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Solar Powering Iowa 2016 Hosted by MREA & Grow Solar Partnership

March 24, 2016

Holmes Hummel, PhD

Principal, Clean Energy Works

More Solar, More Opportunity

Developers plan 100MW solar energy project northeast of

Fort Dodge, Iowa

Incentives spur solar energy growth in Iowa

Alliant Energy Seeks Proposals for Solar Assets in Iowa

Money-saving, solar-covered roof pops up in N. Liberty

More Iowa farmers turning to solar for energy needs

Iowa court ruling lets public sector tap into solar

Iowa power cooperative to add solar power panels to state

Solar energy to power nearly all of Iowa school district

SunLink, RER Energy Build Iowa's Largest Community Solar

Project (1.5 MW)

Iowa governor tours local solar-powered apartment complex

Seventeen Governors Sign Accord Focused On Clean

Energy

Headlines in Iowa


• Energy Revolution is Well Underway

• Leveraging Support to Accelerate Investment

• Hallmarks of Success on the Road Ahead

Innovation => Cost => Investment


From 2GW to 15GW: 7 years

15 GW

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This report is available at no cost from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at www.nrel.gov/publications.

Executive Summary This report benchmarks installed prices of U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) for systems built in the

first quarter of 2015 (Q1 2015), and it is the first in an intended series of annual benchmarking

reports covering residential-, commercial-, and utility-scale systems. Our methodology includes

bottom-up accounting for all system and project-development costs incurred when installing

residential-, commercial-, and utility-scale systems, and it models the cash purchase price for

such systems. In general, we attempt to model best-in-class installation techniques and business

operations from an installed cost perspective, and our benchmarks are national averages of

installed capacities, weighted by state. The residential benchmark is further averaged across

installer and integrator business models, weighted by market share. All benchmarks assume non-

union construction labor. Benchmarked system prices are presented in Figure ES-1.

Figure ES-1. Benchmark price summary

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modeled as pitched-roof installations and commercial systems modeled as ballasted flat-roof

installations. The utility benchmarks represent ground-mounted, fixed-tilt and single-axis

tracking systems.

The hardware category includes modules, inverters, racking, and all balance-of-system (BOS)

hardware required for a complete system. The soft costs-other category includes all non-

hardware and non-installation-labor costs, primarily overhead and customer acquisition in the

residential model and EPC (engineering, procurement, and construction) overhead/profit and

development costs in the commercial- and utility-scale models.

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Source: NREL, PV Price & Cost Breakdowns, 2015

v

This report is available at no cost from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at www.nrel.gov/publications.

Executive Summary This report benchmarks installed prices of U.S. solar photovoltaic (PV) for systems built in the

first quarter of 2015 (Q1 2015), and it is the first in an intended series of annual benchmarking

reports covering residential-, commercial-, and utility-scale systems. Our methodology includes

bottom-up accounting for all system and project-development costs incurred when installing

residential-, commercial-, and utility-scale systems, and it models the cash purchase price for

such systems. In general, we attempt to model best-in-class installation techniques and business

operations from an installed cost perspective, and our benchmarks are national averages of

installed capacities, weighted by state. The residential benchmark is further averaged across

installer and integrator business models, weighted by market share. All benchmarks assume non-

union construction labor. Benchmarked system prices are presented in Figure ES-1.

Figure ES-1. Benchmark price summary

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installations. The utility benchmarks represent ground-mounted, fixed-tilt and single-axis

tracking systems.

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4050

Kilometers

03-11-13

28

Utility Identification

Amana Society Service

Interstate Power and Light Company (IPL)

MidAm

erican Energy (MAE)

Municipal (see Key below)

Rural Electric Companies (see Key below)

… so market conditions shape landscape of investment

Source: Iowa Utilities Board

Regulations shape conditions in IOU areas Enormous range in the non-IOU areas

Iowa Electric Cooperatives have extensive coverage

Source: Iowa Association of Electric Cooperatives

SUNDA initiative designed by & for co-ops

February 2016

SPARC provides customized technical assistance designed to:

• Evaluate existing local policies and processes to identify soft cost barriers, such as, planning/zoning, permitting/inspections, and financing;

• Develop implementation plans based on leading national best practices;

• Understand and replicate models for successful local solar programs;

• Attract solar businesses and jobs to your community;

• Make it easier and more affordable for consumers to choose solar;

• Qualify communities for the new SPARC recognition from Dept of Energy

• Encourage multiple solution sets

Hallmarks of Success on the Road Ahead

Encourage multiple solution sets

Scale:

• Utility-scale solar

• Community solar

• On-site solar

– Commercial

– Residential

Business models and financing:

– Third party leasing

– Community aggregation

– Energy districts

– Loans

– Liens

– Tariff


• Invest in flexibility from the start


Start now to integrate more system flexibility

Source: Regulatory Assistance Project

This “duck” shape only develops in system that lacks flexibility...

… and strategies for gaining flexibility are available today.

Source: Regulatory Assistance Project

“No regrets” options that are cost effective today can be integrated relatively easily



• Support fair valuation


Source: Rocky Mountain Institute




• Prioritize inclusion


www.irecusa.org | LMI Guidelines | 0

Source: www.LowIncomeSolar.org

Online resource center for opening opportunity

Source: U.S. Department of Energy

National resource center for community solar




• Prioritize inclusion

• Count the jobs: Good for a generation!


Source: The Solar Foundation, Jobs Census 2015

3/ 24/ 16, 5:43 AMSolar Jobs Census 2015

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Solar Jobs Census 2015

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Solar Powering Iowa 2016 Hosted by MREA & Grow Solar Partnership

March 24, 2016

Holmes Hummel, PhD

Principal, Clean Energy Works


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