Annual Awards Night Presentation

Annual Awards Dinner

Friday, May 30, 2014

5:30 - 9:00 p.m. Fisherman’s Wharf Inn

Let’s Go Green Together!

Annual Awards Dinner Agenda

5:30-6:30 p.m. Cocktail Hour 6:15 p.m. Guests are seated 6:30 p.m. Welcome and Introduction 6:45 p.m. Appreciation Retiring Board, Past Staff, Volunteers 7:15 p.m. Dinner is served 7:30 p.m. Key Note Speaker: Grid Solar, Dr. Richard Silkman 7:45 p.m. Key Note Speaker: Green & Healthy Maine, Heather Chandler 8:00-8:45 p.m. Awards Presentation

8:55p.m. Thank You / Closing Remarks

Chamber Staff

Executive Director - Catherine Wygant Fossett

Events & Member Services Manager - Cherie Scott

Administrative Coordinator - Brooke Hubner

Visitor & Members Relations Coordinator - Michelle Davis

Volunteer & Visitor Relations Intern - Konstantina Rigas

Our Mission: To promote a positive business climate by focusing on advocacy, access and leadership.

Our Vision: To empower the region’s business community to collaboratively advance a proactive agenda for economic growth and prosperity.

2014 Board of Directors

James D. Chaousis II —President Dorothy Freeman—Vice President Boothbay Town Manager Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens Sue Wood—Treasurer Lorna Weber—Secretary Friend of the Chamber The First, N. A. Alan Baldwin Timothy O’Donnell Fisherman’s Wharf Inn / Lafayette Hotels O’Donnell, Lee, McCowan & Phillips LLC Steven Goold Peter Robison St. Andrews Village Central Distributors Meagan G. Hamblett Ralph C. Smith II Boothbay Region YMCA McSeagulls, Mine Oyster, The Boat House Bistro, and BBHRG Catering Michael Maxim Ben Teel Abacus Gallery, Boothbay Provisions & Concierge Inns at Greenleaf Lane Sarah B. Morley The Boothbay Register

Legislative & Policy Committee – LAP We need 30 members!

Services 35% = 10 members

Retail/Shopping 19% = 5 members

Lodging 14% = 4 members

Food and Dining 6% = 3 members

Non-profit 6% = 3 members

Activities 5% = 1 member

Friends of the Chamber 5% = 1 member

Boating/Marine Services 5% = 1 member

Worship 3% = 1 member

Municipal 3% = 1 member

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Volunteer Appreciation

Thank you to our retired Board Members:

Pamela Byrne Riley, President

Evelyn Andrews, Vice President & Secretary

Doug Roberts, Vice President & Public Policy Chair

Sheri Gordon, Membership Chair

Andy Hamblett, Finance Committee

Past Staff Appreciation

Rachel Tibbetts Rimar Reed


2014 Volunteers of the Year

Kris Ward & Guy Peaslee

• Windjammer Days Committee • Claw Down • Annual Awards Dinner • Harbor Lights


2014 Chamber Service Award For their dedicated service to the Harbor Lights Festival • Dave “Bucket” Thomson • Albert Greenleaf • Kim Upham


7:15 p.m. Dinner is served 7:30 p.m. Key Note Speaker: Grid Solar, Dr. Richard Silkman 7:45 p.m. Key Note Speaker: Green & Healthy Maine, Heather Chandler 8:00-8:45 p.m. Awards Presentation


Enjoy your Dinner!

Let’s Go Green Together!

Before we introduce our Keynote Speakers…

A little background…

GridSolar Project – Efficiency Maine Trust

Boothbay Non-Transmission Alternative Pilot Program Lighting Participants:

• More than 80 local businesses participated in this lighting program.

• The Chamber replaced 54 light bulbs.

• The Chamber alone saved over 82% from changing the existing lighting over to LEDs, estimated to be a savings of 2,481 kWh/yr.

(At $0.14/kWh = $347/year savings)

• For the whole program, it is the equivalent of replacing approximately 6,100 standard incandescent bulbs.

• We saved enough energy to power 136 average homes in Maine.

• We still have programs you can participate in if you act before June 30th!


