K-Solar, a joint project of the New York Power Authority (NYPA) and New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), will provide NYS school districts, AT NO COST and NO OBLIGATION, with the tools, and expertise to bring solar energy to their facilities and reduce their energy costs.

1. Program Overview
Houtan Moaveni
March 12, 2015

2. K-Solar Program Overview
• Part of the NY-Sun Initiative
• Governor Cuomo’s 2012 State of the State Address
 Greatly expanding New York’s solar programs
 Stressing the need to keep a firm eye on solar costs to protect ratepayers
 One of the goals of Governor Cuomo’s NY-Sun Initiative is to help school
districts reduce their energy costs by making solar power more
affordable.
K-Solar
NYS
Governor's
Office
NYSED
NYPA
NYSERDA

3. School Districts Registrations
• To date, 221 School Districts in 56 Counties representing over
900 individual schools have registered into the K-Solar
Program (over 30% of all the public School Districts in NYS).

4. PV System Overview
Energy Source
Energy Conversion (DC) Energy Inversion
and
Conditioning (AC)
Energy Use
Energy Distributor Electric Utility
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5. NY Weighted Avg Installed Cost

6. Installation Cost of Solar
Hardware Costs
36%
Soft Costs
64%
Source: National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2013.http://www.nrel.gov/docs/fy14osti/60412.pdf

7. Soft Costs
Over half of the cost of solar installations are
due to soft costs.

8. What are the Soft Costs?
Operations
& Maintenance
Installation
& Performance
Interconnection
Customer
Acquisition
Permitting
&
Inspection
Financing
&
Contracting
K-Solar can work on reducing permitting, interconnection and customer
acquisition costs.

9. The path to grid parity
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• Grid parity is the point of time when the lowering cost of PV
equals to the rising cost of conventional electricity.

10. K-Solar Platform
K-Solar
Solar
DevelopersSchools
Working collaboratively instead of individually
leads to a significant reduction in solar energy
system costs, transaction costs, administrative
time, and enhances leverage in negotiations

11. K-Solar Program--3 Activity Areas
Education &
Community
Outreach
Procurement
Process and
Project
Implementation

12. How can K-Solar
assist us in the process of going solar?
http://www.nypa.gov/k-solar/
• Educational webinar series

13. How can K-Solar
assist us in the process of going solar?
• NYPA providing free site survey and energy analysis through K-Solar
• Roof age and suitability
• Ground mounted or parking lot solar options
• Shading analysis
• Analysis of electric bills
• Energy production estimate
• Provided over 260 schools with free solar site assessments
• Identified 184 schools with 69 MW potential capacity
• New site requests being received and assessed on an ongoing basis

14. How can K-Solar
assist us in the process of going solar?

15. How can K-Solar
assist us in the process of going solar?
• Educational content, such as curricula and teacher
training events
• Expedited permitting
• K-Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA)
• K-Solar Program aggregated procurement
– Technical and administrative support
– Economies of scale

16. Key Takeaways
• Register Today (if you have not done so)
• Review the K-Solar PPA terms and conditions
• Announce the K-Solar recommended solar developer(s) in April
• District will individually negotiate and execute PPA with the recommended
solar developer(s)
• Pricing supplied ($/kWh) for “standard building” with chart of change orders
and effect on energy pricing
• Pricing chart includes effect of NYSERDA MW Block incentives
• Pricing valid until 12/31/16 sunset of 30 percent federal
Investment Tax Credit
K-Solar
Schools
Developer
PPA

17. For additional information
• NYPA K-Solar website link: www.nypa.gov/K-
Solar
– Includes registration for program and pre-
recorded webinars

18. Questions