Bob Anderson West Wind Wires Siting and Policy Wind Power Plants* 119th Annual Convention Anaheim,...

Bob AndersonWest Wind Wires

Siting and Policy Wind Power Plants*

119th Annual ConventionAnaheim, CA

November 16, 2007

NARUC

*transmission, too

NARUCNovember 16, 2007


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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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Cumulative Installed Capacity (GW)

O f f s h o r e

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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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are needed to see this picture.



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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


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AnswersHarris hawk

Townsend’s long-eared bat

Kennedy compoundNantucket Sound

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