Cordova Electric Cooperative A Case Study in Community

Cordova Electric Cooperative A Case Study in Community

Green Power Renewable Energy Marketing

Conference

November 16, 2011

EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL – 1989 CORDOVA = GROUND ZERO

CORDOVA, ALASKA

Cordova Clean Choice Program Save on your electric bill, eliminate

Cordova’s dependence on fossil fuels, and help Cordova become a

Green Power Community!

STERLING PLANET &

CEC PARTNERSHIP

•CERTIFIED POWER CREEK (SP)

•DEVELOPED CCGPP (SP & CEC)

•BUILT REVOLVING FUND (CEC)

•GREENED THE COMMUNITY

School is IN at Power Creek

Downstream of Power Creek Hydro Intake

POWER CREEK RUN OF RIVER PROJECT – GREEN-E CERTIFIED OFFSETS 1,000,000 GALLONS OF

DIESEL FUEL ANNUALLY – MINIMAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Cordova Electric’s “Clean Choice Green Power

Program”

Enrollment Form

All CEC members can now participate in Cordova Electric’s “Clean Choice Green Power Program” by enrolling with our Partners: Sterling Planet and the City of Cordova. Proceeds from Power Creek Green Power Sales are restricted for promoting energy efficiency, renewable and alternate energy sources, and energy conservation. Examples of projects are a Wind Study with NVE, our LED Street Light Conversion project, and Compact Fluorescent Bulb Coupons. Enrollment Forms are available here at the meeting.

NOVEMBER: CEC CLEAN CHOICE

CFL Program

CEC Efficiency Programs

• Helped Reduce Residential Use ___%

• Distributed Compact Fluorescent Bulbs

• Assisted NVE with Home Energy Audits

• Distributed Low Cost/No Cost Brochures

• Funded the Discovery Room for Energy

• Took Students to Rural Energy Conference

• Reduced CEC’s self-use of Electricity

Sodium to LED Street Light Conversion

Before (Sodium) After (LED) Photos Courtesy Allen Marquette & Sophia Meyers for her High

School Science Project “Dark Skies”

LED Installation

Mt Eccles Street Light Library Decorative Street Light

LED Lights on Main Street, Cordova Alaska Photo courtesy of Allen Marquette

Bulb Eater Purchased for Cordova with CEC

REC Revenues to Recycle FLs

Energy Conservation

Energy Education

Rebuilt Humpback Creek

Rebuilt Humpback Creek

Rebuilt Humpback Creek

FFFF: FUTURE FOSSIL FUEL FREEDOM