Has exclusive jurisdiction over the siting of large electric generating facilities with nominal capacities over 100 MW.
Has exclusive jurisdiction over the siting of all wind energy facilities over 5 MW.
Responsible for certifying wind energy facilities with capacities over 30 MW.
The Solar Energy Industries Association has prepared a white paper, Getting More Granular, analyzing how time and location-specific values may change the economics for distributed energy projects.
The Regulatory Assistance Project develops knowledge and best practices pertaining to rate design, including specific resources on time of use rates.
LPDD Recommendation: “State PUCs should require utilities to file ‘distributed resource plans’ (DRPs) or locational value maps showing at which locations DG resources are most needed and best deployed without requiring new infrastructure.”