On July 2, 2010, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) proposed changes to its large generator interconnection agreement (LGIA) that will affect all asynchronous generators (predominantly wind and solar facilities) that are larger than 20 MW and interconnecting with the CAISO transmission system. The proposed changes will require asynchronous generators to comply with the same ... Read More
Archive for July, 2010
Delaware Allows Community Net Metering, Meter Aggregation
Thursday, July 29th, 2010On July 28, Delaware Governor Markell signed a series of environmental and energy bills that are the components of the Clean Energy Jobs Act of 2010. Here are the highlights: SB 267: Strengthens Delaware’s net metering law by increasing the amount of energy customers can sell back to their electric supply grid. Homes and businesses ... Read More
California PUC considering higher rebate level for tax-exempt entities
Thursday, July 29th, 2010The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a ruling in July directing the California Solar Initiative (CSI) program administrators, including Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison and the California Center for Sustainable Energy, to stop issuing CSI incentive reservations for new applications seeking government/non-profit incentives and performance-based incentive (PBI) applications (the PBI incentive structure ... Read More
State & Stakeholder Newsletter, July 28, 2010
Wednesday, July 28th, 2010Wednesday, July 28, 2010 Volume #9, Issue #15 Editor: Jane Pulaski The IREC State & Stakeholder Newsletter is a foremost resource for current information on green workforce training, credentialing programs, state activities and best practices on renewable energy and energy efficiency. This free newsletter is distributed semi-monthly to email subscribers and published on IREC’s website. If ... Read More
Indiana Utility Seeks to Expand Net Metering and Offer a FIT
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010Customers of the Northern Indiana Public Service Co. will be able to sell more of their own renewable energy back to NIPSCO if state officials agree. NIPSCO filed a request on July 19 to expand net metering and allow the utility to purchase electricity generated by customers’ renewable energy projects through a feed-in tariff rate. ... Read More
FERC Reaffirms Position on FITs
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010On July 15, 2010 FERC issued a decision that reaffirms two of its past decisions and clarifies that states may not set wholesale electricity prices except pursuant to the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA). In the decision, FERC reaffirms the vitality of two decisions it issued in the 1990s that held that state authorities ... Read More
New Jersey BPU Removes Hard Cap on System Size for Net Metering
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010In July, a net-metering rule modification became effective in New Jersey. Previously net metering was allowed for Class 1 renewable energy generating systems up to 2 MW. This rule adoption removes the 2 MW limit on eligible net-metering systems. In January 2010, the BPU proposed this revision around the same time that similar legislation (A.B. ... Read More
U.S. Solar Market Trends 2009: solar markets are booming
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010The number of new grid-connected PV installations grew by 40% in 2009 compared with the number installed in 2008. The two largest PV systems installed in 2009 together accounted for 12% of the annual installed PV capacity. In IREC’s 2009 edition of U.S. Solar Market Trends, primary author, Larry Sherwood, provides public data on U.S. ... Read More
Sean Brook House: solar PV apartments for U.S. military personnel
Monday, July 26th, 2010The Sean Brooke House in New Bedford, MA, is a 19-apartment complex fully outfitted with beds, furniture, appliances, and a 38-kW roof-mounted photovoltaic (PV) system. Some six years in the making, the Sean Brook House involved the extensive renovation and reclamation of a derelict mill building, providing a fitting contrast of “old” and “new.” The PV ... Read More
Kennebec Valley CC looking for solar thermal instructor
Monday, July 26th, 2010Kennebec Valley Community College is looking for a full-time solar thermal instructor to start during the summer/fall of 2010. Primary responsibilities include the development of curriculum, instruction, and program delivery in support of the Northeast Solar Heating and Cooling Instructor Training Network. The qualified applicant will need to demonstrate significant experience in the design, installation, ... Read More
