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HomeMy WebLinkAboutREFAC Meeting minutes 6-8-2010Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee Meeting June 8, 2010 — AEA Boardroom 1:00 pm to 4:00pm Minutes 1.) Call to Order The Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee convened at 1:06 p.m. Chairman Vince Beltrami presided over the meeting. 2.) Roll Call: Committee Members Chair Vince Beltrami Chris Rose Jim Posey Brad Reeve Jodi Mitchell Senator Lyman Hoffman Representative Bill Thomas (phone) 3.) Public Comments There were no public comments. 4.) Agenda Comments AEA Staff Steve Haagenson Mike Harper Sara Fisher-Goad Peter Crimp Doug Ott Butch White Chris Rutz Bruce Tiedeman Emily Binnian Audrey Alstrom James Jensen Bethany McDiffett Shauna Howell May Clark Other Participants Gene Therriault (phone) Pat Walker, Sen. Hoffman’s Ofc (phone) Kaci Hotch, Rep. Thomas’ Ofc (phone) Wyn Menafee, Dept. of Law Mike Nave, Dept. of Law Bob Pawlowski, Legislature Dennis Meiners, IES Ona Brause, IES Faon O’Connor, YRITWC Jodi Fondy, Denali Commission Agenda Items 14 and 15 were removed from the agenda as being redundant. There were no objections. 5.) Approval of Meeting Minutes — January 13 & 14, 2010 Chair Beltrami thanked staff for timely distribution of the meeting minutes and attention to detail. MOTION: Mr. Posey moved to approve the meeting minutes from the January 13 & 14, 2010 Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee meetings. The motion was seconded by Mr. Reeve. The minutes were unanimously approved as presented. Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee Meeting June 8, 2010 Page 1 of 5 6.) Debrief of Legislative Session Mr. Haagenson stated SB220, out of Energy Bill HB306, is moving forward and the Emerging Technology Fund was established by Legislature, which will be administered by AEA. $2M was refunded to AEA from unexpended interest earned to manage the program, fund staff evaluations and economic analyses of the RE Fund. The fund was cut from $52.25 million to $25 million, and some projects were not funded. Mr. Therriault was asked by Senator Hoffman if he knew the justification as to why the Governor did not follow HB152 intent and fund the $50 million in projects that were signed into law two years ago. Mr. Therriault said the Governor viewed the extra $25 million as money beyond the $150 million for the third year which meets the intent of the Legislation. The $2M mentioned above was not vetoed. Ms. Fisher- Goad stated our original budget request had a $2 million appropriation to pay for AEA staff to administer the program. Legislature adjusted that appropriation to give us a $2M operating appropriation to pay for the program’s administrative costs freeing up additional capital monies for us to do other alternative energy efficiency programs. Mr. Haagenson stated it is AEA’s opinion that we have provided sufficient information to the LB&A and Governor's office regarding allocations and the reason for the veto is unclear. In response to a question by Chair Beltrami, Mr. Crimp stated project regional spreading was not affected as a result of this cut. Mr. Haagenson stated $10 million was put into the Power Project Fund and with the sale of the existing bonds to AIDEA means another $21 million into the fund. The Legislature has approved $9 million for the Reynolds Creek Hydro project in Southeast Alaska. HB306 also states the PPF will be the primary funding source for renewable energy projects going forward. The Alaska Energy Pathway document is out for public comment. With the Pathway, we will try to determine what the concept for loans and grants will be (similar to the virtual G&T concept, where everyone pays the same rate across the state, an equal energy footprint). Mr. Therriault emphasized that the Pathway shows individual communities that they could step forward with alternative energy sources and not wait to be totally grant or loan funded. 