1. PUBLIC POWER BENEFIT UPDATE • HYDRO RESEARCH July 9, 2018
Good morning, Kirk Hudson, Managing Director – Generation & Transmission and with me is John Yale, Hydro Engineering Manager
You might recall at the presentation on March 19, you approved a $500,000 commitment to facilitate the formation of the Hydropower Research Institute.
This presentation is to give you a brief update on the status of formation and a resolution requesting your approval of a Bridging Agreement for use of those funds to file the necessary formation documents.
Formation and Bridging Agreement
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2. Hydropower Research Institute
There are 3 categories of participants:
Members
Contributors
Subscribers
We see this concept all coming together by the formation of an independent Hydropower Research Institute, driven by hydropower owners.
Institute Offerings:
Aggregated generation data set available that includes asset type and operational time-series data from member utilities,
Base Platform (dashboard and analytics) maintenance and updates
Members have the ability to modify base platform or they can use their own open-source or proprietary platform
Subscribers have access to data set by member permission (for member’s data) or by specific-use license for the aggregated data set.
The concept of aggregating data is valuable Others are willing to contribute funds
There is an interest in this concept from:
» Hydropower owners
» Manufacturers
» National Labs
» Colleges and Universities
There is an interest regionally in research collaboration between Agriculture, Hydropower, Healthcare, and Technology industries
Reduce forced outages
Benchmarking
Improve O&M practices Improve predictive capabilities Perform research
Develop new sensors and monitoring equipment Improve quality and contract terms
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3. Next steps Approve Articles of Incorporation and by-laws
Enter into Agreements with Legal firm, Operating Contractor, Bank, and CPA firm
Develop operation plan between now and the end of September
Solicit additional hydropower owner contributors and subscribers (ongoing)
Begin aggregating operational data by the end of the year with US Army Corps of Engineers and Southern Company
These aren’t all costs. USACE and Southern Company have verbally committed funds. They still need approvals from their organizations.
Chelan PUD - 3 plants, 31 units
USACE - 75 plants and 356 generating units
Southern Company - 32 plants, 102 Units, and 2600 Mws

4. QUESTIONS?