A national overview of innovations in green tariffs, which offer large customers access to affordable renewable energy on the grid. Learn more: http://www.wri.org/events/2017/05/innovations-green-tariffs-spring-2017

1. INNOVATIONS IN GREEN
TARIFFS: SPRING 2017
IMAGE: FLICKR/ORAN VIRIYINCY
May 12, 2017

2. INTRODUCTION
Letha Tawney - Director Of Utility Innovation And
Polsky Chair For Renewable Energy, World
Resources Institute
Tom MacLean - Manager, Customer Renewable
Energy, Puget Sound Energy
Tim O'Brien - Economic Development Manager,
Omaha Public Power District

3. INTRODUCTION
Kirk Myers - Senior Manager, Sustainability,
Recreational Equipment, Inc.
Rachel Brombaugh - Energy Policy and
Partnerships Specialist, King County, WA
Megan Smith - Director of Climate and Energy
Initiatives, King County, WA

4. Energy BuyersUtilities
A utility energy product that replaces a customer’s standard resource mix
and monthly bill with locally-delivered renewable energy, typically at a
fixed price.
WHAT IS A GREEN TARIFF?

5. PROGRESSION OF GREEN TARIFFS IN THE US

6. http://www.wri.org/us-green-tariff-deals-chart
GREEN TARIFFS ARE DELIVERING RE
Nearly 435,000 tons of
CO2 avoided annually

7. U.S. RENEWABLE ENERGY MAP
Where companies can buy renewable energy through the grid.
http://www.wri.org/us-re-corporate-buyers-map

8. MARKET-BASED RATE: OMAHA PUBLIC POWER
DISTRICT

9. SUBSCRIBER PRODUCT: PUGET SOUND ENERGY
http://www.wri.org/us-re-corporate-buyers-map

10. LEADING THE WAY WE POWER THE
FUTURE
FOR WRI – INNOVATIONS IN GREEN TARIFFS:SPRING 2017
Tami Monroe, Division Manager – Business Analysis and Pricing
Jamie Freeman, Manager - Pricing
Tim O’Brien, Manager – Economic Development

11. AGENDA
• OPPD Overview
• Journey to Rate 261 M
• 261 M – Large Power – High Voltage
Transmission Level – Market Energy
• Q&A

12. CORPORATE OVERVIEW
• Publicly owned, business-managed electric
utility governed by an elected board of eight
directors
• Low rates and nationally recognized customer
service - No general rate increase planned
through 2021
• Serves a population of approximately 820,000
people (369,500 customers
• Ranks as the 12th-largest public power utility in
the U.S. in number of customers served
• Moving towards 50% renewables based on
2016 IRP
• Vision – Leading the way we power the future

13. JOURNEY TO RATE 261M
• Economic development partnerships
– Targeting of data centers, bio solutions, and
advanced manufacturing
• 2015 Corporate Feedback
– Schedule 261 - Large Power – High Voltage
Transmission Level
– Rider 499 – Green Sponsorship Program
• Feedback from the industry and cooperate
buyers including Facebook & Yahoo

14. 261M OVERVIEW
• Approved by OPPD’s board in
January 2017
• Modification of schedule 261
• Based on OPPD’s cost of service
model – recovering fixed costs
• Flexibility in how customers meet
their renewable energy goals
• Led to the attraction of
Facebook’s newest data center
location

15. 261M OVERVIEW
• 20MW demand minimum at 161kV
• Customer owned substation
• OPPD provides retail service to the customer, including
generation and system capacity, transmission and
administration
• Components
– Demand Charge + Customer Charge + (Energy = Hourly
Southwest Power Pool market Price)
• Renewable project is not required, a customer could use
only market pricing

16. CUSTOMER RENEWABLE PERSPECTIVE
• Cost: energy component of their utility bill is
based on hourly market price.
• Revenue: customers renewable asset produces
revenue based on hourly market price.
• This revenue and cost offset, leaving the cost of
the customers renewable asset. This, in
concept, becomes the energy cost for their
facility.

