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From: Snyder, Ashley
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2O16 3:41 PM
To: Stafford, Kathleen
Subject: FW: Biomass
BOS Correspondence
AshLe@N. SnNcI8r
Associate Clerk ofthe Board
Butte County Administration
25County Center Drive, Suite 2OO
Orov|U|e, [A95965
530.538.2867
From: BUS District
Sent: Monday, August 22, 2O162:Z8PM
To:Snyder, Ashley<ansnyder@huLteceunty.met>
Subject: FW: Biomass
From: Angela
Sent: Monday, August 23, 201G7:32AM
To: Wahl, Larry; ; tLim@aqramarK Marc 0emna:nic; BOS District 4;
Teeter, Doug; Connelly, Bill; Kirk, Maureen
Cc: Page, Laura; Starr, Shane; Zachary Brown; James Gallagher
Subject: Biomass
Dear Board ofSupervisors,
Would it be possible,to have a small packet prepared for the Board of Supervisors with the current data on biomass for
the meeting tomorrow?This email is an effort to coordinate efforts to help our local commmmityprepare aimd create
solutions for the biomass closures plus new tipping fee change atthe Neal Rd. Recycling and Waste Facility.
The current situation is that biomass plants in the North State are closing due to several issues:
• Low prices to purchase energy set by the PUC for PG&E to purchase energy produced by biomass compared!to
solar orwind
• Power purchase agreements have not been renewed for many North State plants and they are winding down
operations intending togoout ofbusiness
• Stategovernnmentm|entitieshavenotcmeatedaso|utiontaavoidbimmessplantdosuresandnmaymotbew/orhing
together creating a quagmire of entities for local businesses to deal with to work on solutions In 2006,the
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ErThie:liiState Policy on Biomass Targets: http:�Llwww.energy.ca.gov/biomass/""
The p[ohlenmfacing Butte County businesses:
* Local businesses in Butte County rely on the biomass plants in Anderson, Lassen, Plumas,Shasta counties
• Local businesses have just received lower prices to haul materials tothese plants
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Many of the biomass companies are no longer receiving shipments and are planning to cease operations
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These materials when dry can combust in wind rows,which increases the risks of fire danger
The problem facing Butte County:
• In October,there will be few options for disposal for our large volumes of green waste materials, that will
impact cities and businesses
• New orgam|cwaste regulations are creating higher volume from the food industries from Ca|Recyc|e
• The Neal Rd. Recycling and Waste Facility is overwhelmed with materials
If it's not too late to provide the supervisors with some information for tomorrow's board meeting, here are a few
materials that may be helpful:
October 2015,the Clean Energy and Pollution Reduction Act of 2015 (Chapter 547,Statutes of 2015) set a target goal of
5096 bw203Oofretail sales of renewable energy:
In 2015, 6,259 Gigawatt hours was produced by biomass, landfill gas, and waste water gas. 3.44%of the energy mix in,
California.
The C4Energy Commission's biomass program was first called Senate Bill 771Program and Energy Technology
Advancement Program ETAP and is now referred to as Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program.
K4ost importantly, biomass energy production is tracked by the CEC.The following link breaks down production by
company and county here: (| have attached the list for
you.)
There are newer technologies that reduce the pollution tothe air caused byburning wood and agricultural products
through filters, and the plants have implemented visual inspections to reduce other materials from entering the burners,
the output ofsteam |sharmless and clean, and the ash collected from the burners has proven to be an excellent soil
amendment. Our business community has already created aclosed loop, acommonly used phrase imthe world of
sustainability management tu mean that the system has a solution for every waste product to achieve zero waste of
resources.The gases of carbon dioxide and methane are being captured for new biofuels and other streams of energy,
and the carbon monoxide is mixed into the ash. This is not the biomass industry of the 1990's.
Thank you so much for helping the local business and agricultural communities.
Marc Nemnamkc, Executive Director, 3[ORE and ] are interested in helping out by creating business solutions to this
problem, retaining our existing businesses that rely onthe solutions that biomass plants offer, and creating new jobs in
Butte County and North State. Asanfyi,this email isbeing sent toAgra Marketing, Old Durham Wood, and Chico Nut.
