Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement -...
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Agricultural Impact Mitigation
Agreement - Discussion
IL County Board Members Association –
Normal, IL
April 20, 2015
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1. Intro to Iberdrola Renewables, me
2. Wind in USA, Illinois
3. Traditional Illinois Permitting Process
4. Wind Energy Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement Discussion
• Intent
• Components
• Anticipated Process
• Anticipated Path Forward
5. Questions and answers
Agenda
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• #1 in the world for installed wind energy;
• >5,800 MW in the USA
• Exelon LaSalle Nuclear Power Station – 2,286 MW
• >14,000 MW world wide
• Almost 7 LaSalle stations
• Headquartered in Spain, publicly-traded
• 60 operating projects in the USA
Iberdrola Renewables Today:
The worldwide leader. . .
U.S. Renewables Assets
Updated May 24, 2012
Mountain View III
22.44 MW owned
Dillon
45 MW owned
Pleasant Valley
144 MW PPA
Twin Buttes
75 MW owned
Colorado Green
81 MW owned
(162 MW project)
Lempster
24 MW owned
Elk River 150 MW owned
Barton Chapel 120 MW owned
Locust Ridge
26 MW owned
Locust Ridge II
102 MW owned
Casselman
34.5 MW owned
Rugby 149.1 MW owned
Farmers City 146 MW owned
Providence Heights 72 MW owned
Streator Cayuga Ridge 300 MW owned
Simpson Biomass 55 MW PPA
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WIND PROJECTS
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1 - Klondike IIIa 76.5 MW owned 2 - Hay Canyon 100.8 MW owned 3 - Klondike 24 MW owned 4 - Klondike III 223.6 MW owned 5 - Star Point 99 MW owned 6 - Klondike II 75 MW owned 7 - Big Horn 199.5 MW owned 8 - Big Horn II 50 MW owned 9 - Juniper Canyon 151.2 MW owned 10 - Pebble Springs 98.7 MW owned 11 - Leaning Juniper II 201.3 MW owned
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7 - Elm Creek II 148.8 MW owned 8 - Trimont 101 MW owned 9 - Flying Cloud 43.5 MW owned
1 - Buffalo Ridge 50.4 MW owned 2 - Buffalo Ridge II 210 MW owned 3 - MinnDakota 150 MW owned
4 - Moraine 51 MW owned 5 - Moraine II 49.5 MW owned 6 - Elm Creek 99 MW owned
10 - Winnebago 20 MW owned 11 - Top of Iowa II 80 MW owned 12 - Barton 160 MW owned
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WIND PROJECTS
Maple Ridge 115.5 MW owned (231 MW project)
Maple Ridge II 45.4 MW owned (91 MW project)
Hardscrabble
74 MW owned
High Winds 162 MW PPA
Shiloh 150 MW owned
Peñascal II 201.6 MW owned
Peñascal 201.6 MW owned
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Wind generation
Biomass generation
Solar generation
Copper Crossing
20 MW owned
Dry Lake 63 MW owned
Dry Lake II 65.1 MW owned
South Chestnut
48 MW owned
San Luis
30 MW owned
Assets owned by Iberdrola Renewables, LLC, except
where noted as a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
MAP-US2010, Rev. 12/31/2012
Blue Creek
304 MW owned
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13 - New Harvest 100 MW owned
Manzana 189 MW owned
Groton
48 MW owned
Hoosac
28.5 MW owned
• Jeff Reinkemeyer – Director, Eastern Renewables Development
• Lead developer – Streator Cayuga Ridge South, 300 MW project in
Livingston County
• Construction manager – Providence Heights, 72 MW project in
Bureau County
• Mechanical Engineer – licensed P.E.
• Certified Energy Manager (C.E.M.)
• Prior to Iberdrola Renewables
• Plant engineer/project manager – chemical and rubber industries
• Consultant/construction – industrial process design build
• Passion for domestic energy and energy independence – September
11, 2001
Who am I???
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Wind in USA, Illinois
• Across the USA: >60 GW
• ~26 LaSalle Nuclear Power Stations
• In Illinois: > 3,500 MW
• #5 in USA (TX, IA, CA, OK, IL…)
• First utility scale wind farm online in
20031
1 Illinois State University Report, “Wind Farms and Growth”, dated May, 2012
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Traditional IL Wind Project Permitting
• Local, county zoning review
• Special/Conditional Use Permit
• County approval
• Evaluation criteria includes state
and federal components
• US Fish and Wildlife
• IL Pollution Control Board
• Decommissioning component
normally included (few exceptions)
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Wind Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement
(AIMA)
• Intent: standardization, protection of
agricultural land, minimize additional
bureaucracy, maintain local zoning
control.
• HB 3523
• County requires signed AIMA as part
of Special Use Permit approval process
• Stakeholders
• Landowners – retain lease rights
• Developers – uniformity, certainty
• County – retain zoning control
• Dept. of Ag. – oversight of
conformance to standards
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Agricultural Impact Mitigation Agreement (AIMA)-
Components • Minimum workmanship standards
• Pipeline, transmission line AIMA
• Similar to leases
• Minimum decommissioning surety
standards
• Year 10
• Objective cost estimate (P.E.)
• Periodic refresh of cost estimate
• Required provision of financial
assurance
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AIMA – Anticipated Process
• Part of county SUP process
• Minimum standards
• County retains control
• Developer works with Dept. of Ag. to
finalize agreement
• Developer delivers agreement to
county as part of the permit application
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AIMA – moving ahead
• Work with ILFB and Dept. of Ag. to
finalize AIMA/HB 3523 language
• Work with developers, counties to
begin implementation of the AIMA as
part of future permitting processes
• Review results, hone/modify as needed
to fulfill AIMA’s intent
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Questions?