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Project Summary: Project name: Chevelon Butte Wind Farm Project location: Coconino and Navajo Counties, AZ Planned capacity: Up to 477 MWac Number of Turbines: Up to 164 About Chevelon Butte Wind The Chevelon Butte Wind Farm is a planned wind energy project, with up to 477MWac of planned capacity, in Coconino and Navajo Counties, Arizona. The proposed project will be located approximately 20 miles south of Winslow. The project will be comprised of up to 164 wind turbines that will connect to Arizona’s electrical grid via an existing adjacent transmission line. This low-cost form of energy is building a cleaner future and creating economic benefits for all Arizonans. The project applicant is Chevelon Butte RE, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sustainable Power Group LLC (sPower). For more information visit chevelonbuttewind.com. How do wind projects benefit Arizona? In 2018 the Arizona wind industry provided: $590 million capital investment in wind projects through 2018 $1 million in annual state and local taxes Saved 1.1 billion gallons of annual state water consumption savings* Avoided 2.2 million metric tons of annual state CO2 emissions Chevelon Butte Wind Farm © 2019 Sustainable Power Group. All Rights Reserved. Project Benefits: The Chevelon Butte Wind Farm would bring many local community and state benefits, including: Cost-competitive and reliable renewable energy for decades No water use and no air pollution during operations The property can remain a cattle ranch Lease payments will be made to the Arizona State Lands Department, which funds Arizona public education and university land beneficiaries Millions of additional dollars of economic impact Hundreds of jobs during construction, up to 15 long-term, family-wage jobs during operations Cost Competitive and reliable renewable energy ––––––––––– NO WATER USE NO AIR POLLUTION ––––––––––– 100’S OF JOBS 15 long-term local positions

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Page 1: Project Summary - Chevelon Butte Wind€¦ · economic benefits for all Arizonans. The project applicant is Chevelon Butte RE, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sustainable Power

Project Summary: • Project name: Chevelon Butte Wind Farm• Project location: Coconino and Navajo Counties, AZ• Planned capacity: Up to 477 MWac• Number of Turbines: Up to 164

About Chevelon Butte Wind The Chevelon Butte Wind Farm is a planned wind energy project, with up to 477MWac of planned capacity, in Coconino and Navajo Counties, Arizona. The proposed project will be located approximately 20 miles south of Winslow. The project will be comprised of up to 164 wind turbines that will connect to Arizona’s electrical grid via an existing adjacent transmission line. This low-cost form of energy is building a cleaner future and creating economic benefits for all Arizonans. The project applicant is Chevelon Butte RE, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sustainable Power Group LLC (sPower). For more information visit chevelonbuttewind.com.

How do wind projects benefit Arizona?In 2018 the Arizona wind industry provided:• $590 million capital investment in wind projects

through 2018• $1 million in annual state and local taxes• Saved 1.1 billion gallons of annual state water

consumption savings*• Avoided 2.2 million metric tons of annual state

CO2 emissions

Chevelon Butte Wind Farm

© 2019 Sustainable Power Group. All Rights Reserved.

Project Benefits:The Chevelon Butte Wind Farm would bring many local community and state benefits, including:• Cost-competitive and reliable renewable energy for decades • No water use and no air pollution during operations• The property can remain a cattle ranch• Lease payments will be made to the Arizona State Lands Department,

which funds Arizona public education and university land beneficiaries• Millions of additional dollars of economic impact• Hundreds of jobs during construction, up to 15 long-term, family-wage

jobs during operations

Cost Competitive

and reliable renewable energy–––––––––––

NO WATER USENO AIR POLLUTION

–––––––––––

100’S OF JOBS15 long-term local

positions

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Page 2: Project Summary - Chevelon Butte Wind€¦ · economic benefits for all Arizonans. The project applicant is Chevelon Butte RE, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sustainable Power

Wind projects, like Chevelon Butte, benefit state and local communities.

About sPowerHeadquartered in Salt Lake City, sPower is one of the fastest-growing utility-scale renewable energy companies in the United States. sPower owns and operates more than 155 utility and commercial distribution electrical generation systems and has a portfolio of solar and wind assets exceeding 13.0 GW between operation, construction, and development. sPower is owned by a joint venture partnership between The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES), and the Alberta Investment Management Corporation.

To support the Chevelon Butte Wind Farm, visit: supportchevelonbuttewind.com

sPower provides renewable energy for a sustainable future. For more information, visit www.spower.com.

Agency CoordinationFederal: (no federal permitting/ National Environmental Policy Act nexus)U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Region 2Federal Aviation AdministrationState: Arizona Game and Fish DepartmentArizona State Lands DepartmentArizona Corporation CommissionLocal: Coconino CountyNavajo County

To provide comments, go to chevelonbuttewind.com or mail to:Chevelon Butte RE, LLCc/o SWCA114 N San Francisco St Suite 100Flagstaff, Arizona 86001

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