NACo Powering County Resilience Renewable Energy Solutions Forum March 21, 2014 WASHCO-MD.NET

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1 NACo Powering County Resilience Renewable Energy Solutions Forum March 21, 2014 WASHCO-MD.NET

2 Location Just 90 miles west of Baltimore and Washington, DC metro area Washington Co., Md.; Population: 149,180 County Seat: Hagerstown, Md.; Population: 40,638 County Government Size: 1,000 Employees Division of Environmental Management: 105 Employees

3 Why Public Private Partnership Makes Sense Economic Development opportunities Use of existing assets Reduction of general fund requirements

4 The Path to the Future Expressing public interest Research Open-door policy for potential projects Local vendor meetings

5 The Research Technically sound companies Little capital investment Environmental benefits Determining risk level

6 Results

7 EPG Solar Project Washington County has partnered with EPG Solar to lease up to 130 acres at the Forty West & Resh Road landfills. Financial Benefit County will receive over $375,000 a year in rent and revenue Estimated $100,000 in energy savings Economic Development Impact Local employment for construction and maintenance of site Completion of Phase I of the solar installation is slated for We ll be generating all the power we use with renewable energy and that makes us a national pioneer of green initiatives in the public sector. --Gregory B. Murray Washington County, Md. Administrator

8 EPG Solar Project Examples of Washington County Site Locations. Resh Road Location

9 Results: Green Kinetics Gateway, LLC - True Public/Private Partnership with revenue sharing between parties Synthesis Gas Upgrading - Positions the County as an international leader in wasteto-renewable energy initiatives Transportation Fuel

10 Green Kinetics Gateway Process - Phase I: Construction of facility to convert waste to fuel - Phase II: Construction of fullscale gasification plant

11 Green Kinetics Gateway Benefits - County positioned ahead of the curve to comply with forthcoming regulations - County will serve as international benchmark in environmentally responsible waste management - Completion of both phases will create 40 to 70 new jobs - Waste-to-Renewable energy process will reduce waste in landfill by 95%

12 Things to Consider Risk level Bond issuance Contract protection Citizen and business education State regulatory agency conversations

13 Contact Info Follow Us Gregory B. Murray, County Administrator Washington County, MD Julie A. Pippel, Director, Washington County, MD Division of Environmental Management Robert Babcock; EPG Solar, LLC 5425 Wisconsin Avenue Chevy Chase, MD Kevin Whited; Green Kinetics Gateway, LLC Business Parkway 2nd Fl., Hagerstown, MD

14 Alternative Energy Renewable Energy and Water Solutions Clark Wiedetz Director Siemens Infrastructure and Cities Building Technologies Division

15 Alternative & Renewable Energy Solutions Water Meters Wastewater Treatment Solar Wind Biomass Waste to Energy Cogeneration Compressed Natural Gas Restricted Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page Siemens

16 Public Private Opportunity Program approach 3-5 year plan Financial Tax credits, grants, PPAs New technologies or solutions Restricted Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page Siemens

17 Merced County, CA Solar Project Restricted Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page Siemens

18 Merced County Solar Project 1.4MW solar field with power going to adjacent buildings Had money available for capital improvement projects $320K/ year in energy spend not going to utility System exceeding production estimates by 5% i. Service and M&V program is a key component Restricted Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page Siemens

19 Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvement Program Rensselaer County, New York Waste Water Treatment District Existing Problems Solution No anaerobic digester capacity to meet anticipated growth in the County and diverted flow from the East Greenbush treatment plant. Landfill for pressed sludge at capacity and a need to reduce the volume of processed sludge material to absolute minimum to reduce or eliminate disposal costs Odor control and other antiquated controls system Rapidly increasing Additional Factors electric rates County under great pressure to reduce processed sludge volume quickly as the off site disposal costs are extremely expensive. County government wishes to provide benefit to local farmers derived from the investment in Plant improvements Regeneron Pharmaceuticals expansion issue Restricted Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page Program approach with private partners Deactivation of sludge processing. Construction of higher capacity digesters constructed in 2 phases Installation of a Belt Dryer to process sludge to 90-95% moisture content resulting in a Class A bio-solid suitable as bulk applied agriculture fertilizer (First in the USA) New boiler, chiller, unit heaters, lighting and controls to reduce energy usage. Benefits Once third phase is complete, plant will meet estimated expansion needs Project offsets otherwise projected landfill costs of $2M/ year and additional utility costs of $1M/ year. Includes additional waste from Regeneron thus saving and adding jobs. Siemens

20 Thank You Water Meters Wastewater Treatment Solar Wind Biomass Waste to Energy Cogeneration Compressed Natural Gas Restricted Siemens AG 2013 All rights reserved. Page Siemens