A Brief History
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1889 – District energy comes to Philadelphia
1903 - Electricity is first generated at Schuylkill Station
1938 - Boiler #23 and #24 were installed.
1972 - Boiler #26 was installed
1987 - Philadelphia district energy system purchased from investor owned
utility
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1993 – Trigen Energy acquires assets of United Thermal Corporation
1992 – PPA & Steam purchase agreements executed for Grays Ferry
Cogeneration Partnership
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1996 – GFCP financing closes
1998 - Grays Ferry Cogeneration Project commences commercial operation
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A Brief History
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2005 – Thermal North America Inc. acquires assets of The Trigen
Companies
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2005 – Energy Services Agreement executed for new Chilled Water
Plant at Edison Station for benefit of Thomas Jefferson University
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2007 – Edison Chilled Water Plant commences commercial operation
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2007 – Veolia Energy North America acquires assets of Thermal
North America Inc.
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Veolia Energy’s Operations
in Philadelphia
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Veolia Energy’s Philadelphia Operations
Veolia Energy owns and operates
two district energy systems in the
City of Philadelphia:
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Steam System serving Center
City and West Philadelphia
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Edison Station Central Chilled
Water Plant
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Veolia Energy’s Philadelphia Steam System
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Veolia Energy’s Philadelphia System (Cont’d)
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Approximately 300 Customers
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Serve approximately 500+ buildings representing 100 million square feet of
commercial, institutional, residential and governmental buildings
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Two steam generation plants
o Schuylkill Station and Edison Station
o Total steam capacity of approximately 2.6 million pounds per hour
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Cogeneration Plant - Grays Ferry Cogeneration Plant
o 170-megawatts
o Total steam capacity of 1.4 million pounds per hour
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Fuel diversity to customers, using natural gas, #6 fuel oil, and purchased steam
from cogeneration plant
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30 miles of steam distribution piping
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470 manholes
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Two steam pressures – 165 psig and 205 psig
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Schuylkill Station
#23 and #24 Boilers
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800 MMbtu (235 MWth)
# 6 Oil fired
Circa 1939
#26 Boiler
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760 MMbtu (225 MWth)
Natural Gas & # 6 Oil fired
Circa 1972
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Edison Station
#1 and #2 Boilers
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200 MMbtu (60 MWth)
# 6 Oil fired
Circa 1957
#3 and #4 Boilers
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250 MMbtu (75 MWth)
# 6 Oil fired
Circa 1963
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Grays Ferry Cogeneration Project
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Westinghouse 501D5A
combustion turbine
o Excellent match for steam
load
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MHI controlled extraction /
induction / condensing steam
turbine generator
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Nooter / Eriksen heat
recovery steam generator
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Cerrey auxiliary boiler-dual
fueled boiler-nominal capacity
of 500,000 lbs/hr
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Edison Station Central Chilled Water System
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Four (4) 1,750 dual
compressor McQuay Electric
Centrifugal Chillers
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Four (4) custom cooling
towers to match chiller
capacity
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New controls, new chilled
water pumps, new condenser
water pumps, new electric
switchgear
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Approximately 2,000 feet
distribution system
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TJU Campus Aerial View with CHW Service
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Customer Profile
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More than 300 Customers Served
500+ buildings, approx. 100 million square feet
3.6 million Mlbs sales annually
Apartments &
Hotels
7%
Misc.
6%
Schools
35%
Commercial
Offices
23%
Government
8%
Hospitals
21%
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Recent Veolia Philadelphia Customer Additions
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Comcast Center
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Residences at the Ritz-Carlton
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628,000 square foot, 46-story, 289 condominiums
Steam for heating and domestic hot water
20 year agreement
Symphony House Condominiums
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1.2 million square foot Class A commercial office building
First LEED certified high rise in country
Utilizes steam for radiant heating, domestic hot water, cooking, snow melting, and as part
of hybrid cooling plant (1,000 ton absorption chiller with two electric centrifugal chillers)
20 year agreement
642,000 square foot, 31-story condominium building
400 seat theater (Philadelphia Theater Company)
Steam for heating and domestic hot water
20 year agreement
Murano Condominium
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440,000 square foot, 42-story, 302 condominiums
Steam for heating and domestic hot water
20 year agreement
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Future Growth, Expansion and New Equipment
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Continued investment in expansion of steam infrastructure to serve
new construction/conversion from other energy sources
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Chilled water plant-potential expansion to serve new buildings on
TJU campus (3,000 to 8,000 tons additional-850,000 sf of space)
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Talking with current customers about potential sustainable energy
projects such as bio-fueled plant using municipal waste and
renewable fuels (wood waste) to generate electricity and steam
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Future Growth, Expansion and New Equipment (Cont’d)
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Offering of services “beyond the meter”.
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Recognized as energy experts, natural transition is to provide
services on customer equipment ranging from mechanical repairs,
steam trap surveys and repair/replacements, operations and
maintenance contracts, recycling, etc.
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Provide an array of services across the spectrum of
purchasing/managing energy commodity, operations and
maintenance of major energy producing equipment, assisting
customers manage their energy operations and efficiency, and
providing the services to allow customers to focus on their core
business.
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Veolia Energy North America
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