Distributed Generation at PSE Heather Mulligan, Manager Green Power Program NWEC Annual Meeting, Boise ID May 31, 2013
Overview PSE Headquarters - Bellevue, Washington Service Area - 6,000+ square miles in 11 Counties Electric - Customers 1.05 million Natural gas - Customers 725,000
3 Local Energy Development * * Dairy Digesters Landfill Gas Waste Water Micro Hydro Small Wind Public & Community Solar >20 kW * Gas to Pipeline
4 Green Power Program Connecting Farmers to 35,000 Customers Farm Power – Rexville, WA Qualco Energy – Monroe, WA Tails-A-Wagging – Bellingham, WA AlpineX – Olympia, WA
Local Resources PSE & Customers- supporting local Dairies VanderHaak Dairy – Lynden Werkhoven Farm – Monroe Beaver Marsh Farms – Skagit Harmony Dairy - Skagit MJD Farms – Lynden Ritter Dairy - Enumclaw Edaleen Dairy – Whatcom Van Dyk S. Holsteins - Lynden
6 6 Net Metering Growth
Looking Forward 7 New Green Electricity Product Fixed 15-year price subscription for electricity component Partial hedge Connection to specific local resource such as landfill project or anaerobic composter