Title: APPENDICES
1APPENDICES
2- Project Proposal Summaries
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3Project 008
Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Fuel Cell Energy DFC-ERG Bloomfield
- Location
- Bloomfield, CT (outside SWCT)
- At CNG pressure letdown/gate station
- Description
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Energy Recovery Generator - Turbo expander captures energy lost in a gate
station pressure reducing valve - Eliminates need for gas-fired heaters
- 3.367 MW total (850 kW from ERG)
- Team Experience
- Fuel Cell Energy - Manufacturer
- Enbridge Inc. A major fuel supplier N.
America energy player, as developer - Energy East/CNG Fuel supplier, holds title to
the land and access to the pressure let down
station - BOC Cryostar, Inc. world leader in radial
inflow turbine technology.
- Project Status
- Interconnection prelim. CLP discussions
- Permit applications pending
- Site control established host on the team
- Design Conceptual engineering completed
- Requested additional CCEF 0
- Contract Term 20 years
- NPV Rate Impact incl. CCEF
- Total 12.0 million
- Per MWh 23.57
- Other 50 RECs retained
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4Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Project 008
Fuel Cell Energy DFC-ERG Bloomfield
- Strengths
- Innovative use of technologies
- Strong project team
- Limited technology risk
- Highly efficient use of thermal output
- Local support for project
- No additional CCEF requested
- Least expensive fuel cell project
- Weaknesses
- Limited operating experience with 2.8 MW units
- Limited development progress
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5Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park
Fuel Cell w/ ORC
Project 005
- Project Status
- Interconnection UI feasibility study complete
SIS FS outstanding - Permit applications Approved by Siting Council.
Preliminary permitting review completed, no major
issues identified - Site control estab. - Signed lease option
- Design Preliminary design completed
- Requested additional CCEF 1.5M
- Contract Term 15 years
- Rate Impact
- Total 49.6 million
- Per MWh 28.35
- RECs
- 100 RECs retained
- REC value gt 10 reduces price
- Location
- Bridgeport, CT (Primary SWCT)
- Description
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
- Organic Rankine bottoming cycle
- 14.3 MW total ( 930 kW from ORC)
- Team Experience
- Fuel Cell Energy Manufacturer and co-developer
- PurePower, LLC A firm specializing in
developing large scale fuel cell projects in CT - PinPoint Power, LLC Develops, owns and manages
power generating and DSM equipment in the
Northeast
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6Bridgeport Fuel Cell Park
Project 005
Fuel Cell w/ ORC
- Strengths
- Redevelopment of a brownfield site
- Advanced permitting and development status
- Strong city support
- Strong project team
- Improved recovery of waste heat in ORC
- Creative price modifier returns REC value in
excess of 10/MWh to ratepayers
- Weaknesses
- Limited operating experience with 2.8MW units
- Of recommended projects, most expensive ratepayer
impact per MWh
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7Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Project 009
Fuel Cell Energy DFC-ERG Trumbull
- Project Status
- Interconnection prelim. UI discussions
- Permit applications pending
- Site control established host on the team
- Design Conceptual engineering completed
- Requested additional CCEF 0
- Contract Term 20 years
- NPV Rate Impact incl. CCEF
- Total 11.9 million
- Per MWh 24.66
- Other 50 RECs retained
- Location
- Trumbull, CT (primary SWCT)
- At SCG pressure letdown/gate station
- Description
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Energy Recovery Generator - Turbo expander captures energy lost in a gate
station pressure reducing valve - Eliminates need to run gas-fired heaters
- 3.200 MW total (600 kW from ERG)
- Team Experience
- Fuel Cell Energy - Manufacturer
- Enbridge Inc. A major fuel supplier and N.
America energy player, as the developer - Energy East/CNG Fuel supplier, holds title to
land access to pressure let down - BOC Cryostar, Inc. world leader in radial
inflow turbine technology.
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8Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Project 009
Fuel Cell Energy DFC-ERG Trumbull
- Weaknesses
- Limited operating experience with 2.8 MW units
- Limited development progress
- Strengths
- Innovative use of technologies
- Strong project team
- Limited technology risk
- Highly efficient use of thermal output
- Local support for project
- No additional CCEF requested
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9Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Project 007
Fuel Cell Energy DFC-ERG Glastonbury
- Project Status
- Interconnection prelim. CLP discussions
- Permit applications pending
- Site control established host on the team
- Design Conceptual engineering completed
- Requested additional CCEF 0
- Contract Term 20 years
- NPV Rate Impact incl. CCEF
- Total 12.1 million
- Per MWh 24.73
- Other
- 50 RECs retained
- Location
- Glastonbury, CT (outside SWCT)
- At CNG pressure letdown/gate station
- Description
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Energy Recovery Generator - Turbo expander captures energy otherwise lost in
a gate station pressure reducing valve - Eliminates need to run gas-fired heaters
- 3.200 MW total (600 kW from ERG)
- Team Experience
- Fuel Cell Energy - Manufacturer
- Enbridge Inc. A major fuel supplier and N.
America energy player serv. as developer - Energy East/CNG Fuel supplier, holds title to
land access to pressure let down station - BOC Cryostar, Inc. world leader in radial
inflow turbine technology.
