RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the February 2023 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,675.4 Megawatt hours.

The February 2023 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

Below is an email exchange between Morgan White and Tony Spurlock:

Hi Ehab, Rob, and Tony,

I’ve put the Solar Farm 3.0 slide show from Dec. 9 into the attached report. I referenced the slides with thumbnail images, and we could take some out and increase the size of some, depending on what we prefer to do.

Tony, I would appreciate your assistance with filling in the UIC total contract costs.  I’ve included comments for each of the spaces where that info is needed.  Could you please also look at the other questions I commented.

Rob, there are two questions that I hope you can help answer. 

1. If we lease the land for the onsite solar option, can it still be "behind the meter"?
2. We currently conclude with this statement: “We feel that the hybrid option meets several goals as it has great savings potential, adds renewable energy to the regional MISO network, which supports our local provider Ameren, and directly increases the capacity of the network we use to purchase the balance between what we consume and what we produce at UIUC.”  Is a MISO project somewhere other than in Illinois going to support Ameren and increase the capacity of the network we use?

Thanks,

Morgan

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I added all of the UIC totals and attached the updated calculations.

I do not think the hybrid option benefits Ameren (we are not taking additional delivery and it appears the new array would be outside the Ameren territory).

Should we include a statement related to how this fits into our strategy?  Here is a thought to get the ball rolling.  “This hydrid option allows the University to continue its leadership in Sustainability by leveraging best practices and expanding its portfolio of renewable strategies that provide a more comprehensive approach to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.”  

Regards,

Tony

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the October 2022 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,058.2 Megawatt hours.

The October 2022 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

Attached is a pdf and excel file looking at the costs and solution comparisons for Solar Farm 3.0.

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the July 2022 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 1,055.9 Megawatt hours.

The July 2022 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the March 2022 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 1890.9 Megawatt hours.

The March 2022 Buyer's Share Report is attached below.

RailSplitter Wind Farm provided the January 2022 Buyer's Share amounts by hour, totaling 2,706.60 Megawatt hours. See attached file.

F&S completed the renewal of our recognition as a Green Power Partner through the US Environmental Protection Agency. Green Power Partners of our scale now have to use renewable power for seven percent of their annual consumption. Fortunately, the FY21 green power supply for FY21 was 9%, which is a +1.72% increase from the FY19 supply of 7.28%. See attached file.

Overview submitted: 

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) is proud of its sustainability initiatives and success in achieving Illinois Climate Action Plan (iCAP) goals (https://icap.sustainability.illinois.edu/). The iCAP is the university’s strategic plan to meet the Climate Leadership Commitments, including being carbon neutral as soon as possible and building resilience to climate change in the local community.

The Urbana campus on-site renewable energy portfolio meets more than 12 percent of annual electricity needs (https://fs.illinois.edu/services/utilities-energy/production/renewable-e...). UIUC’s Solar Farm 2.0 was energized in January 2021, producing 20,000 MWh/year. Combined with Solar Farm 1.0 and other rooftop and ground-mounted solar installations, the Urbana campus generates more than 27,000 MWh/year, ranking UIUC third amongst U.S. universities in on-site clean power production. Incorporating renewable energy continues to be a focus of new facility construction and major renovation projects. Most notably, the innovative Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Building features 970 rooftop panels. Since production started in April 2019, 11 percent of all power supplied to the ECE Building has been from the array, while additional output is reserved for research and educational activities. In September 2016, the university also signed a ten-year wind power purchase agreement for 25 million kWh/year and the rights to the environmental attributes.