Beceiro clean energy overview

Pecan Street Project Inc.

Jose BeceiroDirector of Clean Energy

Austin Chamber of Commerce

Prepared Especially for

Planning the Smart Grid for Sustainable Communities

June 15, 2010

The Clean Energy Capital of the World

Austin, TX

What is Cleantech? Generation

Wind Solar Biofuels / Bioenergy Geothermal Tidal

Energy Efficiency Solid state lighting (LED’s) Green building – smart

windows, insulation, HVAC Low energy computation

Transportation EV’s, PHEV’s

Energy Storage Batteries / Ultracapacitors Fly wheels Compressed air Thermal

Energy Infrastructure Building automation Smart metering Carbon trading Smart Grid

Environmental Applications Water / Wastewater Air Recycling / Remediation

Advanced Materials• Nano Solar• Carbon composites

Green Retail Consumer Goods Green Financial Services

Austin’s Clean Energy Industry

Accuwater Actacell Active Power Applied Materials Austin Energy Cirrus Logic CleanFUEL USA EEStor E.ON ERCOT Fallbrook Technologies FTL Solar Green Mountain Energy

HelioVolt Illumitex Joule Meridian Solar Nuventix RES Americas Site Controls Skyonic TECO-Westinghouse Valence Technology Venti Energy Viryd Technologies Xtreme Power

Austin Chamber

Clean Energy Council Clean Energy Venture Summit CleanTX Forum Solar Energy Entrepreneurs Network (SEEN) Clean Energy company recruitment, relocation,

expansion efforts Clean Energy policy lobbying efforts Clean Energy strategy alignment with CEI, AE, UT

Austin, City of Austin, and State of Texas Pecan Street Project founding member

Austin Energy

9th largest municipally-owned electric utility in the nation with more than 390,000 customers and $1.3B in annual revenue for the city

Top “green” utility in the nation for its GreenChoice program (NREL ranking – 7 consecutive years)

Green Building Program – started in 1991 Energy conservation programs have offset 700MW

of power since 1982 Plug-in Partners National Campaign Clean Technology Beta Test Program – partnership

with CEI Solar Rebate Program - $2.50/watt ($3.13/watt) Austin Climate Protection Plan (Mayor Will Wynn)

Austin Energy

Clean Energy Incubator

CEI is credited with making Austin the top city in cleantech incubation (SustainLane Government ranking – 2006)

CEI, started in 2001 through NREL, is a division of ATI (UT Austin – IC2 Institute)

CEI offers an environment dedicated to helping clean energy companies succeed

CEI assists startups with attracting funding, beta testing technologies, assembling management teams, and executing business plans

CEI focuses on clean technologies that minimize natural resource depletion, maximize renewable resources, further U.S. energy independence, and curb global climate change

Recent VC Activity

HelioVolt: $130 million Nuventix: $32.5 million Joule: $30 million Fallbrook: $25 million Microstaq: $22.5 million SolarBridge: $16.5 million Actacell: $5.8 million Illumitex: $5.25 million

Recent Announcements

HelioVolt: 12/21/07 $80M Investment 125K sf 150 jobs Ribbon-cutting ceremony on 10/24/08

Pecan Street Project: 12/3/08• Smart grid technology consortium to design electric grid of the

future

Gemini Solar 30MW Solar Farm: 3/12/09• Largest solar pv farm in the nation• JV between Suntech and MMA Renewable Ventures

SolarBridge Technologies: 4/26/10• SolarBridge Technologies Secures $15 Million in Series B Funding --

Rho Ventures Leads Round and Joins Board of Directors • Awarded $1.5 from ETF

Joule Unlimited: 4/27/10• Joule Closes $30 Million Funding Round

Pecan Street Project Phase 1: January 2009 – August 2009

13 Action Teams / 130 volunteers– technology, business model, Eco Dev, policy

Final recommendations report – www.pecanstreetproject.org

Phase 2: August 2009 - Present Pecan Street Project, Inc. formed on August 10, 2009 A Texas non-profit organization Federal Stimulus:

FOA 36 - $10.4 million application filed on 8/26/09 FOA 36 - $10.4 million grant awarded on 11/24/09 for smart

grid demonstration project at Mueller Development Executive Director: Brewster McCracken hired on 1/1/10 Board Members

City of Austin: Council Member Randi Shade Austin Energy: Roger Duncan (President) Austin Chamber of Commerce: Jose Beceiro (Treasurer) Environmental Defense Fund: Jim Marston UT Austin Engineering: Tom Edgar (Secretary) UT Austin Technology Incubator: Isaac Barchas

Founding Partners • launched initial strategic effort

• led facilitation and drafting of recommendations

• solicited corporate participation

• created incorporated non-profit and maintain board representation

Corporate Partners • local and national technology and energy market leaders

• devoted employee time and expertise

• “official” participation completed with release of recommendations

• future participation opportunities are being developed

• National reputation for scientific, economic approach to environmental improvements

• Track record of positive engagements with major corporations

• Experienced leadership on national energy issues

• Significant local knowledge of Austin and Texas energy industry and policy

• Recruited corporate participants

• Facilitated meetings and executed project timeline

• Provided technical analysis and research support

• Developed environmental goals and metrics

• Provided national credibility

Internal Workgroups

Uniqueness

• rationale and history• goals and guiding

principles• evolution of utility

business model• Austin Energy reccs• water system reccs• policy reccs• economic dev’t reccs• urgency of purpose

Report of Recommendations

• 711 acre mixed use

• 3 miles from Texas Capitol

• all new green-built buildings

• world’s first LEED platinum hospital

• reclaimed water system

Austin’s Mueller Community

• native landscaping

• includes 25% affordable housing

• Mueller Megawatt program

• experience with rooftop solar leasing

energy storage

dynamic pricing

smart appliances

green building

distributed solar

smart grid water

demand response

electric vehicles

built on Austin’s advanced smart grid platform

Smart Grid Demonstration at Mueller

Utility Side Innovation • solar on 4 commercial rooftops

• utility-scale storage in 4 locations

• advanced software to manage grid

• dynamic pricing

• new business model


Customer Side Innovation


• 1,000 home area networks

• green building and efficiency

• solar on residential rooftops

• smart grid water and sprinklers

• smart appliances and interface

Electric Car Integration • homes

• commercial garages

• charging and networked storage

Business Model &Technology Commercialization

• test different pricing structures and revenue models

• test technology integration

• net metering with decoupled pricing

• on-grid testing opportunities for private companies

Demonstration House

• home area network• green building and

efficiency• rooftop solar• smart grid water and

sprinklers• smart appliances and

interface• real data and public

outreach tool

• focus on replication

• managing the water and integration efforts

• “enforcing” environmental metrics

• local and national thought leadership and promotion

• injecting “lessons learned” into local, regional and national standards and regulations


Jose Beceiro | Director of Clean Energy, Economic Development ...............................................................................

512.322.5611 | [email protected]

Austin Chamber of Commerce

210 Barton Springs Road, Suite 400Austin, Texas 78704Fax 512.478.9615

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