1. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY West Virginia’s Renewable Energy Opportunities

2. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY Energy and West Virginia’s Strategic Plan CHARLESTON, W.Va. (10/09/2009) – Gov. Joe Manchin today announced West Virginia is taking the next step toward more responsible government by operating more efficiently and transparently to deliver better services while saving money. The project is part of a strategic plan and the governor’s vision for West Virginia in 2012, called “West Virginia Responsible Government.” It identifies quality of life, economic, and government improvements in a statewide, strategic plan that requires all state agencies and employees….. The “Responsible Government” plan focuses on establishing new statewide planning and budgeting systems that includes the following objectives: o Strengthen West Virginia’s education system; o Increase West Virginians’ access to quality and efficient health care; o Increase accountability of state government agencies to achieve better, measurable results; o Expand West Virginia’s economy; o Diversify West Virginia’s energy portfolio while expanding energy exports; o Modernize and maintain the safety of West Virginia’s infrastructure; o And Make West Virginia safer

3. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY Wind: 1,011mw Hydro: 391 mw* *Licensed+unbuilt+underway+outside FERC 8% West Virginia is a renewable energy state MW

4. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY WV PlantFuel typesNameplate London L&DWater13.2 Marmet L&DWater14.4 Winfield L&DWater14.7 Summersville LakeWater80 AlbrightBit, Wd140 Lake LynnWater51.2 Willow IslandBit, TDF, Wd163 Mountaineer WindWind66 NedpowerWind264 AP HydroWater6 Grant TownW. Coal96 New MartinsvilleWater34 Morgantown Energy AssociatesW. Coal, Bit69 North BranchW. Coal80 TOTAL1091.5 mw West Virginia has nearly 1,100 mw in renewable energy generation certified in the PJM Grid for states with RPS programs

5. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY Operational wind projects (330 MW) Shell Wind Energy/Dominion/Nedpower (Mount Storm) 264 MW Florida Power and Light (WV Wind Energy Center) 66 MW Permitted wind projects (626 MW): Invenergy (Beech Ridge) 186 MW US Wind Force (Mt. Storm) 150 MW AES Corp. (Laurel Mountain) 125 MW AES (New Creek) 165 MW Project before the WVPSC US Wind Force (Pinnacle) 55 MW Wind project development in West Virginia, 2009

6. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY Hydroelectric energy 264 MW of hydroelectric power operating London/Marmet, Kanawha River Winfield, Kanawha River Millville, Shenandoah River Lake Lynn, Monongahela River Hawks Nest & Glen Ferris, New River Dam No. 4 Hydro Station, Potomac River Dam No. 5 Hydro Station, Potomac River Racine L & D, Ohio River New Martinsville, Ohio River Belleville, Ohio River Summersville, Gauley River FERC has preliminarily licensed 127 MW more

7. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY Renewable portfolio standards State renewable portfolio standard State renewable portfolio goal www.dsireusa.orgwww.dsireusa.org / September 2009 Solar water heating eligible * † Extra credit for solar or customer-sited renewables Includes non-renewable alternative resources WA: 15% by 2020* CA: 20% by 2010 ☼ NV : 25% by 2025* ☼ AZ: 15% by 2025 ☼ NM: 20% by 2020 (IOUs) 10% by 2020 (co-ops) HI: 40% by 2030 ☼ Minimum solar or customer-sited requirement TX: 5,880 MW by 2015 UT: 20% by 2025* ☼ CO: 20% by 2020 (IOUs) 10% by 2020 (co-ops & large munis)* MT: 15% by 2015 ND: 10% by 2015 SD: 10% by 2015 IA: 105 MW MN: 25% by 2025 (Xcel: 30% by 2020) ☼ MO: 15 % by 2021 WI : Varies by utility; 10% by 2015 goal MI: 10% + 1,100 MW by 2015* ☼ OH : 25% by 2025 † ME: 30% by 2000 New RE: 10% by 2017 ☼ NH: 23.8% by 2025 ☼ MA: 15% by 2020 + 1% annual increase (Class I Renewables) RI: 16% by 2020 CT: 23% by 2020 ☼ NY: 24% by 2013 ☼ NJ: 22.5% by 2021 ☼ PA: 18% by 2020 † ☼ MD: 20% by 2022 ☼ DE: 20% by 2019* ☼ DC: 20% by 2020 VA: 15% by 2025* ☼ NC : 12.5% by 2021 (IOUs) 10% by 2018 (co-ops & munis) VT: (1) RE meets any increase in retail sales by 2012; (2) 20% RE & CHP by 2017 29 states & DC have an RPS 6 states have goals KS: 20% by 2020 ☼ OR : 25% by 2025 (large utilities )* 5% - 10% by 2025 (smaller utilities) ☼ IL: 25% by 2025 WV: 25% by 2025* †

8. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY A electric utility shall own credits equal to the electricity sold to retail customers in the state Mandated percentages are: 10% by 2015 15% by 2020 25% by 2025 West Virginia Alternative and Renewable Energy Portfolio Act goals

9. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY Renewable energy: Solar photovoltaic or other solar energy Solar thermal energy Wind power Run of river hydropower Geothermal energy Biomass energy – defined as a nonhazardous organic material available on a renewable/reoccurring basis Biologically derived fuel including methane gas, ethanol or biodiesel fuel Fuel cell technology Any resources, methods, and technologies certified as a renewable energy resource by the WV PSC Energy conservation can receive credits W.Va. ARPS definitions

10. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY Alternative energy: Advanced coal technology Coal bed methane Natural gas (no more than 10 percent) Goal gasification or liquefaction Synthetic gas IGCC technologies Waste coal Tire-derived fuel Pumped storage hydroelectric projects Recycled energy Any resources, methods and technologies certified as an alternative energy resource by the WV PSC W.Va. ARPS definitions

11. WEST VIRGINIA DIVISION OF ENERGY West Virginia’s Renewable Energy Opportunities