All three business owners are helping us to understand the magnitude of this issue and are working on solutions.
Thanks,
Angela and Marc Nemnam[c, Executive Director, 3C0RE
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Angela Casler
Owner
Sustainability Management Consulting
Cell: (530)513-2934
Office: (530)809-9233
acasler@sustainabilitymc.com
www.sustainabilitymc.com
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In 2015,biomass-produced electricity in our state totaled 6,351 gigawatt-hours(GWh)or
3.24 percent of the state's total system power.A total of 94 operating biomass power plants,
with an installed capacity about 1,321 megawatts,are in California.
Biomass power plant is the general term forwaste-to-energy power plants that burn organic ,
material They are comprised of four specific types defined bythe fuel they burn:
Biomass
Digester Gas(Anaerobic Digestion)
Landfill Gas
Municipal Solid Waste(MSW)
The plant pictured on the right is the Wheelabrator Shasta Energy Company power plant in
Anderson,California.It uses forest"residue"that is chipped up-dead and downed trees
and slash and debris from logging-
as its fuel.
Foran animated movie about how a waste-to-energy plantworks,go to:
http://whee la bratortech nol og ies.com/i ndex.cfm/plants/how-it-works/
Photo by Warren Gretz NREL 00298
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2015 Ameresco Inc 58435 E0071 Ameresco Vasco Road LLC CA 4.3 34,538 32,486
2015 Ameresco Inc 56428 E0214 Ameresco Santa Cruz Energy CA 3.2 18,394 17,237
2015 Ameresco Inc 56897 E0217 Ameresco Keller Canyon CA 3.8 27,196 25,512
2015 Ameresco Inc 56895 E0218 Ameresco Half Moon Bay(Ox Mountain CA 11.5 84,864 80,297
Landfill)
2015 Ameresco Inc 57771 E0248 Ameresco Butte County Neal Road Landfill CA 2.2 15,460 14,430
2015 Ameresco Inc 56898 E0250 Ameresco Chiquita Energy CA 9.2 60,567 46,983
2015 Ameresco Inc 58437 E0252 Ameresco Forward LLC CA 4.3 33,874 31,699
2015 Ameresco Inc 58436 E0253 Ameresco San Joaquin LLC CA 4.3 27,678 26,019
2015 Ameresco Inc 58397 E0255 Ameresco Johnson Canyon CA 1.4 10,756 10,189
2015 Bio Energy Partners/WM Renewable Energy 50571 E0106 Altamont Gas Recovery CA 9.0 60,862 60,862
2015 Blue Lake Power LLC 10764 E0097 Blue Lake CA 13.8 32,608 28,388
2015 Brea Parent 2007 LLC c/o Broadrock 58007 E0249 Brea Expansion Plant-Brea Power II LLC CA 32.8 247,211 207,759
Renewables LLC
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2015 Buena Vista Biomass Power 58472 E0201 Buena Vista Biomass CA 22.5 123,866 107,983
2015 Burney Forest Power 10652 E0005 Burney Forest Products CA 31.0 240,471 222,267
2015 California Bioenergy LLC 58699 E0257 ABEC Bidart-Old River LLC CA 2.0 11,115 10,195
2015 City of Oxnard Wastewater Division 50224 E0211 Oxnard Wastewater Treatment Plant CA 1.5 6,389 6,389
2015 City of San Diego 50492 E0171 Gas Utilization Facility(Pt.Loma Sewage TP) CA 4.6 36,540 36,540
2015 City of San Diego Missing E0244 North City Cogeneration Facility Expansion CA 1.6 11,877 11,877
(NCCFE)
2015 City of Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control 57557 E0181 Sunnyvale Water Pollution Control Plant CA 1.6 9,628 9,628
Plant
