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1 Grid-based Technology and Business Model Innovation: DG, DR, and EE How will Disruptive Challenges in Electric Markets Impact Michigan’s Energy Decisions? Presented by Lisa Wood Executive Director, IEE Vice President, Edison Foundation June 26, 2013

2 Disruptive challenges in electricity  Demand side: >“negawatts” or energy efficiency (EE) >Smart grid related technologies / networked homes  Demand & supply side: demand response (DR) >Flattens peak demand >Firms variable renewable energy sources  Supply side: Distributed generation (DG) >Increasing role of renewable energy in supply mix >3 rd party suppliers of rooftop solar 2

3 2012 AEO reference case from 2010-2035: Increase of 710 TWh over 25 years 3

4 Demand-side: Energy efficiency and Smart Grid Technologies

5 Cause: Policies driving energy efficiency (“negawatts”)  Regulatory policies  Fixed cost recovery mechanisms/decoupling (27 states). In Michigan, DTE has a revenue decoupling mechanism.  Performance incentives (23 states). DTE has a performance incentive for EE in Michigan (earn up to 15% or program spending if energy savings targets exceeded)  Energy efficiency resource standards (EERS). In Michigan, 1% for electric utilities in 2012 and beyond.  Energy codes and national appliance/equipment standards becoming more stringent 5 Source: IEE, State Electric Efficiency Regulatory Frameworks, July 2012. www.edisonfoundation.net/IEE.

6 EE programs and codes & standards are major contributors to “negawatts” 6

7 Cause: Smart grid technologies driving energy management (EE, DR, DG)  Smart meter deployment (networking customers) >40 million deployed; 65 million expected by 2015 >In Michigan, about 866,000 smart meters deployed as of EOY 2012. Over 1 million expected by EOY 2013 (about 50% of DTE electric customers).  Networked customers opens door to possibilities >Energy management and demand response >Smart technologies in home or business; smart appliances >Smart charging of EVs 7

8 Smart meter installations in the US: 2007- 2015 (millions) 8

9 Effect: Energy efficiency flattens energy consumption growth in the US (IEE forecast based on AEO 2012 reference case) 9 Source: IEE, Factors Affecting Electricity Consumption in the U.S. (2010-2035). March 2013.

10 Effect: Correlation between GDP and electricity sales appears broken 10 Source: EIA, Annual Energy Review, September 2012; BEA

11 Business models when demand is flat  Xx  xx 11

12 Supply side: Distributed Generation

13 Projected electricity generation by fuel source: Renewable energy growth (TWh) 13 Source: EIA, Annual Energy Outlook 2013 Early Release

14 Growth in renewable energy in US  How much can renewable energy contribute to future U.S. electricity supply. >AEO forecast of 16% by 2040 is too conservative. >NREL Renewable Electricity Futures Study (2012) shows 80% renewable energy by 2050 possible in the U.S.  With DR and storage, electric power system can accommodate higher levels of variable generation from wind and solar?  In recent past, high growth in wind energy. Now at 3%.  Now, high growth in solar PV expected. Now at 1%. Could grow to 3% by 2016. 14

15 Cause 1. Policies and pricing driving DG  29 state plus DC have RPSs, 17 with mandates/programs for solar and other DG  Net metering in 43 states  Feed-In Tariffs – adopted/proposed in a few states (common in Europe)  Reverse auction mechanism (CA & CT)  Subsidies, rebates, tax incentives, financing.  Zero net energy goals  Critically important to price DG right - cost of access to grid; cost of energy (e.g., Virginia standby charge) 15

16 Is solar DG becoming a disruptive technology?  Annual PV installations grew 76% in 2012 in US, reaching 2,816 MW (2.8 GW)  Greentech media forecasts 30% growth in US market in 2013  Cumulative 2012 solar capacity in US: 6,175 MW (6.2 GW)  Cumulative solar capacity in US projected to be 28 GW by 2016 >[28,000 MW/1,171,000 MW] = 3% of total US capacity 16 Source: SEIA and GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insights 2012 Year in Review. 2013

17 Annual PV installed capacity in US (MW): growing exponentially 17 Source: SEIA and GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insights 2012 Year in Review and Q1 2013 Note: Assumed 85 percent DC to AC conversion efficiency

18 Cumulative PV capacity in US reached 6.2 GW in 2012 (utility owned is not DG) 18 Source: SEIA and GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insights 2012 Year in Review. 2013 Note: Assume 85% DC to AC inverter efficient.

19 Cumulative PV capacity projected to be 28 GW 2016 (4x 2012) 19 Source: SEIA and GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insights 2012 Year in Review and Q1 2013 Note: Assumed 85 percent DC to AC conversion efficiency

20 Possible scenarios and effects  Outcomes >Utilities lease rooftops and own solar PV >Disintermediation: 3 rd party owns solar PV and sells contract to customer >Customers own solar PV

21 Is solar PV the “wireless” technology for the electric power sector? 21 Source: SEIA and GTM Research, U.S. Solar Market Insights 2012 Year in Review. 2013  Wireless transformed telecom sector >Decline in landlines (traditional cash cow for telecom) >Wireless developed in places without landlines  DG today >So far, DG is not utility owned (utilities own large solar PV) >Top states today: CA, AZ, NJ >Subsidies galore  What is the biz model for DG? >Own solar panels and lease rooftops – comm, resi >Combined business – solar DG and efficiency and utility supplied power. Is this a regulated or non regulated business?

22 For more information, contact: Lisa Wood Executive Director, IEE Vice President, Edison Foundation IEE 701 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2696 202.508.5550 lwood@edisonfoundation.net www.edisonfoundation.net/IEE


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