Eligible Renewable Generation
To qualify for the feed-in tariffs, the electric generation facility must be an eligible renewable energy resource as defined in PU Section 399.12. They cover all renewable generation technologies, including solar, wind, geothermal, biomass, biogas, small hydro and fuel cells that use renewable fuels.
These tariffs are intended for smaller installations, less then 1.5 MW in size, where the host is a retail customer of the utility, interconnected and operated in parallel with the utility’s transmission and distribution system. These tariffs are intended for renewable electric generation that is not net metered and does not participate in Commission-adopted incentive programs such as the Self-Generation Incentive Program, the California Solar Initiative, or an interruptible load program, unless utility metering isolates the output of the Eligible Renewable Generating Facility from the output of any non-participating generator.
Allocations
The tariffs must be made available until the combined statewide cumulative rated capacity of eligible generation installed in water and wastewater facilities reaches 250 MW. The Commission’s expansion of the program for non-water and –wastewater facilities includes an additional 228.447 MW of capacity, for a total of 478.447 MW in the program.
Table 2. Allocated Capacity per Utility
|
|
Electrical Corporation |
Share of 2005 Coincident Peak Demand (%) |
Water and Wastewater Capacity Allocation
(MW) |
Expanded Capacity Allocation – Non-water and –wastewater
(MW) |
|
SCE |
49.538 |
123.844 |
123.844 |
|
PG&E |
41.841 |
104.603 |
104.603 |
|
SDG&E |
8.022 |
20.055 |
- |
|
PacifiCorp |
0.405 |
1.013 |
- |
|
Sierra |
0.162 |
0.404 |
- |
|
BVES |
0.031 |
0.077 |
- |
|
MU |
0.001 |
0.003 |
- |
|
TOTAL |
100.00 |
250.000 |
228.447 |