Energy Transformation
A Path Forward
Valley Environmental Summit 2014
The 1800’s
Whale oil
Camphene Oil
Camphene hits peak with 100 million galleons
Congress passes Revenue Act of 1862 includes new taxes
kerosene
Abraham Pineo Gesner
1846
1859 Commercial Oil Discovery
In 1854
Created the North American
Kerosene Gas Light Company
Standard Oil
Thomas Edison
1879 – commercially viable light bulb
Thomas A. Edison in his "Invention Factory," 1901. | Energy.Gov Photo courtesy of the Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.
September 4, 1882
Photographic Services of the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc.
Niagara Falls Power Company
A new Era
1896:
Nikola Tesla
1896
1934:
The Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA) of 1934
Creates state regulated monopoly structure that has
dominated electricity supply service ever since.
Goal to serve all customers for a guaranteed rate of
return
30-50%
Total Efficiency
44-68% Generation losses
Energy Consumption
Source: LBNL
Royal Dutch Shell
Natural Gas, Solar and Wind lead
Power Plant Capacity Additions
for first half of 2014
4,350 MW of new utility scale generating capacity came on line – about ½ is Natural Gas
and ¼ from solar.
Solar Costs Continue to Drop!
• The U.S. installed 1,133
megawatts (MW) of solar PV
in the second quarter
of 2014 nearing 16
gigawatts enough to power
3.2 million homes.
• National average cost of a
solar installation dropped
from $3.05 per watt in
2013′s 3rd quarter — to
$2.59 per watt in the 4th
quarter.
San Antonio
Renewables and Advanced Technologies
Impact on the Utility Market
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kldA4nWANA8
Source: Altaeros Energy
Texas
Industry accounts for 50 percent of all energy used in Texas, compared to a 32 percent share for the U.S. as a whole.
Texas
• Texas leads the nation in wind-powered generation
capacity with over 12,000 megawatts
• In 2013 Texas generated almost 36 million megawatt
hours of electricity from wind energy
http://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=TX#tabs-4
Texas
• Texas has only about 200 megawatts worth of
solar-power panels --- less than New Jersey,
• Success in cities such as San Antonio and
Austin
Recommendations
• Create an investment climate of confidence
in clean energy
• Address the changing utility environment an
and the onset of renewables.
• Create state wide energy assurance policy
• Local Governments must take sustained &
collaborative initiatives
Energy Efficiency
Is the foundation of any energy policy
Mike Myers
IFMA SFP; LEED AP BD+C
Myers Verde Company
(512) 925-7042
[email protected]
Energy Transformation
Valley Environmental Summit 2014