Fire Island WindCIRI, through its Fire Island Wind LLC subsidiary, is developing Southcentral Alaska’s first utility-scale wind project

Aerial view of Fire Island photo from fact sheet

Project Overview• Located on Fire Island, near Railbelt load

center, three miles west of Anchorage• First power fall 2012• Chugach Electric Association power purchase

agreement 25-year term starts Jan. 1, 2013

Project description• 11 General Electric 1.6 MW XLE wind turbines • 17.6 MW capacity • 32.8 percent net capacity factor• 51,000 MW-hours annually ~ 6,000

households• Offset 0.5 bcf natural gas consumption

annually• On-island infra-structure: roads, electrical

collection and transmission systems and operations and maintenance building with overnight facilities• Subsequent phases could include up to 33

turbines

Project Status Report• Chugach is buyer for up to 100 % of first phase

power• Regulatory Commission of Alaska approved inclusion

of cost for FIW power in CEA’s rates• Financing complete. All contracts and permits are

complete.

Transmission Interconnection

• 12.5 mile double-circuit transmission line• $25 million State of Alaska appropriation• Construction managed by CIRI• Land based construction contractor• Submarine based construction contractor• Transmission cable and switchgear• Chugach to own and maintain line at COD

Construction Contractors•Delaney Construction Group•Northern Powerline Constructors•Cruz Construction

Local Supplemental Contractors

• IBEW• GMC• Spernak• Chugach Electric• CRW, RSE, EPS, D&L, TBC• Hydro Ax, Alaska Structures•Carlos Tree Service, NW Landscaping

Project Schedule

2011

•RCA approval of power purchase agreement•Complete all commercial contracts and financing•Complete transmission-related construction contracts•Complete civil and structural BOP engineering•Order long lead-time construction materials•Complete transmission-related pre-construction field work

Project Schedule

Project Schedule

Project Schedule2012

• Complete on-island civil and electrical construction• Construct O&M facility• Deliver and erect wind turbines• Construct transmission interconnection• Project commissioning – wind turbines and intertie• Commercial operation

Project supports Alaska energy goals

Sustainable energy project • Private investment• Creates many local jobs• Locally owned and operated• Local energy supply diversification• Long-term energy price stability• Environmentally responsible