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Wind Hedges & Energy Budgets
Roy Morrison & Associates, LLC.
www.RMAenergy.net
© RMA, 2006
Wind Hedge Savings and Energy Budgets
• A Wind Hedge, When Properly Sized, Can Keep Total Yearly Energy Budget Flat
• The Hedge Works in Low, Probable, and High Case Future Price Scenarios
• When Energy Prices Rise, the Wind Farm Pays the End User. When Prices Fall, the User Pays the Wind Farm.
Wind Hedge Example
• Slides 4-6 Document the 20 Year Financial Behavior of a Wind Hedge
• The Model Is for a Customer With a $1.5 Million/Year Energy Budget for Electricity and Natural Gas
• Under Low, Probable, and High Price Case Energy Scenarios, the Properly Sized Hedge Keeps Energy Budget Flat
Wind Hedge $ Savings
• Hedge Keeps Net Annual Budget Flat at $1.5 Million/year
• Total 20 - Year Wind Hedge Savings: High Price Case: $38,911,482Probable Price Case: $15,157,877Low Price Case: $2,324,489
High Gas Price Case
-$1,000,000
$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
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Low Gas Price Case
-$1,000,000
$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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Probable Gas Price Case
-$1,000,000
$0
$1,000,000
$2,000,000
$3,000,000
$4,000,000
$5,000,000
$6,000,000
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
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Natural Gas Prices and Wind Hedge
• In the Northeast, Natural Gas and Electricity Prices Are Based on Henry Hub, Louisiana Natural Gas Prices
• Electricity Prices Rise and Fall With the Price of Natural Gas
• This Is Why the Wind Hedge Works• Slide 9 Presents Our Future High,
Probable, and Low Gas Price Scenarios
Henry Hub Future Gas Price
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$10.00
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low prob high 12 per. Mov. Avg. (low)
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