The Economic Case for Resilient Solar+Storage in the Southeast May 16, 2019
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THE RESILIENT POWER PROJECT Increase public/private investment in clean, resilient power systems • (solar+storage) Protect low-income and vulnerable communities, with a focus on affordable • housing and critical public facilities Engage city, state and federal policy makers to develop supportive policies and • programs Visit www.resilient-power.org for more information and resources •
SUPPORTING 100+ PROJECTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY Portland: Assessment of 10 LMI properties including affordable Boston Medical Center: housing, foodbanks, One of the first hospitals medical centers, and in the country to install shelters storage for resiliency DC: Largest solar+storage installation at affordable housing in the country California: Multiple housing properties representing hundreds of units of affordable Puerto Rico: Supporting housing the installation of solar+storage at more than 60 medical clinics
The Economic Case for Resilient Solar+Storage in the Southeast Webinar Speakers Matt Cox , CEO, Logan Atkinson Seth Mullendore, Marriele Robinson , The Greenlink Burke , Executive Vice President & Program Associate, Group Director, Alliance for Project Director, Clean Energy Group Affordable Energy Clean Energy Group 6
Five Cities: Atlanta, Charleston, Miami, New Orleans, Wilmington Four Building Types: Schools, nursing homes, multifamily housing, fire Stations Two Technologies: Solar PV, battery storage One Result: Solar+storage makes economic sense for energy resilience in the Southeast 1
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RESILIENT SOUTHEAST REPORT SERIES • Detailed analytical analysis to determine the economic viable of solar and battery storage • Policy, regulatory, and market landscape review • Set of recommendations for advancing resilient power in the Southeast 3
RESILIENT SOUTHEAST WHY? • Hurricane Florence (2018): 1+ million outages across Carolinas • Hurricane Michael (2018): 300,000+ outages in Georgia • Hurricane Irma (2017): 6 million outages in Florida • Hurricane Katrina (2005): 900,000 outages in Louisiana, 42% of state 4
ANALYIS METHODOLOGY • Economic Scenario: Most cost-effective system configuration based on electric bill savings opportunities and available incentives - maximize NPV • Resilient Scenario: System capable of providing onsite backup power to keep critical services powered and operational for at least several hours during a grid outage • Avoided Outage Costs: The value of losses that would be incurred if a facility were to experience a power outage without a backup source of energy 5
ANALYSIS RESULTS 6
SOLAR AND STORAGE LANDSCAPE 7
Secondary School Results 8
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SOLAR & STORAGE RECOMMENDATIONS • Allocate grant funding for solar+storage demonstration projects • Establish public technical assistance funding • Provide targeted incentives for battery storage • Establish energy storage procurement targets and goals • Create market opportunities for energy storage to provide grid services • Include energy storage in state energy efficiency programs ($460 million) • Include resilient power in disaster relief funding 13
QUESTIONS? Seth Mullendore, Vice President/Project Director Seth@cleanegroup.org Clean Energy Group, Inc. Phone: 802.223.2554 www.cleanegroup.org www.resilient-power.org
Regulatory Landscape • Appetite for Resilience • 100 Resilient Cities – Resilience and Climate Action Strategies • New Orleans / Louisiana • Regulation bifurcated thanks to Home Rule Charter • New Orleans City Council regulates Entergy New Orleans • Entergy N.O. : Vertically Integrated Investor Owned Utility
City Council Meeting February 2019 New Orleans Photo: VAYLA- NOLA
Solar in New Orleans- 40MW+ Image: Posigen February 2018
Entergy Adding Solar • 90 MW utility scale ( outcome of 2016 RFP) • Application underway (not yet approved/settled) • Three projects: 2 PPA outside New Orleans +1 Utility Self Build in Orleans Parish • 5MW distributed commercial-scale rooftop • Approved 2018 - $2.32 /watt, deployment underway • 1 MW solar + 500 kw storage installation, complete in 2016. • ~$6.5M • No data available – not a Council approved project
Current Planning Problems • Integrated Resource Planning is all about incremental capacity additions. • Utility states they do not have a way to include distribution planning in IRP. • Scorecard to rank potential portfolios doesn’t include a resilience metric. • Storage cannot not included as Demand Side Management. • No resource acquisition requirement in place. • competitive solicitation, all source, request for proposal, market mechanism • Reliability is sub-par ~2,600 outages annually
Policies • Community Solar – Enabled March 2019 • Integrated Resource Plan – Underway through Fall 2019 • Renewable Portfolio Standard – Underway through Fall 2019 • Request for Proposal rulemaking – Underway • Prudence review :sub-par reliability – Underway through Summer 2019 • Rate Case – Underway, rates in force September 2019
RESILIENT SOUTHEAST: THE EVOLVING POLICY LANDSCAPE Presented by Matt Cox, PhD, CEO The Greenlink Group
UTILITY PLANNING MOTIONS • IRP • Duke, TVA, Georgia Power, Dominion • Cost/Reliability • RFP • Treatment debates
LOCAL • Resilience hubs • Community protection • Heating/Cooling • Emergency services • Communication hotspots • Atlanta-specific Details • ~25 municipal PV installs underway • Over $30,000 in utility bill savings since 2018 • Fire station S+S installs
THANKS! Questions? Reach out: Matt Cox mcox@thegreenlinkgroup.com
Thank you for attending our webinar Seth Mullendore Vice President and Project Director Clean Energy Group seth@cleanegroup.org Find us online: www.resilient-power.org www.cleanegroup.org www.facebook.com/clean.energy.group @cleanenergygrp on Twitter @Resilient_Power on Twitter
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