7.) & 8.) Round 0-I-II-Ill Grant Updates Mr. White stated Round 0 is included in the handout as the projects carried forward to Round |. We have committed $79 million of the $100 million as grants and have disbursed $26 million in project funds for Round |. For Round Il, of $25 million, $10 million was awarded and $1 million disbursed. Due to the veto, we are looking at 22 projects across the state in Round III and should have the grant agreements out in early July. Mr. Haagenson said the Committee needs to define when a project is stalled, what we can do about it, and whether the PPF could be utilized to get these projects moving. Mr. Posey agreed with this approach, as opposed to cutting them off. In response to a question from Mr. Rose, in Rounds | and Il, Mr. Crimp stated both the South Fork Hydroelectric and Fishhook Hydroelectric construction projects are not moving forward. South Fork was given the grant for signature in January and one issue has been the maximum allowable cost of power in the Power Purchase Agreement (Mike Hubbard's work on the cost based rates). Fishhook has permitting and finance issues. Regarding the Bethel Wind Power Project, Mr. Crimp stated AEA requested information from the City in January with no response and requested guidance from the Committee on this matter. Mr. Haagenson said we need to write to the City and find out what their intentions are. Bethel Utilities is not interested in buying power from the City wind turbines as it will lower the rates. The Utilities may be up for sale, but are not interested in selling to the City. Mr. Posey suggested a report to the RCA would prompt them and the Legislature to investigate this matter. Senator Hoffman met with the City four months ago and if nothing can be worked out with the Utility, they are interested in seeking Legislative direction. In response to a question about what authority AEA had in moving monies around in the RE Fund, Ms. Fisher-Goad stated Legislative authorization is needed to move funds from one round to another; Round Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee Meeting June 8, 2010 Page 2 of 5 ll funds remain in Round Il, etc. Senator Hoffman pointed out that we need to keep regional balancing in check. 9.) Construction Project Schedule Review Mr. Crimp distributed a timeline construction schedule which showed our best estimate as to when projects will complete construction, except for those seven that are already completed. He said by the end of 2010, 21 projects should be completed, with the remainder being completed by 2012, not including projects that are stalled. Mr. Posey commented that having a completed project sheet is a good exhibit and is important that the project duration timeline shows that renewable energy projects take time and are not quick. Mr. Rose commented that the NREL integration experts will be meeting in Anchorage at the end of June. Mr. Crimp stated the Nome Newton Peak Wind Farm Project grant is almost in place and was short- funded. We will proceed with the grant, final design and permitting and make a determination at that time. This is a good example of a stalled project. Mr. Posey inquired as to the status of the Anchorage landfill gas to electricity power project. Mr. Crimp stated the LB&A approved a landfill gas to electricity power project to serve the Railbelt. The grant funds will not be available for a compressed landfill gas and buss system or other. This project is moving forward though not yet in place, but is not stalled. Project mobilization, exploration and over cost estimates were discussed and need to be caught early during the review status. We will continue to revise the construction project review schedule. 10.) Draft Questionnaire Review — RFA Period Mr. Crimp stated we have committed to ask the customers their thoughts about the RE Fund process and two months ago began work on a questionnaire requesting input into managing our projects; however, we got bogged down very quickly, and are now proposing an RFP to contract out this task within the next month, with survey results in two months. Mr. Haagenson said it’s good to ask how we are doing, i.e. timing and backup vs. justification. Chair Beltrami asked about the timeframe for the questionnaire project and Mr. Crimp said it would be out in about one month. Mr. Posey said that due to summer activities, it might be prudent to collect the information later in the fall, as more