Deal struck on Idaho wind power
Idaho’s utilities, wind developers and state regulators have reached consensus on how much it costs to add wind power to utilities’ transmission grids.
Three orders issued this week by the Idaho Public Utilities Commission established the amount of discounts utilities can assess against wind developers to account for the cost of integrating wind into their systems.
The orders also remove a cap on the size of small-power projects that can qualify for a rate published by the commission.
Also, the commission disallowed utilities from paying market rates, rather than the higher state rate, when wind output did not fall within forecasted ranges. Idaho Power Co., as well as Idaho’s two other major electric utilities, Avista Corp. and PacifiCorp, completed studies to determine wind integration costs.
23 February 2008
Tags: Wind power, Wind energy
Some possibly related stories:
- PUC accepting comments on issues affecting wind projects
- Utilities propose settlement with wind developers
- Utilities' proposal could lift size restrictions on wind farms, open door for industry boom
- Elmore wind power projects move forward; Idaho Power and Energy Vision get the PUC's OK for interconnection deals
- Idaho Power wants to invest in wind power
- Utilities commission says wind developer must pay deposits
The copyright of this article is owned by the author or publisher indicated. Its availability here constitutes a "fair use" as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law as well as in similar "fair dealing" exceptions of the copyright laws of other nations, as part of National Wind Watch's effort to advance understanding of the environmental, social, scientific, and economic issues of large-scale wind power development. For more information, click here.
