NORTH FORK BIOENERGY PROJECT PROJECT STATUS Project Overview - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

2 nd Annual Rural Community Development Initiative Capacity Building and Wood Utilization Workshop NORTH FORK BIOENERGY PROJECT

PROJECT STATUS  Project Overview  Project Team and Organization  Major Milestones  Accomplishments  Investments – Public / Private  Subdivision Map  Feedstock Sourcing / Inter-Agency MOU  Key Challenges Going Forward

North Fork Mill Site, Madera County

Log Deck Area Bioenergy Facility

PROJECT TEAM  North Fork Community Development Council  Watershed Research and Training Center  North Fork Community Power, LLC  Phoenix Energy  Yosemite / Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council  Sierra Resource Conservation District  Sierra Nevada Conservancy  CAL FIRE  US Forest Service  UC Merced  TSS Consultants  PG&E

PROJECT ORGANIZATION

PROJECT TIMELINE • EPIC initiation June 2015 Pre-construction • Preconstruction phase begins November 2015 • Development of log deck requirements • Permitting January 2016 • Emergency log deck funding awarded March 2016 • Pre-construction phase complete April 2016 • Construction phase begins Construction • Delivery of gasifier August 2016 • Assembly and installation of gasifier • Stockpiling of chips for feedstock September 2016 • May be processing stockpiled logs or receiving chips • Construction phase complete December 2016 • 3,000 bdt needed for initial operation research • Research phase begins January 2016 Research and Commercia l • Hot Cold testing • Biochar production February 2016 • Hot tests begin • Stockpiling and use of biomass • Continuous/commercial operation March 2017 • 8,000 bdts/yr required for 1 MW facility • End of EPIC grant funding May 2018 • Interconnection

MAJOR ACCOMPLISHMENTS 1) In Finance and Construction Phase – Team in place under CEC-EPIC Grant 2) Conditional Use Permit (CUP) issued by Madera County 3) Gasifier and Electric Generator on order 4) System Impact Study with PG&E (SIS) Completed 5) Application for Authority to Construct (ATC) with San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 6) Subdivision Map finalized and before the Madera County Board of Supervisors 7) Closed on New Market Tax Credit(NMTC) Loan for approximately $900,000 8) Site Preparation Proposal for Phase 1 awarded 9) Inter-Agency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with R5-USFS / SNC / SRCD established in support of NF Project 10) Advanced Delivery of Dead Trees by PG&E 11) Awarded by CAL FIRE nearly $100,000 to establish log deck & out for RFP for operator – with 6 indicating an interest to submit

INVESTMENTS – PUBLIC/PRIVATE NORTH FORK BIOENERGY PROJECT INVESTMENTS # RECIPIENT GRANT DESCRIPTION AWARD AMT MATCH AMT TOTAL 1 NF-CDC US-EPA - Brownfield Clean-up Madera County Revolving Loan $ 771,680 $ 771,680 2 NF-CDC US-EPA - Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Removal $ 146,000 $ 146,000 3 NF-CDC US-EPA - Brownfield Contamination Assessment Work $ 199,555 $ 199,555 TOTAL SITE CLEAN-UP: $ 1,117,235 $ - $ 1,117,235 4 NF-CDC HUD - Site Improvements and Infrastructure $ 455,800 $ 455,800 5 NF-CDC HUD - Site Improvements and Infrastructure $ 150,000 $ 150,000 6 NF-CDC HUD - Site Improvements and Infrastructure $ 100,000 $ 100,000 7 NF-CDC HUD - Water System Infrastructure $ 248,000 $ 248,000 U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) - 8 NF-CDC $ 135,884 $ 25,079 $ 160,963 Technical Assistance TOTAL SITE IMPROVEMENTS: $ 1,089,684 $ 25,079 $ 1,114,763 USDA – Rural Development – RBEG (Rural Business Enterprise Grant) - Feasibility 9 YSRC&DC $ 27,500 $ 27,500 $ 55,000 Study USDA-USFS – Woody Biomass Utilization Grant (WBUG) - Design, Engineering and 10 YSRC&DC $ 134,225 $ 34,115 $ 168,340 Site Plan TOTAL FEASIBILITY, DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND SITE PLANNING: $ 161,725 $ 61,615 $ 223,340 11 YSRC&DC $ 75,000 $ 75,000 Sierra Nevada Conservancy – CEQA Preparation - Conditional Use Permit (CUP) TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL: $ 75,000 $ - $ 75,000 Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Interagency Agreement with Sierra Resource 12 SRCD $ 61,000 $ 61,000 Conservation District for North Fork PM Services U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) - 13 NF-CDC $ 80,000 $ 80,000 $ 160,000 Subdivision Map and PUD/PDD USFS - Rural Revitalization Grant - System Impact Study (SIS) @ 50% of total award 14 TWC $ 48,000 $ 12,000 $ 60,000 of $96,000 TOTAL PRE-CONSTRUCTION: $ 189,000 $ 92,000 $ 281,000 15 TWC CEC-EPIC Grant Construction and Research $ 4,965,000 $ 1,169,216 $ 6,134,216 TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & RESEARCH: $ 4,965,000 $ 1,169,216 $ 6,134,216 TOTAL PUBLIC INVESTMENTS: $ 7,597,644 $ 1,347,910 $ 8,945,554 16 NFCP New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) Funding $ 900,000 $ 900,000 TOTAL PRIVATE FINANCING $ 900,000 $ - $ 900,000 $ - $ 8,497,644 $ 1,347,910 $ 9,845,554

FEEDSTOCK SOURCING / INTER-AGENCY MOU  WORKING WITH BASS LAKE DISTRICT ON IDENTIFYING PROJECTS IN PROGRESS AND OF MATERIALS – REQUIRE 8,000 BDTs PER YEAR FOR 1 MEGAWATT OPERATION  SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST COMMITMENT FOR INITIAL 3,000 BDTs  SUBMITTED PROPOSAL TO SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY $480K PROPOSAL WITH USFS FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT  WORKING WITH PG&E ON FEASIBILITY TO DELIVER AND STORE LOGS  WORKING AT ALL LEVELS WITH FOREST SERVICE UNDER INTER-AGENCY MOU IN SUPPORT OF NORTH FORK PROJECT AND BEYOND – INCLUDING HIGH SIERRA DISTRICT IN EASTERN FRESNO COUNTY  WOULD LIKE TO WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY WITH CALFIRE ON FUELS MANAGEMENT ON PRIVATE LANDS (20% RULE UNDER SB1122)

KEY CHALLENGES GOING FORWARD I. OBTAINING AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT (ATC) II. OBTAINING MODIFIED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) FOR ADDITIONAL 1 MEGAWATT OPERATION III. FINANCING - $4.875M  INFRASTRUCTURE - $375K  GRID INTERCONNECTION - $1.2M  OTHER COSTS - $300K  ADDITIONAL 1 MEGAWATT - $3M IV. LONGTERM STEWARDSHIP CONTRACTING V. BIOMASS SOURCING – PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE (80/20) VI. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT VII. ESTABLISHING MARKET FOR BIOCHAR & OTHER POTENTIAL BIOMASS-BASED BYPRODUCTS VIII. DEFINING BUSINESS MODEL AS “PROFITABLE”

For more information on this project, here is a link to the project website: http://northforkbioenergy.sierrasfcc.org/ Or contact: Justine Reynolds, Project Manager 559.877.8663 / 559.500.9971, juss.reynolds@gmail.com Steve Haze, Executive Director 559.855.5840 / 559.970.6320, stevehaze007@gmail.com