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Veolia ES Waste-to-Energy Overview

Chicago, IL

May 23, 2007

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Facility Locations

LONG BEACH

VANCOUVER

BAY

MIAMI-DADE

YORKISLIP

MONTGOMERY

DUTCHESS

CHARLESTONSAVANNAH

PINELLAS

Vancouver, CNVancouver, CN Bay, FLBay, FL Charleston, SCCharleston, SC Montgomery, PAMontgomery, PA Dutchess, NYDutchess, NYLong Beach, CALong Beach, CA MiamiMiami--Dade, FLDade, FL Savannah, GASavannah, GA York, PAYork, PA Islip, NYIslip, NY

Pinellas, FLPinellas, FL

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Production Data

Operated by MWH LOCATIONS VES-WTE since Tons/day capacity

MIAMI-DADE, FL 1985 4,200 75PINELLAS, FL 2007 3,150 75LONG BEACH, CA 1989 1,380 36YORK, PA 1998 1,344 34MONTGOMERY, PA 1992 1,200 32VANCOUVER, CN 1987 800 25CHARLESTON, SC 2002 600 13SAVANNAH, GA 2002 500 6ISLIP, NY 1990 486 12BAY, FL 1999 485 11DUTCHESS, NY 1998 450 10

TOTAL 14,595 329

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The Waste to Energy Industry

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WTE Statistics

• 89 WTE plants in 26 states• 90,000 tons per day• 29 million tons per year (13% of America’s trash)• 2,700 MW capacity (2.3 million homes)• $2.5B industry with 6,000+ employees

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The Key Players

http://www.covantaholding.com/index.shtml

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US Waste to Energy Industry

# Plants Annual Tons ProcessedBy company: (in Million)

Covanta 31 15.1

Wheelabrator 16 6.9

VES-WTE 11 4.6

Subtotal 58 65% 26.6 87%

Other 31 3.9

Total 89 30.5

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US Waste to Energy Industry

# Plants Annual Tons Processed(in Million)

Geographically

New England & Middle Atlantic 39 15.1

South (primarily Florida) 25 10.2

Subtotal 64 72% 25.3 83%

Other 25 5.2

Total 89 30.5

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21st Century

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POISED TO GROW?

• Waste quantity steadily growing with population and GDP

• Alternative disposal methods

– Landfilling capacity not keeping up with growth– Recycling still on a plateau or even declining

• Favorable economics

– Long distance landfill less competitive if gasoline prices increase– WTE more competitive if oil prices increase (energy)

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POISED TO GROW?

• Regulatory climate

– Determination of greenhouse gas impact will be primary factor– Environmental regulators pleased with CAA success– Energy regulators debating renewable energy status

• Public climate

– Acceptance of contract extensions, plant expansions

• Flow control

– Alternatives to flow control are legal for privately owned plants– Restored by Supreme Court for publicly owned plants

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21st CenturyPersonal Prediction

• Intermediate Term (3-5 years)

– Several plants (large and small) will close when operating contracts expire, with a switch to landfilling

– Several plants will extend contracts and expand plant capacity(York, PA, Lee County, FL and Hillsborough County, FL) using mass burn technology

– A few publicly owned plants will change their private operator(Pinellas County, FL)

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21st CenturyPersonal Prediction

• Long Term (5-10 years)

– New WTE plants will be built– New WTE technologies will be developed and used in

preference to mass burn for new facilities but not expansions– Per capita waste generation will peak and then diminish– Recycling will revive and increase as a percentage of waste

management.

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Conclusion

• WTE is a mature industry with a future

• Existing facilities can be operated an additional 20-40 years; will depend on economics and politics– Debt service goes away upon expiration of contracts– Landfill competition affected by gasoline prices, interstate

restrictions– Energy prices???– Recycling???– New, cheaper, environmentally preferable technologies

• Expansions will occur using mass burn technology

• New plants will be developed using mass burn and alternative technologies

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Questions? Thank You.

Turning waste into a resource

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