people might participate. Mr. Haagenson stated we are trying to get Round IV Request for Applications out by July 28 so having the survey information in hand before then would be useful to tweak the next application process. Mr. Crimp stated the RFA’s will go out on July 28 with September 8 as the due date for responses. He said we could utilize the survey information received up until then and keep the survey response date open longer. Mr. Posey reiterated that we want to collect as much data as possible. Various dates for the survey and the RFA application/review period were discussed. Senator Hoffman said that moving the dates around too much confuses people. Mr. Posey pointed out that we are now going into Round IV and the proposers are more comfortable and informed with the process. The RFA period will be July 21-September 15, 2010 and advertising will begin as soon as possible. Ms. Fisher-Goad said that we can begin working on the Emerging Energy Technology Fund regulations, but there’s a 90-day effective date from when the Governor signs it. Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee Meeting June 8, 2010 Page 3 of 5 11.) Initial Reaction to Changes in Round IV 12.) Proposed Round IV Schedule (these two items were discussed simultaneously) Ms. Fisher-Goad stated each RFA has been improved from the prior one. Caps were in place, and although they were done, caps were applied after the fact for Rounds | and Il, and it made it difficult for us to get grants in place. This is not the case for Round Ill, since people submitted applications knowing what the caps were. For Round IV, we should identify program changes and notify the applicants up front. It needs to be decided to change the cap amount, and/or limit Round IV funding for projects that received prior round funding. The RFA should specifically state that permitting and financing should be in place for construction projects. Although we could consider implementing deadlines to get a grant in place that could be extended for a good reason, Mr. Crimp pointed out that hydro projects especially are time consuming. 13.) Performance Driven and/or Strategic Grant Making A discussion was held on how to attract the good projects, and getting local and regional planners involved. Senator Hoffman pointed out that most small communities don’t have the resources to go it alone and most don’t have planners. Ms. Fisher-Goad pointed out that this is a grant recommendation program and project list recommendations presented to the Legislature for funding are not adjusted. She concurred that many communities rely on AEA for technical assistance. Mr. Rose stated that we will need to define “emerging technology” and “strategic grant making” industry standards. Mr. Crimp stated planning issues and AEA technical assistance are important aspects, reiterating regional spreading and assisting smaller villages to find good projects. Buying and building locally was discussed. The Pathway is a good first step. It puts together a plan for each community in Alaska — where community action is key. AEA should push wind diesel forward and make a plan now. The Committee proposed recommendations as follows: 1. INCORPORATE DEPLOYMENT TARGETS Establish renewable deployment targets to increase the application of renewables in Alaskan communities. Generic deployment strategies exist in Appendix 4 of the Alaska Energy Pathway. These targets or standards could be used in the evaluation of RE Fund projects and could advance integration of renewables through a competitive process. For instance, we should not limit equipment to specific vendors, but instead establish a range of equipment that could be selected in a community. All software should be non-proprietary. This concept should be incorporated in Round 5 and may require program changes. 2. DEFINE CRITERIA FOR WHEN A PROJECT IS “STALLED” The definition of a stalled project should incorporate the reasons for the stall, such as lack of: permits, financial plan, power sales agreements, project readiness (specific phases, i.e., feasibility, final design, construction). Do not allow “war chests” to be built. 