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Future Energy Trends and Forecasting: Solar Power and Natural Gas

Learn about the shift towards solar power and the impact of natural gas rate forecasts on energy generation. Explore reliability, competitive rates, and exceptional service in the US electric generation industry.

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Future Energy Trends and Forecasting: Solar Power and Natural Gas

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  1. Reliability • Competitive Rates • Exceptional Service

  2. US Electric Generation • Coal 50% • Nuclear 20% • Natural Gas 19% • Hydro 8% • Renewables 2.5% • Wind .5%

  3. “I’d put my money on solar energy…I hope we don’t have to wait ‘til oil and coal run out before we tackle that.”

  4. Thomas Edison - 1931

  5. Solar Power

  6. Natural Gas Rate Forecast • Natural gas prices are volatile • Being used to produce new power • Will be more dependent on imports

  7. Electric Rate Forecast • Flat through 2011 • BPA Tier 1 • BPA Tier 2 to meet load growth • Will grow at about 2 MW per year

  8. BTU Heating Comparison

  9. January KWh Sales

  10. National Rate Comparison • Lower Valley 4.8 • National Average 10.3 • Wyoming 7.5

  11. Natural Gas Pipeline • Reliability • Cost Savings • 50 miles • Start this June • $20 million budget

  12. Caribou Transmission Line • Reliability • Growth • $14 million budget • BPA $9.3 million • LVE $4.7 million

  13. Swift Creek • Partnership with Afton • 8 million KWH green power • $5.6 million budget • Upper dam 2008 • Lower and culinary 2009

  14. Automatic Meter Reading • 10,000 meters installed • Read from office • Smart grid – water and space heat

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