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Renewable Energy For your Home or Businesses. June, 2013. January 2013. MCE In a Nut Shell. Created to give residents and businesses the option of having their energy demands met with 50% or 100% renewable power Currently serving approximately 90,000 customers

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January 2013

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  1. Renewable Energy For your Home or Businesses June, 2013 January 2013

  2. MCE In a Nut Shell • Created to give residents and businesses the option of having their energy demands met with 50% or 100% renewable power • Currently serving approximately 90,000 customers • Service area includes all of Marin County & City of Richmond • Self-funding, no public funds or tax dollars • Default service provider • PG&E delivers energy and maintain power lines

  3. How It Works • California Assembly Bill 117 passed in 2002, enabling • Community Choice Aggregation (CCA)

  4. Marin Energy Authority • MEA is a ‘Joint Powers Authority’ and a local government agency • Board of Directors includes 13 elected officials, one from each participating jurisdiction • Not-for-profit structure: all revenue feeds back into agency • Board conducts business in monthly meetings that are open to the public • Board sets policy for MCE programs including energy procurement and energy efficiency services

  5. Choice of 3 Energy Products

  6. MCE Power Generation Mix

  7. Integrated Resource Plan: 2012 - 2021

  8. Renewable Procurement • 56 MW new California renewable power under development for MCE • 52 MW new solar • 4 MW new bioenergy • Enough clean energy to supply 22,500 homes per year • 2013 Open Season Renewable Procurement • MEA requested 41 MW of power • Received 52 projects proposals for a total of 752 MW • Proposals range from 2 MW to 80 MW of solar PV, wind, geothermal, and biogas • 72% of proposals are for new projects • Integrated Resource Plan Goals • 20 MW distributed solar PV within service area by 2021 • Long-term goal to procure 100% renewable energy for all customers

  9. MCE 2011 Short Term Renewable Power Supply Sierra Pacific, WA (17,319 MWh) Nine Canyon, WA (1,999 MWh) biomass Big Horn Wind, WA (6,203 MWh) wind Klondike Wind Power, OR (8,000 MWh) Columbia Ridge, OR (19,801 MWh) biogas Tri Dam, CA (36,000 MWh) hydro solar Schulz Solar Farm, CA (3,617 MWh) High Desert, CA (6,203 MWh) *Does not include System Power

  10. MCE Contracts for New Power Projects

  11. 2012 Project Complete: San Rafael Airport • 20-year PPA through Feed-In Tariff • Largest solar project in Marin County • (972 kW AC) • Power for 280 homes for an entire year and up to 1,200 customers during peak energy production • Designed by San Rafael-based REP Energy • Installed by Muir Beach-based Synapse Electric • Created 25 local jobs during construction phase • Offsets approximately 750 tons of GHG emissions annually Nearly 5,000 solar panels have been installed on 48 existing aircraft hangar rooftops, covering approximately 2 acres

  12. 2012 Project Complete: Lincoln Landfill • 20-year Power Purchase Agreement • 4.8 MW Capacity • Base-load supply • Small, local owner and operator • Uses existing resource from a landfill located north-west of Sacramento • Contributes to MCE State Qualifying RPS Supply

  13. Residential Cost Comparison June 15, 2013 rates Res-1 (PG&E equivalent E-1) | 500 kWh

  14. Commercial Cost Comparison June 15, 2013 rates Com-1 (PG&E equivalent A-1) | 1,225 kWh

  15. Local Programs • Local renewables • Feed-In Tariff • Net Energy Metering • Local build-out • Energy efficiency • Over $300,000 in energy efficiency funds and incentives for 2012 program • Over $4M in energy efficiency funds and incentives for 2013/14 program • Incentives for small commercial and multi-family properties • Software tool to help homeowners save energy • On bill repayment program • Funding for electric vehicle charging stations in Marin • Funding for Green Business Program

  16. Questions or Comments? • Call 1 (888) 632-3674 • Visit mceCleanEnergy.com

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