Interconnection of Distributed Generation to Utility Systems - Latest Publication from RAP
September 15, 2011 - States have jurisdiction over most interconnections of distributed generation to utility systems in the U.S. While a majority of states have established interconnection regulations, they tend to focus on the smallest systems. This paper provides recommendations for state interconnection rules for distributed generation in the 10- to 20-megawatt range. It covers technical requirements, procedures and agreements to preserve the safety, reliability, and service quality of electric power systems and make interconnection as predictable, timely, and reasonably priced as possible. Emerging interconnection issues that states will need to address in the future also are covered, including high penetration of distributed generation, advances in technology, and screening criteria that set interconnection study requirements.
About the Primary Author
Paul Sheaffer, Vice President at Resource Dynamics Corporation, is involved in technical writing and editing for the IEEE 1547-series of standards and has worked with states to develop distributed generation interconnection rules.
Mr. Sheaffer has conducted numerous distributed generation studies and assessments for a variety of clients, including trade associations, energy companies, equipment manufacturers, the US Department of Energy, and others.
Questions regarding this publication? Please contact Lisa Schwartz at lschwartz@raponline.org.
The Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP) is a global, non-profit team of experts focused on the long-term economic and environmental sustainability of the power and natural gas sectors. We provide technical and policy assistance on regulatory and market policies that promote economic efficiency, environmental protection, system reliability and the fair allocation of system benefits among consumers. We have worked extensively in the US since 1992 and in China since 1999. We added programs and offices in the European Union in 2009 and plan to offer similar services in India in the near future. Visit our website at www.raponline.orgto learn more about our work. Courtesy of KEEA http://energywisepa.org/node/1257
BPI Honors KEEA Member with Award
From Keystone Energy Efficiency Alliance, Courtesy of BPI:
San Francisco, CA, March 30, 2011 - The Building Performance Institute, Inc. (BPI), a nationally recognized standards development and contractor credentialing organization for residential energy efficiency retrofit work, today honored A. Tamasin Sterner of Pure Energy by naming her the recipient of the Tony Woods Award for Excellence in Advancing the Home Performance Industry in a ceremony at the Opening Plenary of the ACI National Conference in San Francisco, CA. Full Story>>>>
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Power towers, which have been successfully demonstrated in the U.S. and abroad at smaller scale, are based on a relatively simple idea. The technology works by using a field of mirrors, called heliostats, to concentrate the sun’s rays onto a solar receiver on top of a tower. The solar receiver generates steam, which then spins a traditional turbine and generator to make electricity. Power towers are very efficient because all those mirrors focus a tremendous amount of solar energy onto a small area to produce steam at high pressure and temperature (up to 1000 degrees F). Think about burning a tuft of grass with a magnifying glass, only multiplied by thousands (or the original application: Archimedes’ heat ray that allegedly used mirrors to burn enemy ships!).
Several large solar projects are in the works in the sunny Southwest (and around the globe), but Ivanpah will be the first solar power tower system of this scale. The Ivanpah Power Tower will be approximately 450 feet tall and will use 173,000 heliostats, each with two mirrors. The project is being constructed by Bechtel, a major engineering firm. Construction began in October 2010, and is projected to finish in 2013.
The Ivanpah project will also be financed by NRG and with clean energy technology loan guarantees provided by the U.S. Department of Energy. We hope that investing in Ivanpah spurs continued development and deployment of this promising technology while encouraging other companies to make similar investments in renewable energy.
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Good Jobs, Green Jobs
National Conferences
The ATEEC Newsletter - February, 2011 report on 4th Annual Good Jobs, Green Jobs National Conference was held in Washington, DC on February 7-10, 2011.
This year’s conference was an overwhelming success with over 2,000 attending. Keynote speakers included the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator, Lisa Jackson; National Economic Council (NEC) Director, Gene Sperling; Vice President Biden’s Chief Economist, Jared Bernstein; and Deputy Transportation Secretary, John Porcari. The conference featured plenary panels on clean energy manufacturing, building the labor-environmental movement, and sustainable communities, as well as more than 100 workshops on a wide range of topics important to creating good, green jobs.
In her opening keynote speaker, EPA Administrator, Lisa P. Jackson urged businesses to win the future by investing a portion of their $1.93 trillion in cash holdings in job-creating innovations to advance the development of a clean energy economy.