3. HEAT RECOVERY Recognizing that thermal energy costs are the greatest burden to rural residents; staff will make recommendations on means to develop thermal projects, such as diesel heat recovery following the Pathway. 4. SUBMIT LETTER TO RCA REGARDING BETHEL ELECTRIC UTILITY AQUISITION Mr. Haagenson will first discuss with Chairman Pickett the interconnection of renewable projects in Bethel and opportunities to lower costs through the utility structure and ownership. Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee Meeting June 8, 2010 Page 4 of 5 5. ADVERTISE RFA ASAP The Round IV Request for Application period will be advertised as soon as possible. Chair Beltrami requested that the list of recommendations be distributed to the Committee as soon as possible. 16.) Next Meeting Date The next meeting date will be Friday, August 13, 2010 in Fairbanks, AK. 17.) Adjournment The meeting was adjourned at 3:58 p.m. Renewable Energy Fund Advisory Committee Meeting June 8, 2010 Page 5 of 5 /= ALASKA >) ENERGY AUTHORITY RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, June 8, 2010 AEA Boardroom 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm AGENDA Call to Order Roll Call Public Comments (limit of 2 minutes) Agenda Comments (changes/additions/deletions) Approval of Meeting Minutes — January 13 & 14, 2010 Debrief of Legislative Session Round 0-2 Grant Status Discussion Round 3 Grant Schedule Construction Project Schedule Review Draft Questionnaire Review Initial Reaction to Changes in Round 4 Proposed Round 4 Schedule Performance Driven and/or Strategic Grant Making Update on Existing Projects Recommendations Next Meeting Date Adjournment Beltrami Haagenson White White Crimp Crimp Fisher-Goad Crimp Rose Fisher-Goad Fisher-Goad Beltrami Beltrami ATTENDANCE - REFAC Committee Meeting, June 8, 2010 Committee Members AEA Staff ate Beltrami, Chairman al Steve Haagenson “ Jodi Mitchell 1 Shauna Howell ea Chris Rose ay Mike Harper Representative Bill Trams acy) Poe _“ Sara Fisher-Goad Pal Senator Hoffman wa Peter Crimp Brad Reeve ~~ Butch White ~— Sandy Burd (Senator Hoffman’s Office) ag Chris Rutz ~~ Patricia Walker (Senator Hoffman's Office) -——— James Strandberg val Gene Therriault, Office of the Governor May Clark Min Pe a bi y he a peter a Nave, Dept. of Law —— Mike Mitchell, Dept of Law —— Brian Bjorkquist, Dept. of Law es Ja pers Dee endl Binrior i ee ay a. Smeg” tats mina i aint Jaow DiGi ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEETING Tuesday, June 8, 2010 **PLEASE WRITE LEGIBLY** NAME ORGANIZATION hawne fpivel/ AEA Wir fosdy AL-W O86 ? LAN 6 EIS ON AEA A mce vc. KEA et Mite TREC / Syl: Tact _Oonnor YRITWIC (Ney Can CEA Denali Comin esowin Devel, Comnnrdsimn Af ACC Ong Bran se LES Danis Urine 1cGs hrs [eo REAP Aeke2 DNR Audrey my An Des 2) LE | emailer 1. deo (t Mie NAVE QOL PSs pwws® | He fee - Ag ROUND | & Il PROJECTS NOT IN PLACE Status Code- RE Fund Approved RE Approved Comment Grant Project Name Applicant Project Type Grant Match Region Project Mgr. Status Date Pad Round Status Anchorage Landfill Gas Municipality Devany Electricity Construction of Anchorage BIOFUEL 2,000,000 5,395,200 RAILBELT Plentovich 05/19/10 OPEN RE Round 1 Grant agreement mailed today Southeast Construction budget potentially Thorne Bay Wood Island School Devany short. PM and SEISD working Boiler Dist BIOMASS 178,179 42,000 SOUTHEAST Plentovich 04/05/10 DRAFT-EXT RE Round 2 on grant for final design. Per eiectic South Fork Grant agreement with SFH Construction Hydro, LLC HYDRO 1,000,000 2,087,000 RAILBELT Doug Ott 01/07/10 DRAFT-EXT RE Round 1 LLC for signature since winter Fishhook ‘Pabbenichtecrmetecttc. Renewable Permitting and financing not ‘onstruction Energy, LLC HYDRO 2,000,000 2,412,961 RAILBELT Doug Ott 02/09/10 DRAFT-EXT RE Round 1 complete Reynolds Creek Hydroelectric Haida Power, Jim Haida Power seeking Construction Inc. HYDRO 2,000,000 6,645,000 SOUTHEAST Strandberg 06/02/10 DRAFT-INT RE Round 1 remaining financing (PPF) Assoc of Kiseralik/Chikuminuk Village Cncl Project Manager working to get Hydro Presidents HYDRO 250,000 150,000 LYUK-KUSK Doug Ott 01/07/10 DRAFT-EXT RE Round 2 agreement in place Kwaan PM working with KWETICO Kake-Petersburg Electric Jim and SE Conference to get Intertie