocean energy, and hydroelectric power.
  The term includes the alternative energy
  resource, waste heat, from sulfuric acid
  manufacturing operations. ss. 366.91(2)(b),
  377.803(6), FS.

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Source Floridas Energy Plan (2006)
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Recent Initiatives

• Energy Policy Act of 2005
• Presidents Advanced Energy Initiative
• Foster the breakthrough technologies needed to
  make cellulosic ethanol cost-competitive with
  corn-based ethanol by 2012
• Florida Renewable Energy Technologies and
  Efficiency Act of 2006
• 100 Innovative Ideas for Floridas Future
• 25x25
• Florida Farm to Fuel

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Florida Renewable Energy Technologies and
Efficiency Act

• Renewable Energy Technologies Grants Program
  provides matching grants for renewable energy
  technology demonstration, commercialization,
  research, and development projects. 15 million.
• 74 bioenergy applications requesting nearly 88
  million with more than 350 million cost share
• 148 renewable energy applications requesting more
  than 185 million with more than 412 million
  cost share
• Renewable energy production tax credit of 0.01
  per kwh with a 5 million per year cap to
  encourage the development and expansion of
  facilities that produce and sell renewable energy
  in Florida.

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Grants for Renewable Energy Technologies









D.C.

State offers at least one grant program
Private, utility and/or local program

DSIRE www.dsireusa.org November 2006
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Loan Programs for Renewables
D.C.
State utility/local programs
State program
Utility or local programs
DSIRE www.dsireusa.org November 2006
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Renewable Portfolio Standards
MN 10 by 2015 Goal Xcel mandate of 1,125 MW
wind by 2010
VT RE meets load growth by 2012
ME 30 by 2000 10 by 2017 goal - new RE
WA 15 by 2020
WI requirement varies by utility 10 by 2015
Goal
MA 4 by 2009 1 annual increase
MT 15 by 2015
RI 15 by 2020
CT 10 by 2010
IA 105 MW
CA 20 by 2010

• NY 24 by 2013

• NJ 22.5 by 2021

IL 8 by 2013

• NV 20 by 2015

• CO 10 by 2015

• PA 18¹ by 2020

MD 7.5 by 2019
NM 10 by 2011

• AZ 15 by 2025

DE 10 by 2019

• DC 11 by 2022

TX 5,880 MW by 2015
State RPS
HI 20 by 2020
State Goal

• Minimum solar or customer-sited requirement
• Increased credit for solar or customer-sited
• ¹PA 8 Tier I, 10 Tier II (includes
  non-renewable sources)

SWH eligible
DSIRE www.dsireusa.org


November 2006
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Net Metering Rules
25 kW
100 kW
50 kW
NH 25 MA 60 RI 25 CT 100
100
VT 15/150
100


100
50

40

25
10/400
30
20

25/100

25


no limit
500
PA 50/1,000/2,000 NJ 2,000 DE 25 MD
500 DC 100 VA 10/500

40



30


2,000
10
25

1,000
15

20/100

100
25/100

10
10
10/100

50
25/100
10
50
Net metering is available in 40 states D.C.
State-wide net metering for all utility types
State-wide net metering for certain utility
types (e.g., IOUs only)

Net metering offered by one or more individual
utilities
s indicate system size limit (kW) in some
cases limits are different for residential and
commercial as shown
www.dsireusa.org September 2006
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100 Innovative Ideas for Floridas Future
IDEA 75
Strive to be the national leader in fostering
the development and use of alternative energy
sources, and strive to lead the nation in ethanol
production.
Problem Dependence on oil jeopardizes Floridas
continued economic prosperity.
Solution Promote the development and use of
alternative energy sources, and begin production
of ethanol.
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By the year 2025, Americas farms, ranches and
forests will provide 25 percent of the total
energy consumed in the U.S. while continuing to
produce safe, abundant and affordable food, feed
and fiber.
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Total Domestic Energy Production and Consumption
127.0

99.7

40.4
86.6
70.4
29.3
Quads of Energy
Prod
Cons
Prod
Cons
2025 Forecast
2004 Actual
Source EIA Annual Energy Outlook 2006
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25x25
6.1 Quads Renewable Energy
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25x25 Initiative

• Formed Spring 2004
• Organized to explore agriculture and forestrys
  role in energy production
• Seeks to forge consensus on a new energy future
• Focuses on economic, national security and
  environmental benefits
• Endorsed by more than 350 groups
• Three-phase project
• create a vision
• build an energy alliance
• construct an implementation strategy

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25x25 goal will be met by...

