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MREP Solar Program Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Aggregation Jamie Scripps [email protected] August 15, 2013 www.5lakesenergy.com

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Page 1: Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Aggregation€¦ · • Jamie Scripps –Senior Consultant • Lauren Knapp –REC Program Manager. Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Background • Over

MREP Solar ProgramRenewable Energy Credit (REC) 

AggregationJamie Scripps

[email protected] 15, 2013

www.5lakesenergy.com

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Agenda• About 5LE• REC Background• REC Markets• REC Aggregation Program• First, Second Sales• Future of REC Program• Looking ahead

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About

• Clean energy policy and business consulting firm based in Lansing, MI

• 5 Lakes Energy identifies and creates funding opportunities, helps educate policy makers, and facilitates strategic pathways that benefit and support Michigan clean teach and clean energy companies and initiatives.

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5LE Team

• Stanley “Skip” Pruss ‐ Principal• Liesl Eichler Clark ‐ Principal• Douglas Jester – Principal• Jamie Scripps – Senior Consultant• Lauren Knapp – REC Program Manager

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Renewable Energy Credit (REC) Background

• Over 1,000 net metering customers in Michigan• 1 REC = 1 MWh electricity from qualified renewable energy 

system– 1 SREC in MI = 1 RECs + X IRECS– 2 RECs for solar– 0.2 REC on‐peak generation– 0.1 IREC MI equipment– 0.1 IREC MI labor

• P.A. 295 (state’s RPS) requires 10% by 2015 ‐‐ generate or purchase RECs

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REC Markets• Compliance

–Municipal utilities–Alternative retail suppliers–Marginal demand in 2013 and 2014 in Michigan

–Registration platform: MIRECS

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REC Markets

• Private–USGBC LEED certification– Sustainability goals–Registration platform: MIRECs– Third party certification: MIRECS, Green‐e

• IRECs ineligible (Green‐e)

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REC Aggregation Program• Register the small systems, bundle the RECs, and sell to utilities to meet their RPS compliance goals

• Or to private market to meet sustainability goals• Michigan Renewable Energy Certification System (MIRECS) allows for bundling of renewable energy systems under a single account

• In turn, money goes back to system owners and helps support the MI solar and wind industries

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REC Aggregation Program

• Working alongside system owners, installers, MPSC

• 5 system owners signed up December 2012• 15+ system owners waiting in queue currently• Project scale: commercial and residential• Technology type: solar, wind

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First Transactions

• Generation from January 2012 through June 2013 (with .377 of July)

• Private market (LEED, Green‐e equivalency)• Compliance market (Municipal Utility)

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First Sale

• Private market• Environmental non‐profit, Ann Arbor• Retire the corresponding IRECs

– 2 year purchase– Unique Green‐e equivalency certification– USGBC Credit Interpretation Request (CIR) for LEED

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Second sale

• Compliance market• Small municipal utility – Sebewaing L&P• Multi‐year agreement

– IREC and RECs at same price

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Future of REC Program

• Quarterly call for registration – Month duration– Register batch of system owners

• Nominal registration fee ($25 or 40  based on size, 5% commission)

• Will soon be accepting small number of wind projects for wind pilot project

• New developer program (note MIRECS fees)

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Looking ahead• Demand (compliance market)

– Expect to increase over next three years if RPS requirements ratchet up

• Demand (private market)– Sustainability goals becoming more and more 

robust (Walmart, Kohls, Steelcase, Herman Miller, BASF)

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Looking ahead

• Vintage: declining value as RECs age toward 3‐yr life

• REC prices– MPSC forecasts less optimistic

• Opportunity in LEED marketplace balanced by ineligibility of IRECSs

• Continue outreach to new markets

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Thank you! Questions?

www.5lakesenergy.com

Contact informationE: [email protected]