This year’s workshops represented important concentrations in building the green economy including: Green Infrastructure and Transportation; State and Local Initiatives and Partnerships; Workforce, Economic Development, and Youth Education; Emerging Green Sectors: Recycling, Chemicals, Water, Agriculture, and Other Growing Industries; Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency; Business, Investments, and New Markets; and Clean Energy Manufacturing.
Next year’s conference will take a regional approach with four events held in the four corners of the United States. The conference is presented by the BlueGreen Alliance Foundation, a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization that conducts research and educates the public and media about solutions to environmental challenges that create economic opportunities for the American people.
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ELECTRIC DEREGULATION
ENERGY EFFICIENCY ARE MARKET READY TODAY
The new standards of electric utility operation include the entrance of electric utility choice and If that causes you concern, it a good sign because we should all be concerned. If you don't yet know how to choose a new electric supplier yet, you can reduce your electric bill by reducing your electric use with energy efficiency's best practices.
While you how to reduce energy use, learn about switching your energy generation supplier!
The average family can cut its energy bill by as much as 20% just by employing a few easy "energy efficiency" (EE) tips. The value of the low hanging fruit of efficiency will more than offset the electric utiity rate increase of January 1, 2011 and includes ideas that can save you literally hundreds of dollars and even more in CO2 emissions.
Energy "vampires" are appliances that use energy even when they are turned off like cell phone chargers left plugged in after the phone has been charged. Once you identify all of your energy vampires, you can unplug them or reduce the energy they use with smart powerstrips with sleep mode sensors.
Air Sealing is another quick tip that many have likely heard before, but may not have appriciated cost saving value. For example, an eighth of an inch gap under an exterior door, leaks as much of your heated interior air as having a one square foot hole in your exterior wall. That little tip makes the $10 door sealing kit look a smart choice and there are hundreds more just like that.
Air sealing doors, windows and ducts are easy, in- expensive and work like investments because the money saved per month is money saved every month after the improvement.
It is important to note energy efficiency and "building performance," are a science and as such they implement the use of the Scientific Method. Without jogging your memory too much (7th grade), remember that the scientific method requires energy efficiency models to prove the mechanics of energy transfer and real world financials requires energy efficiency models that calculate the return on investment before seeking an ROIs of less than 3.7 years.
The energy efficiency and building performance industry uses standards that "sister" up nicely with our need to reduce energy use for goodness sake and the conveient consideration that energy rates are rising for madness sake!
For larger projects, like adding insulation or replacing HVAC system with a qualified Energy Star brands, Keystone HELP Rebates and 3.7% low interest loans are the answer. The science of EE makes sense from the efficiency, performance, environmental and cost angles.
What's more, it feels great, too. Here is an example from our experience: we replaced our washer with a $400 Energy Star front loading washer that saved $35 per month! The $35 savings on the electric bill, was higher than the monthly payment for the washer by about $6. Actually, it was as if someone was paying us to make the improvement. The total ROI took less than a year! Can anyone argue with energy efficiency?
We also took advantage of a $75 PECO Smart Ideas rebate on an Energy Star refrigerator when our refridgerator suddenly died. The appliance store had the rebate forms on hand, PECO picked up the old machine and our energy bill dropped this time by about $22 a month and again, less than the monthly payment for the new frige.
The idea is to proactively seek to become energy efficiency and evaluate your energy use now and not wait until the refridgerator or washer breaks down when you are forced to react to an emergency rather than prepare for what we know is required of us. Remember the old motto, "Always be prepared!" Energy Efficiency incentives are easy and it feels great to get the check in the mail!
Electric Utilty's are required by the PUC to offer outreach programs that reduce electric demand like and have already helped hundreds of thousands of businesses and families save energy, CO2 and money, too.
Good to know when rate caps come off. So if you haven't reduced your energy use, its time to get with the program and remember, the best energy dollar you ever spent, is the one you never spent!
Check our energy efficiency and energy links pages for more energy efficiency tips and If you are a PECO, West Penn or Allegehny utility customer, click the links below.
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BUCKS COUNTY'S GREAT GREEN EXPO
A HUGE SUCCESS!
The expo was organized by Temple's Joe Fratti, who said the green energy event drew record crowds. To which Executive Director, Gee McMaster called Simply "eco-fabulous" !
