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June 18, 2007

Arizona Renewable Energy Standard Now Law

by Stephen Lacey, Staff Writer
Phoenix, Arizona [RenewableEnergyAccess.com]

After more than two years of hard work from renewable energy advocacy groups, the Arizona Attorney General approved the state's renewable energy standard (RES) on Friday, requiring Arizona utilities to generate 15 percent of their electricity from renewable resources by 2025.

"The Commission will either make a decision that will allow there to be a solar market in Arizona or it will make a decision that will utterly devastate the solar program."

--Adam Browning, Executive Director, Vote Solar Initiative

The Arizona Corporation Commission approved the RES last October, but the standard needed to undergo a legal review before it could become law.

The RES mandates that 30% of the renewable power must come from distributed generators, creating a huge market for photovoltaics (PV) in the state. The 30 percent requirement could result in the installation of 2,000 megawatts (MW) of solar by the 2025 target date.

“This is a big deal,” said Adam Browning, Executive Director of the Vote Solar Initiative. “Now the rules go into effect and allow the glory of the sun to be harnessed in the state of Arizona.”

Arizona does not have any interconnection standards or net metering laws, however. Even though the potential for a prosperous solar market is there, said Browning, the absence of such laws will be a disincentive for consumers who want to invest in PV.

The Corporation Commission is currently reviewing both interconnection standards and net metering laws and could decide to implement such measures as soon as Tuesday.

“The Commission will either make a decision that will allow there to be a solar market in Arizona or it will make a decision that will utterly devastate the solar program. It’s really hard to say,” said Browning.

Funding for the Renewable Energy Standard will be provided through a tariff assessment of $0.004988 per kilowatt-hour (kWh) with monthly impacts capped at $1.05 for residential customers, $39 for small commercial, and $117 for large commercial. The new standard also allow for new and emerging technologies to be added as they become feasible.
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June 20, 2007

Wonderful.  Let's hope it produces results equivalent to our expectations.   Late, but better than never!


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June 20, 2007

Glad to see the 30% carve out for DG. Now let's get the net metering and interconnection standards approved by the Corporation Commission. I hope my friends in Arizona realize the boom this could mean to their economny with new jobs and a new solar industry. The last time I was in Arizona there seemed to be plenty of sunlight....


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July 18, 2007

Fantastic info...I have been very interested in geothermal energy as of late, especially after Gov. Schwarzenegger formed a bill into law that set a CO2 limit on coal plants as a future source of electricity in the West Coast market. This is a good (early) time for geothermal energy production.

 

I would also recommend this report to everyone...

 

http://www.whiskeyandgunpowder.com/Report/geoWP.html

 

-Cheers!


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