## Kumeyaay **Wind Energy** 

**Project** San Diego County’s first commercial

wind project **Councilman Michael Connolly Miskwish**  **Campo Kumeyaay Nation**

## Location **map**

## Tribal Energy Planning  Commercial  Wind  Solar  Bioreactor  Residential  Home efficiency
– lighting, attic fans, cottonwoods, orientation  Closed loop geothermal, solar, wind, solar thermal**Residential W ind**  **Options**

## Kumeyaay Wind Project Description  Started producing energy on 12/22/2005.  25
– 2 MW turbines in operation.  Facility is owned by Babcock & Brown  Managed by enXco  Campo tribe receives revenue on the land lease contract and royalties on electricity purchased from the project.

## Confirmation **of wind**  Wind monitoring since 1990  Kenetech Windpower collected data.  Kenetch was sold to Enron.  Campo site data was sold to GE.  Data then found it’s way into the California Energy Commission wind maps  Superior Renewable heard of lost data  Superior Renewable contacted the Tribe.  New data was collected from 2002
-2005 and reconfirmed the wind resources were available.

## Kumeyaay Wind Project Location  Campo Reservation is located in Southern California in the southeastern portion of San Diego County.  The elevation at the wind project site is 4,169
- 4,600 feet or 1,271
- 1,402 meters

## Terrain map

## Elevations

## The Turbines  Each turbine has its own controls that adjust blade pitch.  Wind speed must be 5 mph to operate.  Turbine must be shut down if wind is above 55 mph.  Each turbine produces up to 2 megawatts.  Turbines are 228 ft tall to cone. Blades are 145 ft. and weigh 12 tons.

## Positive points **for site**  Substations are close to the turbine location  Transmission capacity easily upgraded  Close to market. Over 3 Million in San Diego County. Additional 10 Million in 100 mile radius.  Good Road Access: Interstate 8  Ridge perpendicular to wind direction  Low turbulence
– very laminar flow  Low ice/ mild climate

## Infrastructure  SDG&E 69 kilovolt lines to existing substation  Upgraded from 269 to 418 Amp capacity  45 acres of tribal land utilized for 25 towers  2.5 square miles restricted use  Limited construction of high rise structures

## Finances  SEMPRA owns San Diego Gas & Electric  pays $49.50
- $51.75 per mega watt-hour on 20 yr power purchase agreement  Construction debt approximately 80 million  Tribe did not purchase the turbines or finance any construction  100% decommission bond by the 15 th year

## Environmental **Considerations**  Potential for raptor deaths  First year 4 have been recorded  Potential for bat deaths  First year 1 has been recorded  Noise not considered detrimental  Visual impacts not considered detrimental  Restrictions on future development

## Approval **by Tribe**  Negotiated over a 3 year time frame  Several meetings with Campo Tribe’s General Council giving detailed information  Final Approval by General Council in January 2005

## Additional **wind projects**   Potential for 300 MW additional capacity  Net metered usage for Casino is being reviewed.  Residential wind.

## Tribal Ownership **Considerations**  Production Tax Credit  Accelerated depreciation  Flip agreements  Rising market $80+ / MW

-h  8
-A utility  Double credits for military portfolio  Utility pre
-pay agreements  New Market Tax Credits  Green Credits, Renewable Energy Credits (RECs)

## Climate **Change**  The Climate Registry  www.theclimateregistry.org  Impacts
- fires, water quantity & chemistry  Future market trading programs

## Conclusion  The Campo Kumeyaay Nation will continue to explore and expand the efforts to create additional economic diversity through energy production.  Mandated energy portfolio standards and/or carbon tax are essential components for long term project feasibility.  New technologies, ie plug
-in hybrids could radically alter the paradigm