Strategies for corporations to scale up their use of renewable energy through the grid. Presentation by Priya Barua, an associate with WRI's Global Energy Program, at the tenth annual Advancing Renewables in the Midwest conference on April 7, 2015 in Columbia, Missouri.

1. Priya Barua, Associate
April 7, 2015
Advancing Renewables in the Midwest
THE INSIDE OF
“GREEN”

2. 3 BASIC QUESTIONS:
• Why do renewables make sense for
business?
• Why should states and utilities care?
• What are the opportunities for the
Midwest?

3. 2000
GPMDG
founded and
joint by 11
major U.S.
businesses.
2005
GPMDG
model
replicated in
Europe.
2012
GPMDG launched
in India and has
been making
tangible progress.
2013
U.S. utility-
customer
engagements
2014
Corporate RE
Buyers’
Principles
launched in
U.S.
WRI’s Work with Corporate RE Buyers

4. RENEWABLES IN THE NEWS…EVERYWHERE

5. WHY DO RENEWABLES MAKE SENSE
FOR BUSINESS?
…Comparing Apples to Walmarts
• Corporate leadership
• Price hedge
• Energy diversification
• COST SAVINGS!

6. FALLING COSTS OF RENEWABLES
Source: Quayle Hodek, Renewable Choice Energy

7. CORPORATE PPA HISTORY
Source: Quayle Hodek, Renewable Choice Energy
Jan./Feb.
2015 alone

8. 3 KEY CHALLENGES:
• On-site renewables insufficient
• Utilities not offering products
that meet customer needs
• Complexity and regulatory
challenges

9. 12.4 MILLION MWH OF RE DEMAND…AND GROWING

10. POWER OF THE RE BUYERS’ PRINCIPLES
• Not an isolated trend
• Opening up unexpected markets
• Green tariffs that meet customer needs

11. MIDWEST: OPPORTUNITY WITH LARGE BRANDS

12. Source: wri.org/seeingisbelieving

13. LOOKING FOR MORE RENEWABLE PROJECTS

14. OPPORTUNITY FOR BETTER
MARKET ALIGNMENT

15. QUESTIONS?
Priya Barua
Associate
Charge, WRI’s Renewable Energy Initiative
pbarua@wri.org
+1 202 729 7691