National Energy Foundation

Overview of Energy in Utah and Utah’s Energy Goals

Mary Ann WrightEnergy Resource Coordinatormaryannwright@utah.govGovernor’s OfficeNovember 7, 2009

Utah’s Energy Resources

• President Lincoln called Utah the “Treasure House of the Nation”

Commodity–rich Utah

• Just about every commodity mined in USA is present or mined in Utah.

• Every energy resource exists in Utah.

• Non-renewables: Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Uranium, Oil Shale, Tar Sands

• Renewables: Solar, Wind, Geothermal, Hydro, Biomass

A Look at Energy Resources

• Utah ranks in top quarter of states in production of oil, gas, & coal.

• Utah just beginning to tap potential for RE = Renewable Energy.

• EE = Energy Efficiency is an important resource to be ‘mined’.

Coal supplies most of Utah’s power

Coal68%

Gas28%

Solar0%

Wind0%

Oil0%

Hydro4%

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Electricity by Source - Utah

Figure 5.2 - Net Generation of Electricity in Utah by Energy Sources, 1960-2008

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Utah’s Oil and Gas Resources

Coal Resources

Coal Fields of the US

Utah’s Uranium Resources

Utah’s Oil Shale Resources

Utah’s Renewable Resources

• Utah Renewable Energy Zone Phase I Resource Report, January 2009

• Publication of Governor’s Energy Advisor and Utah State Energy Program, UGS

• On-line at www.geology.utah.gov/sep

UREZ Phase II underway to look at Transmission (TX) for Renewable development.

Solar Renewable Energy Zones

Estimated Electrical Generation Potential: 826 Gigawatts

SunSmart Solar

• St. George, Washington County. January 2009• 100 Units installed to date. Average unit output:

140 kWhs/month• Citizens buy a solar panel that is installed in a

solar farm and receive a utility credit on their bill.

SunSmart Solar Website 2009

Wind Renewable Energy Zones

Estimated Electrical Generation Potential: 9,145 Megawatts.

Potential was found in 24 of 29 Counties.

Spanish Fork Wind Power Plant

• Spanish Fork City, Utah County. August 2008• 9 Turbines produce: 18.9 mW capacity

Photo courtesy Rocky Mountain Power

Geothermal Renewable Energy Zones

Estimated Electrical Generation Potential: 1,330 Megawatts

Blundell Geothermal Plant

• Milford, Beaver County. July 1984• 34 mW Capacity• Rocky Mountain Power clean energy plant• Serves electricity needs of more than 25,000

average residential customers• First geothermal power plant in the U.S. outside

of CA

Photo courtesy Rocky Mountain Power

Orrin G. Hatch Thermo Springs

• Beaver County. November 2008, built in 6 months.

• 10 mW capacity in 2008; up to 235 mW future development

Photo courtesy of Raser Technologies

Solar, Wind and Geothermal Renewable Energy Zones with ExistingTransmission Lines

Summary Findings of UREZ

Wind ~ 9,145 MW

Solar ~ 826 GW

Geothermal ~ 1,330 MW

WESTERN RENEWABLE ENERGY ZONES and UREZ Areas

American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy

ENERGY EFFICIENCY- our easiest resource to mine

Energy Efficiency Retrofits

• Orem printing house installation, May 2009

• Saves 30 to 70% of cooling costs

• Annual energy savings of 5.7 kwh per sq. ft. per year

• RoofShade, Inc. Sandy, Utah-based company was recognized in the 2008 Utah Innovation of the Year Awards by Stoel Rives LLP and the Utah Technology Council

Photos by Governor’s Energy Advisor’s Office

Rebates and tax incentives

• State of Utah – tax incentives: www.geology.utah.gov/sep

• Questar – Thermwise rebates

• Rocky Mountain Power – rebates, Blue Sky grants and incentives

• Look to municipal and other power providers for innovation.

• Federal tax incentives – www.doe.gov

Utah’s Energy Goals

• Energy Efficiency – 20% by 2015

• Renewable Energy – 20% by 2025

• GHG - Reduce Green House Gas emissions to 2005 levels by 2020

RENEWABLE ENERGYDSIRE: www.dsireusa.org October

2008

State Goal

☼ PA: 18%** by 2020

☼ NJ: 22.5% by 2021

CT: 23% by 2020

MA: 15% by 2020 + 1% annual increase

(Class I Renewables)

WI: requirement varies by utility; 10% by 2015 goal

IA: 105 MW

MN: 25% by 2025(Xcel: 30% by 2020)

TX: 5,880 MW by 2015

☼ AZ: 15% by 2025

CA: 20% by 2010

☼ *NV: 20% by 2015

ME: 30% by 200010% by 2017 - new RE

State RPSHI: 20% by 2020

RI: 16% by 2020

☼ CO: 20% by 2020 (IOUs)

*10% by 2020 (co-ops & large munis)

☼ DC: 11% by 2022

☼ NY: 24% by 2013

MT: 15% by 2015

IL: 25% by 2025

VT: (1) RE meets any increase in retail sales by

2012; (2) 20% by 2017*WA: 15% by 2020

☼ MD: 20% by 2022

☼ NH: 23.8% in 2025

*VA: 12% by 2022

MO: 11% by 2020

☼ *DE: 20% by 2019

☼ NM: 20% by 2020 (IOUs) 10% by 2020 (co-ops)

☼ NC: 12.5% by 2021 (IOUs)10% by 2018 (co-ops & munis)

ND: 10% by 2015

SD: 10% by 2015

*UT: 20% by 2025

☼ OH: 25%** by 2025

Solar water heating eligible

Getting Energy to Market

• Transmission and Pipelines

PIPELINES

Photo from UNEV Pipeline LLC Website

Holly-UNEV – Petroleum pipeline from Woods Cross to Las Vegas ~350 miles in Utah

Ruby Pipeline - Natural gas pipeline from Opal WY to Malin, OR, through Utah, 670 miles

El Paso Natural Gas Corporation, Ruby Pipeline Company

Photo from FERC Mailing

Major Transmission Proposals and WREZ

Hubs

Major Transmission Projects

DOI Solar Initiative

• June 20 announcement– Interior Department

targeting 24 federal land tracts in six Western States for evaluation for solar generation

– Up to 100,000 MW of potential generation

– Evaluation to be completed in late 2010

Areas under evaluation

Who guides* development?

1. Landowners – Trust lands, BLM, USFS, State

2. Mineral/ Resource Owner – No one owns the sun or the wind – yet.

3. Geothermal – resource owned by federal government and state

4. Permitting agencies at state level*

• * = Regulates

Will we still need coal?

What can you do to help meet the Utah’s Energy Goals?

• Lead by example.• Baseline your energy

use. Conduct an Energy Audit – what/where are your big energy uses?

• Take care of Energy Efficiency and look at using incentives to do so.

• Look at your energy use in transportation. Ask: how can this change?

Contact information

Mary Ann Wright

Energy Resource Coordinator

324 South State Street

Salt Lake City, UT 84111

maryannwright@utah.gov

801-538-8726

http://www.energy.utah.gov/