Proposed decision in PG&E’s DG PV program
About a year ago, Pacific Gas and Electric asked regulators to approve a 500 MW distributed generation photovoltaic program. In their proposal, the utility would build 250 MW of solar installations...
View ArticleMore wholesale distributed generation solar: 140 MW of PV in SCE standard offer
Southern California Edison recently filed an advice letter asking CPUC approval for the results of its 2009 renewable standard contract. The results are impressive. The voluntary standard offer (not...
View ArticlePG+E DG PV solar program approved
More wholesale distributed generation: on April 22, the California Public Utilities Commission finally approved PG+E’s 500 MW solar program application. The ruling can be found here (pdf). Briefly, the...
View ArticleAnd they’re off: Contracts awarded in So Cal utility’s distributed solar program
FERC may have recently put the kibosh on states implementing European-style Feed-in Tariffs for the moment, but that doesn’t mean the U.S. is left high and dry without ways to drive wholesale solar...
View ArticleLow-cost solar in Nevada
What does solar cost? Pricing on utility contracts is often opaque–and there are some good reasons for this (e.g. to promote competition). An exception to this is in Nevada, where there are legal...
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Discussion of LADWP’s Feed-in Tariff
Signing LA's feed-in tariff ordinance On the heels of signing several large contracts for solar, The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power recently established a feed-in tariff program to source...
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