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with Community Choice Aggregation
Clean, Local Energy
John Farrell, DirectorEnergy Self-Reliant States and Communities program
Presentation on Feb. 10, 2012
ILSR’s Unique Perspective
Centralized PowerYesterday Tomorrow
Transmission network
Distribution network
House
Storage
Local CHP plant
Commercialbuilding
Factory
Storage
Storage
Storage
Solar PV power plant
Windpowerplant
House with domestic CHP
Clean, local power
Centralized Power
CCAs Break Monopoly
CCAs Lower Rates
Fulton, IL - 20%Oak Park, IL - 2¢/kWh
NOPEC, OH - 4-6%
REAP, RI - $18m saved over 10 yrs
CCAs Green Electricity
Oak Park, IL - 400% more
NOPEC, OH - 50% moreMEA, CAup to 590% more
Greater CCA Potential
Total Economic Impact
CCAs Localize Electricityshould
^Local Ownership Boosts Impact of Renewables
Economic Development Impacts of Community Wind Projects: A Review and Empirical Evaluation (NREL)
1.5x (low)
3.4x (high)
Absentee
Local
Local
Solar
Wind
Coal
Natural Gas
0 2 4 6 8 10
Jobs per Megawatt
CCAs Localize Electricity
Putting Renewables to Work: How Many Jobs Can the Clean Energy Industry Create? (UC Berkeley)
Construction, manufacturing and installationOngoing maintenance and fuel
should
^Local Ownership Boosts Jobs from Renewables
Solar
Wind
Coal
Natural Gas
0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20
Jobs per Megawatt
CCAs Localize Electricity
Construction, manufacturing and installationOngoing maintenance and fuel
Local Ownership Boosts Jobs from Renewables
should
^
CCAs Localize Electricity
Attitude towards increased use of local wind energy
No local ownership
Local ownership
0 25 50 75 100
very negative negative neutral positive very positive
45% positive
60% negative
Local Ownership Boosts Support for Renewables
should
^
CCAs do Feed-in Tariffs
• Long-term, standard contract
• Fixed price
• Grid connection*
should
^
CCAs do Feed-in Tariffsshould
^
Risk
Return
FIT
Auction
REC Market
low risk = low cost
CCAs do Feed-in Tariffsshould
^
Risk
Return
Germany
U.S.$5.20/W
Avg. Cost of Solar (2011 3Q)
$2.80/W
•avoided cost•on-site/near demand•lower transmission losses•reduce dist. system stress•hedge against fuel prices•prevent blackouts•reduce pollution•create jobs
-20 cents
-15 cents
-10 cents
-5 cents
0 cents
5 cents
10 cents
Cost of solar Energy value Grid benefits Social benefits
CCAs Support DG
4 cents
$4/Watt
should
^
How the utility valuesdistributed generation
•avoided cost•on-site/near demand•lower transmission losses•reduce dist. system stress•hedge against fuel prices•prevent blackouts•reduce pollution•create jobs
-20 cents
-15 cents
-10 cents
-5 cents
0 cents
5 cents
10 cents
Cost of solar Energy value Grid benefits Social benefits
DG Grid Benefits
4 cents
8.5 cents$4/Watt But it’s
worth more
Distributed Solar Power Worth Far More Than Electrons | Energy Self-Reliant States - http://tinyurl.com/3tqmerh
-20 cents
-15 cents
-10 cents
-5 cents
0 cents
5 cents
10 cents
Cost of solar Energy value Grid benefits Social benefits
DG Social Benefits
Distributed Solar Power Worth Far More Than Electrons | Energy Self-Reliant States - http://tinyurl.com/3tqmerh
•avoided cost•on-site/near demand•lower transmission losses•reduce dist. system stress•hedge against fuel prices•prevent blackouts•reduce pollution•create jobs
12.5 cents
$4/Watt
and more
How Munis Value DG6 cents per kWh
in addition to electricity
Palo Alto, CA, municipal utility
$0
$0.03
$0.06
$0.09
$0.12
$0.15
Brown energy replacementTime-of-deliveryEnvironmentalAvoided transmission accessAdditional local value
CCA Landscape
Active CCAsNo active CCAs
Clean Energy Potential
100% or more75 to 100%50 to 75%25 to 50%25% or less
31 states could be electricity self-reliant
Enormous
Energy Self-Reliant States, 2nd Edition | ILSR, 2010
State Renewable Policy
Renewable mandate (29)Renewable goal (8)No RPS policy (13)
29 states have a clean energy mandate
State Electricity Markets
Deregulated (13)Suspended (7)Regulated (30)
State Electricity Markets
Deregulated + CCASuspended + CCARegulated (30)
CCA Opportunities
burst of activity
“going Boulder”
“storm of interest”
John Farrellenergyselfreliantstates.orgjfarrell@ilsr.orgjohnffarrell612-808-0888
Thank you!
