The eGen SWATeam submitted a recommendation to the iWG stating, "We strongly endorse pursuing Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with one or more Wind Farms as soon as possible. Given current market conditions, we believe that a PPA with one or more Wind Farms presents a great opportunity to purchase renewable energy in support of the campus iCAP targets."
See attached the SWATeam recommendation EGen001 Wind PPA complete with comments from all the eGen SWATeam members.
We contacted UA. They're supposed to give us a RFP schedule next week. That should give us a better idea of the timeline.
-Al Stratman
From: Evan DeLucia [mailto:delucia@life.illinois.edu] Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2014 5:39 PM To: McCall, Benjamin Cc: Stratman, Allan Subject: SWAT report on energy generation
Ben,
In the absence of a fully formulated SWAT process - iWG and the Sustainability Council have yet to be formed - I forwarded the May 2014 position paper from the 'energy generation' team directly to Al Stratman for consideration.
Under the SWAT process, the teams should be... "developing and recommending specific actions or initiatives the campus should under take to meet iCAP targets..." The energy generation SWAT did a nice job of recommending a specific action that would help meet our targets.
To paraphrase, Al responded...
the concept of a PPA is meritorious and has potential
F&S is evaluating this plan
some of the issues that need to be considered include pricing options, length of agreement constraints, REC pricing alternatives
F&S is working to obtain hard data on pricing and other details before moving forward
I've taken the liberty of copying Al to be sure I didn't misrepresent his response to me.
Al, do you have any idea of what might be a reasonable time frame would be for completing an analysis of the feasibility, costs, and benefits of purchasing wind power for campus?
Here is the first recommendation from the Energy Generation SWATeam.
"We strongly endorse obtaining Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) with one or more Wind Farms as soon as possible. It is unlikely that a better opportunity to purchase renewable energy will present itself in the foreseeable future."
