Con Edison

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Con Edison
Powering New Yorks Future
NYC Solar SummitJune 17, 2008
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Outline

• Commitment to Environmental Excellence
• Electric Demand Growth
• Con Edison Service Territory Landscape
• Elements of the Future of Electric Delivery

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The Rise of Environmentalism begins in the late
1960s at Con Edison

• Slogan of the company Clean Energy

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Save a Watt Its Wise to Save Energy

• Con Edison faced energy shortages in the summer
  of 1969 and 1970
• December 1970 all promotions for the use of
  gas, electricity, and steam suspended
• Charles Luce begins the Save a Watt program in
  1971

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Other important environmental milestones

• Clean Air Act of 1970
• Oil sulfur content limit of 0.3
• Coal use in city power plants banned
• Sponsored demand side management through the
  1980s and early 1990s
• Electric Industry restructuring in the latter
  1990s
• Turn of the century
• Renewable technology has evolved and is
  encouraged
• Unprecedented environmental awareness
• Customers expect and demand high reliability
• Commodity Prices continue to climb from global
  competition

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Con Edison believes that defending the natural
environment is crucial to the regions quality of
life - 2007 EHS Report

• Approach to environmental management includes
• Developing strategies to reduce our carbon
  footprint
• Seeking energy efficiency
• Promoting renewable energy development
• The goal is to integrate environmental and social
  issues into planning and decision making
• We are building alliances with environmental
  organizations

Solar power can help us meet these goals
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Major Economic Development Initiatives Need
Greater Energy Infrastructure
SILVERCUP WEST
525 E 118 ST
NEW METS STADIUM
1765 FIRST AVENUE
FLUSHING COMMONS
HUDSON YARDS
WTC
ATLANTIC YARDS
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New York City Population Density is Growing
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Peak Load Growth History Continues to Climb
MW
14,000
13,000
12,000
Market Crash
11,000
9/11 and Market Crash
Oil Embargo
10,000
Oil Shock Iranian Revolution Iran/Iraq War
Economic Recession
9,000
8,000
New York City Fiscal Crisis
7,000
6,000
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
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NYC electric use, while growing, is growing
significantly below the US Average

• Source plaNYC

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Con Edison Energy Efficiency Programs

• 1971 Save-A-Watt program 200 MW reduction
• 1988 1998 Enlightened Energy program 740 MW
  reduction
• 2004 first RFP for targeted DSM 42 MW
  reduction
• 2005 Electric Rate Plan 150 MW reduction under
  contract
• 2008 Electric Rate Plan 30 MW continuation of
  targeted program
• 2008 Electric Rate Proposal 108 MW
  continuation of targeted program
• 2015 Planned 500 MW reduction

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Electric Peak Long-Term Forecasts 2008 2017
System
MW
System Less DSM
16,000
15,500
15,000
14,500
14,000
13,500
13,000
12,500
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
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There is currently 2,170 kW of photovoltaics in
our service territory to date
Location Bronx, NY Host New York City Transit
Authority System Size 300 kW Installation Date
June 1996
another 660 kW is pending
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Coney Island Subway Terminal
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Con Edison encourages DSM and Renewables in our
service territory

• Initiatives are in place and being developed
• Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI)
• New York State
• Net metering
• Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS)
• 15 reduction in energy usage from 2015 levels
• New York City plaNYC and the Solar America
  Initiative
• DG, Renewables and DSM are part of the solution
• Working to interconnect Renewables
• Targeting DSM programs

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Con Edison continues to improve the
interconnection process for our customers

• Helping our customers understand the playing
  field
• DG website online in 2005 upgraded to include
  gas and steam
• DG technical expert and DG ombudsman in place to
  support customers beyond the web page
• 2 day interconnection class June 23 and 24
• Interconnection technology advances also
  facilitate interconnect
• Current Limiting Protection (CLiP)
• DC Link
• Con Edison is also expanding our customer
  outreach efforts and stakeholder involvement

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Con Edisons Fault Current Map for
ManhattanInverter based generation can be
installed in both red and green
areasSynchronous generation is limited to green
areas
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Advanced Technology will help facilitate DSM, DG
and Renewables

• Energy Management Systems
• Advanced Remote Monitoring System
• New visualization system
• Network Secondary Modeling Monitoring

These technologies will facilitate a virtual
power plant comprised of many resources
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Summary

• Con Edison will continue to work to meet
  customers clean energy needs
• Con Edison will continue to promote energy
  efficiency programs and support renewable energy
• Con Edison wants to build alliances with
  environmental organizations like the Center for
  Sustainable Energy
• Working with NYC EDC on Solar America Initiative
• Meeting with customers and developers

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Con Edison
Powering New Yorks Future
NYC Solar SummitJune 17, 2008