STAFFORD’S ENERGY INITIATIVE STAFFORD ENERGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

2 KNOW YOUR TEAM’S CAPABILITIES AND CAPITALIZE ON THEM OUR TEAM – The right balance: Financial Analyst – Voice of reason and caution Accountant – Always checking the numbers Engineer – Progressive and exuberant Visionary – Always seeking the next opportunity

3 KNOW YOUR OBJECTIVES Determine everything you might do in your community to save energy for the municipality and the residents; then prioritize!! Determine what you would need to do to meet your objectives and think BIG!! Get all the data and loads, including BTUs, kWHrs, Gallons, Therms, etc., and know everything about how, why, what and where they are used, looking for hidden consumption and opportunities.

4 KNOW WHAT YOU WANT

5 AND HOW TO GET IT!!

6  UNDERSTAND ALL ASPECTS OF EACH PROJECT KNOW YOUR PROJECTS  MOVE FORWARD WITH CONVICTION AND DETERMINATION  KNOW WHY YOU WANT TO DO IT, HOW YOU ARE GOING TO DO IT, HOW ALL THE NUMBERS WORK, AND THE RESULTS THEY WILL PRODUCE  IF YOU NEED HELP, ASK THE ENERGY COMMUNITY

7 KNOW AND FOLLOW ALL OPPORTUNITIES FROM THE STATE AND FEDERAL GOVERNMENT  Be familiar with and track changes to programs  Analyze all these opportunities and see if they fit your situation  Research and apply for everything that makes sense  Be tenacious, make a valid case and BE RIGHT!!

8 OUR OBJECTIVES: LOCK IN OUR FUTURE ENERGY COSTS SAVE THE TOWN AS MUCH OF ITS ANNUAL 1.1 MILLION DOLLAR ENERGY BILL AS POSSIBLE!!!

9 Town kWHr Loads and the PV required for 100% offset >>>>>>>>> Cheap kWHrs encourage the switch from Oil/Propane to renewable electricity

10 Small PV Arrays

11 Stafford Municipal Projects To Date  ESCO – Hundreds of thousands in savings  Solar Thermal – At 5 schools, producing 70 to 80% of their domestic hot water – 30% of project cost paid by CEFIA  Small Solar PV Arrays – Over 1 mW of small arrays being installed through leases and PPA’s at NO NET COST in 13 locations, saving over $72,000 in year one  Large Solar PV Arrays – 2.8 mW total using the closed landfill and town land, saving over $500,000 a year at NO NET COST  Geo Thermal – In process of initiating geothermal heating/cooling for 2 schools. All power for the systems to come from PV arrays.

12 Remember - WHETHER YOU THINK YOU CAN, YOU’RE RIGHT!!! ~ Henry Ford OR THINK YOU CAN’T,

STAFFORD ENERGY ADVISORY COMMITTEE TAKING HISTORY THAT WORKS AND TURNING IT INTO THE FUTURE !!