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10Fuel Cell with turbo expander
Project 007
Fuel Cell Energy DFC-ERG Glastonbury
- Weaknesses
- Limited operating experience with 2.8 MW units
- Limited development progress
- Strengths
- Innovative use of technologies
- Strong project team
- Limited technology risk
- Highly efficient use of thermal output
- Local support for project
- No additional CCEF requested
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11Elemental Power Cube Project
Fuel Cell with Unfired Combustion Turbine
Project 001
- Project Status
- Interconnection Application submitted to CLP
- Permit applications prepared for filing
- Site control established affiliate has lease
- Design conceptual design complete
- Requested additional CCEF 3 M
- Contract Term 20 years
- Rate Impact
- Total 13.5 million
- Per MWh 25.78
- Other 50 RECs retained
- Location
- Danbury, CT (Secondary SWCT)
- Description
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
- Waste heat drives an un-fired combustion turbine
generator in a Brayton cycle - 3.2 MW total ( 500 kW from turbine)
- Team Experience
- EPG Fuel Cell Subsidiary of Elemental Power
Group, a company formed to develop own and
operate clean renewable energy projects - Catamount Energy - financier
- Fuel Cell Energy Manufacturer
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12Elemental Power Cube Project
Fuel Cell with Unfired Combustion Turbine
Project 001
- Strengths
- Efficient configuration low heat rate
- Local zoning changes already made to accommodate
projects i.e. strong town support - Strong development team
- Innovative combination of existing technologies
- Load reducer treatment gives more immediate FCM
value
- Weaknesses
- Limited operating experience with 2.8MW units
- Technology is scale-up of a pilot
- Highest request from CCEF, by far
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13Project 006
Fuel Cell CHP
Ten Companies Inc. Hartford Fuel Cell
- Location
- Hartford, CT (outside SWCT)
- Description
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
- CHP with heat recovery for district steam
- 2.700 MW total
- Team Experience
- Energy East (utility owner of both gas supplier
and steam company)
- Project Status
- Interconnection prelim. CLP discussion
- Permit applications scoped
- Site control established own site
- Design Conceptual engineering completed
- Requested additional CCEF 0
- Contract Term 15 years
- NPV Rate Impact incl. CCEF
- Total 9.8 million
- Per MWh 29.88
- Other 50 RECs retained
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14Fuel Cell CHP
Project 006
Ten Companies Inc. Hartford Fuel Cell
- Strengths
- Self-financing
- Ease of integration with site uses (other
generation, steam plants) - Limited technology risk
- CHP Efficient use of thermal output
- No additional CCEF requested
- Weaknesses
- Limited operating experience with 2.8MW units
- Limited development progress
- Highest ratepayer impact metric
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15Elemental Power Triangle Project
Fuel Cell with ORC
Project 002
- Location
- Danbury, CT (Secondary SWCT)
- Description
- Molten Carbonate Fuel Cell
- Organic Rankine bottoming cycle
- 15.1 total MW ( 950 kWh from ORC)
- Team Experience
- EPG Fuel Cell Subsidiary of Elemental Power
Group, a company formed to develop own and
operate clean renewable energy projects - Catamount Energy - financier
- Fuel Cell Energy Manufacturer
- Project Status
- Interconnection Application submitted to
ISO-NE, directed to submit a distn . level
interconnect, CLP feasibility study in process - Permit applications Near completed
- Site control established under lease
- Design conceptual design complete
- Requested additional CCEF 3M
- Contract Term 15 years
- Rate Impact
- Total 53.4 million
- Per MWh 29.14
- Other 50 RECs retained
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16Elemental Power Triangle Project
Fuel Cell with ORC
Project 002
- Weaknesses
- Limited operating experience with 2.8 MW units
- Large CCEF request
- High ratepayer impact metric
- Strengths
- Straightforward interconnection
- Local zoning changes already made to accommodate
projects i.e. strong town support - Strong development team
- Using Organic Rankine Cycle to maximize
efficiency (replicable technology improvement)
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17- Additional Proposal Information
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18Proposal Summary Statistics CCEF Requested
- Binary distribution of funding requests
- 4 requested no additional
- 3 requests between. 1.5 3 million
- Total requested (7 proj.) 7.75 million
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19Proposal Summary Statistics CCEF Requested
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20Proposal Summary Statistics Ratepayer Cost
Impacts
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21Proposal Summary Statistics SW CT Benefits
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22Alternative Proposalswithout ITC/PTC extension
Status if no ITC/PTC extension of Proposals of MW
Withdrawn 4 (s 001,002,005,006) 35.3 (14.294 of recommended)
No change 3 (s 007,008,009) 9.8
23Pricing Options Selected
- Option 6 50 of wholesale market energy cost
plus project cost of natural gas as the primary
fuel (not subject to price cap). - 4 Proposals
- Option 6a 50 of wholesale market energy cost
plus project cost of natural gas as the primary
fuel (not subject to price cap), adjusted
downward by proposer-defined price modifier. - 3 Proposals
- - This is a new pricing option introduced
by CCEF in Round 3 - - One response had variable downward
adjustment tied to market REC prices
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24Internal Working Document For Discussion
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25Sensitivity Analysis High Electricity Natural
Gas Prices
26Sensitivity Analysis Low Electricity Natural
Gas Prices
27Sensitivity Analysis High REC Prices
28Sensitivity Analysis Low REC Prices
29Sensitivity Analysis CCEF Funding Not Included
30Sensitivity Analysis SC Recommendations w/o
Triangle (Cube at 0.5 cent price modifier)