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Agenda

• Solar

– Utility Scale – New Solar Rate – Net Metering Changes

• Electrification

– On Road – Off Road

• Energy Efficiency

– Rebate Programs – Pace – Behavioral Programs – Tracker – MyWay

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Environmental Stakeholders Update

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Environmental Stakeholders Update

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Solar Integration

The integration of solar photovoltaic technology (PV) into customer offerings and the JEA business model

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1999 – JEA Solar Technology Demonstrations

• 22 Duval County public schools
• Jax Zoo, FSCJ, Jacksonville University
• Jax Chamber, Jax International Airport

2010 – JEA Utility Scale Solar – Large solar

arrays used to supply solar energy to JEA grid

• Jax Solar Project - 12 MW solar facility
• Started generation - Summer 2010

JEA has supported the development of solar technologies since 1999

Solar Background – Utility and Customer

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Customer-Owned – Solar arrays installed at

customer facilities, typically roof tops.

• 2009 - Customer-Owned Solar Systems

JEA Net Metering Policy established:

• Support for emerging renewable energy

technologies.

• Guidelines for connection of customer-
• wned solar systems to the JEA grid.
• Billing and payment methodology for

buying and selling electricity to/from the JEA grid.

• Credits for solar energy at the JEA Retail

Rate as incentive for solar.

Solar Background – Utility and Customer

JEA has supported the development of solar technologies since 1999

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Cost of solar continues to decline:

• Nationwide Median
• 2005

$9.00 per watt

• 2010

$7.00 per watt

• 2013

$4.69 per watt

• 2015

$3.70 per watt

• Florida
• 2015

$2.61 per watt

• FL has lower utility rates

Solar Background – Technology and Market has Changed

Technology and cost improvements drive changes in policies and products

Photovoltaic (PV) System = Solar System

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Accelerating Growth of JEA Customer-Owned Solar Generation

• 220 JEA customers installed PV solar systems from 2009 to 2014.
• 304 new systems have been installed in the last five quarters.
• 98 new systems in Q1 FY16

Solar Background – Technology and Market has Changed

Technology and cost improvements drive changes in policies and products

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1- Grow JEA’s solar resources

• Increase the number and diversity of new solar arrays in the JEA

service territory 2- Grow customer offerings

• Identify and implement new value added products that are made

available as a result of the JEA’s new solar arrays 3- Align customer-owned solar pricing policies to current market conditions

• Ensure that solar and non-solar customers are paying their fair share

for the use of and access to the electric system infrastructure.

Solar Integration Objectives A Holistic View of Policies and Products

Solar Integration can result in benefits for both solar and non-solar customers

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Objective 1- Growing the JEA’s Solar Resources

JEA will increase its solar generation capacity by over 300% by December 2016 Policy

• The JEA Solar Photovoltaic Policy establishes goals for increasing JEA’s solar

generation portfolio from the current capacity of 12 MW to a total of up to 50 MW by the end of 2016. Planning

• JEA has already signed agreements for six solar farms to be installed in

Jacksonville with a generation capacity of 25.5 MW.

• JEA is negotiating agreements for 11 MW additional solar generation.
• Cost of solar energy is higher than current energy costs
• Provides a hedge for CO2 regulations (111.d)
• Allows JEA to offer solar energy sales to customers

Operations

• The first of the new solar farms are expected to start producing solar energy

by July 2016.

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Objective 1- Growing the JEA’s Solar Resources

Solar Resources will be geographically distributed to reduce negative system impacts

Project Name 1- Montgomery Solar Farm 2- Blair Site Solar 3- Old Plank Road Solar Farm 4- Imeson Solar Farm 5- Simmons Road Solar 6- Starratt Solar 7- SunE Solar Farm 8- Soutel Solar 9- Yellow Water Total MW Size (MW) 7.0 4.0 3.0 5.0 2.0 5.0 4.5 1.0 5.0 36.5

Policy

• JEA’s Solar Photovoltaic Policy also allows for the energy

produced from JEA’s new solar arrays to be made available to JEA customers through new product options. Planning

• JEA is proposing that a new solar rate be established that

provides customers the rights to the energy produced by the new solar arrays.

• The solar rate will be slightly higher, approximately 10%, due to the

higher cost of solar energy.

• JEA will be selling the solar energy “at cost,” as it does for the fuel

used to generate electricity.

• Customers can enroll for a portion or all of their energy to come

from JEA’s solar arrays.

Operations

• The proposed new solar rate would be open for subscription as

early as July of this year as we bring the first new solar array

• nline.

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Objective 2- Grow Customer Product Options

JEA Customers with tree canopies can “Go Green” with JEA supplied solar power

• Present
• JEA’s Net Metering Policy initially established in

2009 supported solar technologies by:

• Not adjusting solar customer pricing to recover their cost
• f service
• Buying excess electricity at prices significantly higher

than normal electricity prices

• Recommended Changes
• Modify the rate which JEA pays for excess

electricity from full retail ($0.12/kWh for residential) to JEA’s cost to acquire solar energy, $0.075/kWh for 2016 (updated annually).

• Require new solar customers to receive service

under a demand rate if adopted in the future

• A demand rate ensures the appropriate recovery of

the costs to serve solar customers

• Note: JEA is in the process of piloting a residential

demand rate

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Objective 3 - Align Customer Sited Solar Pricing with Current Conditions

Alignment removes the subsidies paid by non-solar customers to solar customers

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The Integration of Solar Expands our Community’s Energy Options

“Got Solar?”

