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Reliability Competitive Rates Exceptional Service

Reliability Competitive Rates Exceptional Service. US Electric Generation. Coal 50% Nuclear 20% Natural Gas 19% Hydro 8% Renewables 2.5% Wind .5%. “I’d put my money on solar energy…I hope we don’t have to wait ‘til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”.

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Reliability Competitive Rates Exceptional Service

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  1. Reliability • Competitive Rates • Exceptional Service

  2. US Electric Generation • Coal 50% • Nuclear 20% • Natural Gas 19% • Hydro 8% • Renewables 2.5% • Wind .5%

  3. “I’d put my money on solar energy…I hope we don’t have to wait ‘til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

  4. Thomas Edison - 1931

  5. Solar Power

  6. Natural Gas Rate Forecast • Natural gas prices are volatile • Being used to produce new power • Will be more dependent on imports

  7. Electric Rate Forecast • Flat through 2011 • BPA Tier 1 • BPA Tier 2 to meet load growth • Will grow at about 2 MW per year

  8. BTU Heating Comparison

  9. January KWh Sales

  10. National Rate Comparison • Lower Valley 4.8 • National Average 10.3 • Wyoming 7.5

  11. Natural Gas Pipeline • Reliability • Cost Savings • 50 miles • Start this June • $20 million budget

  12. Caribou Transmission Line • Reliability • Growth • $14 million budget • BPA $9.3 million • LVE $4.7 million

  13. Swift Creek • Partnership with Afton • 8 million KWH green power • $5.6 million budget • Upper dam 2008 • Lower and culinary 2009

  14. Automatic Meter Reading • 10,000 meters installed • Read from office • Smart grid – water and space heat

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