The learning event sponsored by PECO and AE Polysilicon, RESNET , ADVANCE Master Training course pre-views offered at no charge along with program materials and applications.
Mr. Jim McCaffrey, President, McCaffrey's Markets received the CorporateResponsibility Energy Conservation Award for improving refrideration systems using ARRA funds. The Award by sculpture, Michael Posey was crafted in wood from a fallen cherry tree .
The event developed to help residents and business owners learn how easy it is to reduce energy use by up to 33% before the expected rate increase in energy rates takes effect and how to take advantage of funded loan and rebate programs.
Energy Experts were "Teachers for a Day" offering examples and demonstrations on Sealing Air Leaks, Insulation Methods and how to Identify Phantom Electric Waste offered by four RESNET certified energy auditors.
Residents leaving the expo said that they learned how to reduce energy use in their homes that they planned on using those tips as soon as they arrived home. Gee McMaster said that taking a proactive approach to energy use can save you thousands of dollars every year! Its a gift that keeps on giving!
Event sponsor, A E Polysilicon contributed to the expo learning center by providing samples of silicon in different stages of the manufacturing process that the solar giant plans to open once construction is completed. York Tsuo, President, said "We want to support residents and businesses in Bucks County by reaching out to our community and green grassroot events like this one." AEPolysislicon has also worked with local educators like Bucks County Community College green workforce programs. This summer even though AEP is still in construction phase,has hired seven summer interns in addition to other outreach initiatives. AEP production phase is planned for the first quarter of 2010.
PECO representative Liz Finnacchio, spoke to help families understand all of the important aspects of how Act 129, the competition law, all of the new programs PECO has planned to assist energy users with the transition. PECO and Exelon have recently opened a new Education Center in Falls Township and encourage residents to visit and to see all of the information available on their website.
Keystone HELP Program's spokesman, Jeffrey Gatter spoke during the opening to explain Keystone Help Program as the State of Pennsylvania's new Low Cost Loan and Rebate Program for Energy Star Home Improvements and PA Home Energy Certified Energy Audits.
Bucks County's Great Green Expo also had Green workforce Training Programs available to Bucks County Residents in high gear for those interested in Certification Programs for Solar, Energy Auditor and Master Electrician Certification. Event organizers report that over 30 interested parties signed up for classes in Solar Installer, RESNET, BPI and NREL Programs.
In all three green job training programs were represented at the expo including PA Home Energy, Advance and Bucks County Community College. ADVANCE Master Electrician and Solar Installation Training Programs were registering students. Representatives for Bucks County Community College Sustainable Building Adviser Program also on hand to explain the community colleges Green workforce programs. The Pennsylvania State funded green workforce trainers, PA Home Energy offered RESNET Energy Auditor Certification Programs needed by residents to qualify for Keystone HELP Program Energy Improvement Loans.
The day began at 10 am in Yardley with inspirational talks from notable energy, policy and environmental leadership followed by a fun fill day of energy wise demonstrations and from a cross section of smart energy experts!
Miller Lighting and Energy donated enough CFL light bulbs for every residential home developed by Interfaith Housing Development Corporation!
There were lots of free door prizes offered by PECO, the Environmental Home Store, Thomas Wells Construction and Miller Lighting and Energy of Newtown and by recycling artist, Joe Dillon of Rosemont.
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BPI's Data Collection and Reporting Tool
Under Review by BPI Standards Committee, The Building Performance Institute, Inc, announced steps to standardize an open data collection reporting tool that can be used by all sectors of the growing home per- formance industry
to easily exchange information online.
The Home Performance
Extensible Markup Language
(HPXML) data schema was
developed by BPI with US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funding. HPXML is based on exchange capability in use by thousands of contractors
in New York state programs
and is currently used in the
EPA-sponsored Northern Virginia Home Performance with Energy Star Program. The HPXML schema is available in its current form for use by any person or organization through a public BPI-sponsored web site, www.homeperformancexml.
org .
“Our primary goal is to
help advance technology that
makes life easier for home performance contractors. We want to enable contractors, utilities, customers and fi nancing entities to share information without imposing a burdensome new data collection process on each new program,” said BPI CEO Larry Zarker. “The data that is collected can be aggregated for analysis, and this allows program sponsors to do things like cost effectively
measure the energy savings
created by home efficiency
improvements.