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Environmental Stakeholders Update

Electrification

Cost effective transition from fossil fuel powered to electrically powered end uses

Non-Road Electrification

Examples

• Forklifts
• Truck Refrigeration Units
• Shore Power
• Cranes
• Baggage Handling

Equipment

• Custom Projects

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Non-Road Electrification Benefits

• Environmental improvements for the community
• Lower emissions and operating costs for customers
• Off-Peak load growth for the JEA system
• Rate stability for customers

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NRE Results First 12 Months

• Pieces of Equip converted = 247
• Off Peak kWh = 5,067,135
• On Peak kWh = 2,728,458
• Total kWh = 7,795,593

Lifecycle Site Emission Reductions

JEA Non-Road Electric Technologies NOx (tons) CO2 (tons) Electric Golf Cart

• 126

Truck Refrigeration Unit 3 309 Conventional Charge Forklift 398 104,077 Ground Power Unit 21 1,089 Rapid Charge Forklift 52 13,598 Totals 474 119,199 Electrification benefits community, business development and all customers

JEA and Electric Vehicles

Leadership Role among Community Stakeholders

• Address Barriers to Adoption

– Education – Range Anxiety – Up Front Costs

• Program Elements

– Outreach events – Vehicle rebates – Deployment of charging infrastructure – Workplace Charging

• National/State Involvement

– Electronic Drive Transportation Association – Drive Electric Florida

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DOE WPCC Recognition!

Public Infrastructure Partnership North FL Transportation Planning Organization - JEA

JEA and Electric Vehicles

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Reducing “Range Anxiety” through the purposeful placement of charging stations

27 Public Charging Stations 47 Electric vehicle charging spaces

Plug-in Electric Vehicles (PEVs) in North Florida

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15 102 255 514 731 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 (Duval – Clay – Nassau – St Johns) Activation of JEA PEV Programs Continued growth despite the significant reduction in gasoline prices

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Environmental Stakeholders Update

Efficiency Rebate Programs

Cost effective transition to more efficient energy use

Efficiency Rebates

• Residential and Commercial rebates provide customer incentives to

upgrade homes & businesses to more efficient equipment.

• LED Lighting upgrades, insulation, HVAC and boiler/cooler upgrades,

solar screens, and custom chillers top the list of upgrades.

• Since JEA began its Energy Efficient programs, in 2008, customers have

benefited from:

• $10,202,997 in Residential rebates, including lighting.
• $ 2,915,479 in Commercial custom rebates
• $ 4,299,479 in Commercial prescriptive rebates, and
• $ 1,247,751 in Commercial small business rebates.

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Efficiency - Rebate Programs

Investing in a more efficient community

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Efficiency - Rebate Programs

Providing efficiency rebates on cost effective efficiency products and services

Residential Efficiency Rebates for 2016

• LED bulbs
• HVAC replacement
• Attic Insulation

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Efficiency - Rebate Programs

Providing rebates on cost effective efficiency products and services Gardner Lighting Retrofit Chow Down Alley Lighting Duval County Schools HVAC Times Union Lighting

Commercial Efficiency Rebates for 2016

• Prescriptive and Custom Applications
• Lighting
• Heating and Cooling
• Door gaskets for glass/solid doors
• Variable frequency drives (VFD)

Low Income Programs:

• Neighborhood Energy Efficiency provides free electric and water

conservation products and energy education to targeted low income neighborhoods.

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Efficiency - Low Income Programs

Helping improve the home efficiency of Jacksonville’s most vulnerable

• Since 2008, nearly 7,000 JEA

customers have been served in 21 Census Tracts

• Total of over $3,800,000 invested
• This service will be continued in

2016

Behavioral Programs My Utility Tracker:

• This online product provides JEA customers opportunities to

complete a Home Energy Audit, track energy consumption, analyze utility bills, find recommendations for energy improvements, and receive billing and consumption alerts.

• 117,432 new users have taken advantage of Tracker since 2013.
• This program is under bid to enhance and update the product.

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Efficiency - Behavioral Programs

Information = Awareness = Behavior Change

Behavioral Programs JEA MyWay Program:

• Provides the customer the opportunity to pre-

pay for their electric, water and sewer services.

• Over 10,000 customers enrolled to date.
• Allows Customer to track energy consumption

and the daily cost of energy which helps them see the relationship between behavior and consumption.

• Average participant’s energy use has been

reduced by 7% as a result of enrolling in the program!

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Efficiency - Behavioral Programs

Information = Awareness = Behavior Change

PACE

• PACE – Property Assessed Clean Energy

– Voluntary Opt-In Financing for Energy Upgrades – Loan Payments are added to tax assessments – Supporting efforts by COJ and JAX Chamber to adopt PACE for Jacksonville – JEA supports the creation of a PACE program for Jacksonville

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“Pay as you go” Building Efficiency Investments

• Our community benefits from cleaner energy sources

and more efficient energy use.

• JEA is meeting the challenge with its portfolio of

programs that include

– Renewable Energy – Energy Efficiency – Electrification

• JEA will continue to meet the new challenges with new

solutions.

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Looking Forward

Energizing our community through high-value energy and water solutions.