Wyoming Energy Projects
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority — Spring Conference
March 28-29, 2019
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Wyoming Energy Projects Wyoming Infrastructure Authority Spring Conference March 28-29, 2019 PacifiCorp Overview Two divisions Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power 5600 Employees 1.9 million electricity customers 141,000
Wyoming Infrastructure Authority — Spring Conference
March 28-29, 2019
and Pacific Power
in six states
⁻ Coal 55% ⁻ Natural Gas 25% ⁻ Hydro 10% ⁻ Wind, geothermal and other 10%
Mountain States Power Acquisitions
1924 - Evanston Electric Light Co. 1925 - Green River Electric Light and Power Co. 1918 - 1945: Natrona Power Company; Midwest Public Service Company; Thermopolis Northwest Electric Company; Northwest Transmission Company; Glenrock Municipal Power; Buffalo Northwest Electric Company; Shoshoni Light & Power Company; Wyoming Hydro Electric Company; Douglas Light & Power Company
PacifiCorp and Predecessor Acquisitions
1954 - Mountain States Power Co. 1955-1961 - PacifiCorp acquires municipal utility systems in Laramie, Rawlins, Rock Springs 1958 - Dave Johnston 1963 - Naughton 1974 - Jim Bridger 1978 - Wyodak
*Transmission construction, Ca. 1950
⁻ Upgrading or “repowering” existing wind fleet with larger blades and newer technology ⁻ Adding 1,150 megawatts of new wind resources by the end of 2020 ⁻ Building a new 140-mile Gateway West transmission segment in Wyoming to enable additional wind generation
Project Name Location In-service Date Current Net Capacity (MW)
Wyoming
Glenrock I Glenrock, WY 9/2019 99.0 Glenrock III Glenrock, WY 7/2020 39.0 Rolling Hills Glenrock, WY 9/2019 99.0 Seven Mile Hill I Medicine Bow, WY 9/2019 99.0 Seven Mile Hill II Medicine Bow, WY 9/2019 19.5 High Plains McFadden, WY 11/2019 99.0 McFadden Ridge McFadden, WY 11/2019 28.5 Dunlap I Medicine Bow, WY 11/2020 111.0 Foote Creek I Arlington, WY 9/2020 40.8 Total 634.8
NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, with half of the project owned by PacifiCorp, and half of the project owned and delivered by NextEra under a power purchase agreement
Invenergy, and will be built, owned and operated by PacifiCorp
Invenergy, and will be built, owned and operated by PacifiCorp
⁻ BLM record of decision on 8 of 10 segments November 2013 ⁻ BLM record of decision on last 2 segments April 2018
⁻ Segment D2 of Gateway West ⁻ Planned in-service Q4 2020
⁻ BLM record of decision December 2016
⁻ BLM record of decision December 2017 ⁻ Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council permit target date December 2020
⁻ Populus-to-Terminal November 2010 ⁻ Mona-to-Oquirrh May 2013 ⁻ Sigurd-to-Red Butte May 2015 ⁻ Wallula to McNary January 2019
Gateway West (988 miles 230, 345 and 500 kV)
Milestone Date Cumulative Duration SF299 Filed
Public Scoping May 16, 2008 1 year 28 days Draft EIS July 29, 2011 4 years 3 months Final EIS
6 years 8 days Record of Decision for most of project
6 years 7 months Bureau of Land Management Notice to Proceed for Aeolus to Jim Bridger March 25, 2019
121 in Carbon County support construction of Gateway West
[CATEGORY NAME] Rocky Mountain Power Average U.S. Average
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Louisiana Texas Oklahoma Wyoming Tennessee ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWER Arkansas Idaho North Carolina Utah Iowa Mississippi Virginia Kentucky West Virginia North Dakota Georgia South Carolina Nevada New Mexico Missouri Indiana PACIFIC POWER Oregon Colorado Montana Minnesota Ohio Washington Alabama Florida South Dakota Pennsylvania Kansas U.S.A. Wisconsin Illinois Michigan Delaware Arizona District of Columbia Maryland Vermont New Jersey Maine California Rhode Island New York New Hampshire Connecticut Massachusetts HawaiiAverage Rate (¢/kWh)
Source: Edison Electric Institute Sales and Revenue Data for the 12 months ending December 2017
Deregulated States Regulated States
Nevada *
*Nevada Public Service Commission estimates that residents will pay $4.1 billion if the state chooses to deregulate. No other state has deregulated in the last 20 years. Of the 24 states who attempted to deregulate, only 14 remain.
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⁻ The majority of Wyoming’s power is exported to other states ⁻ States, customer groups, corporations, and individuals are increasingly desiring generation portfolios with greater renewable resource allocations ⁻ Economic development opportunities
⁻ Costs since 2010 more than $1 billion ⁻ Changing landscape going forward
identified, explored and realized by working in partnership
while building an energy future that ensures reliability
in this work - We call it Powering Your Greatness
⁻ Integrated Resource Planning ⁻ University of Wyoming Partnerships ⁻ Small Business Direct Partnerships ⁻ Investment in Infrastructure
safer places to live and work
strive to help communities enhance their economic vitality
build economic vitality strategies and action plans
helping existing companies expand