Sarah Cottrel l Propst

Executive Director

ReEnergize the Americas 2012

October 18, 2012

Interwest Energy Alliance

About Interwest

We bring together the nation’s leading renewable energy companies + the West’s advocacy community

501(c)(6) trade association

Six-state focus

Arizona

Colorado

Nevada

New Mexico

Utah

Wyoming

Board of Directors

RES Americas Community Energy, Inc. American Wind Energy Association GE Energy Vestas NextEra Invenergy LLC Vote Solar Initiative Iberdrola Renewables Western Resource Advocates EDF Renewable Energy Sierra Club BP Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies Utah Clean Energy

Scope of Work

Expanding markets for renewables through:

Regulatory Filings at Utility Commissions Integrated Resource Plans + Technical Testimony

RPS Dockets, etc.

Legislative Offense + Defense

Public Policy State Energy Offices

Collaborative work with industry & environmental community

Research Supply chain research (Energy Foundation grant)

Project tracking

U.S. Wind Energy Generation

August 8, 2012: U.S. Installed Wind Capacity Reaches 50 GW

Pattern Energy’s Spring Valley wind project in Nevada, dedicated Aug. 8, 2012

Utility‐Scale Solar Projects in the U.S.Operating, Under Construction, or Under Development

Updated October 1, 2012 by SEIA

Technology Operating Under

Construction

Under

Development

Total

CSP 549 1,259 4,824 6,632

PV 1,693 3,314 19,803 24,810

Total 2,242 4,573 24,627 31,442

Utility‐Scale Project Capacity by Technology and Completion Status (MW)

Courtesy: Vote Solar Initiative; Source: DOE/EERE 2010 Data Book and 2011 SEIA/GTM Market Insight Report

National/Regional Issues Affecting the SW

Federal PTC for wind expires 2012 Already affecting U.S. manufacturing sector and future

development

State policies are being met RPS’s filling up, e.g., CO is exceeding its RES

Modest procurement expected in NM, AZ, CO

Legislative challenges

California market In-state preference

Transmission constraints

Transmission

Looking Ahead

Legislative and regulatory opportunities to expand renewable energy deployment RPS efforts in CO, NV, ?

IRP processes

PNM – 2013

APS – ongoing

PSCo

PacifiCorp

Creative efforts, e.g., Utah SB 12

Addressing barriers, e.g., NV short-term REC contracts

Coal plant retirements, replacement power

Transmission/EIM

National policy

Thank You

Interwest Energy Alliance

Sarah Cottrell Propst

propst@interwest.org

505-660-4229