Admiral's Quarters Boothbay Railway Village Allen David Gallery Boothbay Region Greenhouse Anderson Studio Brown Wharf Andrew's Harborside Restaurant Calypso, Inc. Beach Cove Hotel Casual Interiors Boothbay Boat Yard China by the Sea Boothbay Craft Brewery & Watershed Tavern Chowder House, Inc. Boothbay Harbor Artisans Christmas Magic Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce Coastal Popcorn Co Boothbay Harbor Framers Coastal Shipping

CocoVivo Goobies Cottage Connection of Maine Greenleaf Inn Downeast Candies Gretchen's Closet Downeast Gallery Grovers Hardware East Boothbay General Store Hammond Lumber ETC Harbor Imports Flagship Inn Harborfields, Inc. Gimbel's of Maine, Inc. Country Store Hawkes Motors Gleason Fine Art Head of the Harbor Gold/Smith Gallery House of Logan


John Seitzer Naut Grays clam and Lobster Kaler's Crab & Lobster Ocean Gate Inn Lafayette Fishermen's LLC Ocean Point Woodturning Five Gables Inn Peter Gilchrist Maine State Aquarium Phil "The Baker" McLellan Mama D's Phil Koskala Massage Therapy Pier One Pizza McSeagull's Red Cup Coffee Shop - WPJ, Inc. Mr. C's Food & Storage Robinson's Wharf N.A. Reny Rocktide Inn


Sadie Green's Curiosity Shop The Ritz Sailmakers, Inc. The Welch House Inn Sal-Dana Boothbay Inc. (Abacus) The World is Mine Oyster Satori Studio Topside Inn Shades of Maine Tug Boat Inn Silver Lining, A Two Salty Dogs Slick's Boutique Villa, The Studio 53 Village Store The Cannery Villards Studios


GridSolar Project : Ice Bears Business Name Coastal Car Wash – 2 Bears Spruce Point Inn – 7 Bears Dept of Marine Resources (DMR) – 3 Bears BBHR Chamber of Commerce – 1 Bears T&D Variety Store (Sunoco) – 2 Bears Meadow Mall – 7 Bears Bigelow Labs – 2 Bears Boothbay Town Hall – 1 Bears PHASE II Tugboat Inn - 1 Bear Boothbay Harbor Inn – 1 Bear Boothbay Playhouse – 1 Bear Boothbay Animal Hospital – 2 Bears Biovation – 2 Bears

$12,000 per Ice Bear x 32 = $384,000 + in value Total: 32 Portland Press Herald Article 5/26/2014

Potential Solar Locations (approval pending)

YMCA Private Homes

Approved/Built Solar Project Locations: Brown's Wharf Inn Flagship Inn

Private Homes Joy to the Wind Logan House Boothbay Harbor Inn Tugboat Inn

Boothbay Region Refuse Disposal District Recycling & Storage

Fire Station I Fire Station II Town Garage

GridSolar Project : Solar Locations

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Richard Silkman

Founder & Co-Managing Partner GridSolar, LLC

GridSolar, LLC

The GridSolar Pilot Project for the Boothbay Region

Boothbay Harbor Regional Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner

May 30, 2014

The Problem

Electric Grid Reliability

ME Turnpike Analogy

Peak Load Problem

“Shock and Sag”

Solution – either Manage Load in the Region or Build more Transmission to bring power from away

Shock and Sag

When a Reliability Event Occurs, the electric grid has two responses:

“SHOCK” – frequency and voltage responds immediately, which can cause power failure.

“SAG” – power flows on specific lines and circuits exceeds carrying capacity causing them to overheat and sag. If sag exceeds clearance, they will short causing power failure.

Boothbay Pilot

Radial nature of electric service and local distribution circuits on the Boothbay peninsula defines the electrical region for the Pilot Project

Boothbay Pilot

Hybrid Solution

CMP – Voltage Support investments to address instantaneous response issues – “SHOCK”

NTA Options – Manage thermal conditions on conductor feed into the region – “SAG”

Benefit – Avoid $18 million upgrade to CMP Sub-Transmission Line serving the region.

Process

Key Terms of Pilot

Term – 3 Years

Need – up to 2 MW of NTA Resources

NTA Types – 250 kW from various categories

PUC approves all contracts for NTA Resources

NTA Resources RFP I RFP II Totals Pct.

