Plan Today. Power Tomorrow. The Utility Perspective PNUCC June 11, 2009.

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Plan Today. Power Tomorrow. The Utility Perspective PNUCC June 11, 2009

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Plan Today.Power Tomorrow.The Utility Perspective

PNUCC

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Utilities’ Integrated Resource Plans

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Detailed, Rigorous, Updated Regularly

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Utilities Estimate Their Needs

Annual and Monthly Energy

Summer and Winter Capacity

Loss of Load Probability

Transmission

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Many Utilities Produce Integrated Resource Plans

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The Energy Need

Requirements & Resources

17,000

18,000

19,000

20,000

21,000

22,000

23,000

24,000

25,000

26,000

27,000

2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18 2018-19

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Resources

Requirements

The Need4,500 MWa

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Plans for Meeting Future Need

Energy (MWa)Approximate Total - 4,600

Renewables1,200

Natural Gas1,100

Firm Purchases 500

Conservation & Efficiencies

1,800

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Project ScheduleProject

ScheduleBiglow Canyon - phase 2&3 Dec 2010 Withrow Wind Energy ProjectBurley Butte Wind Farm Oct 2010 Young's Creek 2012

Golden Valley Wind Farm Oct 2010 Noxon Rapids Unit 1: 2009 Unit 2:

2010 Unit 3: 2011 Unit 4: 2012

Lava Beds Wind Farm Oct 2010 Arrowrock DamLower Snake River Wind Energy Project

Box Canyon Upgrade Mar 2013

Milner Dam Wind Farm Oct 2010 Fall Creek Hydro In License ILP ProcessNotch Butte Wind Farm Oct 2010 Gorge Tunnel II 2015

Oregon Trails Wind Farm Oct 2010 Hydro Upgrades Dec 2012 Dec

2013 Dec 2014

Pilgrim Stage Wind Farm Oct 2010Partial Contract renewal (hydro)

by 2012

Planned wind 4/11/2011 Pumped StoragePlanned wind 4/11/2011 Geothermal 2014Radar Ridge start 2010 Geothermal 1 2013 Rearden 2013 Geothermal 2 2020Salmon Falls Wind Farm Oct 2010 Raft River 2 2013

Thousand Springs Wind Farm Oct 2010 Biomass 2018

Tuana Gulch Wind Farm Oct 2010 CHP - Biomass - PPA (*) 2009-2018

Wind 2015 Flathead Co. Solid Waste 2009

Wind 2024 Landfill Gas 2009 - 2021Wind Generation Utility - Biomass PPA 2016

Renewables in Detail

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What’s Next?

Assess Capacity Needs

Account for Conservation

Articulate Utility Vision

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Questions?