V* SEPA t iGREEN L ™ POWER mm PARTNERSHIP RE-Powering America's Land Project Matching: Facilitating New Renewable Energy Projects Project Proposal Submittal Form The EPA Green Power Partnership's (GPP's) Project Matching Initiative works to connect stakeholders with new, not-yet-built renewable energy projects that may align with their energy, environmental, and financial objectives. The initiative's goal is to spur the development of new renewable generation by facilitating the signing of long-term green power contracts between end-users and project developers, thereby providing a guaranteed stream of revenue that developers can use to secure project financing. The GPP, in collaboration with EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative will host a project matching webinar on Wednesday, June 24, 2015. Project developers are invited to submit project proposals to GPP for possible inclusion in the webinar. This form includes all anticipated criteria that EPA will use to select projects for the webinar. All projects submitted for review that meet minimum requirements for data completeness and basic eligibility will be posted o the GPP website, renewable energy project's inclusion in this initiative does not constitute endorsement or recommendation by EPA. Project proposals are due by June 5, 2015 and must be submitted electronically to James Critchfield, critchfield.iames@epa.gov. Project Summary Project name: Mesquite Solar Developer name: OneEnergy Renewables Renewable energy type: Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Project city/state: Near San Angelo, Texas Project geographic coordinates (To find, use: www.latlong.net/): Latitude: 31.486979 Longitude: -100.375678 Total planned megawatt (MW DC) size: 1 MW DC Are there phases? If so, how many and in what size traunches? There are no phases. What is the expected annual output of the completed project (MWh)? 19,600 MWh Expected date of construction commencement: 4Q 2015 Expected date of commercial operation: 3Q 2016 ------- What is the largest development hurdle and how is it anticipated to be overcome? Proposed project is within the City's planned industrial area. A site plan review is required from the City, but n major discretionary permit. Can you provide examples of similar projects you have developed? OneEnergy Renewables developed the 4.3-MW Cambridge Solar project in Cambridge, Maryland. The project achieved full commercial operation in May of this year. OneEnergy helped arrange an innovative electricity supply agreement between the National Aquarium in Baltimore and its electricity supplier, Constellation, through which the Aquarium will receive 100% of the energy and 40% of the solar renewable energy certificates (SRECs) produced by the project over the next 25 years. The project owner will retain the SRECs generated by the project in years one to 15 of the agreement, while the National Aquarium will retain the SRECs generated in years 16 to 25 of the agreement. To help the National Aquarium's further it's commitment to green power in association with this deal, OneEnergy is also retiring national Green-e RECs in volume that will exceed the output of the project for at least the first 5 years, earning it a position in the EPA's Green Power Leadership Club, and recognition on it's long-term commitments list (> 5 years.) More info available here. Site Readiness Has the project received all necessary federal, state, and local permits to proceed with construction and operation? If not, please outline the key permits required to proceed with project construction/operation and describe the steps you have taken in order to evaluate and address permitting risk for this project. This project only requires site plan review from the City of San Angelo. No local, state or federal discretionary permit is required. Have you secured long-term site control? If so, please describe the nature of the agreement (lease, ownership, etc.)? Yes, OneEnergy has secured site control through long-term lease that includes an initial 5-year development option followed by a 26-year term with a 10-year extension option at the developer's discretion. Have land leases been filed with the county? No. Does the project require either an Environmental Impact Statement or Environmental Assessment? If so, what is the status? No. ------- Is this project sited on a current or formerly contaminated land, landfill or mine site?1 If so, has the site addressed the related environmental issues? No. Interconnection What is the status of interconnection, and have system impact and facility studies been completed? (Distribution or transmission level projects are both eligible) AEP completed a pre-interconnection study in November 2014. The developer also submitted the EPE Aspen Model in April 2015, as requested by AEP, to confirm any impacts to the transmission system. At this stage we are waiting on AEP's draft Interconnection Agreement, which is expected in June 2015. When do you expect the interconnection study process will be complete? We expect the interconnection process to be complete in 3Q15, once we receive and finalize the draft Interconnection Agreement from AEP. Does the transmission owner (TO) or independent system operator (ISO) have a process to study the project's impact o the local or regional grid and the subsequent cost to interconnect? Yes, AEP, the ISO for this project, has requested we compete the following process to study the project's impact on the local / regional grid and determine the cost to interconnect: • Conduct pre-interconnection study (completed 11/20/2014). • Complete an EPE Aspen Model Study (submitted 4/21/2015). • Finalize Interconnection Agreement (expected 6/2015). Operation & Financing Is any element of the project - technology or systems - experimental or pilot-phase or proven technology? No. What is the long- and short-term plan for operating and maintaining the project? OneEnergy works with a number of larger project owners / operators that will finance, construct, own and operate the project once a long-term offtake agreement is arranged. For wind projects, has meteorological tower been installed? If yes, when was the tower installed and how much data has bee collected? N/A. Provide a short summary of how you view project finance and structure/ownership taking shape for this project: 1 Examples of such properties could include brownfields, municipal solid waste landfills, abandoned mine lands, and Superfund sites, among others subject to state or federal authorities or cleanup programs. ------- OneEnergy works with a number of larger project owners / operators that will bring financing to the project once long-term offtake agreement is arranged. Partners In what ways can organizations participate in the project? (Check all that Apply) ~ X Power purchase agreement for bundled power and RECs ~ X Financial hedge or contract for differences ~ X Long term REC offtake ~ Financial investment / ownership stake ~ Other, please specify: What are some of the characteristics of your ideal power purchaser, investor, or other partner? • Investment grade credit • Long-term load in ERCOT in excess of 60,000 MWh/year • Desire to hedge on-peak electricity costs while catalyzing the development of a new, large-scale renewable energy project. What marketing opportunities exist at the project? • Live feed of weather and output data that can be integrated into a branded, web-based project profile. • Signage at the project site. • Naming rights. ------- |