Final Design Transmiss |= TRANS 2,990,000 2,500,000 SOUTHEAST Strandberg 08/28/09 DRAFT-EXT RE Round 1 grant in place Status Code- RE Fund Approved RE Approved Comment Grant Project Name Applicant Project Type Grant Match Region Project Mgr. Status Date Pad Round Status St. George Wind Farm City of St. James Project Manager working to get Construction George - WIND 1,500,000 500,000 ALEUTIANS = Jensen 06/02/10 DRAFT-EXT RE Round 1 agreement in place Kotzebue Kotzebue Wind Farm _ Electric James Grant agreement almost Expansion Construction Association WIND 4,000,000 6,808,918 NW ARCTIC Jensen 05/19/10 DRAFT-INT RE Round 1 complete Bethel Wind Power James PM requested info in January, Project Times Four City of Bethel! WIND 2,598,320 599,666 LYUK-KUSK Jensen 08/27/09 DRAFT-EXT RE Round 1_ no response from Bethel Newton Peak Wind Nome Joint Richard Grant agreement almost Farm Utilities WIND 4,000,000 400,000 BERING Stromberg 05/20/10 DRAFT-INT RE Round1 complete Aleutian James Project Manager working to get Sand Point Wind Wind Energy WIND 639,806 437,900 ALEUTIANS Jensen 12/01/09 DRAFT RE Round 2. agreement in place Alaska Emmonak/Alakanuk Village Richard Project Manager working to get Wind & Trans Electric Coop WIND 8,000,000 1,062,818 LYUK-KUSK Stromberg 12/01/09 DRAFT RE Round 2. agreement in place TOTALS 31,156,305 29,041,463 ROUND 0/1/11 / Ill UPDATE Round 0 Seven projects were funded by LB&A in October and November of 2008; before we got going with Round |. These projects were carried forward and included with the Round | list and all were increased; except the Ground Source Heat Pump at the Juneau airport. Applicant Project Amount approved in Round 0 Fishhook Renewable Energy, LLC Fishhook Hydro/Hatcher Pass $44,559 Fishhook Renewable Energy, LLC Fishhook Hydro/Hatcher Pass $408,512 (This project was increased by $1,546,929 in Round | / Total awarded = $2,000,000) Kodiak Electric Association Pillar Mountain Wind $1,000,000 (This project was increased by $3,000,000 in Round I / Total awarded = $4,000,000) Juneau International Airport Ground Source Heat Pump $513,000 Alaska Environmental Power Delta Wind $801,500 (This project was increased by $1,198,500 in Round | / Total awarded = $2,000,000) Chena Power, LLC Biomass Rankine Cycle System $1,000,000 (This project was increased by $1,000,000 in Round | / Total awarded = $2,000,000) Haida Corporation Reynolds Creek Hydro $1,000,000 (This project was increased by $1,000,000 in Round | / Total awarded = $2,000,000) Round | Initially, 78 projects were funded; including those from Round 0 and the four Homer Electric Association projects on the Kenai Peninsula listed as one appropriation ($200,000). Nine of the 78 projects are also completed. Of the $100 Million, $79.1 Million has been awarded as grants with $26.2 Million disbursed. There are still 9 other projects without grant agreements from Round I, one other project was combined with a Round II grant (Kenai Wind Project) and 2 grants have been cancelled at the request of the grantees (Galena Biomass Project — Interior Regional Housing Authority and Nikolaevsk Wind — Alaska Wind Energy, dba Wind Energy Alaska). For the projects not in place from Round | and Round Il, see the attached spreadsheet. Round Il 30 projects were funded in Round II. One project was combined with a Round | grant (Kenai Wind Project) and one project has been cancelled (Angoon Heat Recovery — Inside Passage Electric) as this project was compieted with Denali Commission funding. Of the $25 Million for Round II, $10.3 Million has been awarded as grants with $1Million disbursed. There are 4 other projects without grant agreements from Round II. For the projects not in place from Round | and Round II, see the attached spreadsheet. Round Ill There are 22 projects funded in Round Ill and it’s my goal to have all grant agreements for Round Ill in place by 7/31/10. RE Fund Round 3 Issues Raised During Proposal Review June 7, 2010 Economics Nick Szymoniak, ISER: After talking with some people in Kodiak it seems like it may be a good idea to include the economic model and assumptions used in the economic analysis along with the RFA. Supplying these may create a more level playing and