This in turn builds confidence in the home performance industry.” The HPXML schema is now being reviewed by a BPI standards committee to make HPXML an American National
Standard (ANSI Standard).
The HPXML standard will
be a tool that allows users to
exchange as much or as little
information as they need to
meet their own objectives or
program requirements.
Adoption of HPXML as a
BPI standard would enable
BPI to communicate more
easily with contractors and
improve the effi ciency of quality assurance. HPXML is also a broad standard that would enable performance programs, financial entities and New utility rebate-driven programs to easily report and share data.
Grantees, managers,
and administrators of home
performance programs as
well as utilities and technical
advisors will be invited to
participate in the HPXML standard review. HPXML was reviewed earlier this year by an advisory group including representatives of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), utilities, program administrators, home performance contractors and software developers. The advisory group coordinated its work on the standard with other efforts in the performance
industry to standardize
data collection and to make data accessible. BPI also worked with Performance
Systems Development,
LLC (PSD), which created the draft schema on which the data transfer standard is based.
“It is time for the energy
efficiency industry to become
efficient,” said Greg Thomas,
Chair of Efficiency First, the
home performance industry’s
trade association. “This standard will help contractors and energy efficiency programs across the country. This is critical technology to put in place just as efficiency investments are rapidly expanding.”
The protocol is in an XML
format that can be commonly
implemented and followed
by contractors, software
developers and database
designers. Agreement on
making the schema an
open standard enables wide
use and adaptation across
software platforms, and
makes submission of data
and reporting much easier.
Existing and future software
can be developed to create
a standard data report.
The National Home Performance Council (NHPC)
is coordinating with BPI so
that its newly developed
model forms conform to the
XML data transfer standard.
NHPC will encourage programs using its model forms to use the standard.
“The beauty of this standard
is the built-in flexibility
essential to a diverse industry. Different users
can utilize only the elements
they need,” said NHPC
Executive Director Kara
Saul Rinaldi. “BPI’s work
on the HPXML Standard
will be an important part of
America’s growing home
performance industry. ”
The BPI HPXML development
is part of an EPA
program to improve the effectiveness and quality of
energy efficiency retrofits.
The long-term goal of the
program, Home Performance
with ENERGY STAR
(HPwES), is to lower energy
expenditures and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions.
For more information, visit
www.bpi.org or contact Andrea Dravo,
About the Building
Performance Institute
The Building Performance
Institute, Inc., (BPI) is the
nation’s premier building
performance credentialing,
quality assurance, and
national standards setting
organization. BPI supports
the development of a highly
professional building performance
industry through
individual and organizational
credentialing and a
rigorous quality assurance
program. BPI is approved
by the American National
Standards Institute, Inc.
(ANSI) as an accredited
developer of American National Standards.
BPI offers the following:
• Certification of individuals
in building analyst,
heating, AC/heat pump, shell/envelope, and multi-family designations
• Accreditation of contractors
committed to
delivering quality, home
performance improvements
• Quality assurance to
verify conformance with
BPI Standards and provide
feedback for continuing
improvement
• Affiliation of training organizations that deliver
BPI services in their
market
• Open, t r a n s p a r e n t ,
consensus developed
national technical standards
based on sound
building science BPI, in cooperation with the building performance industry stakeholders, establishes
a professional performance bar at a level appropriate to ensuring the consistent delivery of exceptional building performance services for those entrusting the BPI brand.
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The school district has demonstrated Energy Efficiency Leadership since 2005 by reducing energy use district wide by over 40%.
This year CR Energy Star Leaders Top Performer recognition for its collaborative Energy Decisions Group shares best practices across the community earning an district-wide energy score of 84!
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The Home Star Coalition has support from a broad cross section of energy and environmental advocates including American Council for an Energy Efficiency Economy, Alliance to Save Energy, National Association of State Energy Offices, US Green Building Council and many more.
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EXTON, Bentley Systems, A global leader in building and infrastructure systems that sustains our world, announced that MicroStation V8i and STAAD.Pro received top honors at the Construction Computing Awards 2009 ceremony in London Tower Hotel
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BUCKS COUNTY'S
GREAT GREEN EXPO
Bucks County's Great Green Expos are events where local green businesses and service professionals take the time to help community members learn easy ways to go green and reduce energy use!
