1 | Program Name or Ancillary Texteere.energy.gov Water Power Peer Review Permitting and Planning Simon Geerlofs PNNL Simon Geerlofs November 1, Environmental Impacts and Siting – PNNL Regulatory Assistance, Stakeholder Outreach, and Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning Activities In Support Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Deployment

2 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Purpose, Objectives, & Integration Purpose and Objectives: Connecting stakeholders to DOE-funded research to ensure that research is used; understanding key planning and permitting challenges to target cost reduction strategies. (1)work with stakeholders to streamline the MHK regulatory permitting process, (2)work with stakeholders to gather information on needs and priorities for environmental assessment of MHK development, (3)communicate research findings and directions to the MHK industry and stakeholders, (4)engage in spatial planning processes in order to further the development of the MHK industry. Task objectives are met through three subtasks, each representing a distinct area of effort: —Regulatory Assistance, —Stakeholder Outreach, —Coastal and Marine Spatial Planning. Integration: (Strategic Goal) reduce the regulatory costs, time, and potential environmental impacts associated with developing, siting, permitting, and deploying MHK systems

3 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Technical Approach — Regulatory Assistance ($30k FY11) Issues Addressed: Determine which aspects of the regulatory/licensing process contribute most to siting and permitting costs and timeframes; prioritize action to address greatest challenges. Approach: Produce a biennial report on the status of the MHK regulatory process for the Water Power team. Internal and external version (with non-attributable information): External version will be presented to the Federal Renewable Energy Working Group in Washington, DC winter Report was informed by literature review, interviews, and surveys of MHK developers to obtain information on specifics of the permitting and planning process: Highest costs, greatest Unique Aspects: Talking directly to developers who are engaged in permitting processes in order to capture a snapshot of the industry at an early stage.

4 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Technical Approach — Stakeholder Outreach ($50k FY11 ) Issues Addressed: Ensure MHK community has knowledge of DOE-funded tools and research so that they are applied, understand stakeholder concerns so that they can be addressed, reduce regulatory conflict by connecting all parties to the same body of information. Approach: Environmental Research Webinars: Three webinars attended by more than 150 individuals each presenting up-to date research on MHK environmental issues—Data management, aquatic animal interactions, monitoring technologies. Presentations, workshops, and meetings with industry and agency to train on use of Tethys and ERES. Strategic outreach assessment (PEV subcontract)—target information to reach key audiences. Unique Aspects: Sub-task serves to disseminate DOE research products to ensure application to reduce duplication of effort.

5 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Technical Approach —CMSP ($60k FY 11) Issues Addressed: Connect on-going west coast regional coastal and marine spatial planning activities to DOE-supported research products and information about renewable energy siting needs. Approach: Participate on the West Coast Governor’s Agreement on Ocean Health Renewable Energy Action Team (RE-ACT) and other regional planning bodies as directed by Water Power headquarters. Literature review and research on previous and ongoing CMSP processes, both in the US and abroad, as well as information on available tools, data sets, and portals that are being utilized for renewable energy planning activities. Unique Aspects: Direct engagement with agencies, states, and stakeholders involved in planning processes.

6 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Plan, Schedule, & Budget Schedule Initiation date: October 2010 Planned completion date: September —Complete initial regulatory assessment (FY11), revise and share with agencies and industry in —Environmental webinar series, Tethys and ERES outreach, strategic outreach assessment (FY11), additional webinars, environmental research symposium (FY12) —Engagement in marine spatial planning for ocean energy and attendance at regional CMSP meetings, annual assessment of progress on marine spatial planning, incorporate CMSP data layers into Tethys (FY11 and FY 12) Update of regulatory assessment for FY2013 is planned Budget: Slow distribution of funds led to a late start, but project is on track. Budget History FY2010FY2011FY2012 DOECost-shareDOECost-shareDOECost-share $40K$0$0K$0$40K$0

7 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Results — Regulatory Assistance Completed regulatory assessment for first generation of US MHK deployments –Interviewed device and project developers –Developed and distributed regulatory cost survey –Literature review of FERC and other documents to assess highest environmental study cost drivers. Submitted internal assessment to DOE staff, revising for public release in FY 12 Through a subcontract to Pacific Energy Ventures, updated the PEV MHK Knowledge Base ( to reflect recent changes in policy and regulation affecting the MHK industry.

