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Iowa Energy Center Board Agenda - July 2019

Details

Location: IEDA, 200 E Grand Ave., Des Moines, IA 50309 | Main Conference Room
Date: July 18, 2019, 9:00 a.m.

Attendees

Board Members Stuart Anderson, Robert Berntsen, Nathan Young, Debi Durham, Geri Huser, Jennifer Johnson, Valerie Newhouse, Dan Nickey, Rick Olesen, Joel Schmidt, Timothy Whipple, Gul Kremer-Okudan

Agenda

  1. Welcome & Introductions

    Timothy Whipple

    1. Roll Call

      Adrienne Ricehill

    2. Approval of April 3, 2019 Meeting Minutes

      Action

  2. Public Comment Period

    1. A public comment period will be held at this time and is limited to 10 minutes. If you are interested in offering a comment, please email the board administrator at Adrienne.Ricehill@IowaEDA.com in advance of the meeting and provide your name and the topic of your comment.

  3. Fiscal Update

    Terry Roberson
    Information

  4. Alternate Energy Revolving Loan Program

    Stephanie Weisenbach

    1. Presentation of Loan Application Cycle

      Information

    2. Waiver Request
      Windstorm Hybrid, LLC

      Kristin Hanks-Bents
      Action

  5. Delegation of Authority to Execute IEC Contracts

    Kristin Hanks-Bents
    Action

  6. Grant Program

    Amber Buckingham

    1. Present Committee Recommendations for Grant Award Approval

      Roll Call

      1. Iowa State University – Smart Peak Power Avoidance for Reducing Grid Demand in Poultry Facilities

      2. Baldridge Environmental Services, LLC – Wastewater Case Studies to Prove Ratepayer Benefits in Underserved Iowa Communities

      3. Iowa State University – New Paradigm to Solve Unit Commitment and Optimal Power Flow Problems

      4. Iowa State University – Strategies for Building Soil Carbon and Generating Carbon Negative Energy in Iowa Communities

      5. Iowa State University – Wind Turbines in Cold Winter: Icing Physics and Novel Strategies for Wind Turbine Icing Mitigation

      6. Iowa State University – Development of Low-cost, Safe, and High Performance Sodium Batteries for Wind Energy Storage

      7. University of Northern Iowa – Utility Workforce Assessment and Strategy Planning

      8. Iowa State University – Toolkit for Identification, Characterization and Energy Evaluation of Low-Efficiency Rural Housing

      9. Iowa State University – Distributed Solar and Wind Power Generation Planning in Rural and Underserved Areas

      10. Iowa State University – Shared uPMUs for Data-Driven Realtime Distribution Monitoring, Modeling, and Analysis

    2. Present Committee Recommendations for Grant Award Denial

      Amber Buckingham
      Roll Call

      1. Innovas Technologies, LLC – Micro, Mobile Sensor For Detecting Flow, Temperatures, and Water Measurement in Operating Heat Exchanger

      2. Iowa State University – Data-enabled Asset and Integrity Management Strategies to Expand Natural Gas Distribution System

      3. Iowa State University – Production of Bio-based Epoxy Resins from Corn Stover

      4. Iowa State University – Novel Magnetic Inductor for Grid and Electrical Vehicle

      5. Iowa State University – Thermal Imagery for Diagnostics and Promotion of Building Energy Efficiency in Iowa

      6. Iowa State University – Customer-centric Model for a GIS-based Tool to Improve Resiliency of Gridlines to Storms

      7. Iowa State University – Predicting Battery Lifetime with Early-life Data for Grid Applications

      8. BladeEdge, LLC – Wind Energy Artificial Intelligence Analytics

      9. Solight Solar, Inc. – Hybrid Photovoltaic Thermal System

  7. Grant Modification

    Amber Buckingham

    1. Iowa State University - Bridging Energy Science Education and Careers with Innovative Technologies

      Call to Action

  8. Other Business

    Timothy Whipple

    1. IEDA Updates

      Brian Selinger

    2. Special Board Meeting for Loan Applications - TBD

    3. Next Quarterly Board Meeting is November 6, 2019

  9. Adjournment

    Timothy Whipple

Please Note: The meeting will convene no earlier than stated above, but may begin later. Agenda items may be considered out of order at the discretion of the chair for each meeting. If you require accommodation to participate in this public meeting, call 515.348.6218 to make your request. Please notify us at least 48 hours in advance.

**The Iowa Energy Center Board may go into closed session pursuant to Iowa Code sections 21.5(1)a, 15.118, 22.7.3, 22.7.6 and 22.7.8 to review and discuss records IEDA is required to treat as confidential under Iowa law. This includes confidential business and financial information about applicants and industrial prospects with which the Authority is currently negotiating.

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