Reliability Competitive Rates Exceptional Service
US Electric Generation Coal50% Nuclear20% Natural Gas19% Hydro 8% Renewables 2.5% Wind.5%
“I’d put my money on solar energy…I hope we don’t have to wait ‘til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”
Thomas Edison
Solar Power
Natural Gas Rate Forecast Natural gas prices are volatile Being used to produce new power Will be more dependent on imports
Electric Rate Forecast Flat through 2011 BPA Tier 1 BPA Tier 2 to meet load growth Will grow at about 2 MW per year
BTU Heating Comparison
January KWh Sales
National Rate Comparison Lower Valley 4.8 National Average 10.3 Wyoming 7.5
Natural Gas Pipeline Reliability Cost Savings 50 miles Start this June $20 million budget
Caribou Transmission Line Reliability Growth $14 million budget BPA $9.3 million LVE $4.7 million
Swift Creek Partnership with Afton 8 million KWH green power $5.6 million budget Upper dam 2008 Lower and culinary 2009
Automatic Meter Reading 10,000 meters installed Read from office Smart grid – water and space heat