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Facility Locations
LONG BEACH
VANCOUVER
BAY
MIAMI-DADE
YORK
ISLIP
MONTGOMERY
DUTCHESS
CHARLESTON
SAVANNAH
PINELLAS
Vancouver, CNVancouver, CN Bay, FLBay, FL Charleston, SCCharleston, SC Montgomery, PAMontgomery, PA Dutchess, NYDutchess, NY
Long Beach, CALong Beach, CA MiamiMiami--Dade, FLDade, FL Savannah, GASavannah, GA York, PAYork, PA Islip, NYIslip, NY
Pinellas, FLPinellas, FL
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Production Data
Operated by MWH
LOCATIONS VES-WTE since Tons/day capacity
MIAMI-DADE, FL 1985 4,200 75
PINELLAS, FL 2007 3,150 75
LONG BEACH, CA 1989 1,380 36
YORK, PA 1998 1,344 34
MONTGOMERY, PA 1992 1,200 32
VANCOUVER, CN 1987 800 25
CHARLESTON, SC 2002 600 13
SAVANNAH, GA 2002 500 6
ISLIP, NY 1990 486 12
BAY, FL 1999 485 11
DUTCHESS, NY 1998 450 10
TOTAL 14,595 329
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WTE Statistics
• 89 WTE plants in 26 states
• 90,000 tons per day
• 29 million tons per year (13% of America’s trash)
• 2,700 MW capacity (2.3 million homes)
• $2.5B industry with 6,000+ employees
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US Waste to Energy Industry
# Plants Annual Tons Processed
By company: (in Million)
Covanta 31 15.1
Wheelabrator 16 6.9
VES-WTE 11 4.6
Subtotal 58 65% 26.6 87%
Other 31 3.9
Total 89 30.5
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US Waste to Energy Industry
# Plants Annual Tons Processed
(in Million)
Geographically
New England & Middle Atlantic 39 15.1
South (primarily Florida) 25 10.2
Subtotal 64 72% 25.3 83%
Other 25 5.2
Total 89 30.5
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POISED TO GROW?
• Waste quantity steadily growing with population and GDP
• Alternative disposal methods
– Landfilling capacity not keeping up with growth
– Recycling still on a plateau or even declining
• Favorable economics
– Long distance landfill less competitive if gasoline prices increase
– WTE more competitive if oil prices increase (energy)
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POISED TO GROW?
• Regulatory climate
– Determination of greenhouse gas impact will be primary factor
– Environmental regulators pleased with CAA success
– Energy regulators debating renewable energy status
• Public climate
– Acceptance of contract extensions, plant expansions
• Flow control
– Alternatives to flow control are legal for privately owned plants
– Restored by Supreme Court for publicly owned plants
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21st Century
Personal Prediction
• Intermediate Term (3-5 years)
– Several plants (large and small) will close when operating
contracts expire, with a switch to landfilling
– Several plants will extend contracts and expand plant capacity
(York, PA, Lee County, FL and Hillsborough County, FL) using
mass burn technology
– A few publicly owned plants will change their private operator
(Pinellas County, FL)
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21st Century
Personal Prediction
• Long Term (5-10 years)
– New WTE plants will be built
– New WTE technologies will be developed and used in
preference to mass burn for new facilities but not expansions
– Per capita waste generation will peak and then diminish
– Recycling will revive and increase as a percentage of waste
management.
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Conclusion
• WTE is a mature industry with a future
• Existing facilities can be operated an additional 20-40
years; will depend on economics and politics
– Debt service goes away upon expiration of contracts
– Landfill competition affected by gasoline prices, interstate
restrictions
– Energy prices???
– Recycling???
– New, cheaper, environmentally preferable technologies
• Expansions will occur using mass burn technology
• New plants will be developed using mass burn and
alternative technologies
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• Nathalie PINON, Head of Investor Relations
38 Avenue Kléber – 75116 Paris - France
Telephone +33 1 71 75 01 67
Fax +33 1 71 75 10 12
e-mail nathalie.pinon@veolia.com
• Brian SULLIVAN, Vice President, US Investor Relations
700 E. Butterfield Road -Suite 201
Lombard, IL 60148 - USA
Telephone +1 (630) 371 2749
Fax +1 (630) 282 0423
e-mail brian.sullivan@veoliaes.com
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