A solar panel for a Virginia elementary school through Sun Tribe.
On July 22, the Virginia State Corporation Commission denied the Coalition for Community Solar Access’ (CCSA) request for reconsideration and clarification of its recent statement that affects the shared solar energy in the field of Appalachian Power Company (APCO).
The point is the “minimum account”-a mandatory costs that customers have to pay to participate in shared solar energy-this has made the economic value proposition untenable for customers, unless they are eligible as a low income and are exempt.
Terwijl de wetgeving van 2024 de Commissie opdracht gaf om deze aanklacht opnieuw te berekenen om de voordelen weer te geven die wordt voorgelegd aan de Solar die aan het Grid en het Gemenebest wordt verleend, heeft de Commissie op 30 juni slechts een interim -beslissing genomen, waarbij de herziene voorstel van APCO werd aangenomen – zonder discrepanties op te lossen in het hulpprogramma -voorstel in het hulpprogramma -voorstel in het hulpprogramma -voorstel in het hulpprogramma -voorstel in The tool -proposal in the utility proposal in the utility proposal in the aid programs of the structure of the account. This decision denied the requested clarification, as a result of which essential questions had unanswered to at least later this year.
Charlie Coggeshall, mid-alantic regional director of the Coalition for Community Solar Access (CCSA), gave the following explanation about the statement:
“Yesterday’s SCC statement leaves shared solar energy in Appalachian Power Territory in a state of full uncertainty. Projects are ready to deliver invoice savings to customers and clean, reliable energy to the grid. But with the minimum account – the most critical economic lever of the program – still in the air to go further.
“The legislation adopted last year sent the committee to ensure that shared solar customers are fairly charged, which reflects the full benefits that these projects offer to the grid and the Commonwealth. But the decision of the committee today cannot do that. Instead, it is the key questions of the structure and costs of participation in a future procedure.
“Without a workable and well -defined minimum account, this program cannot succeed. We are urging the committee to act quickly this fall to offer regulatory clarity and to unlock the savings, jobs and energy security that Solar Shared is ready to deliver in Virginia.”
News item from CCSA