field and ease the burden on getting the applications in on time, as the applicants will not have “re-invent the wheel.” Ginny Fay, ISER: | think it is important. If a project can be recommended for funding without an economic review because the applicant sent in too little information, wouldn’t the natural resulting strategy be to send in incomplete information for any uneconomic project? It seems to me that if people send in incomplete applications that don’t enable an economic feasibility analysis to be done, they should automatically lose the opportunity to receive funding. Looking at what’s occurred with round 3 project applications, people are definitely learning how to “game” the system, which is exactly what economic theory would predict. If you reward potential gaming behavior, it is likely to only get worse. Requests for AEA Project Management Crimp, AEA: Project mgmt is a cost that should be included in the cost of the project and the econ analysis we do for ranking. So we should build this cost into the budget of proposed projects and evaluate them accordingly. (This may have the effect of decreasing B/C ratio but increasing the project mgmt scores.) PM funding could come from AEEE capital or possibly RE fund dollars. Scoring Criteria Mr. Nathan Coffee, CBJ Engineering Dept (previously worked with Dept Ed on putting together the priority list for school projects): Need more specific response to project readiness. Crimp, AEA: Sustainability criterion needs more detail. Refer to Denali Commission policy? “Double-Dipping” Harper, AEA: If one REF grantee has already secured funding for a project, then that grantee be should not allowed to receive additional RE Funds for the same project. Reasons are: 1) there are far more applications than available funds; 2) the legislature is encouraging grantees to leverage State funds with other funding sources. Performance and O&M Reporting McMahon, AEA: It would be useful to have a specific section in the RE Fund application that explains the post-deployment monitoring plan—what data will be gathered, why, how it will be presented and disseminated (reports, graphs, spreadsheets, GIS, etc.). [See other McMahon specific comments on scoring criteria.] F iewable Energy Fund Construction Schedule (5/14/20° _/2010 | r_t | t t t i nh }--+—} Type Round) 1D | JTF “2 iM Ltt t + | i |_| | Biomass Renewable Energy Fund Construction Projects 53 __|Chena Power, Biomass/ORC 33 Haines/Chilkoot, District Heat 2 |Gulkana Village Council, Boiler 26 Native Village of Eyak, Wood 49 Tok, Gat ‘School, Boiler Delta/Gi School Dist. Wood 15 Chistochina Central Wood Heat 68 Muni Landfill Gas 2 Thorne Bay School, Wood Heat Tok Forestry Renewable Biomass Craig Biomass Dryer Tanana Biomass Energy Conservation lonia Renewable Energy Training Center Juneau Ground Heat Pump, Aquatic Manley Hot s Geothermal, TDX Gastineau School Geothermal Loopfield Heat Recovery North Pole GVEA HR Expansion Cordova Electric Heat to Power McGrath Light & Power HE Expansion Kotzebue HR and Ammonia Power ‘of Ambler Heat Recovt Unalaska Heat Recovi ci ise Feasibility, Galena Atka Hydro Dis Excess Power Rural Alaska Heat Recovery/Power [Cordova Hi Creek Hydro ll Excess Hydro to Heat Fishook Creek Hydro Pending Permitting/Regulation| South Fork Hydro Pending Permitting/Regulation| North Prince of Wales Hydro Intertie [Atka, Chuniisax Creek Reynolds Creek Hydro, Haida/AP&T Hur Creek Hydro Rehabilitation [Wrangell Spur Road Line Extension [Akutan Hyddro Repair & Upgrade [Whitman Lake Hydro Delta Junction Wind, AEP 2MW Quinhagak Wind, AVEC 300 KW Toksook Bay Wind, AVEC 100 KW Mekoryuk Wind Turbine/Controls, AVEC. Kwigillingok Power Company 450KW iganak Wind, Puvurnag Power Co. Nikolski IRA Wind, Umnak Power Kotzebue Electric Turbines Nome, Newton Peak Wind Farm Pending Permitting/Regulation| Nikiski, Kenai Winds Pr Tuntutuliak High Penetration wind/diesel [Sand Point Wind Emmonak Wind and Transmission [Shaktoolik Wind Kotzebue Wind/Battery/Diesel Ocean/River rokinetic, YRI-CWC Solar NWAB School AE Solar Awareness. eS {| {| | | 4 LI] |(Final Design,Conracts, Procurement) | | [oT [TT a | {| | | [ [Tt ft ft Tt Rev. 5/14/10 LL, PMC |Pre-construction [Construction 