Sept. 14 — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission denied qualifying facility (QF) status to a facility in Montana with a net capacity of 80 MW of solar power, the legal threshold a facility must meet to qualify as a small power production facility, asserting that because its gross capacity is 160 MW, it does not meet the legal threshold for a QF. Its order is a departure from precedent set by FERC in its 1981 case Occidental Geothermal, Inc., which determined a facility’s eligibility under PURPA should be based on net capacity.
— Utility Dive
Is a policy analyst consultant for TCAP, a coalition of political subdivisions in Texas that purchase electricity in the deregulated market for their own governmental use. Because energy costs are typically a significant budget item to our members, TCAP is consistently looking for ways to save our members money, through cost-saving contracts, energy efficiency or demand response programs.