Bucks County's green professionals value education and find sharing what they know part of their commitment. For them, its easy to express their appreciation for all little things that when added together make going green big news locally.
Watch for our next Great Green Expo to bring out the Green in you.
Environmental Life Academy's Great Green Expo organizers hosted more than fifty five green energy and eco-friendly products, services and non-profit organizations from across Bucks County to participate.
These events meet the teaching and learning mission of Environ- mental life Academy as event vendors agree to come as teachers for the day.
Community members will learn about energy auditing, solar installs, solar manufacturers, smart energy devices, healthy paints, soaps, home products, green building materials, and recycling artists.
The events also host green policy makers, speakers and much more! For more information, please email us!
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Declining Solar Prices Hurt Panel Manufacturers
The Journal of New England Technology
Steep declines in the cost of solar panels is making the overall cost of installing photovoltaic systems on the rooftops of homes and businesses cheaper, but not all of the price declines are falling to the bottom line.
A combination of increased labor costs and reduced rebates has eaten into the savings, and while panel costs are expected to fall further, solar integrators say now is the time to install before those price declines turn into increases.
“Module price decline is a nice one to have because it’s been so rapid, but module prices are not dropping as fast now,” said Brendan Neagle, chief operating officer for Borrego Solar in Lowell, which installs solar systems on commercial and government buildings. Neagle said the total installation cost in Massachusetts has dropped about 20 percent from a year ago.
While declining costs of solar panels may be a boon to integration firms, which install the panels, electrical components and mounting systems, it challenges panel makers to lower the cost of production to protect profit margins. Evergreen Solar Inc., the Marlborough solar panel maker, said in its second-quarter conference call that while it has been able to reduce its manufacturing cost to around $2.70 per watt from around $3.16 per watt in the first quarter, average selling prices declined just as fast.
“This market does not have the elasticity the most markets tend to have. So, people are dropping prices to move inventory not because of increasing demand. Until credit starts to flow, we don’t believe there is much more we can do,” said Terry Bailey, senior vice president of sales and marketing, in the call.
Overall, panel prices have declined from last year’s peak of $4.20 cents per watt to around $2.40 cents per watt today, according to London research firm New Energy Finance. Some analysts expect panel prices could fall below $2.00 in the near future. Panel prices make up roughly half of the total cost of installation, several integrators said.
Yet while installers say they pass on all of the price declines to the customers in the sales of systems, the nature of the tax credit and rebate system pegs rebates to the total cost of the systems.
Massachusetts officials recalculated commercial rebates for and industrial applicants to its Commonwealth Solar program, cutting the rebate from between 50 cents and 90 cents per watt depending on the size of the system. State rebates have shrunk since the program implemented early last year as cost declined and federal rebates grew.
“This was always the intention, that as the installation industry grew and became more comparative that prices would go down and we would be able to scale back the incentives,” said energy spokesman Robert Keough. He said the rebates had grown to between 35 percent and 40 percent of installation costs, and the new rebates would bring the rebates down to the intended rebate level of 30 percent of costs.
In addition to shrinking incentives, labor costs, are going up. Regulations now require licensed electricians to handle all components of solar installations, which command higher wages than laborers.
“We had to retrofit with all new electricians, and so at the end of the day the total price remained relatively constant,” Dan Leary, President North Andover integration firm Nexamp Inc.
Indeed, Leary said the payback period for most solar panels has stayed around five years for most installations.
Yet Neagle of Borrego Solar said he believes the combination of a recovering economy, new financing plans and a net metering law that allows large installations to resell power back to the grid is creating “for a number of customer classes a perfect storm and it’s the right time to really take advantage of what’s happening in the market.”
SIERRA CLUB
WEBINAR
Yardley, June 09-Energy Efficiency and Clean Energy environmental party goers watched videos from EPA hearings on coal mining legislation, participated in a live national conference call discussion with Big Picture leaders on the issues and actions that you believe will have the greatest impact on our Bucks/NE PA/NJ area.
The webinar, a national and local success attracted people from as far as 50 miles away and drew tens of thousands across the US.
Follow up webinars set to occur as an effective way to inform Pennsylvanians about plans to increase coal strip mining by foreign and US companies especially here in PA.
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