17. EXAMPLE
• Southwest Power Pool market price on May 12 at
11:00AM is $28/MWh.
• Customer is charged $28/MWh on their utility bill.
• Customer receives $28/MWh for the output from their
renewable asset.
• “Net” energy cost is equal to the cost of the renewable
asset.
• Customer has
– Additionally with their renewable asset
– “Net” cost of their facility is aligned with the renewable asset

18. THANKS!
• Tami Monroe
– Division Manager – Business Analysis and Pricing
– tmonroe@oppd.com
– 402-636-3067
• Jamie Freeman
– Pricing Manager
– wjfreeman@oppd.com
• Tim O’Brien
– Manager – Economic Development
– trobrien@oppd.com
– 402-636-3731
Leading the way we power the future

19. GREEN DIRECT
VOLUNTARY RENEWABLE ENERGY
TARIFF
Thomas MacLean, PhD
Customer Renewable Energy Development
Renewable Energy Buyers’ Alliance Webinar
May, 2017

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PUGET SOUND ENERGY
• 6,000-square mile service
territory
• 10 Washington state counties
• 1.1 million electric customers
• 800,000 natural gas customers

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OUR BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
• Meager load growth
• Increasing customer expectations
• Strong environmental/sustainability ethic
• Tech savvy & online-oriented customers
• Mayors’ Climate Initiative
• Traditional vertically integrated utility
• Carbon footprint larger than neighbors
• “Strict Constructionist” regulators
(Washington Utility and Transportation Commission)

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CUSTOMER CHOICES FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY
UNDER RCW 19.29A.090
EXISTING GREEN
POWER PROGRAM
(SCH 135, 136)
• REC purchases
• 40,000 customers
• residential,
commercial,
municipal
BULK REC
PURCHASES
• Excess PSE RECs
• 10,000,000 kWh
• large business
GREEN
DIRECT
(SCH 139)
• Long-term
partnership with PSE
for dedicated energy
resources
• large commercial,
municipal
SOLAR CHOICE
(SCH 135)
• Solar RECs from
central plant with
high productivity
• residential and small
commercial
Green Power Program – Retail RE

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TALKING TO CUSTOMERS
Reduced
carbon
footprint
Increased
renewable
energy
development
Connection to a
specific resource
A hedge value
with known
future energy
costs to manage
budgets
Customer can
promote
increased
sustainability

24. 26
GREEN POWER PROGRAM DESIGN
40,000+
customers

25. 27
GREEN DIRECT REALITY
Utility
Customers
Renewable
Energy Project

26. 28
GREEN DIRECT BILLING
Numbers are for illustrative purposes only and not final

27. 29
GREEN DIRECT CHARGE
Cost of Energy and RECs
Annual reporting of
Renewable Energy
Certificates for customers,
WREGIS, Green-e
Billing system updates
Losses
Taxes

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GREEN DIRECT ENERGY CREDIT
INCLUDED
Energy-Related
Power Costs
NOT INCLUDED
Demand-Related
Power Costs
Transmission and
Distribution
Billing, Meters, Meter
Reading, Customer
Accounting and Services

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GREEN DIRECT SUMMARY
Green Direct creates a new partnership between PSE and Customers
Contract commitment for 10, 15 or 20 years
Contract by location – but all locations not required
Energy will be delivered to PSE balancing authority area
Utility-Based: on-bill, reliable, safe and EES eligible
King County
Bellevue
Redmond
Kirkland
Sammamish
Mercer Island
Port of Seattle
Bainbridge Island
Anacortes
Bellingham
WWU
Sound Transit
Tukwila
Issaquah
Snoqualmie
Olympia
Available to customers with 10 million kWh per year & Governments

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QUESTIONS?
Thomas.maclean@pse.com

31. SUBSCRIBER PRODUCT: PUGET SOUND ENERGY
http://www.wri.org/us-re-corporate-buyers-map

32. Please contact: Letha Tawney or WRI’s Global Energy Program
THANK YOU!