Solar (kW) 168.8 106.8 275.6 15%

Conservation (kW) 237.0 111.3 348.3 19%

Demand Response (kW) 0.0 250.0 250.0 13%

BUGS (kW) 500.0 0.0 500.0 27%

Battery (kW) 0.0 500.0 500.0 27%

Totals (kW) 905.8 968.0 1,873.8 100%

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NTA Resources By Category

Solar

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Demand Response

BUGS

Battery

Comparative Costs

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GridSolar

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Note: The costs of the Hybrid components have been removed from both the CMP Transmission Solution and the GridSolar Solution.

Boothbay Project is a Step

Toward a Smart Electric Grid

GridSolar, LLC

Contact Information

www.gridsolar.com

(207) 772-6190

http://www.gridsolar.com/

Keynote Speaker: Heather Chandler

Owner & Publisher The SunriseGuide, LLC & Green & Healthy Maine

An Opportunity for Maine and the Boothbay Region

A Large and growing market

41% of U.S. VERY interested in health & sustainability

Active stewards of environment

Dedicated to personal & planetary health

Use many healthy & natural consumer products

Highly attracted to mind/body/spirit philosophies

The H&S Consumer is:

60% female

Highly educated

Above average income

Very influential over the buying decisions

of family & friends

Maine Office of Tourism Strategic Plan

“Maine fosters a special connection with just about everyone fortunate enough to experience its pristine waters, unspoiled coastline, abundant wildlife, wide-open vistas and majestic mountains.…Maine’s tourism cachet often reflects its residents…who not only feel this sense of place, but embody its spirit born of earth, air and sea…”

Travelers want to be green 79 % of travelers place importance on properties implementing eco-friendly practices -2013 TripAdvisor “TripBarometer” study

So what does this potential market share look like in Maine?

2013 36 million visitors

2014 36.9 million (predicted)

29 Million Maine visitors will be prioritizing properties that implement eco-friendly practices.

Seeking businesses and experiences that fit

their values of health and sustainability

They often find it difficult to find these resources when they travel

We can make it easy for them. Environmental certifications – pursue them and be sure you post/share them where visitors can find them

Trip Advisor –GreenLeaders™ Program

Maine Environmental Leader Program

Green America (was Coop America) trade association of green businesses

Continue to enhance sustainability initiatives as a region

Green home/business tours – “learning vacations”

Expand electric vehicle (EV) charging stations

Develop EV itineraries

Promote car free travel through new trolley link

Farm to table dining experiences

Wellness vacations

Thank you!

Heather Chandler The SunriseGuide, LLC www.thesunriseguide.com 207-221-3450


8:00-8:45 p.m. Awards Presentation


Biovation Hodgdon Yacht Two Salty Dogs

Business Improvement Award

Fleet Davies Friends of Windjammer Days

St. Andrews Auxiliary Thrift Shop

Community Service Award

Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library

Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Marketing Cents 4u

Community Improvement Award

Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences

Flagship Inn & Suites Tugboat Inn

Green Award

Thank you to our Sponsors!


The First, NA Boothbay Harbor Inn Les Fossel Restoration Resources Boothbay Provisions & Concierge - BPC Friends of Windjammer Days Boothbay Register Maine Insurance Benefits Group Brown’s Wharf The Bank of Maine Burgess Computer Boothbay Cottages Eventide Specialties

Farview Appraisal Hammond Lumber Company First Federal Savings Harbour Towne Inn on the Waterfront Flagship Inn & Suites Harold W. Bishop Insurance Agency Giles Rubbish Heliotropic Technologies Good ‘N You Fuel and Service The Inns at Greenleaf Lane Griffin Law & Schooner Title Keller Williams – Maude Wright


Knickerbocker Group Slick’s Boutique MidCoast Clock Music Box Company Studio 53 Midcoast Payroll & Accouting, Inc. Tindal & Callahan Real Estate Pottle Realty Group Tidal Transit Kayak Company Rocktide Inn & Restaurant Topside Inn Servpro Tugboat Inn

Thank you to our Members!

See you next week at Business After Hours

Wednesday, June 4th Newagen Seaside Inn

Good Night!

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Annual Awards Night Presentation