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Re se a rc h Pro je c t: Co mmunity E
ne rg y in Alb e rta ’ s E ne rg y T ra nsitio n
Ob je c tive s, me tho do lo g y Alb e rta So la r Co -o p c a se study
Adva nta g e s Cha lle ng e s Pa thwa ys
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Co mmunity E ne rg y
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ina l Re po rt o f the AB E E Pa ne l, Ge tting it Rig ht: A Mo re E ne rg y E ffic ie nt Alb e rta re c o mme nde d visio n fo r E E AB
Alb e rta will b e a le a de r in the de ve lo pme nt a nd de live ry o f pro g ra ms re la te d to
e ne rg y e ffic ie nc y a nd c o mmunity e ne rg y syste ms.
Co mmunity-o wne d e le c tric ity g e ne ra ting syste ms (o f a ny size ) invo lving ma jo rity
ndig e no us c o mmunitie s, munic ipa litie s, institutio ns (inc luding sc ho o ls), c o -o pe ra tive s a nd o the r no n-pro fits.
Co mmunity e ne rg y re fe rs to lo c a l-sc a le , re ne wa b le e ne rg y g e ne ra tio n tha t
is o wne d b y, o r g o ve rne d b y lo c a l pe o ple who c a n b e ne fit thro ug h e mplo yme nt, lo c a l use , a nd lo c a l e c o no mic re turns
De c e ntra lize d, c o mmunity-o wne d re ne wa b le e ne rg y me a ns to a mo re se lf-
re lia nt, e q uita b le a nd de mo c ra tic e ne rg y syste ms a nd c o mmunitie s
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Sta rla nd Co unty, Alb e rta (Wa tc h vide o )
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Mo b ilize Re so urc e s a nd Sha re Risk
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Co -o pe ra tive s a nd Co mmunity Owne d Re ne wa b le s
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Ple a se in my Ba c k Ya rd Pa rtne r with muni., de ve lo pe rs, e tc .
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Gunn’s Hill Wind F ar m, Oxfo r d Co mmunity E ne r gy Co -o pe r ative – Oxfo r d Co unty, Ontar io , Canada
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Ge ne ra tio n Ca pa c ity: 18MW Co mmunity Mo ne y Inve ste d:
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stima te d GHG Re duc e d: 37 millio n K g s o f CO2/ ye a r (a ssuming e ne rg y use o f 8hrs pe r da y o ve r 365 da ys)
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stima te d Pro je c t Co st: $20,000 (CAD)
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stima te d GHG Re duc e d: 3,694 K g s o f CO2/ ye a r (a ssuming e ne rg y use o f 8hrs pe r da y o ve r 365 da ys)
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Alte r native E ne r gy – Wilpo ldsr ie d, Bavar ia, Ge r many
Pro je c t T
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Infra struc ture :
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Ge ne ra tio n Ca pa c ity: 12
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Co mmunity Mo ne y
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stima te d GHG Re duc e d: 12 millio n K g s CO2/ ye a r
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Infra struc ture : Ana e ro b ic
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stima te d GHG Re duc e d: 2.8 millio n K g s o f CO2 e q uiva le nt pe r ye a r
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Ryp Athle tic s
Crowsne st Me dic a l 4 Apa rtme nts
Development Process
L e a de rship Ca pita l L
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b e ne fit
Plan Plan Develop Launch
Why deploy capital locally?
IDENTIFY NEEDS
Commitment of founding board Training
ASSEMBLE CHAMPIONS
Due Diligence Offering Doc
LOCAL OPPORTUNITY
Investor education and engagement
CAPITAL RAISING
Founding Board: Volunteering in Economic Development Initial Project: Proving the concept Building capacity to retain and redirect capital locally Changing attitudes around local development and creating opportunity
Development Process
Re se a rc h pro c e ss: Pha se 1
Me t with Alb e rta So la r Co -o p Bo a rd De ve lo pe d re se a rc h q ue stio ns a nd pro c e ss Wha t do yo u wa nt to kno w? Wha t do we wa nt to kno w?
Wha t a re tho se fa c to rs tha t a c c e le ra te , suppo rt o r thwa rt the spre a d o f c o mmunity e ne rg y in Alb e rta ?
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nte rvie we d 13 / 14 me mb e rs o n the list
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ra nsc rib e d a nd e dite d inte rvie ws
Co nso lida ting a nd a na lyzing info rma tio n
Alb e rta So la r Co -o p: Sta rla nd One
2 Mw sola r $7 mil Powe r 400
home s
Distribute d
g e ne ra tion
Community
the ASC wa nts to …
Cha ng e Alb e rta ’ s e ne rg y: its g e ne ra tio n, o wne rship a nd syste ms.
