# Presentation: 145840

## FUPWG – Brooklyn NY
April 22-23, 2004

**April 22-23, 2004**

**Presented by:****John H. Nelson                   Chief, Installation Installation Support Contracting Division Defense Energy Support Center**
**Phone: (703) 767-8523                   E-mail: John.Nelson@dla.mil**

## Department of Defense
Defense Logistics Agency
Defense Energy Support Center
Bulk Petroleum
Into Plane
Coal
Natural Gas 
Electricity
Utilities Privatization
Energy Savings Performance Contracts
Missile Fuels

**Defense Logistics Agency**
**Defense Energy Support Center**
**Bulk Petroleum**
**Into Plane**
**Coal**
**Natural Gas **
**Electricity**
**Utilities Privatization**
**Energy Savings Performance Contracts**
**Missile Fuels**

- Who is DESC?

## Program established in 1996
Not mandatory
We “own” no loads
We have solicited on behalf of those that do:
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines
Coast Guard
NASA
Department of Energy
National Institutes of Health
Environmental Protection Agency
Veterans Affairs Medical Centers
Treasury Department

**Not mandatory**
**We “own” no loads**
**We have solicited on behalf of those that do:**
**Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines**
**Coast Guard**
**NASA**
**Department of Energy**
**National Institutes of Health**
**Environmental Protection Agency**
**Veterans Affairs Medical Centers**
**Treasury Department**

- Electricity

## Recent Efforts

- 2002 –
- NASA 10% renewable
- 2003 –
- Army 19M kWh wind and landfill (cont mod)
- Dyess AFB100% wind (contract modification)
- All Navy & Air Force in TX 5-10% renewable
- DOE West Valley 5-10% wind and landfill
- EPA Research Triangle wind and landfill
- 2004
- EPA Athens & EPA Atlanta Georgia, landfill

## DESC supported EPA Green Tag/REC buy
Solicitation
Stated $$$ to spend
Described mix (50% wind & 50% landfill gas)
Each type to be evaluated separately
Preference for “local” region
Awards
Awardee: 3 Phases Energy Services
Type of Renewable: Wind Energy
Total kWh of RECs: 10,000,000 kWh
Awardee: Sterling Planet
Type of Renewable: Landfill gas
Total kWh of RECs: 19,829,787
Process was quick & efficient w/ low transaction cost

- DESC supported EPA Green Tag/REC buy
- Solicitation
- Stated $$$ to spend
- Described mix (50% wind & 50% landfill gas)
- Each type to be evaluated separately
- Preference for “local” region
- Awards
- Awardee: 3 Phases Energy Services
- Type of Renewable: Wind Energy
- Total kWh of RECs: 10,000,000 kWh
- Awardee: Sterling Planet
- Type of Renewable: Landfill gas
- Total kWh of RECs: 19,829,787
- Process was quick & efficient w/ low transaction cost

## EPA Georgia and Beyond

- Green Tag/REC Procurement
- Solicitation Stated $$$ to spend
- Requirement for local region
- Awarded landfill
- While $$$ stated we could instead go with kWh if requested.
- Currently soliciting multi-region REC procurement on behalf of EPA

##   Why RECs

**Fundamentally the same as a “bundled” product from an energy supplier**
**EO 13123 **
**Part 1, Section 204 – Purchase renewable Energy**
**Section 404 – Take advantage of competitive opportunities, aggregate across agencies, include provisions for the purchase of electricity from renewable energy sources as a component of requests for bids whenever procuring electricity**

## What Can I Get?

- RECs – DESC usually solicits after non-renewable is awarded
- Competitive supply including a renewable component
- Utility Renewable Programs

##   Details

**Source Selection **
**Low price not always determining factor**
**Source location is often key**
**Supply should be from “new” resources**
**New or re-powered after 01/01/99**
**Hydro is not an option**
**Unless changed by legislation**
**Must have certification (Green-e like)**

## How Can I Participate

**Become familiar with the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)**
- _[www.arnet.](http://www.arnet.gov/)__[gov](http://www.arnet.gov/)_
**Feel free to go to **_[www.desc.dla.mil](http://www.desc.dla.mil/)_** and take a look**
**Send DESC an e-mail**
**Name, company, POC Phone #, Mailing address**
**Ask to be placed on notification list**
**Try to be as commercial as possible**
**Open to suggestions**