8 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Results — Stakeholder Outreach Demonstrated Tethys and ERES to agency staff, industry members, members of environmental NGOs, and other stakeholders. Agency and stakeholder interactions have improved Tethys functionality—in particular collaboration with BOEMRE and NOAA has resulted in a Tethys/Multipurpose Marine Cadastre linkage to better support geospatial applications. Pacific Energy Ventures Strategic Outreach Assessment improved understanding of stakeholder information needs for MHK. This information is being used to adapt Tethys and AdvancedH2Opower.com to accommodate stakeholder preferences. Collaborated with Water Power team to plan and carry out 3 environmental webinars, each attended by more than 150 stakeholders. Webinars encouraged interaction between researchers working on similar topics and captured the current status of environmental research on MHK in the US and abroad.

9 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Accomplishments and Results — Stakeholder Outreach Identified ongoing CMSP activities on the US west coast where renewable energy siting and permitting is a primary driver. At the request of the Water Power Team, participated in these initiatives and provided input on DOE activities and research that could facilitate siting and permitting. Quarterly reports to DOE. Submitted an annual assessment of CMSP activities on the West Coast in year end report. Developed a catalog of existing data portals, tools, and datasets that could be used for siting and permitting ocean renewable technologies. Submitted the catalog to DOE in December, Identified opportunities for Tethys to add geospatial capabilities or other data that could be useful for encouraging efficient and effective siting and planning for ocean renewable technologies.

10 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Challenges to Date Challenges: Thematic Challenge: Evolving stakeholder interests, regulatory environment, and policy environment—state- by-state differences, national/regional differences, diversity of industry players. Resolution: Requires engagement and cultivation of relationships at the multiple levels where planning, regulatory, and information dissemination activities are taking place. Concrete Challenge: Slow release of funds under CR made it difficult to plan and execute subtasks, particularly CMSP subtask. Resolution: Conservative spend plan, accomplished objectives and met milestones, carryover in FY 12.

11 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Next Steps —Complete external regulatory assessment, industry review, present finding to Federal Ocean Renewable Energy Working Group. Assessment update in FY13 (if funds available). Carry out siilar assessment from agency perspective —Continue webinar series, carry out symposium/workshop involving researchers and agency staff that addresses the current status or MHK environmental research to encourage its application in project licensing activities —Continue to participate in CMSP activities and report to DOE, National Ocean Council regional planning activities getting underway in FY 12.

12 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Additional Slides The following slides are for information purposes only

13 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Guidelines for number of slides (Not a template slide – for information purposes only) Most presenters this year will be allotted between 10 and 20 minutes for the presentation with 5 to 10 minutes reserved for Q&A. Thus, shorter presentations should contain a maximum of 10 presented slides, with no more than 1 slide per minute for longer presentations. The bulk of your presentation/discussion should be devoted to the “Technical Approach,” “Accomplishments and Results,” and “Next Steps” sections, depending on how much work has been completed

14 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Preparation Instructions (Not a template slide – for information purposes only) Do not include any proprietary, copyrighted, or confidential information. Do not mark any slide with “Official Use Only” or any similar restriction used by your organization. Please name your electronic MS PowerPoint presentation file as follows (use the first 4 letters of your title): [Title_Organization_LastName.ppt]. Do not incorporate animation or special effects since all presentations will be saved as PDF files for presentation and for posting on the web. Animations critical to describing the project may be presented as separate files, however they must be approved by the Program and presented within your allotted time.

15 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Final Instructions (Not a template slide – for information purposes only) Your presentation, in MS PowerPoint format, is due to Ed Eugeni at by September 27 th. If your presentation is too large to , contact Ed Eugeni at for alternative delivery options. Reviewers will be receiving your presentation prior to the meeting. In order to supply adequate time for the reviewers to review your material prior to the meeting, you MUST submit your presentation by close of business on September 27th. Your project is subject to a score reduction penalty if you fail to meet this deadline.

16 | Wind and Water Power Programeere.energy.gov Questions? (Not a template slide – for information purposes only) Contact: –Hoyt Battey at –or Ed Eugeni at