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Vermont Community Development Association March 14, 2007

Vermont Community Development Association March 14, 2007. Hydro-electric in your community The Cutting Edge. Hydro was the economic backbone of Vermont over 2000 mills: saw mills grist mills woolen mills bobbin mills fishing pole mills small industry. Barnet Barre Bennington Brandon

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Vermont Community Development Association March 14, 2007

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  1. Vermont Community Development AssociationMarch 14, 2007 Hydro-electric in your community The Cutting Edge

  2. Hydro was the economic backbone of Vermont over 2000 mills:saw millsgrist millswoolen millsbobbin millsfishing pole millssmall industry

  3. Barnet Barre Bennington Brandon Brattleboro Chester Danville Enosburg Essex Fair Haven Franklin Glover Hardwick Newbury Newport Northfield Norwich Pittsford Plainfield Pownal Proctor Readsboro Richford Rutland South Royalton 45 Towns own 107 dams • Springfield • St. Albans • St. Johnsbury • Swanton • Thetford • Vergennes • Washington • Whitingham • Windsor • Winooski • Hartford • Londonderry • Ludlow • Lyndonville • Marlboro • Middlebury • Middletown Springs • Milton • Montpelier • Morrisville

  4. Active Hydroelectric Sites-ANR map State owns 85 of ~1200 dams Hydropower could be revenue source

  5. One state-owned dam produces power 1,200 sites >300 MW installed capacity Dept. of Energy, 2006

  6. How Hydro Works Spinning Turbine transfers power for either mechanical use –mills- or power-hydroelectric

  7. How Hydro Works Determine the Potential Need to know head and flow! Flow (gpm) x Head (ft)/10= Power ( continuous watts) 500 gpm x 50 ft/10 = 2500 watts or 2.5 kW (ballpark!)

  8. Costs Water to Wire package $850 - $1,100 kW. Approximate all installation costs $1500 - $2,500 KW(per Mike Scarzello, CVPS). Smaller systems can be much more expensive per kW. Typically $4,000 a KW or more. The big cost is permitting and protection mitigation and enhancement.

  9. Only renewable with extensive regulatory requirements: FERC license or exemption need OK from: • Vt. Dept. of Environmental Conservation – Dam Safety, Water Quality Division,Hydrology, Wetlands, Lakes, River Management; • Vt. Dept. of Fish and Wildlife - Fisheries, Wildlife, Non-game and natural heritage; • Vt. Division for Historic Preservation (SHPO); • Vt.Public Service Board; &. • Vt. Dept. of Public Service. • U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service;

  10. Permitting Costs-can double cost of small projects (protection, mitigation and enhancement) From FERC-2001 Report on Hydroelectric Licensing Policies, Procedures and Regulations Comprehensive Review and Recommendations Pursuant to Section 603 of the Energy Act of 2000

  11. Legislation Required: Federal level Federal change to put a floor in FERC (500 KW –1 MW). Simplify Conduit Exemption for municipalities Currently 2 KW or 200 MW is same process with FERC. Legislation Required:State level:H 70Hydro will not happen without a revised H70 that provides a simple, predictable process for a:1) Certificate of Public Good for In-State Renewables 2) 401 Water Quality Certificate

  12. What does Undeveloped Hydro look like in Vermont? • Flood Control • Recreation • Fish and Wildlife • Water Supply • Hydroelectric • Historic Mill Dams Manchester

  13. Fair Haven – 170 KW

  14. Londonderry –70 KW Bridge Dam provides grade control

  15. Plainfield –124 KW Project may reduce municipal tax rate by 5 – 10%

  16. Diversion: near natural falls or using natural gradient –Twinfield School A diversion project will provide all the power for the school -$60,000 annually.

  17. Crystal Lake 200 KW

  18. Water Supply Dams-Barre 58 KW

  19. Energy Recovery within existing conduits: Muncipal Water and Wastewater Treatment.Heating and Cooling Systems in Buildings.

  20. First Steps • Identify potential resource (my website has links to DOE sites). Get copy of report from Department of Public Service on Undeveloped Hydro Potential in Vermont. • Preliminary Site Assessment –partnership with community-no site visits, you do the footwork ($1,000 applied to feasibility study). • Feasibility study (partial engineering, economics, technology, hydrology)

  21. Resources European Small Hydro Association www.esha.be Other web sites http://www. microhydropower.net/ http://www 1.eere.energy.gov/windandhydro/

  22. Lori BargCommunity Hydro113 Bartlett RoadPlainfield, Vermont 05667802-454-8458lori@communityhydro.biz “This white coal from hydro-electric development, free from smoke, soot and cinders….are today producing power sufficient to displace the use of a million tons of black coal annually, and this power can readily be distributed to every small and large town ……and thus revive the hundreds of small factories, which were formerly the hives of industry in so many of our small villages…Again how differently, financially, for our people and state, if this $5,000,000 now paid annually to the coal producers of Pennsylvania and Ohio should be produced and kept within our borders.” Vermont Governor John A. Mead - 1912 www.communityhydro.biz

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