Wind Energy for Wind Energy for Local GovernmentsLocal Governments

Larry FlowersLarry Flowers24 March 200424 March 2004

WPA Utility PartnershipsWPA Utility Partnerships

• PMA Green Tags• Transmission Analysis• Public Power Workshops• Coop Outreach• Green Pricing Support• Wind Energy Finance

Tool• Wind-Hydro Analysis

Increased Turbine Size - R&D Advances - Manufacturing Improvements

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1. Germany: 14000 MW2. United States: 6374 MW 3. Spain: 5780 MW4. Denmark: 3094 MW5. India: 1900 MW

Source: WindPower Monthly

World total 2003: 37220 MW

Total Installed Wind CapacityTotal Installed Wind Capacity

World Growth MarketWorld Growth Market

Drivers for Wind PowerDrivers for Wind Power

• Declining Wind Costs• Fuel Price Uncertainty• Federal and State

Policies• Economic Development• Green Power• Energy Security

• Wind Resource • Financing and Ownership

Structure• Taxes and Policy

Incentives• Plant Size• Green field or site

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Wind Economics- Determining FactorsWind Economics- Determining Factors

• Land Lease Payments: 2-3% of gross revenue $2500-4000/MW/year

• Local property tax revenue: 100 MW brings in on the order of $500K-$1 million/yr

• 1-2 jobs/MW during construction

• 2-5 permanent O&M jobs per 50-100 MW,

• Local construction and service industry: concrete, towers usually done locally

• Investment as Equity Owners: production tax credit, accelerated depreciation

• Manufacturing and Assembly plants expanding in U.S. (Micon in IL, LM Glasfiber in ND)

Economic Development OpportunitiesEconomic Development Opportunities

Wind Powered Municipal UtilitiesWind Powered Municipal Utilities

• American Municipal Power-Ohio*• Austin Energy, TX• Cedar Falls Utilities, IA• City of Bowling Green, OH• City of Howard, SD• City of Palo Alto, CA• City Public Service of San Antonio,

TX• City of St. Charles, IL• City Utilities of Springfield, MO• Clark Public Utilities, WA• Colorado Springs Utilities, CO• Energy Northwest, OR/WA*• Eugene Water & Electric Board, OR• Hull Municipal Light Plant, MA• Lamar Light and Power, CO• Lenox Municipal Utilities, IA• Lincoln Electric System, NE

• Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power, CA• Missouri River Energy Services, SD*• Moorhead Public Service, MN• Municipal Energy Agency of Nebraska, NE*• Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, OK*• Omaha Public Power District, NE*• Pasadena Water & Power, CA• Platte River Power Authority, CO*• Princeton Municipal Light Department, MA• Sacramento Municipal Utility District, CA• Seattle City Light, WA• Southern Minnesota Municipal Power

Agency, MN*• Tacoma Power, WA• Traverse City Light & Power, MI• Wall Lake Municipal Utilities, IA• Waverly Light and Power, IA• Wisconsin Public Power Inc., WI*

* Supplies wind power to a number of municipal utilities

• Municipal utility serving 4,300• First public power system in

Midwest to own and operate wind generation.

• Owns 2, 750-kW turbines and 1, 80-kW turbine

• Wind supplies 15% of its residential electricity needs

• Selling green tags to support new wind development (Iowa Energy Tags)

• Planning 1.8 MW new wind

http://www.waverlyia.com/WLP/Wind/wind_IDX.htm

Skeets 4 -- NEG MICONWaverly, Iowa

Waverly Light and PowerWaverly Light and Power

• Launched green pricing program in 1998

• Installed 2, 750-kW wind turbines

• Tremendous response from community

• Sold out capacity of 2nd turbine in a few months

• 7% of its customers participate in Capture the Wind (highest in U.S.)

                          

      http://www.mpsutility.com/capture.htm

Moorhead Public ServiceMoorhead Public Service

• 1999 Austin City Council resolution called for 5% renewables by 2005

• 2000 launched green pricing program• Installed 77 MW of wind in 2001 for

green power customers• Plans another 25 MW wind• Fixed price for green power, exempts

customers from fuel cost increases• Green power was cheaper than

conventional power for some time

                       

http://www.austinenergy.com/greenchoice/sources.htm

Austin EnergyAustin Energy

• Oregon’s largest public utility• Partnered with Pacificorp to develop

41 MW wind in WY– Able to spread risk by partnering– Larger project more cost-effective

• 6.5 MW wind green priced by EWEB • Exempts customers from price

increases– Green premium dropped by nearly 60%

• Purchasing 25 MW wind from Stateline• Purchasing 7 MW wind from BPA

http://www.eweb.org/windpower/

Foote Creek Rim, Wyoming

Eugene Water & Electric BoardEugene Water & Electric Board

• 2000 City Council resolutions to meet all future electricity needs with no net greenhouse gas emissions

• 2001 more stringent resolutions adopted

• 2001 City Council approved plan to have 5% of utility supply come from wind

• Seattle City Light is to purchase 100 MW from Stateline Project starting 8/02

• Wind purchase increasing to as much as 175 MW by 2004

• Seattle City Light also has voluntary green pricing program

http://www.ci.seattle.wa.us/light/green/greenpower/

Pacificorp 263-MW Stateline Wind Project Along the

Washington-Oregon Border

Seattle City LightSeattle City Light

Wind for SchoolsWind for Schools

• Location: Spirit Lake, Iowa

• Turbine Manufacturer: NEG Micon

• Turbine Size: 750 KW

Spirit Lake Community School

Photo courtesy of Spirit Lake Community Schools

“In my 44 years in the municipal utility business, no utility project has ever generated more customer support and interest than our wind turbine project.”

Nick Scholer, former manager of Algona Municipal Utilities, Algona, Iowa

Carpe Ventemwww.windpoweringamerica.gov