1. Shaping the Utility of the Future1

2. Door Prize – Awesome Solar Charger

3. Please Evaluate Us! Summit Evaluation --------------- ----------

4. Please silence your phones

5. Yes! SLIDES and VIDEOs will be available at our Summit Website:
renewwisconsin.org/2016_Summit

6. 2016 – A Big Year for RENEW Wisconsin

7. 2015: WI’s best solar year ever
7.5 MW of solar installed!

8. Community Solar Rising
2 total MW of community solar online Up to 3.5 MW in the queue for 2016

9. A “slow down” on fixed charge increases
But we remain out of step nationally 4
$6-$9 increase approved. All in Wisconsin!
$1.20 average elsewhere, $7.55 in WI

10. Court victory

11. Building for 25 More Years of RENEW

12. Big Issues for 2016 New renewables loan program Small digester program
$7 million cut possible from legislature
Will renewables rebates be continued in 2017 & 2018?
3-5 utility rate cases expected….
Higher fixed charges?
Fees on customers with renewables?
Demand charges for small customers?

13. Big Issues for 2016
Will Wisconsin move ahead with a compliance plan that would increase renewables and energy efficiency
Can we re-focus on expanding biogas & wind in Wisconsin?
election season is a great time to educate your local candidates

14. What RENEW Wisconsin is Doing
Advancing and defending renewable energy in Wisconsin, every single day

15. Thank You & Thank our Sponsors15

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18. Evolving the Utility Model
“Transforming the electric grid has been appropriately likened to trying to rebuild an airplane in mid-flight”
- Lena Hanson, Rocky Mountain Institute

19. What can we do to help?
Step #1:
“Find the Bright Spots”

20. Which is Wisconsin, and which is Vermont?

21. Test #2

22. Final Exam – Bears

23. Mary Powell Green Mountain Power23

24. Shaping the Utility of the Future24

25. New Business Models & Policy Impacts: Wisconsin Utility Perspectives25

26. James Tong Spruce Finance26

27. Driving Markets: Perspectives from the Renewable Energy Industry27