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Challenges and Opportunities for
Renewable Energy in New HampshirePresented to the EESE Board, May 8, 2009
By Laura Richardson, co founder and Clay Mitchell, president
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NHSEA Mission:
•Educate NH citizens about sustainable energy
•Advocate for favorable NH sustainable energy policies
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NHSEA History:
• Statewide group• 501c3 non-profit organization• Founded in September 2003• NH Chapter of the Northeast
Sustainable Energy Association• Started by a handful of strangers• 2500+ in our database (250+ paid
members)
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NHSEA Focus:
• Renewable Energy – Energy Efficiency – Green Buildings
• Positive, proactive, solutions oriented• Resource and Network for homeowners,
businesses, media, and policy makers • We don’t care what your motivator is or politics are• Role in policy is to advocate for our members and
shift toward RE – EE – GB • Mostly volunteer driven. Madeline McElaney is our
new paid Program and Outreach Coordinator
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NHSEA Action:
• On-line NH-oriented Consumer’s Guide – www.nhsea.org
• Workshops – PV for Electricians – July• Other workshops to be announced• Movie Night – May 14, Concord, Kilowatt Ours• Membership Meeting – September 12, 2009• Green Buildings Open House – October 3, 2009• Home Energy Conference – November 21, 2009• We exhibit at selected conferences, fairs, and
festivals• We are available for targeted presentations
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Opportunities
• NH has the resources – sun, wind, water, biomass
• NH has the sites – roof tops, ridges, rivers and other water ways, forests and fields
• NH has an educated and hardworking workforce, wanting to shift to green jobs
• And NHSEA thinks that we also have the will power, we just need to mobilize it.
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Challenges:
Information:• General public seeks unbiased, non-sales
oriented information about renewable energy– Reality checks and reassurance– Questions about funding– Technical guidance and networking– Siting of systems– Dispelling myths and misinformation
• Trades people seek professional training• Policy makers seek insight and direction
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Challenges:
Information:• Banks• Realtors• Appraisers• Assessors• Insurance
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NHSEA Solutions:
Information:• Workshops• Home Energy Conference• Tour event – Green Buildings Open House• Consumer’s Guide• Legislative Committee• Speaking Engagements
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Opportunities:
Information:• Expand outreach and education efforts
– Fund efforts to ramp up
• Media love these topics and interesting content– Partner with tv, radio, newspaper
• Internet• Social networking for content
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Challenges:
Funding:• Financial Incentives for RE-EE-GB
– Some funding now available, but so much need
• Training costs for professionals• Value of investments for RE-EE-GB• Banks – realtors – appraisers – assessors -
insurance
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Challenges:
Funding:Philosophical Change:
Priorities and expectations need to shift from cheapest immediate cost
to least expensive long-term cost.
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NHSEA Solutions:Funding:• Grant from NHCF to pay for part-
time NHSEA staff, now building capacity to handle anticipated additional workload
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NHSEA Solutions:Funding:• Financial Incentives becoming
available– RPS/re fund– RGGI/ghger fund– Federal Tax Credits– Renewable Energy Credits– Possibly American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act loans and grants
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Opportunities:Funding:• Berkeley Model – connecting financial
investments to property, not people• QECBs and CREBs – creative bonding
tools• Power Purchase Agreements and Leasing• Federal Leadership – creative future
programming, incentives, and … disincentives for business as usual
• Understanding of the true costs of energy
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Opportunities:
Funding:• It’s a great time to validate and prioritize
these investments.• We are a relatively wealthy state.• We have many renewable resources, but
they need to be maximized and targeted.• Policy needs to be more flexible,
proactive, and visionary to encourage expansion of RE.
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Challenges:Ongoing:• Dispel myths and misinformation• Train and expand the workforce, sustainably• Growth of interest – a great problem to have
– Not just homeowners now– Interest and education is improving, leading to a
lot of new businesses with varied experience, ability, and perspective
– Bumpy learning curve– Limited resources
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Challenges:
Scale and scope:• Fight the status quo / fossil fuel• Romanticization of these technologies• Banks – realtors – appraisers – assessors
– insurance – can be a very complicated and frustrating journey
RE is a natural partner with EE efforts, not an afterthought or
luxury.
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Opportunities
Scale and scope:• Reach more people, save more
energy, increase mix of RE on the grid, safer and healthier homes and businesses
• Stabilize costs • Reduce and stabilize peak demand• Eliminate the need for new fossil-fuel
power stations…
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Challenges:
VISION• Short term• Long term
Policy needs to remove constraints so that visionary entrepreneurs will consider NH
for their projects and businesses*We are losing this race.
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NH Challenges:
One organization alone cannot solve everything
• Building the network broader, and not just NH-centric. National RE players are interested in what is happening in our state.
• Like distributed renewable energy solutions, we need to support distributed people solutions.
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Opportunities:
Collaboration VisionAction
Synergy
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Other grassroots efforts:
Plymouth Area Renewable Energy Initiative
• Motivator: Peak Oil• Where: Plymouth area; model built for duplication
elsewhere, PAREI model Tool Kit now available• Action: “Energy Raisers” for Solar Hot Water and some
PV, train and maximize volunteers to install systems and support each other
• Local Foods Initiative, with D Acres and local farmers• Collaborate with local small businesses, NHEC, and
PSU• Avoid legislative pursuits, focus on action and
community connection• 93 systems installed since 2006• www.plymouthenergy.org
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Other grassroots efforts:
Local Energy Committees• Motivator: Community involvement and saving
money and energy• Focus: Throughout the state, coordinated by Clean
Air – Cool Planet• Action: XXX Towns now have energy committees;
conference on June XX. • NH legislature determined that LECs may now be
commissions, thus gaining credibility, access to funding, and other benefits
• www.cleanair-coolplanet.org
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Other grassroots efforts:
EESE Board• Without a doubt, this collection of
thoughtful and motivated people can bring solutions, policy, and vision together, to help NH take giant steps forward.
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One Case Study:
Goal: Stabilize energy costs for SAUSolution: Focus procurement on EE
and RE systemsFinancing: creative for NHChallenges: Education, net-metering,
financing, time, state incentive limitations.• Project is funded by savings – no
“appropriation” with performance guarantee (like CORE program)
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Third Party Financing:Power Purchase Agreements & Service Contracts
Goal: Deploy larger systems to more willing hosts. Additional targeting for governments and non-profits.
Financing: Education and examples.Challenges: Non-appropriation
clauses, bank financing, project scale.
Solution: Instructional Project, Loan Guarantees and Legislation.
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Third Party Financing:Municipal Financing in NH?
Goal: Deploy systems to whole town. Financing: Municipal/Private – 20 year.Challenges: Not clear.Opportunity: Solar as Property – Payment is
less than savings – net positive cash on day 1.
Solution: Collection as tax: • Reverse the exemption.• Service Fee (sewer & water).• Tax / Lien collection.
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Thank you!
www.nhsea.org