Mark Parkinson Lt. Governor, State of Kansas Climate Change Climate Change Impacts on Kansas

Source: Washington State Department of Ecology

Until 1750 and the Industrial Revolution, carbon dioxide measured in parts per million (ppm) never exceed 275. However since that time the rate of increase is approximately 2 ppm/year and is now over 380 ppm. You can see a direct correlation between the increase in temperature and increase in the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. Source: IPCC Working Group 1

Source: Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences

Source: EPA

August 1941August 2004 Muir Glacier, Alaska, Current Change: Coastal Glaciers are Retreating NSIDC/WDC for Glaciology, Boulder, compiler. 2002, updated Online glacier photograph database. Boulder, CO: National Snow and Ice Data Center. Source: John P. Holden, Harvard

Current Change: Coastal Glaciers are Retreating Mountain glaciers are Shrinking Qori Kalis Glacier, Peru Source: John P. Holden, Harvard

ARCTIC SEA ICE BOUNDARY IN 1979 Since 1979, more than 20% of the polar Ice Cap has melted away. What’s Wrong With This Picture? PHOTO: NASA

Tangible effects: Sea Levels Siberian lakes shrink as the Arctic permafrost beneath them melts Satellite images: minimum levels of Arctic sea ice in the summers of 1979 (left) and 2005 demonstrate warming trend. (Futurist Magazine) IPCC estimates that the global average sea level will rise by 7.2 to 23.6 inches by 2100.

Surface melting on Greenland is expanding In 1992 scientists measured his amount of melting in Greenland as indicated by red areas on the map Ten years later, in 2002, the melting was much worse And in 2005, it accelerated dramatically yet again Source: ACIA, 2004 and CIRES, 2005

Why it matters to Kansas… negative effects on the state

Source: IPCC Temperature Change Kansas could experience a winter increase in average temperatures of 5 degrees F and a summer time increase of approximately 10 degrees F.

Source: IPCC Precipitation Change a) b) c)

Why it matters to Kansas… positive effects with carbon mitigation

Wind Energy Projects As of Dec 31, 2006

WIND PROJECT (County) DEVELOPERUTILITYSIZEYEAR_______ Jeffery Energy Center (Pottawatomie Co.)WestarWestar 1.5 MW 1999 Gray County Wind Farm (Gray Co.) FPL EnergyAqula MW 2001 Elk River Wind Facility (Butler Co.) PPM EnergyEmpire 150 MW 2005 Spearville Wind Energy Facility (Ford Co.) enXcoKCP&L MW 2006 TOTAL INSTALLED AT END OF MW Smoky Hills Wind Farm (Lincoln Co.) TradewindSunflower 50.4 MW 2008 (1 st Qtr) KC BPU 25 MW 2008 (1 st Qtr) Midwest 25.2 MW 2008 (1 st Qtr) Meridian Wind Farm (Cloud Co.)HorizonEmpire 105 MW 2008 (4 th Qtr) Westar 96 MW 2008 (4 th Qtr) Flat Ridge Wind Farm (Wichita Co.)BP Alternative EnergyWestar 100 MW 2008 (4 th Qtr) Central Plains Wind Farm (Barber Co.)RES America Dev, IncWestar 99 MW 2008 (4 th Qtr) TOTAL INSTALLED AT END OF MW KCP&L Announcement (3/20/07)RFP was due 6/15/07KCP&L300 MW 300 MW by 2012 Kansas Wind Projects – In operation and announced Updated by KCC Energy Programs (Jan 2008)

Economic Impacts to Kansas from 7158 MW of new wind development by 2030 Direct Impacts Payments to Landowners: $20.8 million/year Local Property Tax Revenue: $19 million/year Construction Phase: 11,133 new construction jobs $1.35B to local economies Operational Phase: 1805 new long-term jobs $152M/yr to local economies Indirect Impacts Construction Phase: 5,000 new jobs $424M to local economies Operational Phase: 438 local jobs $43 M/yr to local economies Induced Impacts Construction Phase: 6,223 new jobs $559 M to local economies Operational Phase: 850 local jobs $76 M/yr to local economies Wind energy’s economic “ripple effect” Construction Phase = 1-2 years Operational Phase = 20+ years Totals (construction + 20 yrs) Total economic benefit to Kansas = $7.8 billion New local jobs during construction = over 23,000 New long-term jobs for Kansans = over 3,000 Source: NREL – Wind Powering America

Thank You Lieutenant Governor Mark Parkinson