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Tuesday, December 2, 2014 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Kit Kennedy Director, Energy & Transportation Program Email: kkennedy@nrdc.org

Economic and En Energy G Growth T Trends D Diverge

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Trends i in U.S. El Elect ctrici city Use a and Population

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Monthly Generation (in GWh)

Coal Natural Gas 6 per. Mov. Avg. (Coal) 6 per. Mov. Avg. (Natural Gas)

Tha hank nks s To Ener ergy E Efficiency ncy, R Residen dential E Energy U Usage P Per Househo ehold I d Is Decrea easing

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Solar, Wind a nd and nd Non-hydro R Rene newables: Hug uge I Inc ncrease i in n Gene neratio ion, Capa pacit ity and nd Ra Rate o

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he P Past 15 Y Years . . .

Growth in S Solar PV I Is S Striking . . . . .. . .. .

Renew ewabl ble E e Energy I Is Gaini ning ng . . . .

But St Still H ll Has F Far t to Go . . .

Electricity T Trends i nds in New ew England

Elec ectricity T Tren ends i in n Massa ssachusetts . s . . .

• Massachusetts generated 63% of its

electricity from natural gas and 12% from coal in 2013.

• In 2013, 9.3% of Massachusetts’ net

electricity generation came from renewable energy resources, primarily from biomass and hydroelectricity.

• Per capita energy consumption is low, in

part because of aggressive state efficiency programs

• Progress on solar and wind . . .

Massachusetts installed 237 MW of solar energy capacity in 2013, ranking fourth nationally

• But offshore wind will be the game changer

Propo pose sed O Offsh shore W Wind nd P Projec ects i s in n the U he U.S. (Na Navi vigan ant C t Consulti ting)

Proposed W ed Wind P d Projects O Offsho hore M Massachuse chusetts

Current Status Cape Wind: In the process of securing financing by end of 2014 RI/MA WEA: Deepwater Wind to submit Site Assessment Plan for its 200 turbine Deepwater ONE project early 2015 Massachusetts WEA: Final Sale Notice announced - more than 742,000 acres to be auctioned on January 29, 2015

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Lease Auctions Already Held:

Cape Wind Delaware MA-RI (2) Maryland (2) Virginia

Tetra Tech

Lease Auctions Expected in 2015:

Massachusetts (4) New Jersey (2)

Block Island Cape Wind NY Call Area

Call Areas:

New York North Carolina (3)

Ho How Can W We e Scale Up E e Up Ener nergy E Efficiency a and nd Renew ewabl ble E e Energy? At the F Federal L Lev evel el . . . . .

• Administration and EPA should

strengthen and finalize the Clean Power Plan’s carbon pollution standards by June 2015

• Tax policy: extension of Production Tax

Credit, Investment Tax Credit, energy efficiency tax credits

• Key Role of Department of Energy:
• QER
• Energy Efficiency Standards
• Innovation and Research
• Continued Progress by Department of

Interior on Offshore Wind

Ho How Can W We e Scale Up E e Up Ener nergy E Efficiency a and nd Renew ewabl ble E e Energy? At the S State a and L d Local L Lev evel el . . . .

• Massachusetts should maintain its key

leadership role on energy efficiency and renewable energy under a new administration

• Green Communities Act
• Renewable Portfolio Standard
• Energy Efficiency Resource

Standard

• Regional Greenhouse Gas

Initiative

• State carbon pollution standard

implementation plans due as early as June 2016 – focus on energy efficiency and renewable energy

• Important role for cities
• Boston: NRDC/IMT City Energy

Project/ACEEE Most Efficient City

• Cambridge: EE Benchmarking