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UC Powering the Way to Efficiency Presented by Joe Harrell, PE, CEM Assistant VP Utilities University of Cincinnati... Cogen Economic Dispatch • Evaluate operations every hour • Buy

UC Powering the Way to

Efficiency

Presented by

Joe Harrell, PE, CEM Assistant VP Utilities University of Cincinnati

Central Utility Plant

Childrens Hospital Medical Center Shriners Hospital for Children

Veterans Hospital

UC Medical Center Hoxworth Blood Bank

Holmes Hospital

Hospitals Served by UC Utilities

Cogen Costs FY16

• Fuel For Electricity $3,510,000

• Solar Service Contract $1,972,224

• Purchased Power $4,950,000

• Total Costs $14,988,224

FY16 Cogen Savings

• Cost of Power w/o Cogen $24,000,000

• Cogen Costs (Previous Slide) $15,000,000

• Total Cost Savings $10,500,000

Cogen Economic Dispatch

• Evaluate operations

every hour

• Buy when prices are

low and produce when

prices are high

• Similar to Independent

Power Producer

• Supplier bill averages

3.2 cents /kWh

• Saves additional

$2,500,000

• REC sales over

$270,000/yr

• Zero Capacity Cost

Buy During These Hours

Produce During These Hours

Additional Benefits

• Improved reliability

• Voltage sags reduced

• Reduced carbon footprint

• Less transmission and distribution losses

• Good publicity

Great Environmental Impacts

Energy use per student down 33%

over last 11 years

City water usage down 59%

over last 11 years

Budget Adjusted for Debt Transfers

Coal Usage Last 6 Years

Energy Conservation

• Saves money

• Reduces carbon footprint

• Over $2,500,000 of rebates

• Promotes sustainability

• Duke Power Partner Award

• Eliminates need for Boiler 4

Awards and Honors

• 2015 Green Business Award

• 2014 Green Business Award

• 2014 IDEA Campus Sustainability Video Contest

• 2013 CHP Combined Heat & Power Partnership Certificate of Avoided GHG Emissions

• 2013 Utilities Health and Fitness Program Award

• 2012 Thinking Building Award

• 2012 Duke Energy Power Partner Award

• 2011 Smart Saver Duke Energy Rebate $1,050,000

• 2011 Combined Heat & Power Energy Star Award

• 2010 EPA Combined Heat and Power Award

• 2009 EPA Combined Heat and Power Award

• 2005 Energy Project of the Year, Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)

• 2005 System of the Year, International District Energy Association (IDEA)

• 2005 CHP Certificate of Recognition, U.S EPA

• 2005 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Energy, State of Ohio

• 2003 Ohio Governor’s Award for Excellence, highest award in the Ohio Award for Excellence

competition

• 2001 Corporate Energy Management of the Year, Association of Energy Engineers (AEE)

• 2000 Governor’s Award for Excellence in Energy Efficiency, State of Ohio

• 1997 Greenlights Partner, U.S Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

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WITH SMART ENERGY POLICY, THE UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MAKES THE GRADE AND REDUCES COSTS

BY NINE MILLION DOLLARS A YEAR

• For more information contact

• Joe Harrell 513-558-4635

• harreljh@uc.edu

Summary