Bringing Solar to the Community

Jennifer Szaro, Orlando Utilities Commission R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P 1

About OUC

• Began serving utility customers in 1923 • Provides water and electricity • Service population of over 230,000 throughout Orange and Osceola Counties • Governed by a 5-member board that includes City of Orlando Mayor • Net Available Generating Capacity of 1,743 MW • 2nd largest municipal utility in Florida R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P 2

Reliable Sustainable Affordable R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P 3

Project

Stanton Solar Farm Customer Installations

Capacity (KW)

5,910 4,727 Commercial Aggregation Community Solar

Total

418 400

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Solar Production Incentive

Provides $0.05/KWH for producing energy from solar PV $.03/KWH for commercial solar thermal 5 year contract term with optional renewals Net metering for PV systems •

Solar Thermal Rebate

Upfront rebate of up to $1,000 for residential hot water •

Solar Billed Solution

Provides no/low interest loans through the Orlando Federal Credit Union (OFCU) for residential solar hot water and PV R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P 5

Net Metering and Interconnection

• 2 MW and below • Working to automate • One-page interconnection • 90% of service rating • No fee Application Inspection • Requires permitted system • Requires licensed contractor • OUC/FSEC visual inspection • Currently $ credit on monthly bill at retail rate • No annual true up • Moving to KWH credits Operation 6 6 R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P

OUC’s Community Solar Farm Model

Customer

Solar Developer Builds, Owns and Operates the Solar Array and Sells to OUC

Customer Customer

Customers Subscribe to 1-KW Blocks of PV System BUT Pay Monthly Based on Energy (KWH)

Customers

Comm 400 KW olar Ar ray OUC Administers and Markets Program, Bills Customers and Pays Developer

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Gardenia Community Solar Program Details

• 400 KW covered parking array located at OUC’s Gardenia facility • Open to residential and small commercial customers • PPA rate of $0.18/KWH • Customer rate of $.13/KWH • OUC bills customer fixed rate for their share of output over 25-year term • Project needed be 110% subscribed before construction could begin • Project sold out in 6 days with help of press release and earned media • Began operation October 2013 • 111 customers on waiting list (1052 KW) R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P 8

Subscription Process

Customer pays initial reservation deposit of $50 at sign up Shares sold in 1 KW increments (15 KW Max) Customers who move within OUC territory may stay on program Initial customer deposit is refunded after 2 years R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P 9

Billing Approach

• Customers pay $.13/KWH rate on a monthly basis • 1 st year estimated production • One master meter read monthly (OUC hedges output) • Participating customers are billed based on their share of production • Customers receive virtual net metering benefits

400 KW Community Solar Farm 1 KW Customer’s Share (1 KW/400 KW) x 50,000 KWH

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Monthly Master Production Meter Reading = 50,000 KWH

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What is Virtual Net Metering?

• Customer subscribes to share of solar project • All energy produced from array goes directly into grid • OUC compares customer’s energy usage with energy production of customer’s share of array • If customer’s KWH solar share is greater than the customer’s consumption used that month, customer’s bill will be credited for excess energy Customer share of solar farm produces 1,200 KWH Customer “feeds back” 200 unused solar KWH Customer uses 1,000 solar KWH R E L I A B I L I T Y • A F F O R D A B I L I T Y • E N V I R O N M E N T A L S T E W A R D S H I P 11

Questions?

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