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Commonwealth North Study Group Joel Neimeyer: Federal Co-Chair of the Denali Commission Denali Daniels: Senior Energy Program Manager June 16, 2011

The Denali Commission is an independent federal agency, created in 1998 to provide critical infrastructure improvements in rural Alaska. Programs • Energy Program • Health Facilities Program • Transportation Program • Training Program • Economic Development • Government Coordination

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Denali Commission Funding Sources FY99 - FY11 (in millions) $160 $140 $120 $100 $80 FY11 *Worst and **Best case $60 scenarios. $40 $20 $0 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 FY07 FY08 FY09 FY10 FY11* FY11** Department of Transportation (FTA &FHWA) Energy & Water Appropriation Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund USDA Rural Utilities Service Health & Human Services Environmental Protection Agency Housing & Urban Development USDA Solid Waste Department of Labor Department of the Interior

Training FY99 - FY10 Denali Commission Program Funding Uses $46,278,207 Economic Development Community Facilities & 5% $13,781,527 Other Programs 1% $95,835,934 9% Transportation, $114,127 ,100 , 11% Energy $460,055,007 45% Health Facilities $299,590,724 29% $1.03 Billion

Energy Program Types of projects funded: • Bulk Fuel Storage • Rural Power System Upgrades (RPSU) • Distribution/Interties • Energy Cost Reduction Projects Pilot Point RPSU • Renewable, Alternative and Emerging Energy Technologies Buckland Bulk Fuel

Denali Commission Funding Sources FY11 (in millions) $45 $40 $35 $19.0250 $30 $19.0250 $25 $20 $10.7000 $15 $10.7000 $10 $7.0100 $5 $7.0100 $5.3500* $0 FY11* FY11** Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Department of Transportation (FTA &FHWA) Energy & Water Appropriation Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund USDA Rural Utilities Service

Historical Funding Historical Program Funding = $1.03 billion. Levels

Historical Funding Historical Funding and FY11 Funding by Program. Levels FY11 Funding Levels

Universe of Need Unknown, 19 Complete Conceptual Planning Complete, 57 Unmet Construction Bulk Fuel Universe Need, 56 Final Design Unmet Need Unknown Unmet Conceptual Complete Need, 56 Final Planning, 13 Construction, Conceptual Planning Design, 3 10 Construction Final Complete, 97 RPSU Universe Design, 3 Final Design Unmet Need Conceptual Planning, 5 Construction, 5

Alternative and Renewable Energy • Wind-diesel • Hydroelectric • Hydrokinetic • Woody Biomass • Heat Pump • Heat Recovery Toksook Bay Eagle

Emerging Technologies • Seawater Heat Pump • Psychrophiles for Generating Heating Gas • Feasibility of Solar Hot Water Systems • Flow Battery Energy Storage Systems • Diesel-Off High Penetration Wind System • Commercial Scale Wood Pellet Fired Boiler • Organic Rankine Cycle Heat Recovery System • High Penetration Hybrid Power System • High Voltage Direct Current • Hydrokinetic Turbine

Solar Hot Water Heating System • Assess the feasibility of solar hot water heating systems and air source heat pumps. • If the technology proves feasible, above the Arctic Circle, theses systems will be installed in elder homes throughout the region and serve as a model for alternative methods to heat homes without the use of fossil fuels.

Battery Energy Storage • Procure, install, and demonstrate three different energy storage systems in a medium, soon to be high, penetration wind-diesel system.

Commercial Scale Wood Pellet Fired Boiler • Wood pellet fired boiler as a signature project designed to demonstrate that wood heat can be cost effective and feasible for large commercial, industrial, and municipal buildings. Burn Chamber Wood Pellet Boiler

Inverter Evaluation for Diesel-Off Operation in Wind-Diesel Systems • Analyze state of the art inverters and test the ability of the Northwind 100 inverter to control the system in a diesel-off mode.

Statewide Intertie

Policy Questions • Sustainability of Rural Infrastructure • Phase II Intertie Study • Reliance on Diesel • Remaining Rural Energy Infrastructure • Emerging Technology Focus • Regional Planning/Technical Assistance

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