ASC visio n: fo r Alb e rta ns
Pa rtic ipa tio n “My visio n wo uld b e to g ive e ve ryda y Alb e rta ns a n
the ve ry e xc iting ma rke t … its no t ne c e ssa rily so me thing tha t b e lo ng s to the la rg e c o mpa nie s.” Sc a ling o ut “Re plic a te this mo de l in
a c tua lly issue the sha re s thro ug h the ASC, a nd tha t wa y ho pe fully ke e p the tra nsa c tio n c o sts lo we r b e c a use yo u a re pa rt o f a la rg e r g ro up.”
Co mmunity e ne rg y: de fine d lo c a lly
Co mmunity o wne rship
One o f the b ig g e st issue s fo r o ur c o unc il, … the y wo uld like to suppo rt so me thing like this a nd kno w tha t the major
ity of the inve stme nt is c oming loc ally,
b e c a use the y ha ve no inte re st in sub sidising this kind o f a n insta lla tio n, if it's 90% fro m Ca lg a ry
F ina nc ia l invo lve me nt
“Our c o mmunitie s pro b a b ly a re - lo o k a t it fro m a mo re e c o no mic po int o f vie w tha n so me . .... And so I think rig ht o ff the ho p I think the a b ility to b e financ ially
involve d in and be ne fit fr
tr ansition tha t we 're in is
so me thing o ur c o mmunity is ve ry se rio us a b o ut.”
Co mmunity e ne rg y: de fine d lo c a lly
F ina nc ia l b e ne fit
T he b ig g e st b e ne fit is, yo u kno w,
e ve nue
… fro m a munic ipa l pe rspe c tive a nywa y.
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“it g ive s pe o ple anothe r
way to inve st in the ir c ommunity, r ight, ... T he r e is a lot of mone y in the c ounty but whe n you inve st it, it all goe s outside , rig ht? So it wo uld
b e nic e to se e so me o f tha t inve stme nt mo ne y turn a ro und a nd b e spe nt he re .”
Co mmunity e ne rg y: de fine d lo c a lly
Sha re d c o mmunity b e ne fit Just to put tha t in pe rspe c tive , we pa y $50 a n a c re to re nt fa rmla nd fo r fa rmla nd. Yo u kno w, the se g uys a re ta king a full se c tio n, 300 a c re s o r 640 a c re s, whic h is a b ig pie c e o f la nd, a nd the y're sig ning a le a se o n tha t fo r $600 to a tho usa nd do lla rs a n a c re . … tha t type o f insta lla tio n, spe c ific a lly kind o f
c r e ate s winne r s and lose r s.
ASC Adva nta g e :
to the syste m
Sma llne ss / L
“T he re a re so me a dva nta g e s to b e ing sma ll … sma ll pro je c ts c a n
c onne c t to the smalle r distr ibution line s whic h is
q uite a lo w c o st c o nne c tio n in c o mpa riso n to a la rg e r pro je c t.” … whe r
e the de mand is
ASC Adva nta g e :
to the inve sto r
Cre a ting o ppo rtunitie s “Yo u’ re pro viding a n o ptio n tha t is no t o ut the re fo r the e ve ryda y pe rso n just to ta ke the ir ha rd-e a rne d do lla rs, inste ad of building
an ar r ay of the ir
wo uldn’ t b e a s e c o no mic a l.” E duc a tio na l “Pe o ple a re a b le to le a rn mo re , the y mig ht no t fully unde rsta nd a t first, b ut ho pe fully the y do whe n the y’ re ma king the de c isio n to purc ha se sha re s.”
ASC Adva nta g e :
to the inve sto r
Simplic ity “the y just g e t it, we c a n inve st in o ur e le c tric ity pro duc tio n a nd not
wor r ying about me te r ing issue s or utility r e gulations
T ra nsfe ra b ility “Whe re if yo u mo ve yo u still ha ve owne d your
pie c e of r e ne wable e ne r gy tha t yo u
a re pro viding e no ug h po we r tha t wo uld supply yo ur o wn ho me , e ve n tho ug h it g o e s o nto the g rid a t a diffe re nt lo c a tio n.”
ASC Adva nta g e :
to the inve sto r
E c o no mic “And, if tha t ma rke t po we r po o l pr
ic e shoots up… your c o- op shar e owne r ship … your r e tur n will also inc r e ase to o ffse t yo ur
po we r inc re a se c o sts a t yo ur ho me .”
Cha lle ng e s
c o mpe tito rs, b ure a uc ra c y, e c o no mic
Cha lle ng e s:
la rg e r c o mpe tito rs
Ne w pla ye rs “… the vulture s a re c irc ling fo r sure fro m o utside . T he re ’ s se ve r
al lar ge inte r national c ompanie s
inc luding a la rg e F re nc h
so la r insta lle r in the wo rld. T he y’ re he re . T he y se t up
E xisting pla ye rs “T he y ha ve a pe rso n o n sta ff a nd a ll the y do is a pply fo r c a rb o n c re dits … a nd this is a $75,000 e mploye e
with a unive r sity e duc ation
a nd tha t’ s a ll the y do .”
