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Title: Clean Energy Communities How to Make a Municipal Clean Energy Purchase


1
Clean Energy CommunitiesHow to Make a Municipal
Clean Energy Purchase
  • Bob Wall Director, Energy Market Initiatives,
    CT Clean Energy Fund
  • June 29, 2009

2
CT Clean Energy Communities
  • Program Steps
  • Town commits to the 20 by 2010 Campaign and
    makes a municipal town purchase (9 in 2009 13
    in 2010)
  • Town commits to EPA Community Energy Challenge
  • Reach point threshold for local signups to
    CTCleanEnergyOptions program and clean energy
    systems
  • Reward earn clean energy systems (e.g., solar
    PV, solar thermal, wind)

3
What Counts?
  • Sign up one or more town facilities with
    CTCleanEnergyOptions
  • Purchase Green-e certified Renewable Energy
    Certificates (RECs)
  • Install a Class I Renewable Energy System
  • Any combination of the above

4
CTCleanEnergyOptions
  • Contact CCEO Suppliers for Presentation
  • Community Energy mark.garrett_at_newwindenergy.com
  • Sterling Planet
  • kwest_at_sterlingplanet.com
  • Pros
  • Supports state program
  • Earns rebates for signups
  • Supports some local renewables
  • Carbon claim via RGGI set-aside
  • Cons
  • More expensive than RECs

5
Green-e Certified RECs
  • Check options on EPA Green Power Partnership site
  • http//www.epa.gov/grnpower/pubs/gplocator.htm
  • Pros
  • Green-e certified products
  • Choose resource mix and location
  • Lower first cost
  • Rebates may be available from Sterling Planet and
    Community Energy
  • Cons
  • Potentially less environmental value
  • Lacks connection with CCEO program

6
Install Clean Energy Systems
  • Check options on CT Clean Energy Fund site
  • http//www.ctcleanenergy.com/
  • Pros
  • Return on investment
  • Truly local resources
  • Supports development of industry
  • Creates local jobs
  • Cons
  • High initial capital cost
  • Limited technology options
  • Potential siting issues

7
Strategy 1 Competitive Supplier
  • Town switches to competitive supplier for
    generation service
  • Use savings to finance clean energy purchase
  • Example
  • Town uses 2 million kWh/year
  • Town switches from CLP (gen. svc. chg.
    11.9/kWh) to Acme Electric (10.4/kWh)
  • Savings 1.5/kWh or 30,000
  • Use portion of savings to purchase 9 clean
    energy (180 RECs at 5-13 total cost of 900
    to 2,340)

8
Strategy 2 Energy Efficiency
  • Town joins EPA Community Energy Challenge and
    pledges to reduce energy use by 10
  • Use savings to finance clean energy purchase
  • Example
  • Town uses 2 million kWh/year
  • Through conservation efficiency measures, town
    reduces use to 1.8 million kWh (i.e., 10 less)
  • At 16/kWh, town saves 32,000
  • Use portion of savings to purchase 9 clean
    energy (now only 162 RECs at 5-13 total cost
    of 810 to 2,106)

9
Strategy 3 CCEO Rebates
  • Town partners with CCEO Suppliers and gets
    rebates for local customers it helps to enroll
  • Use rebates to finance clean energy purchase
  • Example
  • Town uses 2 million kWh/year
  • Town seeks 9 clean energy purchase (180 RECs at
    5-13 total cost of 900 to 2,340)
  • Town gets 20-25 rebate per customer enrolled
  • Every 50 customers yields rebates of 1,000 -
    1,250

10
Strategy 4 Solar PV Savings
  • Town would qualify as Clean Energy Community but
    for its failure to make a town purchase
  • Use savings from solar PV system to help finance
    clean energy purchase
  • Example
  • Town would earn a 4 kW solar PV system if it made
    a 9 CE purchase
  • PV system would generate 4,800 kWh/year
  • At 16/kWh, town would save 768/year nearly
    enough to cover the cost of Green-e certified
    RECs (i.e., 900 _at_ 5/REC)
  • Output also counts towards towns CE target, thus
    lowering cost

11
An Aside How to Get to 4 kW
  • Although small towns have some advantages, the
    new 4 kW minimum installation requirement poses a
    challenge
  • 4kW requires 400 points, which are earned by CCEO
    signups (1 point all signups) or local clean
    energy installations (3 points) (note new
    solar thermal and geothermal systems will count)
  • But you can earn bonuses
  • Each 5 household participation earns a bonus 1
    kW (does not apply to towns with fewer than 1,000
    households)
  • Designation as an EPA Green Power Community earns
    1 kW
  • And you can combine with other grants
  • Use your EECBG grants to purchase extra kW
  • CCEF has limited funding to support purchase
    extra kW

12
Strategy 5 Climate Change Action Plan
  • Town pursues comprehensive Greenhouse Gas
    Emission reduction strategies
  • Opportunities include
  • Increased conservation, efficiency renewables
  • Reduced VMTs in town fleet
  • Reduced water usage
  • Increased recycling
  • High performance buildings for new
    construction/renovations
  • Use savings from action steps to help finance
    clean energy purchase

13
Additional Resources
  • Resource Page
  • Community Forums
  • Program changes
  • Town commitment
  • Signups
  • EPA Challenge
  • CIGP
  • Sustainability
  • Regional Workshop Page
  • Web Videos
  • Custom Collateral

ctcleanenergy,com/communities
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