On March 4, 2008, Tony Hayward, the CEO of BP, spoke at the Washington International Renewable Energy Conference (WIREC). Among his key points, Mr. Hayward noted that ‚ the scale at which the industry is conducting (renewables) projects today is not going to have much impact on the energy market of the future. ... Read More
On February 21, 2008, Rick Sergel, the president and CEO of the North American Electricity Reliability Council (NERC), delivered the keynote luncheon address at the National Transmission Delivery Forum in Washington, D.C. The following excerpts should be of interest to readers of Connecting to the Grid.
Mr. Sergel said, ‚ Today, we are ... Read More
FLASH – Late-breaking news that missed the March 2008 newsletter.
On February 27, 2008, the Virginia Corporation Commission opened Docket PUE-2008-00004 to develop small distributed generator interconnection standards consistent with the federal standards. The VCC staff has proposed draft interconnection standards and commentary will be accepted until May 19, 2008.
On February 14, 2008, the California Public Utilities Commission announced the adoption of resolution E-4137 which ordered some of the state‚ s utilities to file a standard tariff to offer 10, 15, and 20 year contracts to buy the power of small renewable generators (up to 1.5 MW) at time-differentiated market-based prices. ... Read More
On January 13, 2008, Governor Jon Corzine enacted S.B. 2936, which revises the state’s net metering law as follows:
First, large industrial and commercial customers, in addition to residential and small commercial customers, can receive net metering for all Class I type renewable generators.
Second, the distributed generation owner has the option to execute a bi-lateral supply ... Read More
On February 20, 2008, the Illinois Commerce Commission issued its proposed net metering order (Case 07-0483), with comments due by February 26, 2008. This rule is intended to meet the requirements of legislation enacted in August 2007, S.B. 0680, which requires all electricity providers, except munis and cooperatives, to offer net metering to all ... Read More
On March 4, 2008, the Florida Public Service Commission will hold a hearing on its proposed amendments (see below) to the state’s existing IC/NM rules for small renewable generation. On January 25, 2008, Florida’s four investor-owned utilities filed their joint concerns regarding these proposed amendments.
On December 28, 2007, the PSC issued Order PSC-07-1026-NOR-EI ... Read More
On February 7, 2008, the Texas Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed rule which defines net metering. Public commentary will be accepted until March 13, 2008 and, if requested, a hearing will be held on March 18, 2008. This definition was requested by ERCOT on January 15, 2008 so that its Distributed Generation ... Read More
On January 31, 2008, the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control issued its final decision regarding changes to the net metering program of Connecticut Light and Power (Docket 03-07-02RE10). This decision involves net metering under a forthcoming advanced metering infrastructure (AMI) system. The highlights of this decision follow:
Since the initial cost of photovoltaic (PV) ... Read More
On February 20, 2008, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) issued several resolutions at its 2008 winter meeting which address renewables, combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and energy efficiency.
The solar resolution urges Congress to: extend the federal solar production tax credit for a minimum of eight additional years; expand ... Read More
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