• Producing transportation fuels
• Harnessing wind energy
• Converting biogas emissions
• Capturing solar energy
• Providing biomass for generating heat and power

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Implementing the 25x25 Goal A Call to Action

• Policies needed for.
• Increasing production of renewable energy
• Delivering renewable energy to markets
• Expanding renewable energy markets

www.25x25.org
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Is 25x25 Achievable?

• YES!
• A recent study from the RAND Corp. concluded that
  the 25 renewables goal could be reached without
  raising the overall cost of the energy supply and
  would cut a projected increase in CO2 emissions
  by two thirds.
• A University of Tennessee study recently
  concluded that the 25x25 goal can be met while
  continuing to provide safe, abundant and
  affordable food, feed and fiber. It estimated
  that Americas farms, forests and ranches can
  annually produce
• 86 billion gallons of ethanol
• 1.1 billion gallons of biodiesel
• 932 billion kwh of electricity
• 15.45 quads of energy from biomass

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570.954 Farm-to-fuel initiative.--
(1) The department may develop a farm-to-fuel
initiative to enhance the market for and promote
the production and distribution of renewable
energy from Florida-grown crops, agricultural
wastes and residues, and other biomass and to
enhance the value of agricultural products or
expand agribusiness in the state. (2) The
department may conduct a statewide comprehensive
information and education program aimed at
educating the general public about the benefits
of renewable energy and the use of alternative
fuels. (3) The department shall coordinate
with and solicit the expertise of the state
energy office within the Department of
Environmental Protection when developing and
implementing this initiative.
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Farm to Fuel Summit

• First of its kind in Florida
• More than 300 participants
• Ag Industry (50)
• Federal/State/Local Government (65)
• Future Ethanol/Biodiesel Producers (65)
• Education (25)
• Petroleum Industry (20)
• Finance/Lending (10)
• Government Relations (10)
• Topics included ethanol/biodiesel research,
  production, distribution and incentives

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Biomass

• "Biomass" means a power source that is comprised
  of, but not limited to, combustible residues or
  gases from forest products manufacturing,
  agricultural and orchard crops, waste products
  from livestock and poultry operations and food
  processing, urban wood waste, municipal solid
  waste, municipal liquid waste treatment
  operations, and landfill gas. s. 366.91(2)(a),
  FS.
• Offers an alternative to conventional energy
  sources.
• Provides national energy security, economic
  growth, and environmental benefits.

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Billion Ton Study
Source Perlack, Wright et al., 2005
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Sources of Biomass in Florida

• 43,000 farms and ranches
• 10 million acres cropland
• 15.5 million acres of timberland
• 3.4 million acres of pastureland
• Marginal land can be put in crops that are
  well-suited to Florida to make ethanol

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Types of Biomass in Florida

• Fast-growing trees and crops
• Agricultural residues
• Animal manures
• Forest debris and thinnings, undergrowth in
  timber stands
• Leftover materials from the wood products
  industry
• Urban wood waste

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Agricultural Feedstocks in Florida
Source Florida Agriculture Statistical Directory
2005
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Benefits of Renewable Energy to Agriculture

• Increased farm income
• Added value uses for crops, livestock,
  agricultural residues, and byproducts
• Alternative agricultural and rural enterprises
• More productive use of marginal land
• Resolution of air, water and soil quality
  problems
• Increased reliance on new markets to maintain the
  viability of agriculture
• Major impact on rural development with many job
  opportunities being created through the
  processing of agricultural products and byproducts

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www.florida-agriculture.com/farmtofuel.htm