WREF 2012 May 17 Denver, Colorado USA Leslie Martel Baer, MS, MA, Strategist

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1 WREF 2012 May 17 Denver, Colorado USA Leslie Martel Baer, MS, MA, Strategist RESA Reporting in Colorado May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 1

2 RESA Reporting May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 2

3 Fundamental Functions Show the IOU is Collecting RESA funds appropriately Distributing them to qualifying projects Purchasing/selling RECs appropriately Meeting the RES (generation projects) May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 3

4 RESA & Ratepayers 2% no more, no less is collected from retail customers See your bill I Want Cheap Clean Energy RESA reports give aggregate picture May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 4

5 RESA & the IOUs Proof of RES compliance Fiduciary responsibility to investors Express future intent through Compliance Plans Would like reduced frequency May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 5

6 RESA & Administrators, Policy Makers PUC Ensures RES is met Responsible to ratepayers Advisory Board: provides information and guidance to the Trial Staff: determine if reporting is accurate and if an audit is warranted State Policy Makers May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 6

7 RES & RE Business Looking for unused capacity in programs How rapidly the market responds to new programs and other changes The extent of competition as measured by numbers of installations May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 7

8 RESA & NGOs Industry trade associations: working for members Non-governmental organizations: furthering the cause of technologies Monitor implementation of programs and accomplishment of the RES RE market Program market impacts May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 8

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10 Xcel s Monthly Process Pull data from databases Manually sort and filter Produce reports Process designed for 34 MW of capacity Now over 100 MW May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 10

11 The Bad Up to 3-month lag in reporting Lack of Automation Audits are voluntary; PUC can call for audits if deemed necessary The Process Needs to Be Modernized and Transparent May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 11

12 The Bad & The Good Up to 3-month lag in reporting Lack of Automation Audits are voluntary; PUC can call for audits if deemed necessary All parties use same data set (Xcel, PUC, public) Pursuing more automation with Community program Xcel does conduct internal audits and it has caught errors this way The Process Needs to Be Modernized and Transparent Some Effort is Underway for Modernization, Transparency May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 12

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14 A Budgetary Shortfall Solar*Rewards extremely popular Up-front incentives caused high outflows Issue resolved Switch to performance based incentives Legal agreement for a loan from Xcel May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 14

15 RESA Rider Cap Set at 2% of retail electricity Avoided costs paid for under Electric Commodity Adjustment Only incremental cost of RE is paid for by RESA May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 15

16 Incremental Cost Calculation High gas prices = wind credit to RESA Low gas prices = wind charge to RESA Comparison supposed to include new gas plant build out Usually only ramping May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 16

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18 Big Data, Minimal Reporting Business, NGOs may not be getting the details they want Self-reported data Consensus on trust Little examination outside Xcel More detail coming More accessibility? May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 18

19 Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association Colorado Public Utilities Commission Xcel Energy Vote Solar May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 19

20 WREF 2012 May 17 Denver, Colorado USA Leslie Martel Baer, MS, MA, Strategist RESA Reporting in Colorado May 17, 2012 WREF 2012 Colorado RESA Reporting: Big Data, Many Stakeholders Leslie Martel Baer 20