Renewable Power & Smart Grid Community Partnership

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1 Renewable Power & Smart Grid Community Partnership Gary Nystedt Resource Manager City of Ellensburg 3:15 3:45 pm

2 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park

3 Ellensburg

4 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park Electricity City of Ellensburg (approx 8500 utility customers ) Annual Usage million kwh $11.7 million Natural Gas Annual Usage - 9 million therms $9.5 million

5 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park 1980-present Ellensburg s Conservation /Renewable Programs $16 million in conservation project present Community Solar Project Small Wind Turbines KW KW

6 Ellensburg s Community Renewable Park Electricity City of Ellensburg (approx utility customers ) Annual Usage million kwh $11.7 million Natural Gas the sun Annual Usage - 9 million therms $ 9.5 million Ellensburg s most abundant energy resource

7 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park 2004 Northwest Solar Summit identified solar barriers impacting the installation of solar systems

8 High Initial Cost $25-35,000

9 Aesthetic Concerns

10 Lack of Qualified Local Installers

11 South Facing Roof Orientation )

12 Shading (Solar Access)

13 Non - Homeowners

14 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park

15 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park Key Elements overcomes many of the solar barriers new and innovative funding approach valuable educational tool distributed energy resource keeps utility dollars in the community link to local economic development benefits to the local utility encourages other communities

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17 Solar Gardens Institute

18 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park Key Players Utility Director City Council WSU / Northwest Solar Center Bonneville Environmental Foundation Central Washington University Bonneville Power Administration Senator Rockefeller/Joe & Tammy Deets / Bainbridge NWSEED WA Department of Ecology Utility Customers Battelle

19 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park A New Marketing & Financing Concept Introduced People in the Community partner with the Utility to help fund the project In exchange for their financial support the Utility gives the Contributors a credit on their utility bill for the value of the electricity produced by the solar system

20 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park if a customer contributes the customer receives 3% 3 % of the project funding kwhs produced by the solar project in the form of a solar credit on their utility bill The solar credit is given to the customer for 20 years (the length of the warrantee on the solar panels )

21 contribution for a community solar system $250 to $15,000

22 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park Pledge Brochure

23 High Visibility Site

24 Ellensburg Solar Community Project 2004 solar concept Local citizens partnering with the City for clean renewable energy options

25 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park Strong Educational Component CWU - Industrial Engineering Technology Department - Geography Department - Education - Faculties Management Ellensburg Public School District National Solar Tour

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34 Phase I November KW System (120 ) 300 watt polycrystalline modules Phase ll November KW System (72 ) 300 watt polycrystalline modules Phase III September KW System (180) 75 watt thin film modules

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39 the wind Ellensburg s 2 nd most abundant energy resource

40 Skystream 2.4 KW

41 2.4 KW

42 Energy Ball 2.5 KW

43 Honeywell 1.5 KW

44 10 KW

45 4KW

46 5.o KW

47 Tangarie 10KW

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49 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park Challenges Buy-in from the Utility & City Council City Statutes & Regulations (RCWs) New Concept vs Existing Programs & Funding ROI Solar Legislation

50 Ellensburg Community Renewable Park Renewable Power & Smart Grid Community Partnership Distributed Energy Resources Keep Utility Dollars in the Community Produce Local Jobs Reduce Demand on Regional Transmission Systems Clean Energy Resource Require Significant Public Education Enables Everyone to Participate at Some Level

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