MINUTES
Meeting No. 4
City of Madison Energy Task Force - Energy Subcommittee
January 21, 2004
| Present: | Larry D. Nelson, City Engineer, City of Madison; B.J. Moghadam, Energy Lifeline Coalition; Jean Hoffman, Mayoral Aide, City of Madison; John Garvin, ATC; David Poklinkoski, IBEW Local 2304; Scot Cullen, PSC; Stephen Honikman, Chase Partners, LLC; Paul Meier, Meier Engineering Research LLC; Michael Vickerman, Renew Wisconsin; Wendy Grapentine, WPUI; Steve Brick, Energy Center; Melanie Lord, Energy Center; Greg Bollom, MG&E; Faramarz Vakili, UW-Madison; Jim Mapp, Wisc. Division of Energy; Charlie Higley, Citizens Utility Board; Steve Hiniker, 1000 Friends of WI, Chris Deisinger, MSB Energy Associates; and Nino Amato, Wisconsin Coalition of Energy Consumers |
1. Minutes. Minutes were approved with the following modifications: Mr. Vakili will be representing the UW Physical Plant vs. the Biotech Industry and Mr. Vickerman stated that the minutes should indicate that the Fishbone diagram was out-of-date vs. “defective”.
2. Greenhouse Gas Emission and Energy Conservation Programs in Portland, Moab, and Austin. Melanie Lord of the Wisconsin Energy Center presented a memorandum detailing Portland, Oregon’s green city initiatives and programs.
Michael Vickerman reviewed the programs of Austin, Texas, and Moab, Utah. Austin has a flat rate fuel charge locked in for 10-years for renewable energy. Texas is developing wind farms on its western plains that do require transmission lines to transmit the energy to the urban areas. Wind customers are off the fuel charge but not the transmission charge.
Moab, Utah, is a modest sized city that established a goal of customer participation for wind power of 5%; an aggregate commitment of 3% (Madison Gas & Electric’s aggregate commitment is 3.5%). Both Moab, Utah, and Parks City, Utah, passed a resolution establishing goals.
3. General Discussion. Bollom stated that Madison Metro is the largest customer in MG&E’s wind power program. MG&E has received in December, responses for its RFP for wind power. MG&E is hopeful of wind delivery at 2005 doubling the size of its current program and enable the company to go to a 5% of customers committing to wind power.
City staff were requested to obtain the amount of the electrical energy by service for the City of Madison.
Higley stated that the Dane County Electricity Committee had been established to address issues regarding the generation of electrical power within Dane County.
Jean Hoffman stated that the other committee had scheduled the issuance of this report by April. She asked the utility sub-committee to consider a similar timetable.
Vickerman stated that there a couple of issues that he wanted addressed. He stated that there was legislation being drafted to impose renewable energy on the State of Wisconsin operations and that he wanted to discuss with MG&E the possibility of a different renewable energy pricing program.
4. Agenda for the next meeting. Items to consider include:
a. A brainstorming session on ideas for the City of Madison.
b. Fuel cells and industrial park energy generation. Bollom stated that utilities have new interconnection standards in place. Hiniker replied that it would not be necessary for the subcommittee to review the standards but the application of those standards.
c. The committee was interested in the amount of energy being generated by the Madison Metropolitan Sewer District and the technology being considered at the Sun Prairie Treatment District by Capstone Technology.
d. Vickerman stated that the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection is conducting wind studies to determine if it would be applicable to excel the wind turbine at its facility on Agricultural Drive in the City of Madison.
e. A report on PV technology by Madison Gas & Electric.
5. Adjourned at 7:00 p.m.
Submitted by:
Larry D. Nelson, P.E.
City Engineer