NORTH FORK BIOENERGY PROJECT PROJECT STATUS Project Overview - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
2 nd Annual Rural Community Development Initiative Capacity Building and Wood Utilization Workshop NORTH FORK BIOENERGY PROJECT PROJECT STATUS Project Overview Project Team and Organization Major Milestones Accomplishments
2nd Annual
Capacity Building and Wood Utilization Workshop
Project Overview Project Team and Organization Major Milestones Accomplishments Investments – Public / Private Subdivision Map Feedstock Sourcing / Inter-Agency MOU Key Challenges Going Forward
Log Deck Area Bioenergy Facility
North Fork Community Development Council Watershed Research and Training Center North Fork Community Power, LLC Phoenix Energy Yosemite / Sequoia Resource Conservation and Development Council Sierra Resource Conservation District Sierra Nevada Conservancy CAL FIRE US Forest Service UC Merced TSS Consultants PG&E
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September 2016
December 2016
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March 2017
May 2018
Pre-construction Construction
Research and Commercial
1) In Finance and Construction Phase – Team in place under CEC-EPIC Grant 2) Conditional Use Permit (CUP) issued by Madera County 3) Gasifier and Electric Generator on order 4) System Impact Study with PG&E (SIS) Completed 5) Application for Authority to Construct (ATC) with San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District 6) Subdivision Map finalized and before the Madera County Board of Supervisors 7) Closed on New Market Tax Credit(NMTC) Loan for approximately $900,000 8) Site Preparation Proposal for Phase 1 awarded 9) Inter-Agency Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with R5-USFS / SNC / SRCD established in support of NF Project 10) Advanced Delivery of Dead Trees by PG&E 11) Awarded by CAL FIRE nearly $100,000 to establish log deck & out for RFP for
# RECIPIENT GRANT DESCRIPTION AWARD AMT MATCH AMT TOTAL 1 NF-CDC US-EPA - Brownfield Clean-up Madera County Revolving Loan 771,680 $ 771,680 $ 2 NF-CDC US-EPA - Underground Petroleum Storage Tank Removal 146,000 $ 146,000 $ 3 NF-CDC US-EPA - Brownfield Contamination Assessment Work 199,555 $ 199,555 $ TOTAL SITE CLEAN-UP: 1,117,235 $
1,117,235 $ 4 NF-CDC HUD - Site Improvements and Infrastructure 455,800 $ 455,800 $ 5 NF-CDC HUD - Site Improvements and Infrastructure 150,000 $ 150,000 $ 6 NF-CDC HUD - Site Improvements and Infrastructure 100,000 $ 100,000 $ 7 NF-CDC HUD - Water System Infrastructure 248,000 $ 248,000 $ 8 NF-CDC U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) - Technical Assistance 135,884 $ 25,079 $ 160,963 $ TOTAL SITE IMPROVEMENTS: 1,089,684 $ 25,079 $ 1,114,763 $ 9 YSRC&DC
USDA – Rural Development – RBEG (Rural Business Enterprise Grant) - Feasibility Study
27,500 $ 27,500 $ 55,000 $ 10 YSRC&DC USDA-USFS – Woody Biomass Utilization Grant (WBUG) - Design, Engineering and Site Plan 134,225 $ 34,115 $ 168,340 $ TOTAL FEASIBILITY, DESIGN, ENGINEERING AND SITE PLANNING: 161,725 $ 61,615 $ 223,340 $ 11 YSRC&DC Sierra Nevada Conservancy – CEQA Preparation - Conditional Use Permit (CUP) 75,000 $ 75,000 $ TOTAL ENVIRONMENTAL: 75,000 $
75,000 $ 12 SRCD Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) Interagency Agreement with Sierra Resource Conservation District for North Fork PM Services 61,000 $ 61,000 $ 13 NF-CDC U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration (EDA) - Subdivision Map and PUD/PDD 80,000 $ 80,000 $ 160,000 $ 14 TWC USFS - Rural Revitalization Grant - System Impact Study (SIS) @ 50% of total award
48,000 $ 12,000 $ 60,000 $ TOTAL PRE-CONSTRUCTION: 189,000 $ 92,000 $ 281,000 $ 15 TWC CEC-EPIC Grant Construction and Research 4,965,000 $ 1,169,216 $ 6,134,216 $ TOTAL CONSTRUCTION & RESEARCH: 4,965,000 $ 1,169,216 $ 6,134,216 $ TOTAL PUBLIC INVESTMENTS: 7,597,644 $ 1,347,910 $ 8,945,554 $ 16 NFCP New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) Funding 900,000 $ 900,000 $ TOTAL PRIVATE FINANCING 900,000 $
900,000 $
8,497,644 $ 1,347,910 $ 9,845,554 $
NORTH FORK BIOENERGY PROJECT INVESTMENTS
WORKING WITH BASS LAKE DISTRICT ON IDENTIFYING PROJECTS IN PROGRESS AND OF MATERIALS – REQUIRE 8,000 BDTs PER YEAR FOR 1 MEGAWATT OPERATION SIERRA NATIONAL FOREST COMMITMENT FOR INITIAL 3,000 BDTs SUBMITTED PROPOSAL TO SIERRA NEVADA CONSERVANCY $480K PROPOSAL WITH USFS FOR FUELS MANAGEMENT WORKING WITH PG&E ON FEASIBILITY TO DELIVER AND STORE LOGS WORKING AT ALL LEVELS WITH FOREST SERVICE UNDER INTER-AGENCY MOU IN SUPPORT OF NORTH FORK PROJECT AND BEYOND – INCLUDING HIGH SIERRA DISTRICT IN EASTERN FRESNO COUNTY WOULD LIKE TO WORK MORE COLLABORATIVELY WITH CALFIRE ON FUELS MANAGEMENT ON PRIVATE LANDS (20% RULE UNDER SB1122)
I. OBTAINING AUTHORITY TO CONSTRUCT (ATC) II. OBTAINING MODIFIED CONDITIONAL USE PERMIT (CUP) FOR ADDITIONAL 1 MEGAWATT OPERATION
V. BIOMASS SOURCING – PUBLIC VERSUS PRIVATE (80/20)
BYPRODUCTS VIII.DEFINING BUSINESS MODEL AS “PROFITABLE”
For more information on this project, here is a link to the project website: http://northforkbioenergy.sierrasfcc.org/ Or contact: Justine Reynolds, Project Manager 559.877.8663 / 559.500.9971, juss.reynolds@gmail.com Steve Haze, Executive Director 559.855.5840 / 559.970.6320, stevehaze007@gmail.com