Rocky Mountain Power “Renewables today and tomorrow”
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Rocky Mountain Power “Renewables today and tomorrow”
June 4, 2014
Chad Ambrose
Renewables Program Manager
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Family Tree- Berkshire Hathaway Energy• $70 billion of assets
• $12.6 billion of revenue
• 8.4M electric and natural gas customers worldwide
• 16,400 miles of natural gas pipeline
• 19,700 employees worldwide
• More than 35,000 MW of owned and contracted generation capacity
• 28% of owned and contracted generation capacity is renewable or noncarbon
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“Is Rocky Mountain Power into Solar?”
Source http://blacklemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/
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The Shining Facts
Rocky Mountain Power/PacifiCorp has recently entered into contracts for 125 megawatts of purchased and owned solar capacity- enough to power 31,250 homes.
MidAmerican Renewables LLC has 1,419 megawatts of solar capacity-enough to power 354,750 homes. This capacity is spread over three of the largest solar projects on the planet.
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MidAmerican Renewables- Topaz 550 MWs
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“Is Rocky Mountain Power into Wind?”
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The Whispering Winds
Source-American Wind Energy Association (annual market report year ending 2013)
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“Cost-effective renewables are an essential part of our generation portfolio to serve our customers both today and tomorrow.” Richard Walje, President, CEO, Rocky Mountain Power
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Decade of Renewable Expansion
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Rocky Mountain Power Renewables-All of PacifiCorp
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Supporting the Expansion of Renewables
Blue Sky Program- Since 2000, 38,582 Utah customers funded more than 100 small project community-based grants. This is an award winning, Department of Energy certified program.
Utah Solar Incentive Program- Began 2013, $50M over 5 years, 50 megawatts.
Net-Metering & Schedule 32- As of today 2,515 Utah Customers, 18 megawatts.
Rocky Mountain Power’s Wattsmart program has saved Utah, Wyoming and Idaho customers 1.4 million megawatt hours in past 5 years. That’s equivalent to the total generation output of a 160 megawatt gas-peaking power plant for five years.
Future– Additional options coming
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“Rocky Mountain Power’s Blue Sky program was vital to Summit County’s sustainability initiatives. The funding we received made it possible for us to invest in renewable energy projects that greatly benefitted the citizens of Summit County.”Lisa Yoder, Summit County Sustainability Manager
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Utah Blue Sky Solar Project
Source: rockymountainpower.net
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Highlights-Utah Blue Sky Solar Project
-Anticipated In-Service June 2016-Above market costs- partnering with Utah Blue Sky -2 MWs initially, possibly to 5 MWs-Proportionate share of renewable energy certificates retired on behalf of Blue Sky customers-Request for proposal Winter 2014/2015-Location to be announced late 2014-Benefits all Utah customers
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