APPLICATION FOR NEW OR AMENDED CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR THE NORTH POLE
PART I. GENERAL INFORMATION:
A. Applicant: Santa Claus, DBA Rudolph Red Worldwide LLC
Business Address: 10 Arctic Circle, North Pole
Business Telephone: 1-605-47-SANTA
Person to be contacted with respect to this application:
Name: Yule Lads
Position: Senior Managing Elf for North Pole Operations
Business Address: 10 Arctic Circle, North Pole
Business Phone: 1-844-967-2682
B. Applicant is: ( ) Cooperative ( ) Private-Owned Corporation ( ) Individual ( ) Municipally-Owned Utility ( ) Partnership ( ) Limited (X) General ( ) Other _____________________________________________
C. Benefit to the Public: Explain in detail why the new or additional utility service is, or may be, required for the public convenience and necessity and state why any existing, similar service is insufficient or why overlapping certification is otherwise appropriate. Also include the number and type of customers by geographic location which the applicant expects to serve. In addition to the above, if the applicant is a certificated utility, describe the impact of the amendment on the existing subscribers (i.e., effect on rates, quality of service, service provided, etc.).
The Rudolph Red workshop and elves require a continuous, uninterrupted electricity supply in order to conduct necessary business operations.The existing high-voltage connection to Greenland does not provide sufficient capacity to serve growing loads at the North Pole. Analysts have projected an increased risk of outages, with the potential for major impacts on the region’s key holiday business (see Financial Analysis in Appendix A). Projected job and revenue losses from an extended outage could be in the billions of dollars, topping the historic Grinch debacle of 1956.
The proposed microgrid is specifically designed to ensure safe, reliable, low cost, and clean electricity service for the North Pole. Solar energy stored in batteries during the summer months will be used to serve peak load or for backup power in the winter. The project will also include comprehensive energy efficiency upgrades at Rudolph Red -- including an LED lighting overhaul throughout the plant to cut winter lighting bills, and the installation of networked thermostats managed by the microgrid controller to provide responsive loads that help balance the system.
Specific power needs at Rudolph Red include:
- Electricity for the toy and other gifts workshop, which, moving toward the holidays, runs three shifts 24/7.
- Planned worldwide digital tracking system and new data center for The List, which must now be updated in real-time.
- Heat, hot water and WiFi for the Claus house, elves residences, the reindeer stables and North Pole municipal facilities. Mission-critical loads include the Post Office which is also open 24/7 during the holiday season -- and the North Pole Airport, which serves as Santa’s staging area before Christmas Eve take-off.
- Electric pumps and other equipment to mitigate sea-level rise due to melting ice and climate change
Electric Utility New Certificate: Please provide the following information --
1) the make and capacity of each generating unit which will serve the proposed service area; 2) a one-line diagram of the generation system; 3) a layout of the generating plant which will serve the proposed service area; 4) information regarding the fuel supply for the proposed service area, including the means of delivery, storage capacity, and estimated annual consumption;
Project components will include:
A Holly 5000 Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant (12 MW), run on biofuel manufactured from a combination of local waste streams, including reindeer droppings and other organic waste from the stables, the plant cafeteria and workshops. It will provide district heating, hot water and cooling, as needed.
A Jolly 1225 photovoltaic (PV) system (7.5 MW) on new parking structures at the plant and on the workshop roof. All support structures at the ground level use ballasts -- similar to those used on reclaimed landfill and brownfield solar developments -- to prevent the need for pylons driven into the thinning ice cap. The array will be oriented southwest in order to obtain maximum energy harvest while extending the solar energy production later into the afternoon to better align with the system peak.
Nite B-4 10 MW/350 MWh lithium-ion battery storage system. Nite B-4 has achieved record efficiency for charging and discharging power on this system, which includes an advanced energy management controller to ensure consistent power quality for the workshop, and will also defer distribution system upgrades that might otherwise have been needed.
The same server farm that provides real-time maintenance for The List will also house the microgrid controller. The controller will manage all local generation and responsive loads, monitor and control output from the solar, CHP and battery storage, and dynamically balance the microgrid to ensure optimal balance of local resources. The breaker at the Dasher Interconnection that trips open to allow islanded configuration for the microgrid can be operated remotely from this controller as well.
SUBMITTED BY: Yule Lads
TITLE: Senior Managing Elf for North Pole Operations
ORGANIZATION: Rudolph Red Worldwide LLC
DATE: 12/20/2016
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