12.8.2014 51st State Submission Process Webinar
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
51st State Submission Process December 8, 2014
Webinar FAQs • Recording & slides will be sent to all registered attendees next week. • Submit questions in the chat window at any time. • Questions will be answered following the presentation • Please fill out the post webinar survey
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Upcoming SEPA Webinars Thursday, January 22, 2015:
“Building a Solar-Ready Utility” Join SEPA, Optony, NV Energy and City of Palo Alto Utilities for a discussion of practical opportunities for utilities to streamline and improve interconnection standards and procedures, DG rate tariffs, solar financing options and solar market development.
Registration is open at www.solarelectricpower.org
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Speakers
John Sterling Senior Director, Research & Advisory Services SEPA
Mike Taylor Director of Research SEPA
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Agenda
1. The 51st State 1. Submission Process 1. Assessment Process
1. Questions & Feedback
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(1)51ST STATE
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
History • A new state has been formed • National policies and regulations apply - Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) - Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) • No existing electricity or solar/DER market exists • No state incentives exist • Assume existing technology and cost conditions Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Goals • Create a structure to generate and deliver electricity or equivalent services to consumers • Create sustainable and growing distributed solar/DER market over short- and longterm
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Why Submit? • Help shape the future of the U.S. energy industry • Build/expand relationships with other participating energy thought leaders • Get national visibility: -
Focus of 51st State Summit - April 27 Distinction award at Utility Solar Conference - April 28-29 Extensive SEPA marketing, communications & education campaign Ongoing speaking opportunities at industry events
• Represent the foundation for future 51st State plans Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(2)SUBMISSION PROCESS
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Guidelines • Focus on constructive suggestions. Do not attack other entity or industry positions. • Allow for continued growth of solar/DER markets. • Provide electric system cost recovery. • Not promote any specific product or tool. • Discuss how the proposed ideas or designs affect major stakeholder groups (consumers, solar/DER industry, grid operators, public, etc). • Explain the underlying principles for rate structures, using Bonbright or alternative options.
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Key Stakeholders • • • • • • •
Grid operators The solar/DER industry value chain The solar/DER customer The non-solar/DER customer Regulatory and policy-making bodies Independent power producers Other affected market stakeholders
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Submission Process
• Paper:
Up to 20 pages maximum, PDF format
• 1 Slide:
Slide template for paper summary on website
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Key Dates • December 17 • February 27 • March 1 Online • March 27 Complete • April 27 • April 28 • May-Sept 2015
Intent to Submit Submission Deadline Screened Papers Posted
Panel Selections 51st State Summit Selection Awards at USC Media Campaign & Speaking Circuit
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(3)ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Review Panel
Ron Binz
Nancy Pfund
Jim Rogers
Jigar Shah
Sue Tierney
Public Policy Consulting
DBL Investors Founder
Retired
Consultant
Analysis Group
Formerly: FERC Chair Nominee CO PUC Chair CO Consumer Council NARUC NASUCA
Boards of Directors: SolarCity Brightsource Energy
Boards of Directors: Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership Asia Society Aspen Institute Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Boards of Directors: Carbon War Room
Boards of Directors: National Renewable Energy Laboratory ClimateWorks Foundation World Resources Institute Alliance to Save Energy Resources for the Future Energy Foundation
Formerly: JP Morgan Intel State of California Stanford University Sierra Club
Formerly: Duke Energy President/CEO
Formerly: Carbon War Room CEO SunEdison founder BP Solar DOE Contractor
Formerly: USDOE Asst. Secretary Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
Please do not contact the panel members about the project. Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
51st State Initiative: Review Criteria SEPA Staff Screening Criteria Creates Sustainable Solar Market
YES / NO
Provides for Grid Infrastructure Cost Recovery
YES / NO
Identifies Impacts to All Stakeholder Groups
YES / NO
Requires All YES to Qualify Review Committee Scoring Criteria
Practicality of Solution
0 – 10 points
Sustainable Over the Long-Term
0 – 10 points
Works Across Multiple Future Scenarios
0 – 10 points
Comprehensive => Works With Multiple Distributed Energy Resource Technologies
0 – 10 points
Addresses Impacts to Key Stakeholders
0 – 10 points
1
2
Preliminary Scoring Completed by Each Reviewer & Aggregated for Committee Consideration Review Committee Discusses & Selects Top 3-5 Submissions Providing Broad Spectrum of Future Structures
Guidance Submissions could range from... •
Keep the existing grid and solar model
•
Tweak the existing grid and/or solar model
•
Redefine one, the other, or both
Stress test your model against the scoring criteria and the extremes of electricity or solar market growth or decline, electricity or solar price increases or declines, new technologies, etc.
Regardless of the structure proposed, submitters must discuss: - How all of the objectives of the 51st State are met - How each key constituency group is impacted
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Project Updates General Updates: http://sepa51.org/mailsignup.html Submitter Updates: http://sepa51.org/intent.php
We will send out project updates, modifications, or other information as needed.
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(4)QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Audience Q&A
John Sterling Senior Director, Research & Advisory Services SEPA
Mike Taylor Director of Research SEPA
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Project Feedback Contact SEPA at any time for project clarification, questions, or suggestions: Submission inquiries:
John Sterling [email protected] 202-559-2022 Press inquiries: Bob Gibson [email protected] 202-280-1556 Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
51st State Submission Process December 8, 2014
Webinar FAQs • Recording & slides will be sent to all registered attendees next week. • Submit questions in the chat window at any time. • Questions will be answered following the presentation • Please fill out the post webinar survey
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Upcoming SEPA Webinars Thursday, January 22, 2015:
“Building a Solar-Ready Utility” Join SEPA, Optony, NV Energy and City of Palo Alto Utilities for a discussion of practical opportunities for utilities to streamline and improve interconnection standards and procedures, DG rate tariffs, solar financing options and solar market development.
