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MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE ENTERPRISE AND UTILITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
Waste to Energy Feasibility Report
March 12, 2020
Mark Spafford, P.E., General Manager Marc Rogoff, Ph.D., Geosyntec Consultants
Waste to Energy Feasibility Report Mark Spafford, P.E., General - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
Waste to Energy Feasibility Report Mark Spafford, P.E., General - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
MUNICIPALITY OF ANCHORAGE ENTERPRISE AND UTILITY OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE Waste to Energy Feasibility Report Mark Spafford, P.E., General Manager Marc Rogoff, Ph.D., Geosyntec Consultants March 12, 2020 #DoSomething Agenda 1 3 2 Next Steps
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Time is running out…
- 01. Why WTE?
- 03. Next Steps
All things the same… With WTE…
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Following the Plans…
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Biosolids Issues
- $100 Million Investment by AWWU
- WTE Can Provide the Answer at
Significantly Lower Cost
- Synergy - the Public expects us to
work together
Biosolids
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Alaska has garbage problems too
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PART 2
Presentation of Waste-to-Energy Feasibility Report
Marc J. Rogoff Geosyntec Consultants | March 12, 2020
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Agenda
The Roadmap Budget Schedule
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Completed So Far
Pre-Feasibility Report and Presentation Stakeholder Meetings Tours of WTE Plants Responses to Assembly Questions Development of Feasibility Report
Study Steps
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- Well Run and Financially Strong
- Public/Private Partnerships
- Longevity – 30+ Years
- Exceed State and EPA Environmental
Requirements
- Compatible With Nearby Land Uses
Our Tours
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Feasibility Report
- Based on What Has Worked
Successfully Before
- Public Engagement Strategy
Throughout
- Roadmap offers MOA Offramps
and opportunities to reaffirm support for program
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TASK 1
Public Engagement
- Need to Create a Meaningful
Program
- Engage a Consultant
- Part of All Project Efforts
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- Draft Position Description for Program Manager
- Advertise
- Interview and Hire
- Work Hard!
TASK 2
Project Team
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Need to Know Btu Value and Composition of Fuel
TASK 3
Waste Composition Analysis
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Waste Flow Negotiations
- Impacts Plant Sizing
- Economies of Scale
- Wasteshed Study
- Standard Agreement
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- Waste Disposal Is Paramount But Energy Sales
Defers Costs
- Need for Power and Renewable
- Power Purchase Agreement MOU
- Chugach Electric or Other Utility Dependent on
Site
- Pricing Issues
- State Regulatory Approval
TASK 5
Energy Contract Negotiations
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- Comparison of Feasibility Sites
- Landfill
- Central Transfer Station
- Asplund Wastewater Plant
- Southcentral Power Plant
- Others
- Fatal Flaw Analysis
- Public Engagement
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Siting Analysis
Develop site evaluation criteria Data collection, analysis and mapping Prepare constraint maps Identifying potential site areas Preliminary screening and site areas Evaluating and selecting candidate sites Site selection
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- Plant Layout
- Site Plan
- Grading and Drainage Plan
- Feeds Into Specs for Procurement
Document
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Conceptual Design
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- Approvals By ADEC
- Establish Monitoring Station
- Modelling
- Stack Height
- Application
- Public Engagement
- Permitting Process
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Air Permitting
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- Conditional Use Permit
- Pre-Application
- Community Meeting
- Application
- Planning and Zoning
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Local Permitting
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- Design, Build, Operate
- MOA’s Front-End Documents
- Specifications and MOA Needs/Desires
- Contracts
- Selection Process
- Negotiation
- Assembly Approval
TASK 10
Procurement Package
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- $350 to $400 Million Bonds
- Preliminary Financial Plan
- Short Term Debt
- Long Term Bonds
- Debt Paid By Revenues of
System
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Financing
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Project Schedule
3 Years+ Dependent on Regulatory Process Air Permitting Critical Path Public and Assembly Engagement
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Schedule
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WTE Project Budget
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Project Milestone Actions By Assembly
Milestone Review Approval (Off Ramp) Public Engagement X X Waste Flow Negotiations X X Energy Contract Negotiations X X Siting Analysis X X Conceptual Design X X Air Permitting X X Local Permitting X X Project Team X X Procurement Package X X Financing Plan X X
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PART 3 Next Steps
Mark Spafford Department of Solid Waste Services | March 12, 2020
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Next Steps
- SWS took this effort as far as we can in 2020 with existing budget
- Update Long Range Financial Plan
- Complete Business Case Evaluation of landfill/recycling/WTE options
- Come back to assembly July/August with this information in hand to make
decision on continuing to investigate WTE, etc.
- Submit FY2021 Budget for approval