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Net Metered Solar for Tribal Community Buildings in Nevada

Net Metered Solar for Tribal Community Buildings in Nevada. Our mission.

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Net Metered Solar for Tribal Community Buildings in Nevada

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  1. Net Metered Solar for Tribal Community Buildings in Nevada

  2. Our mission Black Rock Solar promotes environmental stewardship, economic development and energy independence by providing not-for-profit entities, tribes and underserved communities with access to clean energy, education, and job training.

  3. BRS client base • Tribes • Schools & colleges • Non-profits (food banks, homeless shelters etc.) • Municipalities (water facilities, hospitals etc.) • Sustainable farms

  4. BRS tribal net metered projects • 5 Paiute, Shoshone & Washoe tribes in northern NV • 1.2 MW in 27 projects from 10 to 129 kW • Schools, clinics, admin buildings, water facilities, multi-unit housing, visitor center, community center, head start, police station, gas station, gym, well, hatcheries, storage building

  5. Benefits to tribes • Utility rebates allowed most projects to be built without cash from tribe • Some projects wholly or partly paid for with federal grants/loans • In-kind contributions including land, land-clearing, equipment loans, fence-building, waive TERO tax • Annual savings from net metered solar generation c. $150k • Will be some O&M costs (cleaning modules, weed management, checking wiring, possible inverter replacement etc.) • System life likely at least 25 years • Job training and employment

  6. BRS total installations 2007-2014 80 arrays (10-250 kW) 4,700 kW ≈ 9 million kWh/yr ≈ $700,000 annual savings ≈ 4,500 tons of CO2prevented per year ≈ taking 1,500 homes off the grid

  7. Changing NV policy framework • Upfront Incentive for PV projects since 2004 • Cut from $5.00/W to $1.00/W, to 86c/Wac (?) • 2013 Assembly Bill 428 • UFIs for projects under 25 kW • 5-year PBIs for projects 25-500 kW • 1 MW low-income program • max of 50% of “installed costs” • 2013 Senate Bill 123 • Requires NV Energy to buy 350 MW renewables

  8. Other sources of finance • Federal Grants • DoE (Deployment of Clean Energy and Energy Efficiency on Indian Lands) • USDA (RBEG, RBOG, HCEG) • BIA (Tribal Energy and Mineral Dev grants) • HUD(community dev block grants) • Solar Investors • Power Purchase Agreements with outside investors • Utility-scale projects with lease payments

  9. Changing US policy framework • 30% ITC to drop to 10% 12/31/16 • Tariffs against Chinese module content => price hikes (at least in short term), reduced availability • State-level attacks on net metering, RPSs • New EPA carbon emission reduction rules • Natural gas boom • Utility “death spiral”?? • Electricity demand and prices flat? “The Solarcoaster”

  10. Solar in the world • Fifth of all new utility capacity in US in 2013 was PV • 72% in November! • 6 GW installed in US, China & Japan in 2013 • 35 GW installed worldwide 2013 • 8 GW for US 2014? • 12 GW for China in 2014? • 2.3m solar jobs worldwide

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