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?