Post on 12-Apr-2017
PRESENTER’S NAME
TITLEAMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
Data from the Energy Information Administration, 2014 and Public Power Statistical Report, 2015
ABOUT PUBLIC POWER
INDEPENDENT GENERATORS
10.1%40.3%
FEDERALPOWERAGENCIES
6.6%5.1%
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
38.0%
WHO GENERATES POWER IN AMERICA?
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
INVESTOR-OWNEDUTILITIES
ELECTRICITY IN THE U.S. IS GENERATED FROM
38.6%
27.8%
19.5%
7.1%
0.7%
COAL
NUCLEAR
NATURAL GASHYDROPOWER
RENEWABLES (NON-HYDRO) & OTHEROIL
6.2%
ELECTRICITY USED BY PUBLIC POWER IS GENERATED FROM
28%
39.5%
7.6%
2.2%
5.4%
COAL
NUCLEAR
NATURAL GASHYDROPOWER
RENEWABLES (NON-HYDRO) & OTHEROIL
17.3%
2,012 PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES PROVIDE ELECTRICITY TO 48 MILLION PEOPLE* IN 49 STATES AND 4 U.S. TERRITORIES
1 IN 7 ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS IN THE U.S. ARE SERVED BY PUBLIC POWER
*Based on U.S. Census Bureau stats of 2.54 people per household/meter
Only answer to customers No profit motives
PUBLIC POWER IS AFFORDABLEWhat residential customers pay if they are served by:
CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR
Transparent rate setting process
Help customers use less energy and save on bills
11.6 11.4 13.1
PUBLIC POWER UTILITIESRURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
INVESTOR-OWNED UTILITIES
CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR
CENTS PER KILOWATT HOUR
Public power’s share of the U.S. electricity market
10% of generatio
n
PUBLIC POWER REACH
10% of transmission
16% of distribution
HOW MANY CUSTOMERSDOES A PUBLIC POWER UTIL ITY HAVE?
1,360 PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES HAVE
UNDER 4KCUSTOMERS
328 PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES HAVE
4-10KCUSTOMERS
159 PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES HAVE 10-40KCUSTOMERS
44 PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES HAVE 40-100KCUSTOMERS
30 PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES HAVE
100K+CUSTOMERS
More than 100k customers
40k–100k customers
10k–40k customers
4k–20k customers
Under 4k customers
0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
30
43
159
328
1,360
Number of Public Power Utilities
Number of customers
HOW MANY CUSTOMERSDOES A PUBLIC POWER UTIL ITY HAVE?
Is owned by the community
Is usually a division of local government
Is transparent (subject to sunshine laws)
Involves citizens in decision-making
WHAT IS PUBLIC POWER?
Brings electricity to homes and businesses
May generate and/or buy power
Is a not-for-profit entity
A PUBLIC POWER UTILITY
FEDERAL POWER SUPPLIERS:GENERATION
Federally-owned Hydro, nuclear, and other sources
Serving public power and rural electric cooperatives
TENNESSEE VALLEY AUTHORITY
Generate and sell electricity
POWER MARKETING ADMINISTRATIONS
Federally-ownedMarket and transmit electricityHydro and other sourcesPrioritize supply to public
power Western Area Power
Administration
Bonneville Power Administration
FEDERALPOWER SUPPLIERS:TRANSMISSION
Southeastern Power Administration
Southwestern Power Administration
THREE TYPES OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES
Not for profit, community-owned
Only for interstate transmission
Very limited instances
Elected/appointed boards – mayors, city council members, citizens
BUSINESS MODEL
FERC JURISDICTION
REGULATED BY STATE PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION
GOVERNED BY
Not for profit, member-owned
Only for interstate transmission
Some
Member-elected boards
For profit, shareholder-owned
For wholesale rates
All
Private boards
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
INVESTOR-OWNEDUTILITIES
# OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES IN AMERICA
26%
7% 6%0.3%
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
POWER MARKETERS
INVESTOR OWNEDUTILITIES
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
61%
FEDERALPOWERAGENCIES
UTILITIES CAN RA ISE FUNDS THROUGH Stock issue or corporate
debt
Loans from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utilities Service, or cooperative and private lenders
Tax-exempt municipal bonds
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
INVESTOR-OWNEDUTILITIES
ELECTRICITY CUSTOMERS SERVED BY
68%
15%
13%
4%
MOSTLY IN TEXAS
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
INVESTOR-OWNEDUTILITIES
POWER MARKETERS
PUBLIC POWER UTILITIES ARE LIKE OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLSANDLIBRARIES
Elected or appointed boards—mayors, council members, citizens
Division of local government
Community-owned
National average retail rates: cents per kilowatt hour
PUBLIC POWER COSTS LESS
RESIDENTIAL BUSINESS OVERALL
11.4
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
11.6
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
13.1
INVESTOR-OWNEDUTILITIES
8.91
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
9.52
INVESTOR-OWNEDUTILITIES
10.4
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
10.8
INVESTOR-OWNEDUTILITIES
9.3
RURAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES
10.1
PUBLIC POWERUTILITIES
Public power utilities employ 93,000 people and earn $58 BILLION in revenue annually
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
POWERFUL ECONOMIC ENGINES
NEW BUSINESS TO THE COMMUNITY
BUY LOCAL
PUBLIC POWER G IVES BACK
5.5% of electric operating revenues to state and local governments
Property-like taxes, payments in lieu of taxes, general fund transfers, free and reduced cost electric services
AMERICAN PUBLIC POWER ASSOCIATION
POLICY ADVOCACY
Trade association representing public power utilities across the U.S.
MEMBER EDUCATION AND
INFORMATIONBEST PRACTICES AND RESOURCES
Leave decision-making to local and state authorities
Make policies fair to all customers — solar and non-solar
Keep participation in net metering voluntary for public power
SOLAR
CLEANPOWER PLAN
! Too much too fast for many states
! Premature closure of coal plants with emission control could result in stranded assets and drive up costs
! Mandatory capacity markets don’t work
! NO new mandatory capacity markets without unanimous approval of states in the region
! Performance requirements don’t make sense
! Protect public power’s right to SELF SUPPLY
CAPACITY MARKETS
J.D. Power 2016 Business Customer Satisfaction Survey4 out of top 8 utilities are public power
• Midwest midsize: Omaha Public Power District Nebraska• South midsize: JEA, Jacksonville, Florida• West large: Salt River Project, Arizona• West midsize: Sacramento Municipal Utility District,
California
BEST IN CUSTOMER SERVICE
JOINT ACTION AGENCIESBUY POWER & PROVIDE SERVICES
FOR A GROUP OF UTILITIESECONOMIES OF SCALE STRENGTH IN NUMBERS
PUBLIC POWER SOURCES
Where Public Power Utilities Get The Power They Distribute
2/3: Generation owned by public power utilities and joint action agencies
1/3: Generation bought from investor-owned and co-op utilities and federal power agencies