Renew Asks Psc To Stop We Energies Termination Of Renewable Program

"From the give an account of Revise vacant by Michael Vickerman, who draws design to the fact that We Energies is undisciplined to defund its 6 million/year renewable energy development program sans any court case. In fact We Energies doesn't say whatsoever about their dealings. Revise asks the PSC not to outlaw this sleight of elapse maneuver:"

Q. To the same extent is the aim of your testimony?

A. The aim of my give an account is to put heads together the May 2011 opportunity by We Energies to topple a 10-year, 60 million enthusiasm to encourage renewable energy development in its service territory....

My give an account includes a certificate to the Glasses case that it not give permission We Energies to transfer in 2012 the 6 million per appointment it had effective to apply on renewable energy development activities for other purposes....

Q. To the same extent elements of We Energies' Renewable Vim Involved program do you commit to memory to be addition successful?

A. Sure of We Energies' procurer incentives and tariffs were specific in the way they complemented Designation on Energy's renewable energy program. For example, We Energies was the preliminary meaning to: (1) stage a solar energy-specific buyback rate; (2) promotion the net energy billing capacity curb for small wind systems generators to 100 kW; and (3) encourage renewable energy-specific conferences and actions such as Lunar Decade safe in Milwaukee. Maybe the maximum just starting out insinuation in We Energies' program, quiet, was its fastidious motivation for nonprofit customers seeking to install renewable energy systems. Several three months, We Energies would solicit proposals from schools, clerical institutions, local governments, facial appearance centers and other nonprofit entities to co-fund new renewable energy systems on their premises. This We Energies motivation supplemented Designation on Vim grants and cash-back awards. It was meant to defeat the inability of these nonprofit entities to ensnare central renewable energy tax credits to cancel out their own system goods command. As a view of this specific motivation, current are over renewable energy systems serving nonprofit customers in We Energies territory than in any other meaning territory. This initiative has an hypothetical tress to it as well; We Energies posts instantaneous production data from these systems on its web place.