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Kauai County Goals & HCEI KIUC Collaboration Street Light Retrofits Electric Vehicles/Fleet Efficiency Energy/Utility Data Kekaha Landfill Gas Utilization

Kauai County & HCEI December 5 2013

HCEI December 6 2013 County of Kauai Update 1

But how will we do it? 1. Reduce fleet fossil use use by 50% 2. Reduce Electricity Consumption by 30% 3. Collaborate with KIUC to transform our energy use and production:

• When we use electricity • How we use electricity • When we make electricity • How we make electricity

“County of Kauai will achieve an 80% emissions reduction in County Operations by 2023”

Mayor Bernard Carvalho Aug 15 2013

Our Goals Align!


County - KIUC Collaboration Executed Aug 15 2013

WHEREAS, because KIUC and the County share similar goals in reducing the use of fossil fuels, reducing carbon based emissions, and lowering the overall cost of energy for the citizens of Kauai, an opportunity exists for the parties hereto to explore alternative rate structures, collaborate on transactions, and share technical and engineering resources in order to maximize benefits for the shared constituencies of both parties.


1.Community Energy Planning 2.County Streetlight LED Retrofit 3.Fast Demand Response Pilot 4.Shared PV & Battery Storage Installation at Kauai Police Dept./Civil Defense 5. Waimea Wastewater PV/TOU Rate Pilot 6.Water Dept. PV/TOU Pilot 7.Electric Vehicle Market Development 8.Energy Savings Performance Contracts 9. Partnership at Kekaha Landfill for optimal development of landfill methane 10.Shared Gas Storage at Kapaia 11.Integration of County gen sets for KIUC Emergency Dispatch

Possible projects

http://www.modot.org/interstate/AlbumPhotos.htm

Looks simple, right?


LED Street Light Retrofit

LED Street Light Retrofit Benefits: • Reduced energy consumption

Reduced maintenance • Reduced burn time/dimming • Better illumination and control Challenges: • Getting the standards right • Getting the RFP right • Getting the price right • Getting the tariff right …or close enough

Current cost of County Street Lights to Island residents

$1m/year


Possible CapX: • Fixtures at $200-$400 ea. • Controls at $100-$300 ea. • Install costs? • At $500/fixture = 2800 x $500 = $1.4m • At $700/fixture = $1.96m • At $900/fixture = $2.52m

Possible Annual Savings: • Reduce kWh 50% = ($390k) • Reduce maint. = ($150k)

Electric Vehicles & Fleet Efficiency Moving forward with EV’s • Using LEAF’s in ‘Green Motor Pool’ Pilot • Working with KIUC on charging network • Support an ‘EV charging rate’ from KIUC

Planning an expanded motor pool: • Reduce # of vehicles in fleet • Increase usage of each vehicle • Increase average vehicle efficiency • Specific targets & details TBD

Electric Vehicles are an important long term piece of a much bigger effort to transform the transportation sector. They are also important to provide load growth for our utility cooperative.


• EV Rental Mandate – Should we consider a rental car policy that requires employees of State and County to rent EV’s when they are available ? (provides a backstop for rental car companies to promote EV adoption in rental fleets) – Reduces fuel costs – Possibly reduces parking costs (short term only) – Increases EV adoption – Assures early market for vehicles – Exposes potential EV buyers to product


One little idea to advocate for

Energy & Utility Data • Electric utility data fully

uploaded summer of ’13

• Data is in monthly intervals lags by 2 months + (billing data)

• Energy use ‘creeps’ up every year without intervention

• Departmental energy planning in early stages

• Important to provide tools to allow broader engagement at Department level

• Planning for continuous improvement in tools and data quality

• Implementing this (imperfect) system was important 1st step


Energy & Utility Data – What’s Next?


What we have: 1. A lot of methane (more than 2x what

we currently use in our fleet) 2. A lot of trucks and busses 3. A large annual vehicle fuel bill 4. An expectation that our fleet fuel

demand will grown significantly

What we need: 1. A backup supply of gas! 2. More trucks and busses using CNG now 3. A CNG fueling station

Kekaha Landfill Gas Utilization

Is renewable gas in heavy vehicles an important part of our HCEI transportation goals?


Build it and they will come



Here we go!


State & County car

Uh-oh – wrong way


That’s better!

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Thanks for the help

KIUC!

HCEI December 6 2013 County of Kauai Update

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We can do it!


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Perfect timing!

Here comes DBEDT!



Mahalo!

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