Paul Button(Owner) BPI-certified Building Analyst NHPUC Independent Monitor HAREI President and Co-Founder

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Paul Button(Owner) BPI-certified Building
AnalystNHPUC Independent MonitorHAREI President
and Co-Founder
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Global Climate Change ?
DO SOMETHING
DO NOTHING
FALSE
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TRUE
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Photovoltaic (PV) Array Monitoring
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PV Arrays generate Electricity From The Sun

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Aggregate Pool

• An aggregate pool of smaller arrays
• Bunch of little guys add up to BIG results
• 5 x 20 100 Residential Arrays up to 10 kW get
  rebates
• 10 x 100 1000 or 1 MegaWatt

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2013 Site Total
228.649
MWh
So far, this year 250 MW is a small power plant
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Solar Works IN NH

• NH receives about 30 LESS sun than NEW MEXICO
• PV Installed Costs have dropped from 20 per watt
  to 5
• Payback Periods hover around 4 Years
• RECs

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RECs

• Renewable Energy Credits
• Utilities are Required to Buy Them
• NH State Law says the Utilities MUST show that
  25 of the Energy they provide comes from
  Renewables by 2025
• 25 x 25 is the slogan. The program will run
  until 2025

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Sale of RECs

• Sold at RGGI Auction
• RGGI Renewable Greenhouse Gas Initiative
  a coalition of 11 states. NH is one
• Aggregation of the RECs give the little guy
  visibility at the RGGI auction

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WHY Should I Sign Up?

• RECs are income IN ADDITION to whatever credit
  you get from the utility from NET METERING
• RECs are NOT Net Meter Credit
• Size does matter.
• A minimum system size of 3.5 kW makes it
  worthwhile

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Then WHY Should I Sign Up?

• PSNH and the rest have been lying (SURPRIZED ??)
• They convinced lawmakers
• Solar DOESNT WORK in NH
• We know differently (from previous slides)
• There are not enough RECs for them to comply
• Reduce the value of the RECs to a paltry 50
• Reduce the Alternative Compliance Payment (ACP)
  to ?
• You guessed it 50

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WHY Should I Sign Up?

• The more people in the pools, the more RECs will
  be available
• The RECs are Public Knowledge
• Must be reported to NEPOOL-GIS National Database
  and the NHPUC

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WHY Should I Sign Up?

• We can expose their lies
• We can assert political pressure to
• Get a reasonable value for the RECs
• The same SREC in MA is worth 250
• Remember this number
• Put some sting back into the ACP

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How Much Can I Make?

• Lets assume a 10 kW array
• Array will ANNUALLY produce approx. 12 RECs
• Assume RECs are 50
• 12 x 50 600
• EAUS (MY FEE) 60 ANNUAL from previous slide
• BOTTOM LINE TO YOU 600 - 60 540
• (minus any broker fees (varies)

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How Do I Sign Up?

• Most Brokers will do all the necessary paperwork
• You hire EAU as your independent monitor
• We are REQUIRED by the PUC to do an initial site
  visit
• One-time fee of 100
• You sit back and wait for the check

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How Do I Sign Up?

• One shining example of one client in a pool
• Seasonal Working Farm (A Commercial Client)
• Closes after Halloween Hayrides
• Shuts down
• LAST WINTER, the array generated enough NET meter
  credit, the farm operated this season for ZERO
• AND HES LOOKING AT A CHECK FROM US FOR 1800 !

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Final Reality Check

• This sounds too good to be true !!
• Paul was an Engineer for 30 Years. He doesnt
  do fantasy
• The pieces have been two years in the coming
• Patriotic, sensible things are usually the
  simplest

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HAREI

• Hillsborough County Area Renewable Energy
  Initiative
• Volunteer Community-minded Organization
• Energy Raisers
• Energy Shares

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Energy Raisers GO PV !!!

• Based on the olden concept of Barn Raisers
• Community Members Combine Their Time and Talents
• HAREI is able to get reduced prices on Equipment
• Volunteers reduce installation costs
• Payback Period is less than 4 years!

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Energy Shares

• Actually pot-luck dinners
• Zero Waste Carry In Carry Out
• Speakers and Presentations about
• Energy Saving Ideas
• HAREI Energy Raisers
• New Friends, Community Building

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• We are treating this planet as if
• we had a spare in the trunk.

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• GO PV!
• Call today 603.836.4402