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Page 1: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Pryor Mountain Wind ProjectSeptember 4, 2019

Page 2: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

PacifiCorp Overview• Two divisions – Rocky Mountain

Power and Pacific Power• 5,600 Employees• 1.9 million electricity customers• 141,000 square miles of service

territory in six states• 17,457 miles of transmission• 10,887 MW owned generation

capacity

Page 3: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

PacifiCorp Wind Resources

• 1,040 MW of wind owned by PacifiCorp

• 1,190 MW to be added in 2020

• Total of 2,220 MW owned

• 1,000 MW of wind under PPA contracts

• 320 MW to be added in 2020

• Total of 1,320 MW of power purchase contracts

Page 4: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Rocky Mountain Power Utah Statistics:

• 892,849 customers

• 1,928 employees

• State property taxes: $73.1 million

Page 5: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

This information is based on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Form 1 data. The Rocky Mountain Power “basic fuel mix” is based on energy production and not resource capability, capacity or delivered energy. All or some of the renewable energy attributes associated with wind, solar,biomass, geothermal and qualifying hydro facilities in Rocky Mountain Power’s fuel mix may be: (a) used to comply with renewable portfolio standards or other regulatory requirements, (b) sold to third parties in the form of renewable energy credits and/or other environmental commodities or (c)not acquired. Rocky Mountain Power’s basic fuel mix includes owned resources and purchases from third par ties.

56.39%

15.44%

5.15%

8.80%

3.79%

9.75%

Rocky Mountain Power 2018 Fuel Mix*

Coal Natural Gas Hydroelectric Wind Biomass Geothermal Solar Other/misc

Page 6: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

U.S. Average

0.00 5.00 10.00 15.00 20.00 25.00 30.00

LouisianaTexas

OklahomaWyomingTennessee

ROCKY MOUNTAIN POWERArkansas

IdahoNorth Carolina

UtahIowa

MississippiVirginia

KentuckyWest VirginiaNorth Dakota

GeorgiaSouth Carolina

NevadaNew Mexico

MissouriIndiana

PACIFIC POWEROregon

ColoradoMontana

MinnesotaOhio

WashingtonAlabamaFlorida

South DakotaPennsylvania

KansasU.S.A.

WisconsinIllinois

MichiganDelawareArizona

District of ColumbiaMarylandVermont

New JerseyMaine

CaliforniaRhode Island

New YorkNew Hampshire

ConnecticutMassachusetts

Hawaii

Average Rate (¢/kWh)

Average Electricity Price by State

Source: Edison Electric Institute Sales and Revenue Data for the 12 months ending December 2017

RMP

Page 7: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Production Tax Credits

• Wind projects that are completed in 2020 and meet certain qualifications can receive federal tax credits (currently $24/MWh) for their electric production over the first 10 years of operation.

Page 8: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Photo Credit Motah on unsplash

Page 9: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Pryor Mountain

• Multiple developers between 2009 and 2019

• Some permits issued in 2014

• PacifiCorp purchased the project in May 2019

• 240 MW project size

• Interconnect with an existing 230 kV transmission line owned by PacifiCorp

Page 10: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Wind Turbine Generators (WTG)

• 114 WTGs• 57 Vestas V110-2.0 B

• 21 Vestas V110-2.2 C

• 32 Vestas V110-2.2 D

• 4 GE 2.3-116

• 80 meter hub height

• 54 to 58 meter blade length

Page 11: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees
Page 12: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Annual Electric Production

• 2.2 MW WTG with a 40% net capacity factor (NCF) will produce 7,709 MWh/year

• 240 MW wind project with a 40% NCF will produce 841,000 MWh/year

• Average household in the US uses 11 MWh/year (US DOE)

• 240 MW wind project with a 40% NCF can power over 76,000 US households on an annual basis

Page 13: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Construction Schedule• Fall 2019 - Roads and

Foundations

• Spring 2020 - Foundations and Collector Substation

• Summer 2020 - Turbine Erection and POI Substation

• Fall 2020 - Commissioning

• Dec 15, 2020 - Commercial Operation Date

Page 14: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Construction Impacts• 10 truckloads of

equipment for each WTG

• 1,140 truckloads of WTG equipment for the project

• Delivery schedule is 10 WTGs per week

• 100 trucks per week for WTG equipment

Page 15: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Construction Employment

• Maximum of 300 workers on site at any one time

• Peak number of workers on site anticipated to occur in July and August of 2020

Page 16: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Operations

• Project is expected to have a 30 year life

• Full time employment• 1 Site manager• 10 to 12 wind

technicians

• Normal working hours are Monday to Friday 7:00 am to 4:00 pm

• Site monitored remotely 24/7

Page 17: Pryor Mountain Wind Project - TownNews · Pryor Mountain Wind Project September 4, 2019. PacifiCorp Overview •Two divisions –Rocky Mountain Power and Pacific Power •5,600 Employees

Questions?