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Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Winter Meeting – Washington, DC. February 5, 2013 Hank Courtright, Senior Vice President Electric Power Research Institute

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Page 1: Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Winter Meeting – Washington, DC. February 5, 2013

Ohio River Basin Water Quality Trading Project

National Association of Regulatory Utility CommissionersWinter Meeting – Washington, DC.

February 5, 2013

Hank Courtright, Senior Vice PresidentElectric Power Research Institute

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Electric Power Research Institute

Generation Delivery Customer

Independent, Objective, Collaborative

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Our Ongoing Mission…

Provide society with…

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Water Resources Management

Reduce water demand for power generation

Reduce power demand for water production and treatment

Minimize environmental impact of water use

One of Six EPRI R&D Strategic Issues

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What is Water Quality Trading?

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Ohio River Basin – Water Quality Trading Stakeholder Collaboration

Organizations• Electric Power Research Institute• American Farmland Trust• Ohio Farm Bureau Federation• Ohio River Valley Water Sanitation

Commission (ORSANCO)• Tennessee Valley Authority• American Electric Power• Exelon• Hoosier Energy• Duke Energy• Hunton & Williams• Kieser & Associates • UC Santa Barbara

States• Ohio• Indiana• Kentucky

Agencies• USEPA• USDA

Steering Committees• Wastewater Treatment Plants

• Agriculture

• Power Plants

• Environmental Groups

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Trading Plan and Pilot Program Launched

August 9, 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio

Representatives from the permitting offices and the agriculture agencies in Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky signed the trading plan.

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Pilot Trades (2012-2015)30 farmer contracts 45,000-60,000 lbs N/yr15,000-20,000 lb P/yrFocus on KY, IN, OH

Objective: Trading across the Watershed

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Watershed Model Adds Scientific Rigor

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Steering Committees

• Wastewater Treatment Plants – National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) host EPRI via their WQT working group

• Power Plants – Duke, AEP, TVA, Hoosier, Exelon• Environmental Groups

– The Nature Conservancy OH– Sierra Club OH– OH Environmental Council– Environmental Law and Policy Center IN– MN Center for Environmental Advocacy– KY Water Alliance– Kentucky Resources Council– Environmental Defense Fund

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Contacts and Questions

Jessica Fox

[email protected]

650-855-2138www.epri.com/ohiorivertrading

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Water Research Center

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Together…Shaping the Future of Electricity