1. 2010 Renewable Energy Vermont Distributed Generation Northeast Conference Wilson Rickerson May 19 th, 2010 The Story of Vermonts Feed-in Tariff – Lessons Learned

2. To Feed-in or not to Feed-in?

3. 75% of global PV and 45% of global wind by 2008 Feed-in Tariffs around the World

4. Feed-in Tariffs in the US 2007-2010 16 States and 3 cities with legislation 9 states with regulatory initiatives Sacramento Los Angeles Gainesville San Antonio 4 States and 5 utilities with feed-in tariffs Santa Monica Palm Desert IP&L Consumers

5. US Projections ~270 MW of PV by 2016 Southern California Edison Standard Offer Contract: 140 MW of 20 MW PV plants Time-of-delivery rate (TOD), at ~$0.15/kWh SMUD (est. 100 MW) 100 MW of PV for building in 2012 @ ~$0.16/kWh (TOD rate) Recurrent, SunPower, Belectric, Globall Connect, McClellan Park are the winners Gainesville – PV only (est. 24 MW): $0.32/kWh for 20 years 3 MW in the ground by December 2009 Queue full through 2016 Consumers Energy (est. 2 MW) 2 MW program cap subscribed Green power programs: Wisconsin utilities buy-back programs 2.98 MW Tennessee Valley Authority – 300 kW to date

6. Vermont in the Lead! First state to pass feed-in tariff legislation based on generation cost First detailed attempt to set feed-in tariff rates at the state using a public model Hundreds of pages of useful data about distributed renewable energy project development and pricing Policy targets technologies beyond PV

7. Biogas in the US vs. Biogas in Germany

8. Success? It depends on what you set out to do… Create investor certainty? Make it easier for Vermonters to invest in renewables? Support local industry? Diversify the portfolio? Rapidly expand renewable energy capacity? Minimize ratepayer impact?

9. Is there a next time? Support legislative language that reflects your objectives Size differentiation Interaction with grants and tax credits Rapid growth vs. ratepayer impact In-state manufacturing Include evaluation metrics beyond ratepayer impact Do all technologies need caps?

10. Wilson Rickerson (617) 934-1676 wilson.rickerson@mc-group.com www.mc-group.com