Smart Grid Grant Program for Utilities Applicants Conference

1. Smart Grid Grant Program for Utilities Applicants Conference November 26, 2013

2. Welcome, Introduction and Objectives: Tony Usibelli, Department of Commerce Agenda: General Overview, Tony Program Objectives, Mike Submitted Comments & Questions, Bob Review Guideline Parts I-VII, Bob Questions, Answers, and Feedback Agenda

3. Governor Inslee: economic growth through clean energy Job growth Meet greenhouse gas reduction goals Develop clean energy solutions in Washington Performance-based grant agreements Measureable Performance Capacity to Deliver Program Objectives

4. One category or multiple submittals Business Case for Washington Electric Utilities and clean energy sector economic development In Kind Match and Cash/Local Match Budget Assumptions Instructions Submitted Comments & Questions

5. Section 1074 (4): “$15,000,000 … is provided solely for grants to advance renewable energy technologies by public and private electrical utilities…The department shall work with utilities to offer matching grants for projects that demonstrate new smart grid technologies.” Grants to competitively selected consortium of utilities, utility vendors and researchers Consortium must at least match state investment, favor higher non-state match Consortium projects will: Integrate intermittent renewables through energy storage and information technology Dispatch energy storage resources from utility control rooms Use thermal properties of buildings and/or district energy systems to store energy Improve the reliability and reduce the costs of intermittent or distributed energy Project Reporting – Quarterly in Active Phase, Annual for first 5 years after completion. Actual “direct” jobs Part I – Program Description Part II – Project Implementation

6. Applications due December 11 by 5:00 PM • Evaluation/scoring in December 2013 • Announce awards in early January 2014 • Prepare contracts 1st Quarter 2014 Part III – Dates and Schedules

7. Part IV – Eligibility – Threshold Criteria Primary applicant must be Washington retail electric utility Eligible Project - Feature Storage and SG categories for IMPLEMENTATION here in WA. Estimate portion of budget for development or acquisition of assets with 13 year life. Matching Funds – At least one-to-one match – See definitions pages 16-18 SGP Funding Request - $1,000,000 minimum. Disclose sources Timely Expenditure of Funds Milestone Plan – Target June 30, 2015 Statement of Need – Project summary and signed certification form Business Case – See instructions pages 18-19 Eligibility

8. Part V – Application Review Process Expert Panel will only score and rank those applications properly completed, submitted on time, and meeting threshold criteria. Project Plan Section Innovation (20) Project Management (15) Business Case (25) Project Team Section Individual Qualifications (10) Team Balance (10) Consortium Structure (10) Matching/Leveraging Funds Section (10) Scoring

9. Part VI - Contract Requirements • Proprietary Information/Public Disclosure • Complaints/Debriefing/Protest • Part VII – Application Instructions • No specific limit/single PDF • Certification of Organization Official Form on page 19 • Annual report/Financial/Audit Report • Threshold Criteria – Items A-G from Part IV • Application Responses for Scoring from Part V • Project Budget Instructions – Form on page 20 Application Specifics

10. Questions, Answers, and Feedback

11. For more information Bob Kirchmeier, P.E. Senior Energy Policy Specialist State Energy Office Bob.kirchmeier@commerce.wa.gov 360-725-3119 Submit written questions to: Energy_policy@commerce.wa.gov November 26, 2013