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<\/a>\r\n\r\nGeorgia Power<\/a> and the\r\n\r\nArmy<\/a> jointly released plans to install large\r\nsolar arrays at three military bases yesterday in what officials say\r\ncould be a model for other states.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nThe three solar arrays are scheduled to start producing power in\r\n2015 and will lead to the Army getting 18 percent of its electricity\r\nin Georgia from renewable fuels that are on-site.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nThe 90 total megawatts of solar electricity also will move the Army\r\n9 percent closer to meeting federal goals for renewable energy.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nAdding three 30 MW arrays would continue to boost Georgia’s rapidly\r\ngrowing solar output and would help the military meet its renewable\r\nenergy goals to become sustainable and more secure.\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nThe move also alleviates mounting political and public pressure on\r\nGeorgia Power to remove roadblocks that some say have made it\r\ndifficult for the military to meet its federal renewable energy\r\ngoals.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\nOK, that’s all good stuff.\r\nHowever, I’m missing the part about SO is going beyond what GA PSC\r\nrequired Georgia Power to do:\r\n
\r\n\r\n“From the commission standpoint, it’s a joint venture between the\r\nGeorgia Public Service Commission and the Georgia Power Co. It is a\r\npartnership,” PSC member Lauren “Bubba” McDonald said in an\r\ninterview with EnergyWire. “Georgia will be the model state.”\r\n<\/p>\r\n
\r\nAt least a couple of state utility regulators have been working with\r\nGeorgia Power for months on a program specifically to install solar\r\nat military bases. The utility will use a 90 MW self-build project\r\nthat the Georgia Public Service Commission approved in 2007 to\r\nimplement its plans.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
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<\/a>\r\nSo if that 90 MW was approved by GA PSC in 2007, how is it\r\nbeyond\r\n\r\nthe 525 MW GA PSC required of Georgia Power last summer<\/a>?\r\nMaybe Georgia Power and GA PSC won’t count that 90MW within the 525 MW.\r\nThis could confirm that interpretation:\r\n
\r\n\r\nMcDonald said this program is an extension of his efforts last\r\nsummer when he shepherded a proposal to have Georgia Power add 525\r\nMW of solar to the grid as part of the utility’s long-term energy\r\nplan.\r\n<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n
\r\nOK, that’s good.\r\nIt’s still not enough: Georgia Power should be doubling its solar\r\ngeneration every year, not just adding 17% above what it’s required.\r\nBut it’s some sort of acknowledgement that something needs to be done,\r\nand it is something Georgia Power is actually doing.\r\n
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