2015 Collins Pine Cc 10661 E0026 Collins Pine Cc Project CA 12.0 32,832 23,382
2015 Community Renewable Energy Services Inc 57827 E0033 Dinuba Energy CA 12.5 50,785 44,813
2015 County of Riverside Waste Management 55820 E0210 RCWMD Badlands Power Plant CA 1.2 5,723 5,723
Department
2015 County of Sacramento Waste Management 55766 E0203 Kiefer Landfill Gas-to-Energy Facility CA 9.1 63,934 57,738
2015 County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles 10090 E0113 Commerce Refuse To Energy CA 11.5 90,965 80,957
County
2015 County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles 10472 E0127 Puente Hills Energy Recovery CA 52.8 368,172 329,537
County
2015 County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles 10472 E0128 Puente Hills Gas-to-Energy Facility Phase II CA 8.1 21,799 19,368
County
2015 County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles 10471 E0129 Spad ra Landfill Gas to Energy CA 10.6 27,491 21,923
County
2015 County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles 10091 E0212 Total Energy Facilities CA 38.4 176,579 154,069
County
2015 County Sanitation Districts of Los Angeles 57163 E0227 Calabasas Gas-to-Energy Facility CA 13.8 50,448 34,726
County
2015 Covanta Delano/Mendota 10840 E0029 Covanta Delano Inc CA 58.0 327,943 266,464
2015 Covanta Delano/Mendota 10837 E0052 Covanta Mendota LP CA 28.0 7,002 6,047
2015 Covanta Energy Inc 50632 E0150 Stanislaus Resource Recovery Facility CA 24.0 177,948 151,767
2015 Desert View Power(formerly Colmac Energy 10300 E0027 Desert View Power(Mecca Plant) CA 54.2 377,099 323,076
Inc)
2015 DTE Energy Services 10836 E0105 Woodland Biomass Power Ltd CA 28.0 215,856 191,280
2015 DTE Stockton LLC 54238 E0213 DTE Stockton(POSDEF Repower C0004) CA 50.0 362,359 338,779
2015 East Bay Municipal Utility District(EBMUD) 56036 E0036 EBMUD Wastewater Treatment Plant Power CA 6.5 27,645 24,631
Generation Station
2015 East Bay Municipal Utility District(EBMUD) 57696 E0242 EBMUD Wastewater Treatment Plant CA 4.6 34,509 29,060
Digester Gas Turbine
2015 Eel River Power LLC 50049 E0063 Scotia CA 32.5 2,148 816
2015 Encina Wastewater Authority 10026 E0251 Encina Water Pollution Control CA 3.0 13,492 13,492
2015 Energy 2001 Inc 57362 E0225 Lincoln Landfill-WPWMA CA 5.0 28,299 26,424
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 55094 E0054 MM San Diego LLC-Miramar Landfill CA 6.5 53,558 51,008
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 55603 E0095 MM Tajiguas Energy LLC CA 3.0 26,523 24,557
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 55160 E0101 MM Tulare Energy LLC CA 1.8 0 0
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 10395 E0117 Coyote Canyon CA 20.0 36,793 26,796
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 57197 E0132 Santa Cruz Energy LLC CA 1.6 10,056 9,099
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 54015 E0152 MM West Covina LLC CA 7.1 51,170 44,183
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 54567 E0154 MM Yolo Power LLC Facility CA 3.1 14,924 13,461
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 55161 E0168 MM Lopez Energy LLC CA 6.1 46,917 42,027
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 55601 E0194 MM Prima Deshecha Energy LLC CA 6.1 45,764 42,586
