Alabama Power-Up ConferenceDecember 12, 2013

Ken Smith, Consultant, Energy Foundation

Advanced Energy Employment in Arkansas by Category

• Architecture/Construction 814• Appliances 300• Battery Technologies 315• Biofuels/Biomass 433• Carbon Storage and Management <100• Electric Vehicle Technologies 800• Energy-saving Building Materials 1,858• Energy-saving Consumer Products 2,033• Fuel Cells <100• Geothermal <100• HVAC and Building Control Systems 2,403• Hydropower 748• Lighting <100• Nuclear Energy 1,186• Professional Energy Services <100• Renewable Energy Services <100• Smart Grid <100• Solar Photovoltaic <100• Solar Thermal <100• Waste-to-Energy <100• Wave/Ocean Power <100• Wind 350

• Total 11,337

Most Public Service Commissions in Southern States

• Encourage public and other non-utility participation in utility proceedings.

• Have time set aside on agendas for public comment.

• Encourage stakeholder collaboration for achieving consensus.

• Incorporate public comment in developing state energy plans.

• Have Integrated Resource Planning (IRP).• Alabama?

Recent Examples of Participatory Proceedings in Southern States

• Tennessee Valley Authority’s IRP• Louisiana’s IRP Rule.• Mississippi’s November 7th Energy

Efficiency (EE) Stakeholder Meeting.• Louisiana’s November 22nd EE

Stakeholder Meeting.• Arkansas’s IRP Process and Ongoing EE

Working Collaborative.• Georgia’s IRP.• Alabama ROE Proceedings?

• Authors– Ron Binz– Richard Sedano– Denise Furey– Dan Mullen

Available at www.ceres.org

Cost Risk

Clean Air Act – Section 111

• GHG emissions for mobile sources, light-duty vehicles went into effect January 2, 2011 under Section 202.

• New Source Performance Standard {111(b)}. Reduces carbon emissions from all new sources. On September 20, 2013, EPA re-proposed the standard. Impacts new coal and natural gas power plants.

• Existing Source Performance Standard{111(d)}. Reduces carbon emissions at all existing power plants that burn fossil fuels. EPA sets guidelines for implementation by states. EPA will propose ESPS by June 2014.

Developing Energy Trends

• Energy Efficiency is an important energy source for utilities to meet system-wide energy capacity needs.

• New energy financing tools will help commercial, industrial, governmental, and residential customers: PACE, On-bill repayment/financing, energy performance contracting.

• Distributed generation, energy efficiency, demand response management are changing utility business plans.

• Federal and state regulations and the market are bringing balance to energy generation.