7 ae “Equipment Installation Sac | [Commissioni ‘Project Com C:\Documents and Settings\showell\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\WROOVAGB\REFund Construction Status May2010.xisx Type Biomass Geothermal Heat Recovery Ocean/River Solar 4 Round | ae 1 — Renewable Energy Fund Construction Projects Now siz 2010 F .ewable Energy Fun + JLFIM[AIM;J[JLALS rr ee = + 4 ON DiJ iF d Constru — ooo; ction Schedule (5/14/20) | | | ——— == | oaet | i 1D PM LFIM[A/M|J|J/A/S/OIN Notes t SS aaa a mee 1 53 __|Chena Power, Biomass/ORC 1 33 Haines/Chilkoot, District Heat 1 2 Gulkana Village Council, Boiler || 1 26 Native Village of Eyak, Wood 1 49 Tok, Gateway School, Boiler 1 112 Delta/Greeley School Dist. Wood 1 15 Chistochina Central Wood Heat RB 1 68 [Anchorage Muni Landfill Gas DP 2 2 | Thome Bay School, Wood Heat DP 3 481 __| Tok Forestry Renewable Biomass RB _| S 410 _|Craig Biomass Dryer DP 3 476 _|Tanana Biomass Energy Conservation RB 3 480 __|lonia Renewable Energy Training Center RB 1 111 |Juneau Ground Heat Pump, Aquatic NMc t 1 Manley Hot Springs Geothermal, TOX NMc 3 409 _|Gastineau School Geothermal Loopfield NMc 1 105 North Pole GVEA HR Expansion LL E 1 22 Cordova Electric Heat to Power OP. 41 61 IMcGrath Light & Power HE Expansion KN 2 235 _|Kotzebue HR and Ammonia Power Cycle DP. 2 307 _|City of Ambler Heat Recovery EG 2 271 Unalaska Heat Recovery DP. 3 427 |Greenyouse Feasibility, Galena DP. 3 519 _|Atka Hydro Dispatch Excess Power LE 3 426 _|Rural Alaska Heat Recovery/Power DP. 4 21 Cordova Humpback Creek Hydro DO 1 9 | Wrangell Excess Hydro to Heat (BE 1 87 Fishook Creek Hydro DO Pending Permitting/Regulation| 1 57 ‘South Fork Hydro DO Pending Permitting/Regulation| 4 23 North Prince of Wales Hydro Intertie RG 1 58 |Atka, Chuniisax Creek Hydro LL 1 104 _| Reynolds Creek Hydro, Haida/AP&T DO 3 407 _| Humpback Creek Hydro Rehabilitation DO 3 418 _|Wrangell Spur Road Line Extension LL Pee 3 469 Akutan Hyddro Repair & Upgrade AA 3 425 __|Whitman Lake Hydro DO 41 102 [Delta Junction Wind, AEP 2MW JJ 41 70 _|Quinhagak Wind, AVEC 300 KW JJ 4 71___[Toksook Bay Wind, AVEC 100 KW JJ 1 72 Mekoryuk Wind Turbine/Controls, AVEC. JJ 1 107 _|Kwigillingok Power Company 450KW RS 1 110 _|Kongiganak Wind, Puvurnag Power Co. RS 4 89 Nikolski IRA Wind, Umnak Power JJ 1 85 Kotzebue Electric Turbines JJ a 52 Nome, Newton Peak Wind Farm RS Pending Permitting/Regulation| 2 222 __|Nikiski, Kenai Winds Project RS 2 273 __|Tuntutuliak High Penetration wind/diesel RS 2 317 __|Sand Point Wind JJ 2 302 ___|Emmonak Wind and Transmission RS 2 303 | Shaktoolik Wind RS 3 518 Kotzebue Wind/Battery/Diese! JJ 1 84 __ [Ruby Hydrokinetic, YRI-CWC NMc 4 3 405 __|NWAB School AE Solar Awareness Lu Pre-construction | Construction ‘Equipment Installation il : Completion | i (Final Design,Conracts, Procurement) | ml == C:\Documents and Settings\showell\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\WROOVAGB\REFund Construction Status May2010.xisx iRev. 5/14/10 LL, PMC F .ewable Energy Fund Construction Schedule (5/14/2 ) Es - pa a Pde ee jj | | 1 Renewable Energy Fund Const ion Projects fi | 4 puewabl : eee i) 12. oe |__| |__| +~—| } ie ee Type _ Round) ID - Biomass 53 Chena Power, Biomass/ORC 33___|Haines/Chilkoot, District Heat DP 2 Gulkana Village Council, Boiler RB 26 Native Village of Eyak, Wood BT 49 Tok, Gateway School, Boiler RB Delta/Greeley School Dist. Wood RB 15 __|Chistochina Central Wood Heat RB 68 Anchorage Muni Landfill Gas DP 2 ‘Thome Bay School, Wood Heat DP Tok Forestry Renewable Biomass RB Craig Biomass Dryer DP Tanana Biomass Energy Conservation RB lonia Renewable Energy Training Center RB |Geothermal Juneau Ground Heat Pump, Aquatic NMc Manley Hot Springs Geothermal, TDX NMc |Gastineau School Geothermal Loopfield NMc Heat Recovery North Pole GVEA HR Expansion (Cordova Electric Heat to Power McGrath Light & Power HE Expansion Kotzebue HR and Ammonia Power Cycle City of Ambler Heat Recovery Unalaska Heat Recover [Greenyouse Feasibility, Galena Atka Hydro Dispatch Excess Power Rural Alaska Heat Recovery/Power [Cordova Humpback Creek Hydro [Wrangell Excess Hydro to Heat Fishook Creek Hydro Pending Permitting/Regulation| [South Fork Hydro Pending