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 55602 E0202 MM San Diego LLC-North City CA 3.8 28,561 27,201
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 55094 E0205 Miramar Energy LLC LFG CA 3.2 27,028 25,990
2015 Fortistar Methane Group 56170 E0209 MN Mid Valley Genco LLC CA 2.6 12,944 11,804
2015 G2 Energy(Hay Road)LLC 58320 E0236 Hay Road CA 1.6 11,961 11,272
2015 G2 Energy(Ostrom Road)LLC 57133 E0237 Ostrom Road CA 3.2 23,588 22,332
2015 Gas Recovery Systems Inc 10386 E0075 San Marcos CA 1.9 13,506 12,358
2015 Gas Recovery Systems Inc 10387 E0094 Sycamore Landfill San Diego CA 5.4 28,477 20,417
2015 Global Ampersand LLC 56707 E0007 EI Nido Biomass CA 12.5 77,629 65,094
2015 Global Ampersand LLC 56706 E0018 Chowchilla II Biomass CA 12.5 78,086 66,028
2015 HL Power Cc 10777 E0041 HL Power Company(Honey Lake) CA 35.5 220,744 194,766
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2015 IHI Power Services Corp 50560 E0100 Pacific Ultrapower Chinese CA 25.7 155,979 133,799
2015 J&A Santa Maria 57101 E0228 Santa Maria II Landfill CA 1.4 6,802 6,802
2015 Los Angeles Department of Water&Power 56533 E0153 Bradley Landfill CA 6.0 0 0
(LADWP)
2015 Madera Power LLC Missing E0050 Madera Power(offline 3/28/2012- CA 25.0 0 0
repowered 2013)
2015 Marubeni Sustainable Energy Inc 10052 E0037 DG Fairhaven Power Plant CA 15.0 132,588 118,797
2015 Monterey Regional Waste Mgmt Dist 10748 E0135 Marina Landfill Gas(Monterey Regional CA 5.1 23,463 23,463
Waste Management Dst)
2015 MRWPCA 54951 E0055 Monterey Regional Water Pollution Control CA 1.7 8,520 8,550
Cogen
2015 Mt Poso Cogeneration Cc 54626 E0232 Mt.Poso Cogeneration CA 63.6 293,079 249,148
2015 Orange County Sanitation District 52099 E0025 Plant No 2 CA 16.0 49,256 47,000
2015 Otay Landfill Gas LLC 52204 E0061 Otay 1&2 Power Station CA 3.7 19,342 16,424
2015 Otay Landfill Gas LLC 52204 E0300 Otay 3 Power Station CA 7.0 40,023 35,979
2015 Ridgewood Power Management LLC 10648 E0109 Brea Power Partners LP CA 5.6 0 0
2015 Rio Bravo 10767 E0098 Rio Bravo Fresno CA 27.8 219,101 191,378
2015 Rio Bravo 10772 E0099 Rio Bravo Rocklin CA 27.8 211,860 185,702
2015 Roseburg Forest Products 56469 E0243 Roseburg Forest Products CA 13.4 63,116 59,763
2015 SERRF Joint Powers Authority 50837 E0112 Southeast Resource Recovery CA 34.6 246,410 210,305
2015 SF Public Utilities Commisson 57971 E0110 Southeast Digester Gas Cogen Plant CA 2.1 7,976 7,976
2015 Sierra Pacific Industries Inc 10144 E0004 SPI-Lincoln CA 19.2 111,796 96,305
2015 Sierra Pacific Industries Inc 54517 E0038 SPI-Sonora-Restarted 1/1/2012(Shut CA 7.5 40,235 31,574
Down 9/28/2009)
2015 Sierra Pacific Industries Inc 50110 E0078 SPI-Burney CA 20.0 116,299 102,282
2015 Sierra Pacific Industries Inc 50112 E0081 SPI-Quincy CA 27.5 165,417 139,589
2015 Sierra Pacific Industries Inc 55049 E0174 SPI-Anderson CA 4.0 16,656 12,973
2015 Sierra Pacific Industries Inc 59658 E0301 SPI-Anderson 2 CA 30.1 41,728 36,715
2015 Sonoma County Department of 55752 E0195 Central LF(Sonoma)Phase I CA 3.2 18,371 17,188
Transportation and Public Works
2015 Sonoma County Department of 55753 E0196 Central LF(Sonoma)Phase II CA 3.2 12,295 11,498
