Union Distributing unveils largest solar plant
The event at the $1.6 million project officially christened the 150-kilowatt system at the companyÂ’s Phoenix location and the 103-kilowatt system at the Tucson location.
The system is the largest installed by Solar Hawk energy with contractor Wilson Electric and will produce 400,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually and provide up to 90 percent of the power needed to run the facilities.
The distributor was able to pay for the project through tax rebates and the Salt River ProjectÂ’s Earthwise Solar commercial program, which provides rebates for solar systems.
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WASHINGTON - The Monday letter from Congressional Democrats illustrates growing frustration in Washington over the lack of FERC action on multiple power sector issues.
Last May, after the FERC technical conference, 16 Democratic Senators wrote to then-Chairman Kevin McIntyre urging him to develop guidance for grid operators on aggregated DERs.
In July, McIntyre responded, saying that FERC was "diligently reviewing the record," but the commission has taken no action since.
Since then, "DER adoption and renewable energy aggregation have continued to grow," House and Senate lawmakers wrote in their identical Monday letters, "driven not only by state and federal policies, but consumer interest…
