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Powering Wolverine’s Renewable Future
Presented to
Great Lakes Regional Wind Institute
Detroit, Michigan
by John P. Miceli, Energy Market Analyst
March 17, 2008
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Presentation Overview
• The Coop Story• Who is Wolverine?• Wolverine’s involvement in project• Michigan’s proposed RPS legislation• Project/Business synergies• Project challenges• Lessons learned• Project photos
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Co-op Story: The Early Years
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Rural Goes Electric
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Cooperative Service Area Today
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Michigan Co-ops Get Started
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Distribution Cooperatives Create Wolverine – The “G&T”
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Who is Wolverine?
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Wolverine Key Facts
• Not-for-profit 501(c)(12) corporation
• Mission:– To provide outstanding
service to our members by delivering reliable, competitive power supply
• Core values:– Member service– Integrity– Environmental stewardship– Commitment to employees
2007 Statistics:• Number of employees
– 107
• Total revenue– $ 240 million
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Service Area• Generation:
– 240 MW
– Primarily peaking
• Transmission:– 1600 miles
– High voltage
– 35 counties
– 36 stations
• Distribution:– 35 counties
– 130 stations
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Energy Control Center
• State of the art
• Operational “nerve center”
• Market participation 7x24
• Follows risk management policiesand guidelines
• Maintains emergency electric resource plan
• Transacts with pre-approved energy partners (EEI master agreements)
• Monitors Wolverine’s transmission system 7x24
• Coordinates routine outages for maintenance and construction
• Directs restoration of transmission service during unplanned outages
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Why is Wolverine Involved in Harvest Project?
• Proactive renewable energy position :
– Michigan RPS is likely
– Commitment to thoughtful use of environmental resources
– First mover advantage
– Competitively-priced renewable resource for our members
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Project Location
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Harvest Wind Farm Timeline
Date Activity
October 2005 Renewables identified as strategic corporate objective
March 2006 Renewable RFP process initiated
November 2006 Deere and Wolverine negotiating team meet in Cadillac
February 2007 Purchase Power Agreement executed
June 2007 Initial construction began
September 2007 Last wind turbine erected
December 2007 Delivery of energy from facility began
April 2008 Commercial Operation
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Project Facts
Developer John Deere Wind Energy
Facility Name Harvest WindFarm L.L.C.
Location Between Elkton and Pigeon in Huron County, Michigan
Size Over 3,200 acres
Equipment Thirty-two 1.65 MW Vestas V-82 (52.8 MW nameplate)
Turbine Specifics
80 meter hub height (262 feet)
40 meter blade length (131 feet)
120 meter overall height (393 feet)
283 tons total weight
Operational Data
Cut-in wind speed – 7.9 mph
Cut-out wind speed (10 minutes) – 44.7 mph
Cut-out wind speed (1 minute) – 53.7 mph
Cut-out wind speed (1 second) – 71.6 mph
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Project/Business Synergies
• Wolverine and John Deere are similar:– Rural customer base
– Strong community focus
– Core values include quality, integrity, innovation and commitment
• John Deere had favorable wind turbine queue position with a narrow window of opportunity
• Wolverine desired to move quickly and had Board support
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Company Contributions
WOLVERINE JOHN DEERE
1. Readiness to sign long-term PPA
2. Strong Board support3. Understanding of
interconnection issues4. Knowledge of MISO
Market5. Relationships with Detroit
Edison, ITC and METC
1. Supply chain position with Vestas
2. Project rights3. Land leases and strong
community support4. Capital for construction
5. Construction experience
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Project Challenges
• Justifying higher cost of wind energy to Wolverine members
• RFP and PPA process• MISO queue process:
– Generation Interconnection Agreement
• Transmission and distribution upgrade requirements
• Determining “right” size of wind farm
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Justifying Higher Cost of Wind Power
• Problem:– Purchasing renewable energy at a price higher than current
market prices
• Answers:– Expectation that renewable energy will become a
requirement
– Develop a willingness to pay a little more now, to gain advantage in renewable energy
– Provides for supply portfolio diversity
– Provides price certainty
– Will provide for competively priced power in the future
– Learn by doing
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RFP and PPA Efforts
• RFP:– What questions should be asked?
– What limitations or requirements should be attached?
– How do we verify financial viability?
– How do we verify experience and capabilities?
• PPA:– What time period should the PPA cover?
– What terms and conditions should be included?
– What guarantees could or should be attached?
– How does Wolverine assure protection against project?
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Study Assumptions &
Interconnection MW needed ?
Queued
Requests?
Transmission
Upgrade
Requirements
& Timing?
Total Generation
Project Scheduling & Economics?
Managing the MISO Queue
Process
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What is Appropriate Size for Wind Farm?
• Wolverine initially desired a minimum of 25 MW of wind energy to limit risk and cost
• John Deere desired a bigger farm (60 MW) to facilitate economies of scale
• Solution– John Deere scaled size back to 52.8 MW to
minimize upgrade costs and keep project within budget
– Wolverine agreed to purchase the full output
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Lessons Learned
• Goal of “learning by doing” paid off
• Gave us a real way to assess RPS direction
• Gained confidence to do the next project
• Created supply portfolio diversity
• Increased interest for renewable resources:– Transmission Members
– Wolverine Power Marketing Cooperative
– Spartan Renewable Energy
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Thank you.
Questions?
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Tower Base
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Poured Tower Base
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The Hub
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End View of the Base
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Crane Assembly
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The Crane
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Tower Assembly
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The Base
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Setting the Base
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Lower Tower Section with Hub and Blades
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Setting the Nacelle
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Setting the Hub & Blades
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Finished Products
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Integration
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Harvest WindFarm Aerial Photo