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Project Neutral Summit
Jennifer Ta lor
June 9, 2012
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CEPP Overview
A grant program created under the Green Energy Act (2009)
Provides early stage funding to cover soft costs of project
Current maximum total CEPP grant is $200,000 per project
Co-mana ed b the Communit Power Fund and Deloitte forthe Ontario Power Authority (OPA)
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Program Objectives
Encourage a high level of local community engagement,participation and investment in development of renewableenergy generation facilities
Provide funding for a diversity of technologies, organizationaland community types, and geographic regions in Ontario
eve p ay ng e or groups a may e exc u e romrenewable energy development
Encourage local partnerships and help community partners
maximize their equity share
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CEPP Program Status
Currently on hold, stopped accepting applications in March dueto the ongoing review of the Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program
o gran s approve s nce anuary
Continue to manage existing grants
Likely to be significant changes to realign the CEPP with FIT2.0
Target re-launch July 2012
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CEPP 1.0 Eligibility
Size Between 10 kW and 10 MW (no upper size limit for co-
Applicants had to satisfy allof the following criteria:
ops)
Technology Wind, solar PV, biomass, biogas, landfill gas or
Location Ontario
Business case Economicall viable and sub ect of future FIT
contract
Developer A community
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Current Definition of Community
Applicant had to be 100% community as defined in FIT 1.0 Rules
cannot have commercial electricity generation as
(b) Registered charity
(b) Not-for-profit organization
d Co-o
their primary business or employment
(e) Private corporation
(f) Limited partnership
all shareholders / partners must be (a) (d) above;none of them can have commercial electricitygeneration as their primary business or employment
Joint ventures with non-community partners are permitted
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Funded Activities Grant 1Design & Development Phase
Site investigation and control Resource assessment
Environmental and regulatory approvals analysis
Business plan development
Community consultation
Engineering studies
ro ec manager or ro ec coor na or Legal costs
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Funded Activities Grant 2Regulatory Approvals Phase
Renewable Energy Approval (REA) Final Business Plan
Connection Impact Assessment
Supplier and O&M agreements, construction contracts
Offering Document / Membership agreement
Sales and Marketing Plan (to find Members /
nves ors Project Management or coordination
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Grants Awarded
As of January 2012:
Representing over 93 MW of new, community-ownedrenewable energy projects
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FIT Program Overview
FIT program offers a guaranteed pricing structure for REproduction stable prices under long-term contracts
, , , , ,developers
Prices vary by technology
Very popular - high volume of FIT applications
>10,000 applications, ~2,000 signed contracts
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FIT 2.0
Currently draft rules
Price reductions for solar and wind
Procurement limits - application windows for specific FITproject types
A lication rioritization and rankin throu h oint s stem
Increased Land Class Restrictions on ground mount solar
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Draft Priority Point System
PROJECTTYPE NONPROJECTTYPE
CommunityPart.Project (3) MunicipalCouncilSupportRes.
AboriginalPart.Project (3) AboriginalSupportRes. (2)
.
EducationorHealthHost (2)
SystemBenefit
(1)
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uccess u pp cants
Boys and Girls Club of London Solar Rooftop
Applicant: Boys and Girls Club ofLondon Foundation
Location: London, ON
Or anization: Charit
Grant Awarded: $74,950
Project Size: 138 kW
: omm ss one ay,
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uccess u pp cants
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Buckhorn Community Centre Solar Rooftop
Applicant: Buckhorn CommunityCentre
Location: Buckhorn, ON
Organization: Not-for-profit ran s war e : ,
Project Size: 74 kW
Status: Commissioned Feb, 2012
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SolarShare WaterView Project
Applicant: SolarShare Co-operative
,Mississauga
Organization: Co-op ran s war e : ,
Project Size: 438 kW (2.5 acres!!)
Status: Commissioned July, 2011
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ForProfitCoop NonProfitCoop OtherNon
Profit/Charities
nvestment
n ts ares on s on s
Returns Dividends InterestPayments InterestPayments
Distributionof
Profits
ToShareholders Tofulfill
organizations
mission
Tofulfill
organizations
mission
Regulator FSCO FSCO OSC
ommun y er ng
Approval
one enevo en
purposeexemption
met,orOSC
society
society
Governance OneMember,One
Vote
OneMember,One
Vote
OneMember,One
Vote
Examples OttawaRECoop SolarShare Boys&GirlsClub
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Resources
CEPP www.communityenergyprogram.ca
Boys and Girls Club of London www.bgclondon.ca/
Buckhorn Community Centre www.buckhorncommunitycentre.com/solar/
SolarShare www.trec.on.ca/generation/solarshare
e n ar o o-opera ve ssoc a on www.on ar o.coop
Ontario Power Authority www.fit.powerauthority.on.ca