Transportation and Public Works
2015 Sonoma County Department of 55880 E0197 Central LF(Sonoma)Phase III CA 1.6 0 0
Transportation and Public Works
2015 South Orange County Wastewater Authority 10820 E0155 Aliso Water Management Agency(Under 1 CA 1.2 6,023 6,023
MW as of Jan 2016)
2015 Sunshine Gas Producers LLC 58429 E0258 Sunshine Gas Producers Renewable Energy CA 23.0 169,105 141,655
Project
2015 Thermal Energy Dev Partner LP 10502 E0096 Tracy Biomass Plant CA 23.0 0 0
2015 Toro Energy of California LLC 58379 E0254 Cold Canyon CA 1.5 9,755 9,755
2015 Toyon Landfill Gas Conversion LLC 54327 E0143 Toyon Landfill Gas Conversion LLC CA 3.8 6,043 5,160
2015 Ventura Regional Sanitation District MISSING E0256 Toland Road Landfill(Ventura) CA 2.8 962 962
2015 Wadham Energy LP 50293 E0102 Wadham CA 29.1 171,432 154,054
2015 West Contra Costa Energy Recovery Inc 50831 E0137 Nove Power Plant CA 3.0 11,165 8,976
2015 Wheelabrator Technologies Inc 50881 E0086 Wheelabrator Shasta CA 62.8 450,227 401,124
2015 WM Energy Solutions Inc 56534 E0207 EI Sobrante Landfill CA 4.1 21,867 21,867
2015 WM Energy Solutions Inc 56535 E0208 Simi Valley Landfill CA 2.7 16,224 16,224
Total 1,320.6 7,228,268 6,350,802
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2015 1,320.6 7,228,268 6,350,802
2014 1,300.9 7,670,152 6,767,778
2013 1,217.7 7,420,278 6,543,129
2012 1,207.3 6,955,442 6,198,798
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2011 1,194.6 6,765,415 6,044,020
2010 1,125.5 6,700,209 5,980,814
2009 1,117.0 6,836,048 6,110,998
2008 1,120.0 6,582,558 5,927,049
2007 1,093.0 6,397,004 5,764,123
2006 1,098.3 6,498,358 5,862,603
2005 1,104.2 6,807,679 6,078,118
2004 1,106.2 6,732,556 6,081,858
2003 1,159.2 6,752,911 6,093,587
2002 1,154.2 6,901,172 6,197,232
2001 1,175.5 6,226,634 5,761,812
2000 N/A N/A 6,086,000
1999 N/A N/A 5,663,000
1998 N/A N/A 5,266,000
1997 N/A N/A 5,701,000
1996 N/A N/A 5,557,000
1995 N/A N/A 5,969,000
1994 N/A N/A 7,173,000
1993 N/A N/A 5,760,000
1992 N/A N/A 7,362,000
1991 N/A N/A 7,312,000
1990 N/A N/A 6,644,000
1989 N/A N/A 5,204,000
1988 N/A N/A 4,092,000
1987 N/A N/A 2,461,000
1986 N/A N/A 2,063,000
1985 N/A N/A 1,171,000
1984 N/A N/A 1,099,000
1983 N/A N/A 731,000
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Alameda 24.4 157,554
Amador 22.5 123,866
Butte 2.2 15,460
Colusa 29.1 171,432
Contra Costa 6.8 38,361
Fresno 55.8 226,103
Humboldt 61.3 167,344
Kern 123.6 632,137
Lassen 35.5 220,744
Los Angeles 225.0 1,315,666
Madera 37.5 78,086
Merced 12.5 77,629
Monterey 8.2 42,739
Orange 81.7 385,048
Placer 52.0 351,955
Plumas 39.5 198,249
Riverside 59.4 404,689
Sacramento 9.1 63,934
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San Bernardino 2.6 12,944
San Diego 40.7 272,404
San Francisco 2.1 7,976
San Joaquin 81.7 423,911
San Luis Obispo 1.5 9,755
San Mateo 11.5 84,864
Santa Barbara 4.4 33,325
Santa Clara 1.6 9,628
Santa Cruz 4.8 28,450
Shasta 147.9 865,381
Siskiyou 13.4 63,116
Solano 1.6 11,961
Sonoma 8.0 30,666
Stanislaus 24.0 177,948
Tulare 14.3 50,785
Tuolumne 33.2 196,214
Ventura 7.0 23,575
Yolo 31.1 230,780
Yuba 3.2 23,588
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