Permitting/Regulation| North Prince of Wales Hydro Intertie [Atka, Chuniisax Creek Hydro Reynolds Creek Hydro, Haida/AP&T Humpback Creek Hydro Rehabilitation [Wrangell Spur Road Line Extension [Akutan Hyddro Repair & Upgrade Whitman Lake Hydro Delta Junction Wind, AEP 2MW Quinhagak Wind, AVEC 300 KW Toksook Bay Wind, AVEC 100 KW Mekoryuk Wind Turbine/Controls, AVEC. Kwigillingok Power Company 450KW. Kongiganak Wind, Puvurnag Power Co Nikolski IRA Wind, Umnak Power Kotzebue Electric Turbines Nome, Newton Peak Wind Farm Pending Permitting/Regulation| Nikiski, Kenai Winds Project Tuntutuliak High Penetration wind/diesel [Sand Point Wind Emmonak Wind and Transmission [Shaktoolik Wind Kotzebue Wind/Battery/Diesel Ocean/River Ruby Hydrokinetic, YRI-CWC Solar _ NWAB School AE Solar Awareness Pre-construction (Final Design,Conracts, Procurement) _ | | ais 1 _ T Construction Equipment Installation __Commissionin, a Project Completion _ C:\Documents and Settings\showell\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\Content.Outlook\WROOVAGB\REFund Construction Status May2010.xIsx May Clark From: Shauna Howell Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:29 AM To: May Clark Subject: FW: Closed Source Technology for RE Fund Projects From: Butch White Sent: Tuesday, June 15, 2010 11:27 AM To: Peter Crimp; Shauna Howell Subject: RE: Closed Source Technology for RE Fund Projects My notes and memory both remember this discussion by Brad and he was empathic that closed source technology was not acceptable. | also remember who all was at the meeting when Brad made these comments. From: Peter Crimp Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 5:05 PM To: Shauna Howell Cc: Steve Haagenson; Butch White; Mike Harper Subject: FW: Closed Source Technology for RE Fund Projects Shauna, As you and May prepare the meeting notes from the last REFAC meeting, please be on the look-out for an opinion regarding closed- or open-source control logic expressed by one of the committee members (Brad R?) at the last meeting. Steve, we may wish to address impact of using proprietary technology in proposed REF projects within the next RFA. Peter From: James Jensen Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 4:52 PM To: Peter Crimp Subject: Closed Source Technology for RE Fund Projects Peter, It would be helpful if the REFAC could provide guidance for how we should treat closed source technology in round 4 of the renewable energy fund. James Jensen Wind Energy Program Manager (907) 771-3043 Alaska Energy Authority 813 West Northern Lights Blvd. Anchorage, AK 99503-2495 RENEWABLE ENERGY FUND ADVISORY COMMITTEE TUESDAY, JUNE 8, 2010 ALASKA ENERGY AUTHORITY BOARD ROOM COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS INCORPORATE DEPLOYMENT TARGETS Establish renewable deployment targets to increase the application of renewables in Alaskan communities. Generic deployment strategies exist in Appendix 4 of the Alaska Energy Pathway. These targets could be used in the evaluation of REF projects and could advance integration of renewables through a competitive process. We should not limit equipment to specific vendors, but a range of equipment could be selected per community and all software should be non- proprietary. This concept should be incorporated in Round V and may require program changes. DEFINE CRITERIA FOR WHEN A PROJECT IS “STALLED” The definition of a stalled project should incorporate the reasons for the stall, such as lack of: permits, financial plan, power sales agreements, project readiness (specific phases, i.e., feasibility, final design, construction). Do not allow “war chests” to be built. HEAT RECOVERY Recognizing that thermal energy costs are the greatest burden to rural residents, staff will make recommendations on means to develop thermal projects, such as diesel heat recovery following the Pathway. SUBMIT LETTER TO RCA REGARDING BETHEL ELECTRIC UTILITY AQUISITION Mr. Haagenson will first discuss with Chairman Pickett, the interconnection of renewable projects in Bethel and opportunities to lower costs through the utility structure and ownership. ADVERTISE RFA ASAP The Round IV application period will be advertised as soon as possible.