Registration is open at www.solarelectricpower.org
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Speakers
John Sterling Senior Director, Research & Advisory Services SEPA
Mike Taylor Director of Research SEPA
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Agenda
1. The 51st State 1. Submission Process 1. Assessment Process
1. Questions & Feedback
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(1)51ST STATE
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
History • A new state has been formed • National policies and regulations apply - Federal Investment Tax Credit (ITC) - Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) • No existing electricity or solar/DER market exists • No state incentives exist • Assume existing technology and cost conditions Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Goals • Create a structure to generate and deliver electricity or equivalent services to consumers • Create sustainable and growing distributed solar/DER market over short- and longterm
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Why Submit? • Help shape the future of the U.S. energy industry • Build/expand relationships with other participating energy thought leaders • Get national visibility: -
Focus of 51st State Summit - April 27 Distinction award at Utility Solar Conference - April 28-29 Extensive SEPA marketing, communications & education campaign Ongoing speaking opportunities at industry events
• Represent the foundation for future 51st State plans Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(2)SUBMISSION PROCESS
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Guidelines • Focus on constructive suggestions. Do not attack other entity or industry positions. • Allow for continued growth of solar/DER markets. • Provide electric system cost recovery. • Not promote any specific product or tool. • Discuss how the proposed ideas or designs affect major stakeholder groups (consumers, solar/DER industry, grid operators, public, etc). • Explain the underlying principles for rate structures, using Bonbright or alternative options.
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Key Stakeholders • • • • • • •
Grid operators The solar/DER industry value chain The solar/DER customer The non-solar/DER customer Regulatory and policy-making bodies Independent power producers Other affected market stakeholders
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Submission Process
• Paper:
Up to 20 pages maximum, PDF format
• 1 Slide:
Slide template for paper summary on website
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Key Dates • December 17 • February 27 • March 1 Online • March 27 Complete • April 27 • April 28 • May-Sept 2015
Intent to Submit Submission Deadline Screened Papers Posted
Panel Selections 51st State Summit Selection Awards at USC Media Campaign & Speaking Circuit
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(3)ASSESSMENT PROCESS
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Review Panel
Ron Binz
Nancy Pfund
Jim Rogers
Jigar Shah
Sue Tierney
Public Policy Consulting
DBL Investors Founder
Retired
Consultant
Analysis Group
Formerly: FERC Chair Nominee CO PUC Chair CO Consumer Council NARUC NASUCA
Boards of Directors: SolarCity Brightsource Energy
Boards of Directors: Global Sustainable Electricity Partnership Asia Society Aspen Institute Duke University Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions
Boards of Directors: Carbon War Room
Boards of Directors: National Renewable Energy Laboratory ClimateWorks Foundation World Resources Institute Alliance to Save Energy Resources for the Future Energy Foundation
Formerly: JP Morgan Intel State of California Stanford University Sierra Club
Formerly: Duke Energy President/CEO
Formerly: Carbon War Room CEO SunEdison founder BP Solar DOE Contractor
Formerly: USDOE Asst. Secretary Massachusetts Water Resource Authority
Please do not contact the panel members about the project. Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
51st State Initiative: Review Criteria SEPA Staff Screening Criteria Creates Sustainable Solar Market
YES / NO
Provides for Grid Infrastructure Cost Recovery
YES / NO
Identifies Impacts to All Stakeholder Groups
YES / NO
Requires All YES to Qualify Review Committee Scoring Criteria
Practicality of Solution
0 – 10 points
Sustainable Over the Long-Term
0 – 10 points
Works Across Multiple Future Scenarios
0 – 10 points
Comprehensive => Works With Multiple Distributed Energy Resource Technologies
0 – 10 points
Addresses Impacts to Key Stakeholders
0 – 10 points
1
2
Preliminary Scoring Completed by Each Reviewer & Aggregated for Committee Consideration Review Committee Discusses & Selects Top 3-5 Submissions Providing Broad Spectrum of Future Structures
Guidance Submissions could range from... •
Keep the existing grid and solar model
•
Tweak the existing grid and/or solar model
•
Redefine one, the other, or both
Stress test your model against the scoring criteria and the extremes of electricity or solar market growth or decline, electricity or solar price increases or declines, new technologies, etc.
Regardless of the structure proposed, submitters must discuss: - How all of the objectives of the 51st State are met - How each key constituency group is impacted
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Project Updates General Updates: http://sepa51.org/mailsignup.html Submitter Updates: http://sepa51.org/intent.php
We will send out project updates, modifications, or other information as needed.
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
(4)QUESTIONS AND FEEDBACK
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Audience Q&A
John Sterling Senior Director, Research & Advisory Services SEPA
Mike Taylor Director of Research SEPA
Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
Project Feedback Contact SEPA at any time for project clarification, questions, or suggestions: Submission inquiries:
John Sterling [email protected] 202-559-2022 Press inquiries: Bob Gibson [email protected] 202-280-1556 Helping Utilities Make Smart Solar Decisions
