10/9/2019 The evolving energy landscape 9 th October 2019 0 Johnny Johnston, COO 0 Agenda ▪ Who is Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp ▪ Key changes in the energy industry ▪ What does that mean for damage prevention 1 1 1
10/9/2019 Overview of Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp North American Emphasis, with Global Reach • Independent Power Liberty Power U.S. and Canada Operating Facility Development Project International – Clean Energy & Water Near-Term Project Opportunities Operating Facilities 1 • Regulated Utility Liberty Utilities Transmission and Distribution Utility Rate based Generation Acquisitions (Pending approval) 1. APUC interest represented by proportional interest in Atlantica Yield. 2 2 Customer needs & expectations continue to drive investments Replacing aged infrastructure Cast iron/bare steel Mains, storage reservoirs, lines, poles Improving existing infrastructure Substations Generation/transmission Increasing customer connections Growth enabled by rapid improvements in technology: • Energy storage and microgrid • Technology to improve resiliency o AMI, advanced sensors, relays, automated switches • EV adoption and advent of “smart cities” 3 3 2
10/9/2019 Evolving nature of projects Expansion of 600 MW Of Wind Generation in Missouri ❖ Opportunity to phase out coal with wind generation ❖ RFP filed with regulators in October Granite State: Residential Storage CalPeco: 100% Renewable 2017 ❖ New Hampshire PUC-approved 10-year ❖ California Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) targets 100% renewable by 2045 battery pilot program ✓ Approved by the Missouri Public Service ❖ Deploying Tesla Powerwalls to 500 ❖ CalPeco is an island in the Nevada grid Commission in July 2018 homes ❖ Energy storage is a key component in ✓ Project COD expected in 2020 ❖ Wholesale market cost reductions achieving 100% goal ✓ To provide savings to customers of up ❖ Improved Customer Reliability ❖ 8 MW, 32 MWh battery microgrid to US$169 million over a 20-year period proposed for the Squaw Valley Resort and up to US$300 million over a 30-year ❖ Program oversubscribed period ❖ Battery will provide reliability and ❖ Extending to other APUC utilities resilience to the resort 4 4 What needs to be true to avoid a damage… Need to Actually Work needs know to Timely and Follow safe make contact to be being ‘Click or Call accurate work & wait for undertaken Before you mark outs practices mark out Dig’ 5 5 5 3
10/9/2019 More and more work is being undertaken Need to Actually Work needs know to Timely and Follow safe make contact to be being ‘Click or Call accurate work & wait for undertaken Before you mark outs practices mark out Dig’ US electric transmission investment Canada Total Capital Investment 6 6 Source: Deloitte From Growth to Modernization report 6 What needs to be true to avoid a damage… Need to Actually Work needs know to Timely and Follow safe make contact to be being ‘Click or Call accurate work & wait for undertaken Before you mark outs practices mark out Dig 7 7 7 4
10/9/2019 Damage Prevention Education & Promotion ▪ Work closely with local CGA /Dig Safe organizations to promote Safe Excavation through: ▪ Active participation in regional DP campaigns and public education programs ▪ Promote Damage Prevention at local community events ▪ Provide direct Contractor Safe excavation training ▪ Provide annual NG awareness training to EMS partners 8 8 What needs to be true to avoid a damage… Need to Actually Work needs know to Timely and Follow safe make contact to be being ‘Click or Call accurate work & wait for undertaken Before you mark outs practices mark out Dig 9 9 9 5
10/9/2019 Impact of damages Need to Actually Work needs know to Timely and Follow safe make contact to be being ‘Click or Call accurate work & wait for undertaken Before you mark outs practices mark out Dig 10 10 Our Approach to Damage Prevention ▪ Carefully manage resourcing with employees and contractors to meet anticipated demand ▪ Proactively manage workload to complete tickets in time ▪ When damages occur we make sure they are investigated to understand if lessons we can learn for future ▪ Benchmark ourselves against other companies to identify areas for improvement 11 11 6
10/9/2019 More to do but we are moving in the right direction.. Liberty Utilities # of Damages per 1,000 Locates 3.50 3.26 2.93 3.00 2.55 2.50 2.00 1.50 1.00 0.50 - 2016 2017 2018 Need to Actually Work needs know to Timely and Follow safe make contact to be being ‘Click or Call accurate work & wait for undertaken Before you mark outs practices mark out Dig 12 12 Questions 13 13 7
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