Tuesday, September 8, 2009 1:22 am | Edgar A. Gunther
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Highlighting photovoltaics, the CPUC proposes a reverse auction for Feed-in Tariff (FiT) pricing of 1.5 MW (MegaWatt) to 10 MW Distributed Generation renewables.
Valuing lowest price over quality, time, and open, transparent markets?
Per ATTACHMENT A - System-Side Renewable Distributed Generation Pricing Proposal released on August 27, 2009, by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC):
RAM Proposal
Based on the guiding principles in Attachment C of the Ruling, staff recommends a market based pricing mechanism, or renewable auction mechanism (RAM)12
“Accelerating the Solar Economy”
Pending AB 560 and SB 32 legislation top CALSEIA’s priorities.
I discovered over a week ago the presentations from The 1st Annual SolarTech / CALSEIA Summit held in early May were online and had been for some time. When I inquired the day after the summit, I was informed it would take about a week to get them on the website. This derailed my post summit post intentions, and I moved onto pressing topics like Skyline Solar and power electronics.
SolarTech and CALSEIA
Applied Materials Dispelling and Creating Solar Myths in the United States.
As is often the case, I first saw this Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT) press release:
“In Light” of Summer Solstice, Americans Call for More Solar Energy
Applied Materials Dispels Solar Technology Myths and Sets Path for More Renewable Energy Use
mentioned in the Chip Shots blog by Tom Cheyney at PV-tech.org as “Exuberance and ignorance: Survey finds mixed bag of solar-power knowledge among Americans (revised)”.
The Summer Solstice Survey,
FiT to be grid tied?
I was astonished to find “Feed-In Tariffs and Why They Stink” by Michael Kanellos in the Green Light blog at Greentech Media when I checked the site Saturday. Mr. Kanellos said:
Spain created the worst possible scenario by setting high feed-in prices and then attempting to cap the program.
Spain did set the initial Feed-in Tariffs too high creating an unsustainable market driven by large multi MegaWatt installations powered by many imported solar modules. Photovoltaics were not visible to the average Spaniard, didn’t create the requisite green jobs, and Spanish photovoltaic manufacturers could not keep pace with exponential module demand growth.
By contrast
Wednesday, February 4, 2009 3:01 am | Edgar A. Gunther
Topaz Solar Farm contract with PG&E approved by the CPUC.
With “CPUC TAKES ANOTHER STEP TOWARD STATE'S RENEWABLE ENERGY GOAL WITH APPROVAL OF PG&E RENEWABLE CONTRACT”, the CALIFORNIA PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION last week approved the Pacific Gas & Electric Company’s (PG&E) Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Topaz Solar Farms LLC, a subsidiary of OptiSolar Inc. Please see Docket #: Resolution E-4221 for the approved request. PG&E Corporation
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