Colorado Clean Energy Cluster

Overview

March 2012

Live, Work and Play Here

Fort Collins at a Glance

• Size: 55.58 miles

• Population: 145,000

• Housing units: 60,503

• Median age: 29.4 years

• College and advanced degrees: 48.2%

• Median family income: $74,596

• Average annual population growth rate: 1.9%

Fort Collins

Electric Utility

• 65,000 homes and

businesses

• Underground system

• 6 Substations

• 63 Distribution Feeders

• 43st largest Municipal

Utility in the Country out

of 2000

One of the most ambitious projects of its kind under development in the nation is FortZED, a three-way initiative of the Colorado Clean Energy Cluster (CCEC), Fort Collins Utilities (FCU), and UniverCity Connections.

FortZED will be realized through a systems approach with a broad portfolio of smart grid technologies, renewable energy sources and supporting public policies.

• The infrastructure to enable FortZED

• To balance and optimize resources

• End-use building energy conservation and efficiency, including behavioral practices

• Local generation from solar, wind, waste-to-energy, biomass, etc.

Renewable Energy

Conservation & Efficiency

Implement a Smart Grid

System Load Management

IMPLEMENTING FORTZED 2010 & 2011 Accomplishments

Accomplishments to Date

• DOE’s Renewable and Distributed Systems Integration Project - $12M

• State of CO Energy Efficiency Program - $4M

• DOE Smart Grid Implementation - $36M

• Community Energy Challenge – 197 MWh

• Green Restaurant Initiative

RDSI Partner Project Sites

Project Total

- 4,010 kW Generation

- 760 kW Load Shed

Benefits of RDSI Project

• Major Smart Grid infrastructure project

• Showcases the capabilities of the region’s top clean tech companies

Modernizing the Electric and Water Infrastructure.

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Reducing Local Greenhouse Gas Emissions

• Fort Collins is a national leader in reducing local greenhouse (GHG) emissions.

• City Council policies support GHG reduction goals.

• 2008 Climate Action Plan

• 2009 Energy Policy

• Policy helps advance economic and environmental sustainability.

City Goals

Energy Policy

• 1.5% energy savings

• reduce system peak by 5% by 2015, 10% by 2020

• provide highly reliable electric service

• develop renewable resources to meet the Colorado Renewable Energy Standard

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Communication Network

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New Customer Choices Consumers – know what your usage is before you get your bill.

Rate options:

• Recharge your electric vehicle when it is least expensive.

• Sell your solar energy to the grid when it is more valuable.

• Smart Home – emerging smart appliances may help to save you money.

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Next Steps

• Feed-in-Tariff 10+MWh annually

• Thermal Storage (Ice Energy)

• EV charging & vehicle purchase

• CSU Smart Grid Lab expansion

Looking for New Projects & Partners for FortZED