From July’s Connecting to the Grid Newsletter, by Laurel Varnado, editor As summer turns up the sun’s rays for PV systems across the country, let us briefly consider how a net metering policy’s provision for Net Excess Generation (NEG) rollover can affect the financial outlook for different types of DG systems. If a customer-generator sizes ... Read More
Archive for July, 2009
DOE’s Solar Energy Technologies Program’s FOA: Solar America Cities-Technical Outreach
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009Through this FOA, DOE intends to select one or more partner organizations to provide a maximum number of local governments with actionable information that will enable them to accelerate solar energy deployment. The selected Recipient(s) will proactively address the solar-related information needs of significant local markets, as well as provide a mechanism by which individual ... Read More
Rahus Institute releases Teaching Solar: A Teacher’s Guide to Integrating Solar into Classroom Curriculum
Tuesday, July 14th, 2009“I like a teacher who gives you something to take home to think about besides homework.” Edith Ann, [Lily Tomlin]. I agree, Edith Ann. I had one of those teachers: Ms. Williams, 4th grade English teacher. Her love of the written word and the English language was, well, intoxicating, inspiring, even for a 4th grader. ... Read More
State & Stakeholder Newsletter, July 15, 2009
Monday, July 13th, 2009Wednesday, July 15, 2009 Volume #8, Issue #14 Editor: Jane Pulaski The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter tracks a range of market-oriented news, services and outreach tools valuable to the renewable energy community. This free newsletter is distributed semi-monthly to email subscribers and published on IREC’s website. If you have comments or if you would ... Read More
Massachusetts DPU issues net metering order (including rules for neighborhood systems)
Monday, July 13th, 2009MASSACHUSETTS – On June 26, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities issued an order which contains provisions for both net metering and neighborhood net metering. The order specifies that all net metered systems, including neighborhood net metered systems, must be behind a customer meter. However, there needs to be only some minimal amount of load ... Read More
Delaware bills allow for indefinite NEG rollover, increase aggregate cap and provide net metering-like credits for grid integrated vehicles
Monday, July 13th, 2009DELAWARE – On July 9, Governor Markell signed several bills related to renewable energy. Of interest to Connecting to the Grid readers will be SB 153 and SB 85: SB 85 allows for indefinite rollover of Net Excess Generation (NEG) for net metering systems and increases the aggregate participation cap for net metering to 5% ... Read More
New Jersey resumes discussion on Community Renewables Program
Monday, July 13th, 2009NEW JERSEY – After somewhat of a lull, it seems the New Jersey BPU has resumed public discussion of a Community Renewables program. The BPU has submitted a request for comments on its proposal for the creation of a Community Renewable Pilot Program. The full proposal can be found in the above request for comments ... Read More
Missouri PSC issues order on liability insurance requirements
Monday, July 13th, 2009MISSOURI – On June 19, the Missouri Public Service Commission issued a final order regarding the liability insurance requirement debate that has been ongoing since the original net metering order was issued in October 2008. This order finalizes the proposed changes to the net metering rule of October 2008, and specifically it:
South Carolina: Net metering settlement signed by Office of Regulatory Staff and utilities
Monday, July 13th, 2009SOUTH CAROLINA – On June 19, the parties involved in the Public Service Commission net metering docket 2005-385-E signed a settlement agreement to improve the terms of net metering in the state. The settlement was signed by the individual intervenors, the Office of Regulatory Staff (ORS) and the investor-owned utilities in the state (Progress, Duke ... Read More