Cha lle ng e s:
syste m
Co rpo ra te o r c o mmunity “I f we , fo r insta nc e , we re a b le to tra nsitio n … to 100% re ne wa b le e ne rg y so urc e s the syste m wo uld still b e lo ng to c o mpa nie s.
It would not be long to pe ople , r e ally.”
Co mple xity “I t’ s a ve ry c omplic ate d
wor ld: a lot of r e gulations …
tha t ha ve diffe re nt re spo nsib ilitie s.”
Cha lle ng e s:
e c o no mic
Ma rke t c o nditio ns “I think the o nly thing tha t is hinde ring us the se da ys is the ma rke t c o nditio ns a nd unc e rta inty … T
he Powe r Pool pr ic e s ar e down a t
…wha t, we ll I b e lie ve is a n e xtre me ly lo w pric e fo r po we r.” Unc e rta inty “E sta b lishing the q ua ntity o f c a rb o n c re dit tha t we g e t fo r e le c tric ity we pro duc e .” “ What’s the appr
iate pr ic e ?” ...“Would [the r e ] be an auc tion fo r tha t pric e ? ”
”Ho w do we g e t in o n tha t g a me ? Us b e ing sma ll.”
Community- ba se d pr
sola r powe r
Go ve rnme nt ina c tio n je o pa rdize s pro po se d c o mmunity so la r fa rm tha t b a c ke rs ho pe d wo uld b e a mo de l fo r rura l Alb e rta .
Alb e rta F a rme r E xpre ss, Ma rc h 13, 2017
Pa thwa ys fo r suc c e ss
Wha t a re tho se – ma de in Alb e rta so lutio ns fo r c o mmunity e ne rg y tha t we ’ re trying to he lp fo rm … ho w do yo u a da pt mo de ls fro m o the r jurisdic tio ns to the Alb e rta c o nte xt? T ha t ro le ma y he lp pro mo te c o mmunity e ne rg y a nd ma ke it suc c e ssful a nd susta ina b le !
Pa thwa ys to suc c e ss: Rura l - Urb a n
Sta rla nd Co unty we ha ve a me e ting with K ro no s, rig ht? And the y're g o ing to put $50 millio n inve stme nt … like we ha ve sig nific a nt le ve ls o f ne t wo rth o ut he re tha t a re lo o king fo r pla c e s to b e inve ste d. I a c tua lly - I wo uld c o nte nd tha t the g a p in the se rura l c o mmunitie s is mo re
whe re yo u c a n re plic a te it a nd sc a le it thro ug ho ut c o mmunitie s in Alb e rta a nd yo u do n't a c tua lly ha ve to re inve nt the whe e l e ve ry time , I think the mo ne y, to so me de g re e , wo uld b e the re .
Pa thwa ys to suc c e ss:
Munic ipa l pa rtic ipa tio n
I nve stme nt se c urity “So me thing tha t’ s in c o njunc tio n with munic ipa litie s … b e c a use o f the trust thing , a nd the y te nd to b e fina nc ia lly se c ure .” L
“Any c o unty c a n ha ve a b ig influe nc e o n the suc c e ss o f a pro je c t. Yo u ne e d c o unty a ppro va l in the e nd to pro c e e d. … the y will wo rk c o lla b o ra tive ly to so rt the m
Pa thwa ys to suc c e ss:
Munic ipa l pa rtic ipa tio n
Ye a h, o ne o f the g re a t thing s a b o ut the ne w MGA is we c a n no w e nte r in fo r pro fit c o rpo ra tio ns witho ut g e tting a ... b a sic a lly a pe rmissio n le tte r fro m the ministe r. Wha t we ha ve to do no w is we ha ve to ma ke a b usine ss c a se , a nd we ha ve to se t up a pub lic he a ring to g ive the pub lic so me c ha nc e to c o me in a nd lo o k a nd c o nsult, a nd fro m the re we c a n, e sse ntia lly, inve st in wha te ve r we wa nt.
Pa thwa ys to suc c e ss:
Po lic y
Co mpre he nsive a ppro a c h So me kind o f c o mpre he nsive pro g ra m a nd le g isla tio n to de a l with the se type s a nd e nc o ura g e the se type s o f insta lla tio ns, … the gr
e e n attr ibute s ne e d to b e inc lude d in so me wa y. Utilitie s ne e d to b e a b le
to wo rk with the se pe o ple rig ht no w. T he y're filing a pplic a tio ns b a se d
tha t sc a le o f po we r. … AE
SO ne e ds to g e t invo lve d. T
he y ne e d to unde rsta nd whe re the se g ro ups fit in with this, b e c a use the re a re so me re a l b e ne fits to this, o the r tha n just b e ing a sc a le pro duc e r g e ne ra ting a nd b idding into the o pe n ma rke t.
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