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Bob AndersonWest Wind Wires
Siting and Policy Wind Power Plants*
119th Annual ConventionAnaheim, CA
November 16, 2007
NARUC
*transmission, too
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Wind is good ideaGreat energy resourceLess valuable for capacity
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The benefits Environment
Energy resource, offsets fossil emissionsNox,SoxParticulatesMercuryCO2
Climate No water use
Customer savings Hedges against fuel price & carbon risk
Energy security Rural economic development Public support
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Vision20% by 2030
Energy basisNow 1%AWEA-DOE-NREL roadmap
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U.S. lags in wind penetration
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20% Vision
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20% VisionCosts and Benefits
Incremental Costs $43 billion
Emission reductions 825 MM tons CO2$98 billion
Water savings 8% total electric17% in 2030
Jobs 140,000 direct$450 billion
Natural gas savings 11% in 2030$150 billion
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The Wind Industry
Knows it must be exemplary with
siting
to have a snowball’s chance
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Siting issuesWildlife
BirdsBats
VisualNoiseProperty valuesRadarMilitary
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WildlifeBirds
MortalityOf concern, but<.003 of human-caused mortalityWorse are buildings, telecom towers, vehicles, cats
Much-improved turbine & tower designTallNo lattices for perchingSlow rotation
But the issue is seriousBurden is on wind to maintain support of bird lovers
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It’s the law Migratory bird treaty act of 1918 Bald eagle protection act of 1940 Endangered species act of 1973
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WildlifeAddressing the issue
American Wind Wildlife InstituteNWCC Wildlife & Siting committeesUS FWS developing guidelinesAudubon
Top threat to birds is climate changeWind neededMinimize impacts
Western Governors’ AssociationWildlife Corridors Initiative: Energy Working
Group
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WildlifeBats
West Virginia--large number of bats killedBats & Wind Energy Cooperative
AWEABat Conservation InternationalNRELUS FWS
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VisualBeauty and blight are in the eye of the
beholder
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Property valuesConcerns
“Industrialization of community”Scenic degradationNuisance (e.g. noise, flicker, …)
EvidenceWind can reduce property values, butNot widespread
LBL research
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RadarVisibility = interferenceImpact mission?
Small % do
FAA assessments8,000 last year
MitigationSoftware & technologyLocation & shieldingStealth technology
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Military Flight pathsCooperation, butWeak incentives
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Transmission Major expansion neededTransmission planning under wayProjects are emergingSiting
ControversialDifficultSignificant impacts
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Give 20% a chance It’s needed
Climate change Enormous challenges Tech improvement and supply
Siting Wind’s performance must be exemplary Many siting issues
No show stoppers Public confronts tradeoffs & choices
Wind also needs policy support
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Policy needsGeneration planningTransmissionMarkets
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GenerationRPSEnergy first planning
Low/no carbon sources
NO compromising reliability
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TransmissionWind only or wind first planningTransmission to renewables zonesState transmission authorityAnnual landowner paymentsTariffs for better use of existing grid
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MarketsProcurement
Utility owership?Shareholder incentives for good
purchasing
Interstate coordination, e.g. IRP cyclesRegional
More efficient, liquidRECsAll electricity products
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RegionalAct locally, but think regionallySpatial diversity of wind = better
capacity factorMarkets
Real, virtual
Regional working groups
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WindWill grow rapidlySuccess will depend on
Good performance by wind industryGood siting
Low impact wind farmsTransmission
Maintaining public support
Good public policy
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A few useful urls http://www.nrel.gov/wind/pdfs/23115.pdf http://www.nationalwind.org/workgroups/siting/ http://www.nationalwind.org/workgroups/wildlife/ http://eeredev.nrel.gov/windandhydro/federalwindsiting http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?
videoId=91140&title=jason-jones-180-%96-nantucket http://www.interwest.org/documents/documents/2006-08-
21.htm http://www.fws.gov/laws/lawsdigest/migtrea.html
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Contact
Bob AndersonWest Wind Wires
bob-a@sbcglobal.net775-588-8740
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AnswersHarris hawk
Townsend’s long-eared bat
Kennedy compoundNantucket Sound