Archive for April, 2008

On March 19, 2008, the Illinois Commerce Commission tentatively finalized its net metering order (Case 07-0483), and will forward its proposal to the Joint Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules for final comment and approval. The highlights of this proposal were discussed in the April 2008 Connecting to the Grid. This net metering rule is intended ... Read More

On April 8, 2008, the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities approved PSE&G’s Solar Energy Pilot Program. Under this innovative pilot, PSE&G will provide upfront capital of about $105 million to finance a total of 30 MW of solar PV systems installed by four types of entities: commercial and industrial; residential; multi-family affordable housing; and ... Read More

On March 25, 2008, the Maryland Public Service Commission adopted its proposed small generator interconnection standards. The finalization was confirmed by a notice in the April 11, 2008 Maryland Register. These rules were developed in compliance with state legislation (SB 595) enacted in April 2007, which required the PSC to develop interconnection standards consistent with ... Read More

On April 2, 2008, the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA) released its 2008 Annual Rankings Report. As was the case in 2007, Texas remains the leader in total installed capacity (about 4,500 MW), followed by California, Minnesota, Iowa, and Washington each with 2,500 MW or less. This report also provides a few new categories. For ... Read More

As the Connecting to the Grid newsletter has previously discussed, Ontario, Canada is deploying advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) and time-of-use pricing. Full deployment is expected by 2010. In March 2008, one of Ontario‚ s electric distribution companies, called Newmarket-Tay Power Distribution Ltd., became the first distributor in the province to have fully deployed 28,000 smart ... Read More

On April 3, 2008, the ISO-New England (ISO-NE) released its 2008 Strategic Direction and Business Planning Memo. This document is intended to facilitate the strategic planning discussions between ISO-NE and its stakeholders, to be held this spring and summer. Of interest to the readers of Connecting to the Grid is the ISO-NE’s desire to expand ... Read More

On April 3, 2008, the NYISO announced that it will install a wind forecasting system to better accommodate wind resources in New York’s bulk electricity grid. A company called AWS Truewind, located in Colonie, New York, will provide the wind power forecasts to the NYISO beginning summer 2008. The NYISO has asked the FERC to ... Read More