Final Intern Presentation

MO Leadership Ranking Project

Taylor Dziedzic

MO Leadership Ranking Project

• The purpose of this project is to effectively detail the larger picture of where Missouri ranks in Renewable Energy, and Energy Efficiency policies, regulations, and program implementation in comparison to the rest of the U.S.

• The objective is to showcase the problem areas of Missouri’s RE and EE state policies, and outline the effective policy measures that could be applied to Missouri. The overall goal is to advance Missouri’s position as a leading state in RE and EE.

Energy Efficiency: Breakdown of MO’s ACEEE Ranking

Energy Efficiency Graph (Based on ACEEE rankings)

ACEEE View of Missouri EE Policy - Improvements

• ACEEE believes that stricter building energy codes are essential for a higher EE grade. In order to improve ACEEE rankings, Missouri can apply the following:• Mandating newer, stricter energy codes on

newly constructed commercial and residential buildings.

• Increasing Utility company budgets to allow for purchasing equipment that code officials can use to measure compliance.

• Create policies that mandate benchmarks for state building energy use.

Similar States That Made Improvements in 2013 - MS• Mississippi: +4 Change in Rank (47 from 43)• Why?• Passed ASHRAE 90.1-2010 which sets a mandatory

energy code for commercial and state-owned buildings• MS is working with local jurisdictions and code officials to

implement the new standard and ensure compliance• Building Energy Code Collaborative: a stakeholder group

that meets quarterly to implement code training and enforcement activities

• Began implementing lead-by-example programs for state agencies, including developing energy savings targets for public buildings and efficiency goals for state fleets

Similar States That Made Improvements in 2013 - KS• Kansas: +6 Change in Rank (39 from 45)• Why?• Adoption of more stringent building codes by the

majority of the state’s jurisdictions• ACEEE’s 2013 state report suggests that Kansas

can continue this climb by expanding its energy efficiency programs to other policy areas, most notably the utility sector

ACEEE Suggestions for Improving Energy Efficiency• Put in place, and adequately fund, an energy efficiency

resource standard or similar energy savings target

• Adopt updated, more stringent building energy codes; improve code compliance; and enable the involvement of efficiency program administrators in code support.

• Adopt stringent tailpipe emissions standards for cars and trucks, and set quantitative targets for reducing vehicle miles traveled

• Treat combined heat and power as an energy efficiency resource equivalent to other forms of energy efficiency

Renewable Energy in Missouri

• Information gathered from Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

• As we know, Missouri has already established a Renewable Energy Standard that will require 15 percent of the state's energy to come from renewable sources by 2021

• Missouri’s large tracts of windy land and fertile soil, located relatively close to dense, energy-consuming urban centers, put Missouri in a prime position to become a national leader in renewable energy

Wind Energy in Missouri

• According to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Missouri has enough wind to capture as much as 275,000 megawatts of power – nine times the state's current electricity capacity, or enough to easily meet the state's total annual demand for electricity

• The average 269-acre Missouri farm could host three to four wind turbines and bring in $18,000 to $24,000 annually from land lease payments

Wind Energy In Missouri Continued

• In 2009 and 2010, Missouri tripled its wind power capacity.

• Missouri wind farms currently produce 459 megawatts of energy -- enough to power 110,000 homes. An additional 2,000 megawatts of wind power are in development

• According to the Department of Energy, building twenty-five 100-megawatt wind facilities would create thousands of construction jobs and hundreds of permanent jobs; manufacturing wind turbine parts could create thousands more

Wind Energy Facilities in Missouri

Solar Energy in Missouri

• The Missouri Renewable Energy Standard requires that 2 percent of the state's renewable electricity come from solar power. That's about 190,000 megawatt-hours of annual solar electricity production by 2021, or the equivalent of powering nearly 2,000 homes

Solar Energy Facilities in Missouri

Biomass Energy and Cellulosic Ethanol

• Missouri farms already produce enough crop waste from corn, winter wheat, soybeans, sorghum, cotton and timber to manufacture about 500 million gallons of cellulosic ethanol each year

• That's about 15 percent of all the automotive gasoline used in the state

• A study by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance found that Missouri has the potential to produce an amount of ethanol equivalent to 78 percent of its current demand for gasoline

Advanced Biofuel Facilities in Missouri

Potential Biogas Energy in Missouri

• Missouri has only one biodigester in operation today, but as one of the top five hog-producing states in the country, it generates large amounts of livestock waste that can be converted into biogas energy

• The EPA's AgSTAR program reports that 154 Missouri hog farms are potentially profitable sites for biodigester

• Together, these operations are capable of producing 3.5 billion cubic feet of methane and generating 301,000 megawatt-hours of electricity each year from it

Biodigester Facilities in Missouri

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